Digital BW, The Print

Speaking of having negs professionally scanned, I've thought about 
going this route -- 
http://www.imagers.com/proscans/index.html -- 

for MF scanning. They use a Imacon Flextight 848 scan at 2000 dpi. 
$15 seems like a good price, assuming the quality is good. Anyone on 
this list have experience with this company or something similiar? 
I've also seen outfits advertising Nikon ED 8000 scans at around the 
same price -- greater dpi, of course, but I'm not sure the quality 
would be greater, although the file size would be greater and the 
print size could, therefore, at least in theory be larger. At any 
rate I wouldn't want to print much larger than 11x11 inches.

Chris Hargens

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Carney" 
<kcarney1@c...> wrote:
> Hello, Manuel:  If you have a good 35mm camera now, and like the 
35mm
> qualities, my take is that you would be better off upgrading your 
35mm
> scanner, say to a Nikon Super Coolscan 4000ED.  Medium format 
doesn't really
> gain over 35, especially 6x4.5, unless you have an even more 
expensive
> scanner, e.g., the Nikon 8000.  Another route you might consider:  
If your
> images are somewhat static, i.e., you don't mind being tied to a 
tripod, a
> good used 4x5 field camera and a couple of lenses (say a 120 and a 
210mm)
> would give you a negative that would probably produce a good image 
with a
> high-quality flatbed scanner.  4x5 is convenient, that is you can 
develop
> each sheet separately as in the zone system, but there is a 
learning curve
> with camera movements and depth of field.  But the medium format is 
really
> neither fish nor fowl unless you have an excellent film scanner 
such as the
> Nikon 8000.  Or, of course, unless you have the negs professionally 
scanned
> ($$).  If you do go the MF route, be sure to look at the Fuji 6x9.  
Hope
> this helps.
> 
> Regards,
> 
>   --Ken Carney
>     www.kencarney.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Manuel Toledo Quinones" <mtoledo@e...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 9:08 AM
> Subject: [Digital BW] medium format and epson 1280
> 
> 
> >
> > Dear Friends,
> >
> > I am considering moving up from 35mm into medium format. 
Specifically,
> > I am thinking about getting a Mamiya's 645E camera and an Epson 
3200
> > scanner to print bw on my existing epson 1280 using quadtones.
> >
> > Does anyone have experience with such a setup? Should I expect
> > significant print quality improvements? Right now I use the HP 
S20xi
> > scanner on my 35mm negatives.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Manuel
> >
> >
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