Digital BW, The Print

At 02:08 PM 6/7/03 +0000, you wrote:

>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




>Manuel,

>I think you will be very pleased with your proposed system.  I am much 
>more productive than I was in the darkroom now that I use film/digital 
>(b/w, Portra film, E3200, piezo).  The way I see it you will have to spend 
>much more for a larger format and dedicated film scanner to get little or 
>no improvement and your costs will cut into your productivity. I have 
>friends with similar systems with great success.

Go here for a review of 3200:  http://www.photo-i.co.uk/index.html


>AZ


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