Digital BW, The Print

Hello Claude,

>>I have found from actual experience that I can get a better 
>>8x10 print from a 645 neg scanned on my 1600dpi flatbed
>>than I can from a 35mm neg scanned on a friend's 4000dpi 
>>Nikon film scanner.  At 4x5 or 5x7 it's a toss up, but by 
>>8x10 the difference becomes apparent.  I can't explain this in
>>numbers, but the difference is clear.  I can only assume there 
>>is more information on the larger neg and that scanning the 
>>smaller neg at a higher resolution doesn't make up the 
>difference (it probably just gets more of what _is_ there).

>I agree with this. So what's differeent between this and 
>traditional optical printing? The same rules apply. 

Nothing.  I thought it was so obvious it didn't need to be stated.   

Regards,
Clayton


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