Digital BW, The Print

randyrancier writes:

> Well, from what I have been able to gather from those of you that 
> work with MF film, is that there is a clear advantage to using a 
> 4000 dpi scanner over others.

There's a clear advantage to using a scanner intended for MF, no doubt
about that.  The higher the dpi, the better, all else being equal, but
you do need to look at the quality of the pixels scanned, as well as
their number.

> Sounds like most of you prefer the Nikon (8000) scanners.

I like mine but I haven't tried others (although I've seen results from
others).  The Imacon scanners work very well, but they are much more
expensive than the Nikon; other results I've seen from other desktop
scanners don't impress me that much.  Overall, I'm very pleased with the
Nikon.  Not only is it 4000 dpi, which is pretty good, but the pixels
are of high quality.