Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Kobrin" 
<kobrins@w...> wrote:
> I have been thinking about getting back into MF, especially given 
> what Bronica ECs are going for on Ebay at this point.  What is 
> stopping me is the price of a MF film scanner.  Given that recent 
> posts indicate that true resolution on a flatbed is 2-3 times lower 
> than a comparable flim scanner, I wonder how adequate they are in 
> practice for scanning 120 film.  Do people get 8X10 prints, for 
> example, that they consider satisfactory?  Put differently, would I 
> see an improvement versus 35mm scanned on a film scanner if I used 
> one of the better flatbeds and 120, all things equal.  If so, a 
> flatbed, which is always useful, might be a reasonable stopgap 
until 
> I can replace my LS 2000 with a true MF film scanner.
> 
> Steve

If a Nikon 8000/9000 is not feasable, than an Epson 4870 might be the 
way to go. A very decent 7.5x mf negative enlargement can be had and 
more if you use wet mounting. With the Epson just dont scan at a 
resolution higher than 3200dpi.
Cheers,
Andre