Digital BW, The Print

"My reading of the discussion of this topic on the list is that 
flatbed scanners compromise quality to the point where I might as 
well stick with 35mm film."

I would disagree with that one.  While by all means a $1000-1800+ MF
film scanner would be better I get very good results from my Epson
2450 on my Fuji 6x9 negs and chromes.  So much so that I would venture
to say that prints from those scans up to about 11x14 rival and
sometimes surpass my prints from negs/chromes of my Contax G2 scanned
on my LS-4000.  The MF prints defintitely have that MF "look" even
from flatebed scans.  And on top of it all the Epson 2450 is now about
two generations back as to what Epson flatbeds with trannie adapters
are available now (3200 and 4870).  Good scanning technique, good
digital darkroom workflow, proper sharpening and of course good
printing technique and you can get EXCELLENT prints from MF negs
scanned on an very affordable Epson flatbed.

Richard


----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Kobrin <kobrins@...>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:04:35 -0000
Subject: [Digital BW] MF Scans
To: digitalblackandwhitetheprint@yahoogroups.com

I would like to get back into MF and given the rush into digital, 
camera prices appear very reasonable.  What is stopping me is the 
price of film scanner that can handle 120 film. (My LS 2000 is in 
good shape and I cannot justify buying a new scanner at this point.)

My reading of the discussion of this topic on the list is that 
flatbed scanners compromise quality to the point where I might as 
well stick with 35mm film.  Now my question: has anyone had any luck 
with reasonably priced commercial scans of MF film?  (One lab in 
Philly wants around $35 per shot for a 20-40mg scan and I do not 
consider that reasonably priced.)   I would want to print 8X10 and I 
suspect that a 20mg scan would do that -- although I may be off here.

Thanks,

Steve



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