Digital BW, The Print

You might consider (this is my plan anyway) to get a good flatbed with
negative capacity.

People who shoot digital cameras tell me that they can print a *insert
extravagant size* photo from their 6meg DSLR. If this is true, then it
doesn't take much of a scanner (resolution wise) to get a 6meg file from a
MF negative.

At 2400 ppi it would be 3900 x 5300 or a 20+Meg file for 645 format. That
would be 13 x 17in print at 300 dpi.

If you use 6x6 or 6x7 format, or have a higher scan rate then you can make
very large prints indeed. Also if you get that once in a lifetime image, you
can always have it commercially scanned at super resolutions.

Best wishes


On 8/20/04 12:04 PM, "Stephen Kobrin" <kobrins@...> wrote:

> 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.