Digital BW, The Print

Steve, 

Only your eyes can answer this question. 

I have the Epson 4870 flatbed and a Minolta 5400 for 35mm. The scans of 35mm Velvia 
on the 5400 knock even some 6x9 scans on the 4870 into a cocked hat in my view.  

I use a scanning suite and pay $60 an hour to scan my MF on a Flextight 848. The 
difference between that and a scanner I can afford at home is astronmical. 

But in my view at 8x10 you can easily get great results from any of these methods. That is 
a fairly undemanding size. I think you would still be able to tell a difference if you were 
picky... but that is the variable only you control. 





> 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