Digital BW, The Print

B. Campbell writes:

> Not, IMHO, if doing that results in a file so large that it creates the
> difficulties the OP is having and if the resulting file is far larger than
> you will ever need given the size limitations of your printer and/or your
> printing practices.

Even then, you scan at the highest resolution and deepest depth you can,
unless you are certain that you will be able to scan the film against at
at least the same maximum resolution depth in the future.

If it's too large to handle, you archive it and then reduce the archived
version so you can work with it.

And "far larger than you will ever need" are famous last words.