Digital BW, The Print

Tyler Boley wrote:

> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale 
> <stevekale@...> wrote:
> >
> > The chart referenced below omits the point that digitally captured 
> files can
> > typically be enlarged with better quality than scanned film.
>
> Steve,
> Working every day with captures, drum scans, Imacon scans, flatbed, 
> few megapixels or
> plenty, and making every concievable size print here- nothing in all 
> that experience would
> support that statement.
> I suppose having fuzzy word like "quality" involved might leave an 
> out. Or one might say an
> excellent high res capture will enlarge better than a very crappy 
> little film scan, but would
> that be "typical"?
> I keep seeing statements like this and wonder why, I just don't get 
> it. Besides, some of this is
> subjective.
>
> Tyler
>
Tyler,

It's pretty straightforward if you remember that it only holds true if 
both images are the same resolution. The scan, being a second generation 
image will have generational losses which means that the digital image 
will have more usable information at the same resolution as the film scan.

-Adam