Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Derek Clarke <derek_c@c...> 
wrote:
> What dpi did you scan that 4x5 at?
> 
> On Friday 18 Jan 2002 12:44 am, Michael Kravit wrote:
> > Jerry,
> >
> > I think tha visually you are seeing an image that looks like 
film, but in
> > reality the camera would need to approach 16 megapixels to 
resolve the
> > finest films today.
> >
> > For example, I recently shot an image in a Charleston Cemetary on 
4x5 T-Max
> > 100. In the distance, oh perhaps 2 miles away is what looks like 
a 6 story
> > office building. I can zoom in on my scan and see a guy sitting 
at his desk
> > on the top floor.

can i chime in here. i have been using 4x5 for all of my photograph 
for about 10 years. when i went digital for printing (epson 1200, mis 
cfs system) i aquired a heidleberg saphir ultra ii. i scan my 4x5 negs
at 1200 dpi. this gives me a 300 dpi output on at a 16x20 print size. 
of course i can only print 13x19. my prints are VERY sharp. the 
heidleberg flatbed is supperb. of course you could not use it for
35mm, but i have made nice prints to 12x17 from 2 1/4 negs using 
genuine fractiles. 

i shoot large format conventional black and white and infrared. i 
develop these negs 9including the infrared in PMK which is a staining 
developer. 

larry pirrone

 D30 or D1x.
> >
> > Mike