Digital BW, The Print

Larry,

I think the point is...I am spoiled with film. I shoot T-Max 100 4x5 
and scan it on  Howtek D4000 drum scanner up to 4000 dpi. I find 
myself comparing the images from my Nikon D1x and this is not really 
fair.

BTW, I have used Pyro for over 6 years and find that it has no great 
advantage with T-Max 100 as the staining is minimal. Now soup it with 
Tri-X and you have a whole different puppy.

Mike


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "riskdr8138" 
<L.PIRRONE@A...> wrote:
> --- 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