Digital BW, The Print

Let's get this straight - It's not film that you're spoiled with but that 
drum scanner!

My shooting style isn't compatible with medium format let alone 4x5, but if I 
had access to say a 16000dpi scanner for 35mm, AND the film and lenses could 
cope, then I too would be a digital knocker.

Alternatively, would anyone like to put me together a 4x5 , 2000mm lens and a 
motor drive for $2000? :-) 

On Friday 18 Jan 2002 5:46 pm, mkravit wrote:
> 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
>
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