Digital BW, The Print

I use the Epson 4990 flatbed scanner that scans prints and negs. I  
shoot mainly 35mm, so what I do is scan at the maximum resolution  
(which is 12,800 ppi) and then resize it in Photoshop to 300 ppi, no  
matter what size the image is.

AnnMarie

www.annmarietornabene.net





> Hi
>
> I read a lot of messageshere, but rarely post. However, the recent
> conversation about scanning and what resolutions are required for
> certain size prints raises a question as to what scanners
> (manufacturer and models) people are using to scan B&W negatives at
> home.
>
> A friend recently asked what he should buy because he wants to scan
> and print negatives. It's been several years sice I looked, so I am
> curious
>
> What arer people using today?
>
> Paulv
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Wells"
> <oaksfield@...> wrote:
> >
> > I have not got involved in this discussion before, but reading this
> post
> > about a budget (flat bed?) scanner out performing shop scans, made
> me think
> > back to my own similar voyage of discovery (to keep things in the
> Homeric
> > mood! <VBG>) It took me some while to discover that most
> Dip'n'Dunks, over
> > here in the UK now use digital print machines even for their
> ordinary budget
> > D&P services. The scans that I was therefore getting on CD were the
> same as
> > was used by them to prepare a 6"x4" print at 250 - 300 dpi, i.e.
> 1,000-1,200
> > x 1,500-1,800 pixels. Needless to say, even selective (cropped /
> reframed)
> > A4 prints were pretty dire!
> >
> > This was not until I checked out the film services from one of the
> major
> > nationaly photo retailers, however, when I found that they had
> several
> > levels of scan service, with different levels of scan resolution. I
> actually
> > mistyped that as "scam" resolution, which was the major problem,
> and why I
> > bought my dedicated film / neg scanner - the prices rose
> exponentially, with
> > an extra �6 or �7 for having a 36-exp 35mm film scanned in at the
> 3,000 x
> > 2,000 pixels required for a good A4 print!
> >
> > The upshot of the above is that I would ask anyone complaining
> about shop
> > scans to both check the scan resolutions (obviously!) but also
> whether they
> > are asking for what are actually the budget scans used for cheap
> bulk
> > prints, a situation that would be made worse if these scans were
> being
> > merely interpolated to give a higher pixel count.
> >
> > Tony Wells.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "nsams2002" <normsams@...>
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 9:06 PM
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Scanning Quality
> >
> >
> > I unpacked and installed an Epson 200 scanner yesterday, (at a cost
> of
> > 100 dollars!!) Without any adjustments to the image, such as
> levels,
> > etc., using the Epson software, I got a scan vastly superior to
> what I
> > got from the shop. I was going to post a "before and after" in the
> > Photos file for this list, but there doesn't seem to be a way to do
> it.
> >
> > Norm
> >
>
>
> 



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