Digital BW, The Print

Is that the optical resolution of that scanner?

Mark
http://www.stillrivereditions.com




On Jan 3, 2008, at 9:52 AM, AnnMarie Tornabene wrote:

> 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.
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> AnnMarie
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>> 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
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>> --- 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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