Digital BW, The Print

I recently completed a short class in B&W digital printing. The instructor
recommended always scanning 35mm negs at 4000 dpi. 4000 is, in fact, the max
listed in VueScan software for my Nikon LS-5000, but other settings are
allowed. I'd like each scan to be the last I'll ever have to do for a given
neg, so what are the ins & outs of this choice?


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On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716@...> wrote:

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>
> I recently completed a short class in B&W digital printing. The instructor
> recommended always scanning 35mm negs at 4000 dpi. 4000 is, in fact, the
> max
> listed in VueScan software for my Nikon LS-5000, but other settings are
> allowed. I'd like each scan to be the last I'll ever have to do for a given
> neg, so what are the ins & outs of this choice?
>
> The only negative is the increase in file size.  It's easy to downsize the
image, if needed.  If you scan at a lower res, you could possible need a
higher res scan.  In that case, you'd have to rescan.  Another advantage is
that scanning at the max optical resolution will give you the most detail
and cleanest files that you can get from that negative/scanner combination.


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Lew Schwartz schreef:
> I recently completed a short class in B&W digital printing. The instructor
> recommended always scanning 35mm negs at 4000 dpi. 4000 is, in fact, the max
> listed in VueScan software for my Nikon LS-5000, but other settings are
> allowed. I'd like each scan to be the last I'll ever have to do for a given
> neg, so what are the ins & outs of this choice?
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 
> 

The Nikons have a reputation that the true optical resolution is close 
to the manufacturer's specs on sampling, a Nikon 8000 sampling at 4000 
SPI will deliver around 3700 PPI optical resolution . So if you like to 
have as much information as possible in your scan and never redo the 
scan  then use the 4000 SPI setting and use the 16 bit output. For 
archiving a normal Tiff file at 16 bit can be smaller than a compressed 
16 bit Tiff file. Compressed PNG will deliver a smaller file but that 
format is less supported. Then there is the "RAW" output of Vuescan or 
the DNG format.

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Met vriendelijke groeten,   Ernst

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You can also output NEF files from your Nikon scanning software. When used
with Capture NX2, it will show you all the Nikon scanner settings which can
be very useful as part of the evaluation and applied learning of scanning.
See the setting, see the result, know what does what by visual inspection.  

 

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Dinkla
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 2:10 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Scan resolution 4000 dpi?

 

  

Lew Schwartz schreef:
> I recently completed a short class in B&W digital printing. The instructor
> recommended always scanning 35mm negs at 4000 dpi. 4000 is, in fact, the
max
> listed in VueScan software for my Nikon LS-5000, but other settings are
> allowed. I'd like each scan to be the last I'll ever have to do for a
given
> neg, so what are the ins & outs of this choice?
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 
> 

The Nikons have a reputation that the true optical resolution is close 
to the manufacturer's specs on sampling, a Nikon 8000 sampling at 4000 
SPI will deliver around 3700 PPI optical resolution . So if you like to 
have as much information as possible in your scan and never redo the 
scan then use the 4000 SPI setting and use the 16 bit output. For 
archiving a normal Tiff file at 16 bit can be smaller than a compressed 
16 bit Tiff file. Compressed PNG will deliver a smaller file but that 
format is less supported. Then there is the "RAW" output of Vuescan or 
the DNG format.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst

Try: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/

| Dinkla Grafische Techniek |
| www.pigment-print.com |
| ( unvollendet ) |





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This subject was recently discussed on the forum; you can search for message #100805 to see what was tossed around a month or so ago.

MK