Re: filmscanners: what defines this quality?

[rafeb <rafeb@channel1.com>]

[rafe b:]
>> Bottom line is, there's only so far you can go (in terms
>> of enlargement) with 35 mm film.  Sure, you can blow it
>> up to almost any size you want, but the same image on
>> a larger slide/negative will always yield a better print.
>> 
>> Which is why I'm now screwing around with 645 cameras,
>> and the associated bulk and $$$ involved in all that.

[John Brownlow:]
>warning: this is a long and slippery slope!

But a lot less expensive than yachts.

>I am now on a 4x5 and starting to think, hm, 8x10 would be nice.


We all have our limits.  And wives to keep us from 
going too far overboard. <g>


rafe b.