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Re: filmscanners: 35mm film versus medium-format scan quality (Epson 2450)
A professional photographer who lives on selling his b&w inkjet prints
(Piezo) and has a long scanning experience with the Polaroid 120 and others,
told me some days ago that he was able to do, from his new Epson 2450,
absolutely stunning prints from a 6x7 neg up to 17x22 (inch) and still good
quality at 22x27. He also said that he had made prints out of 2450 scans
that equal those of a 5y old 25.000$ Linotype scanner up to 12x15.
He also sent me a fraction of a 2.400dpi scan of this 6x7 neg - I printed it
out at 360dpi on my 1160 - and I was so impressed that I bought the box the
next day - this was a 350$ investment and liberated me of the torture which
expensive MF scanner to buy while having to expect all those grain
enhancement and other problems. I will tell about my experiences soon.
Concerning 35mm - I have been able to print very good/ sharp looking prints
at 11x14 with a 2.900dpi Nikon scan. Someone scanned one of the negs with
his Nikon 4000 - I printed it out and to my surprise the 4000 had blurred
zones in another part of the photo than my LS40 scan (the well known film
flatness DOF problem I guess), but overall quality of the print was *not*
better, no more visible detail.
So fine A3+ (guess B+ in the US) is possible from 35m when using tripod,
slow film (less than 100) and careful post processing in photo editing
software.
regards, Bernhard
----- Original Message -----
From: "SKID Photography" <skid@bway.net>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: 35mm film versus medium-format scan quality
> Vuthy Chrun wrote:
>
> > I would like to hear your experience and opinion on the difference (if
> > there is any) between scanning a 35mm negative or slide with a 4000 DPI
> > scanner and printing the image on a 1200 DPI colour printer versus
scanning
> > a 6x6 negative or slide on, let's say, an Epson 2450 and then printing
the
> > image on the same 1200 DPI colour printer.
>
> What size are you hoping to output?
>
> Harvey Ferdschneider
> partner, SKID Photography, NYC
>
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