Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have eagerly followed the recent discussions about digital printing and the latest Epson printers as I am about to take an oft planned, oft delayed plunge into setting up a digital darkroom. One of the excellent links provided by Tina: http://www.photo-snowdonia.freeserve.co.uk/link16.htm contains an article which argues that for printing at maximum A3 size of the Epson 1200 it is better to scan from a 6 x 4 inch or 7 x 5 inch print than to use a 2700 dpi 35mm film scanner. This made me wonder whether I should change my priorities when trying to juggle my digital darkroom budget between scanner, printer, and upgrading my PC and monitor. Maybe at this stage it would be better for me to use a (relatively cheap) flat bed to scan prints and forget about trying to decide between 2700 dpi or 4000 dpi film scanners. Can anybody advise me on this? What are the quality considerations between scanning prints and negs/trans? I was surprised when I saw the article arguing in favour of using 7x5 inch print scans for A3 inkjet prints because I had assumed that the dynamic range from a print scan would be significantly inferior to a film scan. Simon, London.