Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 7/25/01 6:32 PM, Mxsmanic at mxsmanic@hotmail.com wrote: > All this has drifted quite a bit from the original point, though, which was > that 53 lp/mm is entirely adequate for most 35mm photographs (which rarely get > beyond 40 lp/mm), and that it is also quite achievable with a 2700-dpi > scanner. So drum scanning at 16000 dpi will generally buy virtually nothing > in terms of increased image quality. A 4000-dpi scan results in a very modest > improvement, and any more beyond that doesn't really change anything at all. unfortunately for you and your assertions, if you actually compare the scans you will see that both the 4000 dpi scan and the drum scan pull off a great deal more detail from the neg, even from a 400 asa film. Very, very visible in enlargements greater than 8x10 from 35mm. Of course I could be lying. - -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com ICQ: 109343205