Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin Franklin <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >> Do you mean scanner DPI or print DPI? > > Scanner DPI is dependent on what your output size is going to be. This depends on your methodology and the capabilities of your scanner & software. Consumer film scanners have fixed mechanical resolutions. You can't tell your HP PhotoSmart (or whatever), "I need an 8x10" print at 300dpi from this negative, cropped thus & so...please scan it at the appropriate resolution," and expect the machine to adjust itself accordingly. At best the scanner software will scale the resulting scan to give you the output you want. But you still have a limited number of actual scanning resolutions. I assume this holds true for the new Nikon scanners too. Another approach is to always scan at the scanner's maximum resolution and then scale your files up or down in Photoshop or whatever as required for various formats (paper, webpage, e-mail, etc.). - -Dave-