On 24 Sep 2005 at 14:49, Patrick Pritchard wrote: > I'm also investing in a film scanner soon, and I don't think I'll ever > go the DSLR route. Why? If I shoot film today, and scan it in a 2700 > DPI scanner, five years from now when I can afford a 5000 DPI scanner I > can *rescan at 5000 DPI*. If I shoot digital today at 6.2 MP, five > years from now when I can afford a 12 MP DSLR, I can't reshoot the > photos I've already shot at 6.2 MP. > > Film makes sense; it provides a nice baseline against the ever-changing > landscape of digital darkroom technologies. :)
Just get a 5k+ DPI scanner to start and don't be surprised to not see further benefits until you move to a larger format. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
