It is true, all labs now print on some Noritsu machine. And they do 3072x2048 scanning during process.
This weekend i sent 6x4.5 scanned Provia 100F to lab, and resized it to that size to get A4 (20x30cm) image. Print was good, much better than most of other pics, and i managed to get 1st place in competition :) But i know, that it was not good enough. Even if you want to print some hi-detail picture in small size, it is not so easy to do it... Gasha Patrick Genovese wrote: >>I don't care what sort of scanner it is, you are now making a comparison of >>a first generation image to a third generation image. >>The sad fact of life is that if you want to pull the best you can from film, >>you need to print it optically. > > > That is so true. I recently had some prints done from 35mm negatives > shot on superia reala 100. I knew the negatives were good because I > had previously scanned them and was happy with the results. One of > them had bagged me a number of acceptances and hon mentions in a few > competitions. > > Well to cut a long story short I took these negs to the last remaining > lab who still does colour printing the traditional way using a colour > enlarger, obviously this is low volume work and it is'nt cheap but the > resulting prints were just amazing. The detail and tonal quality of > the print were so much better than the scanned version. There was > detail in the print that I had never seen before. > > It is as shame that such skills are being lost.. This guy does hand > printing more as a passion for the art because commercially it is not > viable any more. > > Regards > > Patrick > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
