I've found that with flatbed scanners, I get the best results by scanning at the highest resolution possible, then downsizing to the dpi at which I want to print, genereally 300 or 360. ----- "John Francis" <jo...@panix.com> wrote:
> It all depends on the dpi at which you want to print. > > A 35mm frame is pretty close to 1" x 1.5". > > So if you scan at 4800dpi you're going to be able to print > an 8x12 print at 600dpi, a 16x24 at 300dpi, or a 24x36 at 200dpi. > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 06:50:35PM -0500, Nick Wright wrote: > > Really? Wow. I had no idea. I found some web site saying that would > > just be enough for an 8x10, and I thought that's definitely more > > resolution than "just" and 8x10. Didn't realize it was that much > more. > > > > Thanks. > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 6:47 PM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> > wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 06:31:38PM -0500, Nick Wright wrote: > > >> Okay, one more scanner question. > > >> > > >> The Epson v300 says that it scans 35mm film at 4800 dpi. What > does > > >> that equate to in terms of megapixels? > > > > > > Well, a frame of 35mm film is 36 x 24 mm. ?At 25.4mm per inch, > that's > > > > > > ?(36/25.4)*4800 * (24/25.4)*4800 = near enough 30 megapixels. > > > > > > That's 90MB at 24 bits/pixel, or a whopping 180MB at 48 bits per > pixel. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ~Nick David Wright > > http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
