----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 12:27 AM Subject: OK, Now Where Do I Go? [was Re: Scanning Terminology Questions]
| Hi Paul ... | | That's the scanner I've used a few times. It seems to be a pretty | capable machine. It does 4000 ppi. One of the questions I have to | answer is am I going to make serious prints from scans? If so, then I'm | going to want a scanner that will give me the broadest range of detail | and the most ppi - is that right? But, if I only want to scan for the | web, and maybe make proof prints, or small prints, then I can get by | with something less. Am I still on the right track? You're on the right track. | Here's where I'm heading: I really don't want to make prints on a | printer in my home, except possibly for proof prints or small prints. | But, I may want to make some exhibition-sized, high-quality prints, and | for that I thought I'd use an outside service that has machines capable | of doing this sort of work - Lightjets, Iris, etc. But, if I want to do | that then, regardless of what I decide to do at home, I'd still need a | very high quality scanner and scans - is this correct? I guess what I'm | asking is can I get super quality prints of the type I described by | using a scanner with, say, 2700 ppi, assuming all else is equal? 8x10 prints - yes. Anything larger - no. | It also seems to me, now that I know a little something (thank you, | gang), that I will want the broadest dynamic range (now I'm rollin') | possible, and that from what I've seen, scanners that scan at less ppi | seem to offer less dynamic range as well. | | So team, which is the way to go? Top of the line, or middle of the | road? Oh, yeah, one feature I must have is the ability for the scanner | to automatically run a bunch of negs, even an entire roll. In one | session we put a strip of negs in the scanner - 6 or 7 - and went out | for lunch. The scanning was completed when we returned. That's a great | feature, and if a scanner could do an entire roll, so much the better. If you have the money get the top of the line. If not get the 2700ppi scanner - for those few frames from which you will make exhibition-sized high-quality prints you can always have a drum-scan made professionally, and then have that printed. Maris | | Paul Stenquist wrote: | | > You want to make photographs from film, so | > what you need is the best film scanner | > you can afford. I would think that the top of the | > line Nikon Coolscan would fulfill your needs. | > You want to be able to scan at 4000 dpi, and | > I'm sure the good Nikons can do that. If you're going to | > do medium format as well as 35, | > you'll have to spend more money. | | -- | Shel Belinkoff | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ | - | This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, | go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to | visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . | | - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
