Hi, Rob Studdert wrote:
> The unfortunate thing that I have found > with drum scans is that the scanner > software (and operator) tend to apply > post processing of the image that renders > it suitable for printing to press but bad > for photographic purposes. Images > generally tend to suffer from excessive > application of unsharp masking making > the contrasty edges in the image look quite false. What's to prevent me telling the operator not to do that? > > The other thing is that at the sort of > resolution that you mention you will get > a lovely rendition of every grain in the > image if the film is faster than > ~ISO100. To put it into perspective there > is little information to be gained by > scanning TMZ at anything beyond 2000dpi, > beyond that you just get a better idea > of the shape of the grains. But if one were to make large prints, 16x20 or larger, wouldn't more ppi be beneficial? Pretty much everything I've heard here says that 4000ppi is needed for a good 11x14, so wouldn't more be needed, or at least beneficial, for a larger print? And you yourself said that with such a scan there can be more shades of grey recorded in each pixel. > There are arguments that the final > image will look more analogue the higher > the resolution however I've yet to see a > real difference. That may, or may not, be an advantage, depending on the photograph and effect desired. > The biggest advantage in > B&W scanning is the bit depth ie the fact > that you can record more shades of grey in > any one pixel. And that should allow for smoother transitions from dark to light, and an overall better-looking print, right? Isn't that the goal? > The last comment rings true, once you have a good > scanner you wont believe how critical you can become :-) You mean I can be even more critical than I am now?! I'm not sure I'd want that <g>. -- 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 .
