On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 6:12 AM, Scott Loveless <[email protected]> wrote: > ... Is scanning a 4x5 > contact print good enough for printing an 8x10?
Given a good original print and 600 ppi scan .. certainly. It's only a 2x enlargement. That scan will print without scaling to 8x10 inch at 300 ppi. Scanning the contact print will show some contrast gain. A small amount of resolution loss depending upon your scanner's quality might also be exhibited. For the first, develop and contact print to a slightly lower than normal contrast rendering. For the second, a bit of sharpening work in post processing will clean it up beautifully. I found a box of ancient prints (my own snapshots, from as far back as 1963) recently. Perhaps I'll scan one and demonstrate. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
