1200dpi is low for MF work. I scan MF and LF with my Epson 4870 (predecessor to the V700) and use 2400dpi for MF and 1200 for LF (Can't use 2400dpi for LF as it exceeds the 10,000 pixel limit on older versions of PS). 1200dpi just doesn't give me a really usable file from MF negs.
3200 is probably overkill even for 35mm as most flatbeds don't actually resolve appreciably more than 2000dpi. That said, it won't hurt anything and files remain reasonably sized. -Adam On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Nick David Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for point that out. I was wondering how he was getting away > with 1200dpi, even though I knew he was talking about medium format. I > just hadn't put the two together yet. ;-) > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Stan Halpin > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Nov 27, 2010, at 3:44 PM, Brian Walters wrote: >>>> Got my new scanner in the mail this morning. >>>> >>>> I like it very much. Been fooling around, relearning how to scan negs. >>>> It's been nearly 10 years since I've scanned for myself. >>>> >>>> I've made a couple scans at 3200 dpi and the results are good enough >>>> for me. Those scans net me a JPG file that's 5mb and equates to a >>>> little more than 8x12 at 300dpi. There is just a hint of softness to >>>> the scans, but nothing someone would notice unless they're pixel >>>> peeping. >> >>> On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:28 -0600, "Nick David Wright" >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I don't know how 'good' this is but I came across it some months ago on >>> a blog I follow occasionally: >>> >>> http://photo-utopia.blogspot.com/2010/11/scanning-with-epson-v500.html >>> >> >> Note that the blog is referring to scans from medium format film. Your 3200 >> choice may be a better starting point for 35mm images. >> >> stan >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > ~Nick David Wright > http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
