I had the same reaction to the comment regarding the sharpness of scanned prints vs. darkroom prints. My scanned prints (Agfa Duoscan 2500T and Epson 1200) are far sharper than anything I can get from a machine print mini lab and considerably sharper than prints from the pro labs. I don't know why, but they are. Paul Stenquist
Aaron Reynolds wrote: > > On Tuesday, May 21, 2002, at 10:49 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > > > One test that I did where I was less > > happy with my scans was to compare an 8X10 print from the scan and an > > optical one from the lab. In my case, the lab prints were visibly > > sharper than my scanned prints. > > Yeesh, that's bad. Over here, my scanned & printed images (Polaroid > Sprintscan 120, Epson Stylus Pro 7500) are often sharper than my own > darkroom prints (though the darkroom prints do not appear to be unsharp) > and are always sharper than the machine prints I send away to be done. > > -Aaron > - > 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 .
