[filmscanners] film scanning: new option

2009-01-18 Thread Norm Carver
Since I have hundreds of 6x6 negs and color to digitize and am frustated by the slowness of film scanners in general I have recently begun copying negs with my new Canon 5D-II (22 meg). After some comparitive tests with 4000dpi scans on the Nikon 8000 I can say the follwing: 1. BW 300dpi prints

[filmscanners] film scanning: new option

2009-01-18 Thread Norm Carver
My dear Solomon, I appreciate your response, but, me thinks you do get a bit carried away I was merely throwing out an idea, not writng a scientific treatise. Of course, if one is doing a comparison, one uses the same negative for both--otherwise what is the point! And keeps all other