>>No way! :-) Perhaps I'm missing something about Garth's endeavor -- are
people sending him prints and slides, and he's scanning them for the web,
or are they sending him scans they've obtained somehow?
Garth can say, but I bet most people are sending him scanned images.
Since this came up regarding The Gallery, I was assuming it was a digital
project, and that people would send me ~3300 by ~2200 pixel files -- a
~2400 dpi scan of a slide or negative. Alternatively, I could do some
scanning myself. I don't have a high-end scanner (Dmax 3.0), but it is
adequate for all but the densest slides or least dense negatives.
That would imply that all submitters would have a slide scanner, or would
use a service bureau to obtain one. I happen to have a slide scanner
myself, (Minolta Dimage) and have used it to do print work, but I wonder
about everyone else...
For an 8x10 from 35mm printed with a 150 lpi screen, a drum scan is usually
overkill for this kind of work. I strive for 300dpi final resolution, which
a 2400dpi scan achieves when blown up to 8" x 10". We're not talking Iris
prints here, we're talking something that hangs on a wall and is usually
admired at a distance! With a loupe, you can easily tell the QMS is not
continuos tone. At arm's length, it looks fine. Think "magazine quality"
rather than "photo quality.">>
Agreed...
Regards,
Denton Taylor
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