I don't scan from prints. I scan from color negatives shot on Provia 160 or Portra 160 film. With 6x7 negs, the grain is all but invisible on a 40 meg file.
Herb Chong wrote: > > scans from slides are less grainy and higher resolution than prints. also, you can > see what you are supposed to get. do they notice the difference? > > Herb.... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 23:19 > Subject: Re: What do you use? > > > Hi Clive, > > I've been shooting quite a bit of stock, but I've found that most stock > > houses don't want transparencies. They want hi-res scans. So I shoot > > negative film, which seems to scan somewhat better than transparency > > film.

