Hi Paul ... That's the scanner I've used a few times. It seems to be a pretty capable machine. It does 4000 ppi. One of the questions I have to answer is am I going to make serious prints from scans? If so, then I'm going to want a scanner that will give me the broadest range of detail and the most ppi - is that right? But, if I only want to scan for the web, and maybe make proof prints, or small prints, then I can get by with something less. Am I still on the right track?
Here's where I'm heading: I really don't want to make prints on a printer in my home, except possibly for proof prints or small prints. But, I may want to make some exhibition-sized, high-quality prints, and for that I thought I'd use an outside service that has machines capable of doing this sort of work - Lightjets, Iris, etc. But, if I want to do that then, regardless of what I decide to do at home, I'd still need a very high quality scanner and scans - is this correct? I guess what I'm asking is can I get super quality prints of the type I described by using a scanner with, say, 2700 ppi, assuming all else is equal? It also seems to me, now that I know a little something (thank you, gang), that I will want the broadest dynamic range (now I'm rollin') possible, and that from what I've seen, scanners that scan at less ppi seem to offer less dynamic range as well. So team, which is the way to go? Top of the line, or middle of the road? Oh, yeah, one feature I must have is the ability for the scanner to automatically run a bunch of negs, even an entire roll. In one session we put a strip of negs in the scanner - 6 or 7 - and went out for lunch. The scanning was completed when we returned. That's a great feature, and if a scanner could do an entire roll, so much the better. Paul Stenquist wrote: > You want to make photographs from film, so > what you need is the best film scanner > you can afford. I would think that the top of the > line Nikon Coolscan would fulfill your needs. > You want to be able to scan at 4000 dpi, and > I'm sure the good Nikons can do that. If you're going to > do medium format as well as 35, > you'll have to spend more money. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ - 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 .
