That's not scanning at 300dpi.
Let's say you are going to make an 8 x 10 inch digital print out of the 6x7cm negative. You'd want a file that is 8 x 10 inches at 300 dpi, or 2400 pixels by 3000 pixels. If you scan your original at 1091 dpi you'd get a 2575 x 3000 pixel image, or an 8.5 x 10 inch image at 300 dpi.
As a practical matter, scans are usually made at a higher resolution than needed, and then scaled down. So if you need an 8 x10 or smaller, scan at 1200 or even 2400 and you know you have it covered.
- MCC
At 09:53 AM 7/15/2003 +0000, you wrote:
I shot 4-5 MF pictures of our GPS tech. in action last week and our
coporate development group has asked me to scan them for possible use on our
website/brochures/cover pages etc.
Film: Fuji Provia 100F chromes
Camera :Pentax 6x7 with 90 leaf
Scanner : Epson 2450
My quiry is,for something like this,do i need to go full out and scan at 2450 or would 300
or 600
do the trick concidering neg size and what they will be used .They look quite sharp with a
loupe and
light table.
Thanks in advance
Dave
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