There's more to it than "details of the grain." One of the things I noticed was increased sharpness on most scans, due, I'm sure, to the way the Imacons hold the slide against the drum and the more even scanning the drum scanner provides, as well as better shadow detail and better separation in the shadows (between zones 1,2,3). Is it enough to make a difference to some people? Probably not. However, I happened to see a very interesting demonstration of where this difference became quite significant, and that was when making a very large print from a 4 x 5 slide (abt 40 x 50 final print). That's not to say the differences aren't observable in smaller sized prints - they are - and even more so when making large transparencies.
Is it overkill ... perhaps to some people or in some situations. But, if you want the utmost quality in a print, then perhaps a higher dpi scan is appropriate. Hey, there are still lots of people who are very happy with the results from a 2700dpi scan with a range of 3.6 or so, while others feel that 4000dpi and a range of 4.2 gives better results. Anyway, just my dos centavos ... I suspect Herb'll tell me I'm being foolish and that a 4000dpi scan is about as good as it gets <LOL> shel Paul Stenquist wrote: > I can see details of the grain when scanning 6x7 film on my Epson 3200. > When printing it out on my Epson 1200 printer, the resolution is as > good as I can get from the local pro labs on a C-Print. But perhaps the > labs aren't all that good. (They do produce most of the work for some > local big name studios and for the car companies in-house studios.) > On Saturday, November 29, 2003, at 09:40 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
