I don't use the Nikon scanner, but I have found with my Epson 3200 that I get
best results by scanning at the full 3200 dpi and downsizing in PhotoShop.
Paul
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From: Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > You shouldn't be scanning your negative at 360 dpi. You do want to END UP
> > with a ready for the printer image that's sized at 360 dpi. For example,
> > an 11 x 17 image area at 360 dpi would be about 72 megabytes. To arrive at
> > that kind of resolution, you'd have to scan a 645 negative at a relatively
> > high res. I'd guess 3000 dpi minimum. What I would do is scan the neg at
> > the maximum the scanner allows, then downsize slightly in PhotoShop if
> > necessary.
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> I have to admit that I find this stuff very confusing. 35mm slides end up at
> 120Mb and 645 at 342Mb.
> Nikon suggest in the brochure for the scanner to set the output size of the
> scan to the printing size (eg A4), and set DPI to 360. Is this a good idea
> and what is gained (if anything) over using the output size you get from
> the scanner at 4000DPI and adjust image size in photoshop to whatever
> printing size in question?
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> Pål
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