Thanks guys. I had no idea if 4000dpi was good enough or not, I had nothing to compare it to. Looks like scans cost around a dollar, give or take, for that quality. Other than scanning 8-10 of my best, I'll probably save up for a scanner. By time I have enough for one the quality will be ridiculous ;) Maybe I'll even be able to scan all my kodachrome. By the way, does anyone have a picture scanned at 4000dpi that I could look at?
rg2 On 9/18/07, Patrick Genovese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 4000 dpi should easily be good for prints up to 16" on the longest > side. I have a nikon coolscan 4000 and i've done 16 x 20 prints of > excellent quality. You have to start with a good slide / negative > though since at those enlargement ratios the smallest flaws are going > to become visible... e.g. if your focusing is slightly off its going > to show up. > > Also I usually find i get better results with slide film as opposed to > negatives. Somehow the scans end up being cleaner (less grainy) and > the colours more accurate. Maybe that's just me coz I shoot much more > slide film than negative film. > > > On 9/18/07, Rebekah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm going to send away a few slides and some film for scanning. > > What's the best resolution out there that I should be looking for? I > > see 3000dpi and 4000dpi, is there a larger number that I'm likely to > > find? If I have a good, sharp photograph scanned at 4000dpi, how big > > can I make it before it starts to look bad? Thanks in advance guys :) > > > > > > rg2 > > > > > > P.S. Does anyone personally recommend any scanning companies that you > > send your film to or do you all just have your own scanners...? > > > > > > -- > > "the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition" > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > Regards > > Patrick Genovese > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- "the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
