That's typical of high end drum scans. The retouchers who prepare final images for advertising campaigns work with scans that are that big and larger. If you're going to print big, you have to scan big. Paul
Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Today I went to my local high-end pro lab to pick up some film, and > asked about scanning B&W negs. According to the fellow I spoke with, > who may not ne the most knowledgeable guy in the shop - but by no means > a dunce - they can do a drum scan of a 35mm B&W negative that will > generate a file of about 640mb. Is that possible? He also said that > they can generate a 36" x 54" print in house from that size scan, and > larger by going outside. > > It would seem that in order to get good quality going that large, one > better be scanning a perfect negative <g> > -- > 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 . - 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 .
