William, I wonder if this is the problem I had with lack of sharpness with that scanner since it was a diffusion light source in the lid.
Bruce Wednesday, May 22, 2002, 5:07:21 PM, you wrote: WR> ----- Original Message ----- WR> From: Paul Stenquist WR> Subject: Re: 6X7 Negs and the epson2450 >> I had the same reaction to the comment regarding the sharpness WR> of >> scanned prints vs. darkroom prints. My scanned prints (Agfa WR> Duoscan >> 2500T and Epson 1200) are far sharper than anything I can get WR> from a >> machine print mini lab and considerably sharper than prints WR> from the pro >> labs. I don't know why, but they are. WR> Negatives are printed with a diffussion light source. WR> They are scanned with a point source. WR> The resolution limit for a wet print from a medium format WR> negative is around 60 lppm, but 1/4 that is more likely in the WR> real world with real negatives rather than 1000:1 TOC targets. WR> So, you need to get better than 15 lppm to the paper with your WR> inkjet printer. WR> This shouldn't be hard to get with an inkjet. WR> Ctein has a very informative article on this subject in the WR> Mar/Apr issue of Photo Techniques. WR> William Robb WR> - WR> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, WR> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to WR> 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 .
