Digital BW, The Print

On 08/07/2011 09:38 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote:
> Scanning at 4000 dpi for a 35mm neg takes about 10 - 15 min using the
> settings I like. Not practical for a 36 exp roll when a single shoot may
> involve upwards of 4 rolls, so what I do is to proof everything at a very
> low res into jpgs ... easy to store, share, etc... but not great for serious
> prints.

It would not surprise me if the Nikon scanner still scans at 4000 PPI 
and the driver downsamples it to 500 PPI. The Nikon 8000 does that. 
Depending on the downsampling routine the (aliased) grain could dissolve 
if for example an anti-aliasing filter is included in the downsampling.


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Met vriendelijke groeten,   Ernst

Try: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/

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