Digital BW, The Print

>
> So the
> requirement for color slide are about the same as B&W.

Thank you.. ;)


>
> Ouch! I have a tough time working with anything over 0.5 or 0.6 GB.

;)

>
> It is hard to judge the differences people see and how they evaluate 
> it. A
> lot may have to do with what they are going from and to. Maybe they 
> don't
> scan particularly well themselve but when they send it out for that 
> big drum
> scan the operator does a better job. Or perhaps the drum operator or
> software did a bit of sharpening making a side by side comparison seem 
> much
> more different than it really is. No good answer to that.

Agreed... Same holds for output of course.

>
> No degrees in scanning or electronics here. It certainly makes sense to
> pursue scanner resolution up to and probably a bit past the highest
> resolution of the film, say 7000 dpi, just so you have the option to 
> capture
> everything off the best piece of film.

Good and Yes...

>  Beyond that you are not gaining
> anymore info just making larger files. Hopefully the tech will advance 
> and
> prices fall, making this possible.

Thanks Martin, for all your good info. I hope it will too. I'm not 
planning a move to digital capture, I doubt I will anyway, I'd spend 
far too much time adding grain to those files... ;)
Carolyn