Digital BW, The Print

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Photography by Stan McQueen
http://www.smcqueen.com


Quoting John Swain <john.swain@...>:

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> I too have a Sprintscan 4000 and highly recommend it over the Nikon
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> Coolscans I had previously.
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> My understanding is that resolution is not the issue when choosing a film
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> scanner; it is Dynamic Range.\ufffd The Polaroid is much better in this
> respect.
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> Flatbeds don't even come close - or didn't when I bought mine 2 years
> ago.
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> My theory may be a little shakey but I have found my results back this up
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> practice as well.
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> Only problem you might have is Polaroid going bust - not sure if you can
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> still get them.
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> See these articles http://scantips.com/basics14.html
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> http://scantips.com/chap3.html\ufffd for some more information.
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> js
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Stan McQueen [mailto:stan@...] 
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> Sent: 12 August 2003 20:25
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> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
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> At 12:56 PM 8/12/2003, you wrote:
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> >Can anyone help me on this issue.
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> >I have an Epson2200 inkjet printer and would like to scan my images
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> >to be able to print them.
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> >What scanner should I get?
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> >I let the Film develop. So, do I scan from the negatives and therefor
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> >need a 35mm scanner?
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> Probably, although you might get sufficient resolution from one of the 
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> newer flatbed scanners, such as the Epson 3200, to be able to make small 
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> prints from 35mm. Basically, you need a scanner that will scan negatives 
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> and transparencies. Scanners that do this are either dedicated film 
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> scanners or flatbed (desktop) scanners with a transparency adapter.
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> >And how does it work from here? How do I get a picture printed out
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> >from my scanned negatives? How do they get converted into an actual
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> >image that can be edited with Photoshop for instance?
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> The scanner software will produce a file in TIFF or JPEG format that you 
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> will input into Photoshop for editing and printing.
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> >And finally, which scanner should I get?
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> It depends on what your needs are. Everybody has their own favorite 
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> scanner. I use a Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 film scanner for 35mm and a 
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> Polaroid 45i for 4x5 and medium format.
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> >Thanks.
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> Hope it helped.
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> Stan
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