Roger Hicks
Veteran
Thanks for a god post, Brian.
I've recently been doing quite a lot of comparison scanning, comparing high-res with upsampling, and an awful lot depends on the quality of the original image: big grain, or the tiniest amount of camera shake, usually means that an upsampled 2700 dpi scan is all but indistinguishable from a 5400 dpi original (I use the latest Konica-Minolta, recently acquired after my 8-year-old Coolscan died, hence the scan comparisons). Even an upsampled 1800 may look the same for some hand-held night shots.
But with (for example) optimally exposed Ilford Delta 100 or Pan F developed in Perceptol, where I can get 125 lp/mm from the 75/2 Summicron, I can see more in a 5400 than in a 2700.
Of course, on a monitor, resolution is abysmal anyway...
Cheers,
Roger (www.rogerandfrances.com -- and the Photo School is now up and running)
I've recently been doing quite a lot of comparison scanning, comparing high-res with upsampling, and an awful lot depends on the quality of the original image: big grain, or the tiniest amount of camera shake, usually means that an upsampled 2700 dpi scan is all but indistinguishable from a 5400 dpi original (I use the latest Konica-Minolta, recently acquired after my 8-year-old Coolscan died, hence the scan comparisons). Even an upsampled 1800 may look the same for some hand-held night shots.
But with (for example) optimally exposed Ilford Delta 100 or Pan F developed in Perceptol, where I can get 125 lp/mm from the 75/2 Summicron, I can see more in a 5400 than in a 2700.
Of course, on a monitor, resolution is abysmal anyway...
Cheers,
Roger (www.rogerandfrances.com -- and the Photo School is now up and running)
Imagestreet
Member
I have a Nikon D100 for my studio shots so I'm considering a film scanner just for my Bessa R3A shots. www.7dayshop.com are selling the Nikon 5000ED for £679 - this is the best deal I have yet come across and it does seem to be amongst the best of the 35mm film scanners. However given that I only usually have 2-3 keepers on a roll at best, I am seriously considering the alternative of drum scanning these selected shots. Or I could sell EVERYTHING I own and buy a Nikon D2X. Anyone know of any good reasonably priced scanning services in London that don't take 10 days to return the results??
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Roman
Guest
How about just getting a slide copier attachment for your Nikon, and photographing the Nikon - with such a pro digital, results should be quite good, I presume...?
Roman
Roman