christian (dabble@club-internet.fr)
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:37:56 +0200
Andy wrote
>I'd recommend ganging up about 8 images on 1 8x10 and create 6x9cm
>originals on the Fire or LVT. The file size should be just about right and
>you can use greyscale or RGB, but check with the service provider on that.
>You should pay no more than US$200 for an 8x10. Those originals should
>yield gallery quality prints if done properly. At 6x9cm the file should be
>about 1000ppi for best reults.
Hello Andy
Sorry,what do you mean by '1000ppi for best results'?I suppose it's the
output resolution of the film recorder? From this 6*9cm ,are we able to
print,says....a 30*40cm print with a correct granulation? By the way ,
Fire or LVT are a trademark probably very popular on the other side of the
Atlantique .I live in Europe . Any informations would be very appreciated,
just a little bit moreplease.
>Sincerely,
Chris Dabbleyou
>
>The highlights have a tendancy to blow out on even the best output devices,
>so you may want to bring your highlights to something like 240, or do 2
>different contrast ranges as a test to begin.
>
>Best of luck with the project!
>
>-Andy Darlow
>
>At 01:04 PM 10/23/99 +0700, you wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>Am new to this newsgroup so I suspect I may be slightly off-topic if last
>>week's postings are any indication but in case this is not the case, my
>>questions are as follows:
>>
>>I'm producing a book of Vietnam war photography and due to working
>>conditions in Vietnam was only able to scan much of the 35mm material
>>(all B/W), as no darkroom was available and negatives could not be
>>removed from the premises. So I've been scanning original film with a
>>Nikon LS-2000 at maximum 2700 dpi and in 36 bit mode. All the scans have
>>been saved in both RGB and grayscale for posterity purposes. I know how
>>to make good scans so the problem is not there.
>>
>>I'm hoping to make very high quality prints either from a continuous-tone
>>printer or to a film recorder, but I have no experience with either of
>>these processes up to now.
>>
>>Fortunately I live in Asia where both of these processes are inexpensive
>>and available.
>>
>>So my question is: what can I expect from the output? Can I expect
>>quality good enough for a high-quality publication (our last book
>>"Killing Fields" was printed using the gravure method in Japan but I
>>don't think this will be the case for this latest project) or even better
>>yet: can I achieve exhibition-quality prints from these negs produced by
>>a film recorder?
>>
>>Which continuous-tone printer is the best for making B/W prints?
>>
>>I was hoping for advice before I pour massive amounts of my time into
>>fixing all these scans up in Photoshop, etc.
>>
>>Of course drum scanning would have been ideal but it was not a practical
>>solution in our situation.
>>
>>Alternatively, is there somewhere else I can find this information? A
>>past posting?
>>
>>Any help would be most appreciated.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>Doug Niven
>>Co-founder, Photo Archive Group
>>Bangkok
>>
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