Hey--
I have an Epson Perfection 2400 at an optical dpi of 2400; I would
hazard to suggest that for transparency scanning, you would be prudent
to reduce your maximum dpi for trans/neg scanning to half of the maximum
resolution. If you have access to a good scanning software with
sharpening filter (such as Vuescan), you can usually get a little closer
to the maximum size, reducing the softness that scanning through the
flatbed will give to your image.
k
sandall@shaw.ca wrote:
> Hi all,
> I hope this hasn't been beaten up on the forum so far, but my archives of the list didn't bear any fruit, so here it is..
> I'm considering picking up a new HP flatbed scanner that comes with a transparency adapter. Although I don't shoot a heck of a lot of slides these days, I do have quite a few from days gone by that I would like to get into the digital realm to make some inkjet negs for gum printing.
>
> The scanner I am looking at (HP scanjet 5530) has an optical resolution of 2400x4800.. which by my calculations can make a pretty reasonable size scan of a 35 mm slide, about 8 megapixel which should be more than enough for a good neg. So my real question is more about thequality of the transparency adapter on a flatbed vs. a true slide scanner or a drum scan. Am I going to be losing anything here?
>
> Thanks,
> Dwayne
>
Received on Fri Dec 19 09:18:25 2003
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