I'm going to buy a film scanner because I just finished my first photography class today. I just spent four solid days cutting full sheets of mat down to 11x14, window cutting, spot-toning, and printing. I have an abundance of 35mm B&W negatives that I didn't print, because they didn't fit any of the assignments.
Now I'm not going to have access to a darkroom for a long time, probably a year, and there aren't any public darkrooms available anymore. I also lack the funds to audit an extra class to use the facilities.
Now, I know that 300 ppi is the limit of sharpness that the human eye can see.
So this means that a dedicated 35mm scanner at 4000 dpi scanning full-frame could produce an 11 x 14in. print at acceptable sharpness? (4000/300=13.3~ This is also assuming the printer is of high quality.)
What about the flatbed scanners when they say they offer something like 3200 x 6400 dpi resolution? Just what the heck does that mean?
Is there a difference in resolution between the two? I'm trying to wrap my head around the numbers, but I can't seem to get it to collude.
I've read through all of //www.normankoren.com, and slogged through what I could pull up in the forum archives, but I'm still not exactly sure what I should be looking for. I'm not really looking for a recommendation for a specific scanner, I just want to understand how this works. Any help at all is appreciated.
Lord knows I won't miss split-filtering. Curves is a God-send. |
