DonB wrote:
I have kept my quality film SLR kit, thinking I would use it
reasonably often, but my 4mp digital is so darned convenient, that in
2 years the SLR has stayed in it's bag. It's easy to lust for the
latest digital SLR, but I was wondering how good film prints, through
a good quality scanner, compare with a 5 or 8mp digital camera, on
screen or printed.
Anyone done this?

I still shoot Velvia sometimes. A well-shot Velvia slide, when properly
scanned, can make a very large digital image file suitable for printing very
large if necessary. Scanning the positive or negative film will do better than
scanning a print. Otherwise, my 6-megapixel digital camera does a very good job
on images for printing up to 11x14 or 16x18. Beyond that, you have to fool with
it to get good results on larger prints.

---Bob Gross---