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Old January 31st 09, 04:44 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
scenic_man[_3_]
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Default scanning ... what?

When you-all scan your photos, do you:
a. scan the negative (or slide) directly; or
b. print the neg (or slide) at a larger size and scan that
?

And, of course, why do you do it that way?

(This question has been rattling around in my head for a while,
but some of the funny comments in the "Hasselblad 56x42mm 60 mpix" thread
prompted me to finally post it.)
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Old January 31st 09, 12:42 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
Q.G. de Bakker
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Default scanning ... what?

scenic_man wrote:

When you-all scan your photos, do you:
a. scan the negative (or slide) directly; or
b. print the neg (or slide) at a larger size and scan that
?


A.

And, of course, why do you do it that way?


Because it produces better results.



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Old January 31st 09, 03:08 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
Noons
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Default scanning ... what?

scenic_man wrote,on my timestamp of 31/01/2009 2:44 PM:
When you-all scan your photos, do you:
a. scan the negative (or slide) directly; or
b. print the neg (or slide) at a larger size and scan that
?


a


And, of course, why do you do it that way?


Because it's a lot faster and produces in most cases better results?

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Old January 31st 09, 04:28 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
Alan Browne
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Default scanning ... what?

scenic_man wrote:
When you-all scan your photos, do you:
a. scan the negative (or slide) directly; or
b. print the neg (or slide) at a larger size and scan that
?

And, of course, why do you do it that way?

(This question has been rattling around in my head for a while,
but some of the funny comments in the "Hasselblad 56x42mm 60 mpix" thread
prompted me to finally post it.)


Scan the film directly.

Printing an image results in a loss of dynamic range from the film
image. Scanning that results in some resolution loss and further noise.

To get a 'good' result from scanning the print, the print would have to
be very large ... larger than most scanners.

More simply put, the least steps (or transfers the better). Why digital
is taking the place of film for more and more photography - such as the
56x24 60 Mpix H3.

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Old January 31st 09, 08:21 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
scenic_man[_3_]
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Default scanning ... what?

Jeez, sorry I wasted your time.
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Old January 31st 09, 08:44 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
Alan Browne
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Default scanning ... what?

scenic_man wrote:
Jeez, sorry I wasted your time.


Who's time was wasted? QG gave you a brief reply and I gave you a more
detailed reply.

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