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35mm film scanner adivce
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Terribly sorry if I bothered you with this very old question. I will use the scanner for 35mm negatives and slides exclusively. I prefer picture quality. Scan speed is not important. My budget is 500 USD or less. Can you give me your advice ? BTW, if the resolution is 3600 dpi, does it equal to 3.6 Meg pixels ? Thanks again for your advice. |
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"2B" writes:
Terribly sorry if I bothered you with this very old question. I will use the scanner for 35mm negatives and slides exclusively. I prefer picture quality. Scan speed is not important. My budget is 500 USD or less. Can you give me your advice ? Probably Nikon Coolscan V. BTW, if the resolution is 3600 dpi, does it equal to 3.6 Meg pixels ? Thanks again for your advice. No. A 35mm negative is roughly 1 x 1.5 inches. So at r dpi, the pixel count is roughly r * 1 * r * 1.5, or 1.5r**2. So a 4000 dpi scanner gives you about 24 megapixels. Note that this number is *in no way* comparable to digital camera megapixels. I can't precisely explain the exact physics, but think of it as a "twice sampled" image, once by the film grain and a second time by the scanner; scanned pixels aren't nearly as "valuable" (for making good prints) as digital-original pixels. -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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"2B" writes:
Terribly sorry if I bothered you with this very old question. I will use the scanner for 35mm negatives and slides exclusively. I prefer picture quality. Scan speed is not important. My budget is 500 USD or less. Can you give me your advice ? Probably Nikon Coolscan V. BTW, if the resolution is 3600 dpi, does it equal to 3.6 Meg pixels ? Thanks again for your advice. No. A 35mm negative is roughly 1 x 1.5 inches. So at r dpi, the pixel count is roughly r * 1 * r * 1.5, or 1.5r**2. So a 4000 dpi scanner gives you about 24 megapixels. Note that this number is *in no way* comparable to digital camera megapixels. I can't precisely explain the exact physics, but think of it as a "twice sampled" image, once by the film grain and a second time by the scanner; scanned pixels aren't nearly as "valuable" (for making good prints) as digital-original pixels. -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message ... "2B" writes: Terribly sorry if I bothered you with this very old question. I will use the scanner for 35mm negatives and slides exclusively. I prefer picture quality. Scan speed is not important. My budget is 500 USD or less. Can you give me your advice ? Probably Nikon Coolscan V. Do you maybe know some website that has images scanned with the Coolscan V? It would be very helpful if I could see some results before choosing to buy that scanner. Thanks Tom |
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