I have a couple of corrections to this note . My scanner is the Epson
1250 and my printer is the Epson Stylos Photo 820. I scribbled too
far from my office. Sorry about that.
Bob
One of the key questions that has not yet been addressed is how much
does one wish to spend for a scanner, software and the printer to
print the final images. Each of these can be less or greater in
cost. As one of thoes who only affords the 'lower' end of the costs
as I do not use digital that much yet, I have an Epson 1280 with the
film scanner attachment. I use mostly the provided software and the
Epson C80 printer. I also use a Sony digital camera that I purchased
in the spring. I use a Mac and generally OS9.2 as I am more at home
with it than OSX which I also have.
The Epson scanner has proved to be a very good investment for me as
I am able to easily scan both prints and film. The colour quality is
excellent but does require a bit of tuning . DPI and the number of
pixels are a bit of a myth as they are only important insofar as
what your final image will be. Are you scanning for your web
presentation or hoping to do an 11"x14" print? I get very good
images to the 8"x10" size from 35mm film scanned directly through to
print. Those that come via my digital camera are also very good.
Both are superior to what I would get from any 1hour photo service.
When I scan to include images in papers I get excellent results. The
point being I get the results I want for the needs I am applying. I
would not attempt to challenge the high quality imagery I can get
from my darkroom.. maybe I am not skilled enough.
I will also say that the equipment that I currently have has
limitations but it still can do a lot of things that I am yet to
attempt so it will serve me well for a while yet. If I wish to
produce that gallery level image from a slide I will take it to a
professional finisher who has the high end film and drum scanners
necessary, the software and primnters to get that level of quality.
I have only limited experience with film scanners, which do produce
a much more detailed (read much larger) image file but my printer
can only resolve to a specific level so the extra detail is unused.
This is the key next step. If you spend $1000's on the scanner its
all lost if you do not have the other end to maximize the the image
quality in production.
It is also important to understand that DPI (dots per inch) at a
printer is not the same as the digital resolution at the scanner,
which is measured in pixels. They relate but not directly.
Bob
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Ottawa, ON, K4M 1B4
Canada
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