4x6? 5x7? 8x10?

Jeffrey S. Erickson (mailto:jeericks@DAVIDSON.EDU)
Thu, 5 Jun 1997 10:42:25 +0600

Message-Id: <199706051444.HAA303670@dns.ccit.arizona.edu>
Date:         Thu, 5 Jun 1997 10:42:25 +0600
From: "Jeffrey S. Erickson" <mailto:jeericks@DAVIDSON.EDU>
Subject:      4x6? 5x7? 8x10?
To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU

A question for you experienced photographers who do scanning:
        I have just done some architectural shots, using Fujicolor Reala
35mm. print film (ISO 100).  I intend to have these processed by a local
professional lab, and then to scan the prints for inclusion in our art
department's web page.  For a film such as this, shot with fairly good Canon
equipment, and *all other things being equal*, will I get better scan
results working with a smaller, *apparently* sharper print, or a larger
print?  I suppose part of the answer will turn on what one can do to a
scanned image after scanning and compressing, using in this case Mac Image
Assistant.
        The scanner I will be using is a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 4-C.  I
will be scanning the images first in TIFF format, then JPEG compressing at a
ratio of 1:25, at "80% quality" (Mac Image Assistant variable).
        Any thoughts on this?
        Thanks.
        J. Erickson

Jeffrey S. Erickson phone: 704-892-2590 Slide Collection, Visual Arts Ctr. fax: 704-892-2691 Davidson College e-mail: mailto:jeericks@davidson.edu 315 N. Main St. P. O. Box 1720 Davidson, North Carolina 28036 USA

Disclaimer: "The fact that I've made a slide of it doesn't mean that I think it's art."