Message-Id: <199706051527.IAA291942@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 10:28:51 -0500 From: George Holmes <mailto:george.holmes@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU> Subject: Re: 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.
What are you going to use the end result for/in. If you are going to be using them for the web then I would suggest a 5 x 7 inch size as on the web you probably wouldn't display a larger image size than that. If it's for *other* uses like archives and/or higher quality uses then I'd suggest two things:
1. Have the negatives scanned onto a Photo CD. You'll get five different resolution files on each negative so you'll be set up for all size end uses.
2. Get a 35 mm film scanner. We use the Minolta Quickscan to very good results.
Film has much more information in it than a print does, and you lose that when you scan from a print.
Are you going to be saving both the TIFF and the JPEG formats. If you only save the JPEG then you will be throwing away a lot of information as you probably know JPEG is a lossy compression algorithm.
I hope this helps.
> 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
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>
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