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Old 08-08-2008, 01:20 PM   #1
BetterSense
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How many DPI should I scan film at?

I recently discovered that one of the computer labs in the school library has Epson flatbed scanners with a photo scanner thing in the lid.

So this means I can get film developed to negatives only, thus saving a bunch of mone...I mean letting me shoot a lot more.

Anyway, I scanned my first batch at 1200 dpi. But I think the 600dpi scans I made of Walgreens 4x6 prints have better detail, despite the prints being much darker than how the film scans turned out.

I think the film scanner goes up to 6000dpi but 1200dpi was already slow. In the attachment, the 'base' image is the film scan, and the 'patches' at the bottom, middle-top-right and upper-left are pasted in from the print-scan. The print-scan had to be lightened substantially.

In the second, the left side is the print-scan, the right side is film-scan, with no PP.
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