Re: filmscanners: Printing A3 from a 2700dpi scan

[TonySleep@halftone.co.uk (Tony Sleep)]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 09:12:11 +1000  Rob Geraghty (harper@wordweb.com) wrote:

> FYI last night I tried my first A3 (not A3+) print from a 2700dpi scan.
>  The image was scanned from 100ASA print film with a Nikon LS30.  The result
> is good, but perhaps not as sharp as I'd like - but for a real test I'll
> have to do an A3 print from a Provia 100F image.

Printing at A3 is a *lot* of enlargement for 35mm, by whatever route. 
Familiarity with darkroom-made prints from various films, of images 
made under different circumstances and with different lenses, is probably 
advisable to establish a realistic benchmark of expectations. It would 
be quite easy to go chasing phantoms...

Not saying you are, or haven't the experience, only that it's a good idea.

Regards 

Tony Sleep
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