Bob,
Thanks for the response... Sorry for the delay in replying... time
difference :)! +Sunday am after Sat night :0
"bob geoghegan" wrote:
> 1) I'd scan them right into greyscale. A BW scan with a Tri-X profile
(or
> other silver BW film) will probably do more justice to the film's tones
> than an RGB scan based on a color neg profile. 35mm, 16 bit 4000 dpi TIFF
> files are 40MB instead of 120MB. You're not losing anything because
> they're BW negs. Since you're not printing them yourself, save them as 16
> bit files to keep options open for adjustments by whoever prints them.
You
> could do a 2nd save at 8 bits incase she won't have software available for
> 16 bit .tiffs.
Will try scanning in grayscale.... was plnning on keeping the originals at
16 bits... good idea tho' will send her both 16 and 8 bit versions
> 2) Stay with the scanner's 4000 dpi max resolution. As with #1, it keeps
> 3) A tough one. If she'd have to learn a lot & burn through trial prints,
> then a pro printer might be best.
Guess i'll just have to leave it up to her...
Thanks and cheers...
SD
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