[filmscanners] RE: Scanning map question

["Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>]

Tom,

I've done pretty well with maps that size shooting on Polaroid 55 and
scanning the neg (for B&W obviously). Especially if you are only printing up
to 13x19 - are you using and artixscan or an epson for the scanning?

(I've also photographed on 4x5 colour neg and had a wet print made of a map
that's about 48" for museum display and that worked well too...)

I've also done the scan in sections and stitch and it's a pain in the butt.

tim

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> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 3:09 PM
> To: tim@KairosPhoto.com
> Subject: [filmscanners] Scanning map question
>
>
> I have to scan a 18x22" map to produce a SuperB 13x19 print.
> Poor condition
> map needs lots of work.  I am running out of size in PS7.  I want
> to scan as
> high res as possible for retouching sake, then drop down to
> stitch them.  I
> can scan up to 1800dpi.  The question is: what would be my final values in
> 'image size' when i went to stitch them together?  it would take
> all day to
> experiment
>
> I am scanning the map greayscale 16bit, and will make a separate
> scan of old
> paper texture, and make final print in color for paper texture
> only and run
> it through a second time for BO printing of map. G4, OSX.2, PS7,
> 1.2 gig RAM
>
> As an alternative, i can shoot a 4x5 with a vacuum easel and scan that,
> anybody have any ideas that can get this job done without spending all day
> on it?  thanks
>
> Tom Robinson
>
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