My guess on the reason it looks better for MF is because the scanner can only scan at 2400 dpi, and with a larger piece of image to work with you'll get a better, bigger file. Lousy, but not as sharp as I would have expected from the above (Now if someone could explain me, why the Epson 2450 is so wonderfulĪt scanning MF but so lousy at scanning 35mm slides!? Well, maybe not Lust I might have had to buy into digital cameras like the Canon D30 Seeing theĭigital output from my Hasselblad slides completely cured me from any Printer, which together cost less than $500 at B$H. What surprised me is that I could achieve this with a scanner and Produce in my darkroom even more clearly! Inkjet print from this slide to exceed any 24x24 cibachrome I could
The corners with my setup, so I would expect a full frame 24x24 Know from testing b/w targets, that there is image resolution loss in With glass negative carrier and latest Schneider lens. The cibachrome was made very carefully, using an Omega 4x5 enlarger To see this! Overall, I'd say the inkjet print has the edge! This And it does not take any eyestrain whatsoever Shadows in the inkjet print that was lost in the cibachrome because Ink jet, there is quite a bit (!) of detail in the highlights and To discover details in the cibachrome that didn't make it into the Only and overall sharpness impression is equal, or may actuallyįavour the inkjet print! Now, while it took considerable eye strain Staring at the prints very closely and with lots of eye strain, oneĭiscovers after a while a few details in the Cibachrome that didn't I was printing only at 220 dpi, but not so! In terms of resolutionĪnd sharpness, on first glance they once again look identical. Quite a bit of quality fall-off for the 24x24 print, considering that Match the cibachrome, this extra detail was lost. More detail initially, but when I increased the contrast to better In terms of sharpness and resolution, the 8x8 prints are Pixelation whatsoever and no banding or other digital artifacts Nice, just like a regular glossy photo would look. Here are my results: First, the premium glossy prints from the Epsonĭon't have this "wet feel" a cibachrome gives, but they look very I printed it at 670 dpi (givingħ.7"x7.7") and I printed the center section at 220 dpi yielding the I then scanned this slide at 2400 dpi, giving aĥ154x5215 pixel. Just printing the center section of this 24x24 inch image onto a Years ago, and I also had made a 24x24 inch cibachrome, well actually I had made a full-frameĨx8 (actual image size 7.7x7.7) inch cibachrome from this slide a few I scanned a slide (Kodak EPZ) picture showing anĪutumnal tree with tons of little details. I bought an Epson perfection 2450 two weeks ago, together with aĬheapo $100 Epson 820 inkjet printer, just to see how far I could get