He uses the Betterscanning fluid mounting station with an Epson 4990. That is what I remember reading in his technical area.
Yes, an Epson 4990, but not the fluid mount: I use the Variable Height Mounting Station.
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Sinar P, 4x5 Kodak TMY, Pyrocat HD
135mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar (un-coated)
Comparison between scans at 2400 and 800 spi
In the 2400spi sample on the left, you can see the film grain, and you can clearly see some scratches and other flaws.
In the 800spi version on the right, the scratches and spots are present, but not sharp at all.
If we were to sharpen the images in Photoshop, these differences would become more apparent.
My conclusion is what I have learned the sages on this forum: The Epson scanners are affordable consumer-grade flatbed designs, which give us somewhere around 2100 spi. If we want to print at 300 dots per inch, we can enlarge our film by a factor of 7. If we are more demanding, and want to print at 360 dpi, we can enlarge our film by a factor of 5 or 6. If we are extremely demanding, we can enlarge our film by a factor of only 3 or 4.
For 4x5 film, these scanners are good enough to make beautiful prints at 16x20 inches. For Medium Format, these scanners may not be good enough for anything larger than 8x10 or 11x14. It depends on the individual photograph.
If you want to make large prints from Medium Format film, at highest quality, then you should either get a dedicated film scanner like the Nikon, or a high-end flatbed scanner, or a drum scanner. Or, you can send your film for scanning.
Or, you can move up to Large Format
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