Making a scanner with a DSLR

[JimL]

Jim,
With a sharp applied to the Epson scan and balancing the sizes Pentax still feels like a better scanner than Epson.

I made some test prints of crops at 400dpi, which would be a 32"x40" print and the results look crisper than 20"x24''s I've done from Epson scans, so I'm excited about this method. Considering the hours that go into Photoshop work on some images, the time and effort for the initial scan are acceptable to me. I can still see using the Epson for proofing and evaluation. The next thing to try is a color neg...