I haven't shot conventional 8x10 film for probably 15 years - and even then it was only a few sheets - most likely for a school project. I just started shooting 8x10 xray film in March and didn't scan anything until a few weeks ago. I made a 2400 px scan on Epson v750 with betterscanning AN glass and printed 40x50 inches with an Epson 9600 printer. I don't strip my negatives. I can't compare them with anything else at the moment (drum scan, stripping, conventional film), but I can tell you that I am really pleased with the print quality. No visitors to my exhibition, currently on exhibit now, are saying why are they soft, but quite the opposite. How did I get them to be so sharp and detailed? I don't know what I would do with film & lenses that are sharper than this. I was using a 12" Dagor and about 10 inches from the subjects face at f11, so depth of field was very shallow.
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