Tom
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I finally bought myself a film/slide scanner, so I was eager to try it out.
I dug out a box I'd been storing since shortly after my Dad passed away. He was an avid photographer and, when I was a kid, he did quite a bit of semi-pro work. In the box were numerous 2x2" B&W negatives in addition to glass/emulsion B&W plates. I know there are numerous early family photos in addition to historical shots among these gems.
My first attempt to scan one of these was to scan at 4800 DPI (or PPI) and to save as a bitmap fle. The resulting file was approx 350Mb! The scanner has options to change the resolution up or down and to save in various compressed formats. I'm wondering what settings others have used for scanning old B&W film or plates.
TIA
I dug out a box I'd been storing since shortly after my Dad passed away. He was an avid photographer and, when I was a kid, he did quite a bit of semi-pro work. In the box were numerous 2x2" B&W negatives in addition to glass/emulsion B&W plates. I know there are numerous early family photos in addition to historical shots among these gems.
My first attempt to scan one of these was to scan at 4800 DPI (or PPI) and to save as a bitmap fle. The resulting file was approx 350Mb! The scanner has options to change the resolution up or down and to save in various compressed formats. I'm wondering what settings others have used for scanning old B&W film or plates.
TIA