how is the quality for B+W 11x14 photographs?
858581
I love this machine. I import directly into Photoshop and it works great, crisp clear images at any DPI.
858582
Sorry, I've never used this scanner for B+W. However I can say that the colour scan quality is great. I'm very happy with this large scanner.
858583
Quality is very good on all scans. I always finish the scan in Photoshop so converting to B&W; gives you complete control.
858584
I didn't get that far because it wasn't really compatible with OSX and Photoshop. I ended up with an Epson 100000XL, which is more expensive but excellent.
2124536
The XE-1 makes exceptionally good JPEG files. I've made 13x19 inch prints from this camera, including landscapes, with extremely good results (and I'm very critical, since I also use 24 and 36 megapixel Nikon cameras).
225520
Yes, but JPEG rendering is really really bad. Raw files are amazing. They hold a lots of shadow details. Right now I'm only using d800e and leica m240. But I had a great time with this affordable camera
1658436
Seems quite neutral to me. I haven't tried to blow it to over 100% and look for CA's or anything like that. You get so many filters to play with, in my view, more than you would ever use. I took them out a couple of times to try the colours on a sunset. OK, but not entirely to my taste. Too obviously manipulated. The NG's and the ND's are the useful ones for me. They are cheap enough, to me, to be worth the learning curve as to what I would want to spend my $$ if more use turns out I need better. So far, 3 art landscape shoots of 100 frames + each, not yet.
1919601
Id recommend 150 dpi you can get hi res photo's off the web however most photos on the web are 72 dpi and would look poor.
45380
Good quality scans at 300 dpi. Adequate for most documentation not requiring picture quality.Multiple settings (flexible) for full color or black and white.Not sufficient for archiving pictures (600-800-1200 dpi).
1606032
I never had the original, but the image quality is very very close to that of my 5DmkIII's. I have only used it in raw, not jpg, but I am blown away with the quality both at the base and at higher ISO's
370566
Black & White, Greyscale or Color? B&W from what I remember about that maybe a little less. Color at 400dpi somewhat longer. It's a good scanner but not the fastest on the market - especially now - but it doesn't cost an arm and a leg either. I used to scan manuals with it and structured workflow so I was doing something else as it was scanning - worked pretty well that way.
1833849
Just beware of putting subjects on the edge of the frame when @ 17mm - 25mm. You are going to get horizontal distortion, not a ton but its not flattering to those on the side. No one would ever notice this on a landscape photo but when its a person... Pretty easy to fix in post if you have a decent software. Its a great lens though!
2124534
My understanding from reading posts on dpreview, www.dpreview.com, the jpgs are excellent. I cannot comment personally since I only shoot RAW.
544885
I'm old school so I take it to a professional photo developer and let them do it all (negs, prints and high resolution cds). I don't think that answers your question but it's all I've got.
1908113
Keep the ISO to 400 or below, 800 max and you will be fine for detailed images. You can push it a little higher if you don't plan to blow the pictures up really large. Yes, its about 1-2 stops worse than other cameras, but the camera features and the 16-50 f/2.8 kit lens more than make up for it. If you can't work around 1-stop, then you probably shouldn't be considering a camera at this level.
1936433
You can get within four or five inches of most still subjects and get a good shot. The lighting can sometimes be a challenge indoors. I experiment with flash/no flash to get what I need. :^)
2279025
The viewable resolution is 680 x 480, so you could always do that. The sample album pics are 688 x 488, but I would imagine that its a 4 pixel buffer around the edge.
1726372
For best possible resolution and quality I would personally use a flatbed. This is for business use and is good but there is better out there for photo quality scans. It will do a very good job though and is speed is important it would not be a bad way to go.
59875
The background is great for those kinds of needs. I cannot tell you if your pictures will turn out of professional quality unless a professional is taking them but a background is a good place to start.
58272
Does very well with 4x5 film and really good with 6x6 film etc. but you need to use at least 1200 dpi resolution and the result will be a large file. Scale at 100%. The default is 400% which in my opinion gives worse results. I would save as a compressed tiff. or at least the largest resolution JPG that you an. You also need to make sure the you uncheck the option for sharpening.