Urgent Help Please

padraigm · Sep 23, 2013

An architect wishes to buy a photograph from me to use as a wall mural. The picture was shot on Fomapan 100 and is 6X6 neg. They want to print this thing 22'6' w 10'3". I am using an Epson V750.. IS this possible??? Can someone suggest the best method to scan this for this purpose or is this a little too big for the intended purpose.

Thank you so much.

ann · Sep 23, 2013

Find a very good commercial printer in your area, they should be able to handle this, unless they don't have a high end scanner.

WHich for a high end commercial printer would be unlikely

pschwart · Sep 23, 2013

That's a 114x enlargement, so I would suggest a high quality drum scan.

padraigmerr said:
An architect wishes to buy a photograph from me to use as a wall mural. The picture was shot on Fomapan 100 and is 6X6 neg. They want to print this thing 22'6' w 10'3". I am using an Epson V750.. IS this possible??? Can someone suggest the best method to scan this for this purpose or is this a little too big for the intended purpose.

Thank you so much.

padraigm · Sep 23, 2013

Thank you so much guys. fortunately I have in my archive the same shot on 4x5 that may work better. Do you still think a drum scan is warranted for an enlargement this size or could the V750 do it? I have no experience with something this big.

pschwart · Sep 23, 2013

At 22-1/2 feet, a good drum scan is going to provide significantly higher quality than anything you can achieve with the V750. That's still > 50x enlargement. It's easy enough to see what the V750 can provide -- scan the negative, then scale it up to the appropriate size in Photoshop and print an 8x10 or 11x14 of a small section with significant detail.

padraigmerr said:
Thank you so much guys. fortunately I have in my archive the same shot on 4x5 that may work better. Do you still think a drum scan is warranted for an enlargement this size or could the V750 do it? I have no experience with something this big.

lenny · Sep 24, 2013

padraigmerr,

I have done this a number of times. I even ended up in Architectural Digest for doing one of these 20+ foot marvels...

(Yes, you definitely need a drum scan.)

Contact me..... and I'll be glad to help.

Lenny
eiger@eigerstudios.com
707-763-5922

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