On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 17:47:13 GMT, "Tony Spadaro"
>I use to have a test of this up on my old website. The difference between f8
>(or possibly 11) and f22 was barely noticable using a 2700 dpi scanner. I'm
>planning to reshoot for the test and scanning at 4000 dpi before putting it
>on the new website but need a warm windless day for the shooting. I used
>Provia F100.
With B&W film-tests, using a good 10X magnifier, it is
easy to see the decline in resolution stop-by-stop from
f8 to smaller stops, with f16 generally being the last
"good" stop for optimum results at the image center with
35mm... (not that you cannot "stretch" to f22, but the
results are noticeably less sharp than at f8...). The
differences may be less obvious with a reduction in
resolution with copying, as with scanning...