AlanG

You are sure missing something. I only have one film example there. It is the girl's face and you can see how it is cropped from the full image. Every aspect of the grain and scratches are sharp. I don't see the possibility of getting more detail from that photo since one can easily see the grain is the limiting factor.

Previously I was using the pictured Polaroid dedicated film scanner (not a flatbed) that scans at 4000 dpi. That produces a scan from 35mm of a bit less than 6000 x 4000 pixels. It is much slower to scan that way than shoot with a camera. The Sony camera I use records the image at 7952 x 5304. I guess I could always shoot two or more frames and combine them for even more resolution, but the original film does not have that level of detail in it as is clearly shown by my scans.

Why don't you post an example of a shot made on Tri-X at 400 ISO that is scanned differently showing greater detail?

FWIW I can shoot much more magnified if necessary. I also have photographed film through microscopes and there is no more detail in these Tri-X photos than that. Do you not see how grainy Tri-X film is? That grain will be there no matter what scanner is used. The typical film shooter does not make digital copies that are better than mine.

Did you not look at my APS 6400 ISO comparison? Film does not come remotely close to that.

Do you not believe your own eyes?

BTW, your links didn't work for me.