Re: Scanned 35mm Provia Film.......Resolution?

Denny B wrote:
Took a roll of color slides, Provia ISO 100 of snow
scenes which turned out beautiful. When I took the
film to be developed also asked to have it scanned
which also turned out beautiful.
On the CD jacket it has a check mark nest to "Good"
there is also "Better" and "Best" I phoned the store that
processed and scanned the slides and inquired about the
"Good"......"Better" ......... "Best"
The following is what I was told, resolution is as follows.

"Good"=1024x1536 which is good for up to 5"x7'' prints
"Better" =2048x3027 which is good for 11"x14" prints
"Best" =3024x 4523 which is good for larger then 11"x14" prints

Question is are these resolutions all JPEG or some TIFF
and some RAW?

There is no way to tell. File format and image resolution are separate things.

What is the largest JPEG resolution?

No limit (in practice at least, not sure what the official spec is).

Can you tell just by looking at the resolution size what it is, JPEG or TIFF or RAW?

No.

RAW is not a format you'd see in these circumstances. What it means is data straight out of a digital camera without any processing being done to it. This is often preferable to professionals and advanced amateurs so they do their own thing on the computer, aiming to get the best out of the image. Cameras aimed at the less enthusiastically-minded photographer produce JPGs normally, which have been adjusted in-camera so that they are 'ready to go'. (Cameras producing RAW files usually have the ability to make JPGs as well).

Also can I now take an individual slide and have it scanned
to a higher resolution? "Better" or "Best" ?

No reason why not in principle. Obviously it depends on what services your store offer.
.

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