1995 – The lighthouse at Cabo de Sao Vicente in Portugal on a sunny summer day. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
In April 2022 I already shared a scan of this 1995 slide of the lighthouse at Cabo de Sao Vicente in Portugal.
However, back then I used an (old) Kodak PhotoCD scan as foundation. Since Adobe Photoshop does not natively support reading Kodak PhotoCD scans any longer (it did for many versions, though), I used ACDSee to batch convert all Kodak PhotoCD scans so I could at least access those scans again.
Now I came across the original slide in the archive and did a fresh new scan. In the 100% view in Photoshop I see improved details mostly in the shadows. And I enjoy a much higher resolution: 27.3 instead of 5.8 MP. Of course, I know (and see) that the slide does not really contain 27.3 MP as it tends to be quite soft when viewed at 100%. But I do have at least a chance to work with more pixels, and more accurately scanned pixels as well.
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | Summer 1995 |
| Location | Cabo de Sao Vicente, Portugal |
| Camera | Canon AE-1 Program |
| Image Source | Fuji Slide Film |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 4267 x 6416 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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