RE: [Leica] digital printing - scan negs or prints?

[Simon Pulman-Jones <spulmanjones@lbs.ac.uk>]

In my previous post I should have made it clear that I am thinking of using 
a flat bed to scan from my existing prints or from small 6x4 proof prints 
in order to be able to learn and experiment with Photoshop, rather than as 
a long term solution to outputting all my images.  The ideal solution would 
be to use flat bed scans of prints and high resolution scans of film where 
appropriate - but I am just interested to find out whether the flat bed 
only option would be a sensible move for the time being, allowing me to 
wait for the next generation of film scanners whilst I get some practice 
with Photoshop.  Or will I really be missing out on image quality by using 
print rather than film scans?

Simon,
London.