FW: Digitizing photos?

[Eleonora Deak]

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From: wmlinguist at kisser.net.au
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:35:57 +0800
To: Doug Marmion <dem at coombs.anu.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Digitizing photos?

In the neg scanning program, there's should be a thing you (or the customer
assistant) can go into to select the right film channel (so different
channels have the densities set to suit the needs of different film brands'
idiocyncracies - just like on the print machine - except most places don't
bother because it gets a bit fiddly. Ask about it and maybe offer to pay a
bit extra.

Eleonora

on 20/2/05 2:10 PM, Doug Marmion at dem at coombs.anu.edu.au wrote:

>> There are some photos I want to digitize. I have ready access to
>> good quality prints but I can also get access to the negs.
>>
>> Is it better to digitize off negs or off prints?
>>
>> Michael Walsh
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>
> Hi Michael,
>
> As a general rule, it's always better to scan from the originals (the
> negatives) than from a copy (the prints). However (presuming you're
> talking about colour negatives as opposed to B&W) I've read that
> there can be real problems in getting the colours right due to
> differences between film brands (and even between different film
> types from the same manufacturer). So while scanning from prints
> won't produce results of the same quality it might be more practical,
> depending on what you want the scanned images for.
>
> cheers,
> doug
>