Digitizing photos?

[Doug Marmion]

>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


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