Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have asked this question one time already and gotten one good comment. I am posting it again with the hopes someone else will see it and comment. >Does anyone have experience with getting color negatives >scanned onto PhotoCD? I have always believed that slide film >was the best for getting the ultimate image quality in a scan, >but a PhotoCD expert I work with sometimes told me that >color negatives scan MUCH better onto PhotoCD than slides! >I was shocked, and today I bought a few rolls of print film (Kodak >Royal Gold 25 and 100) in order to test his theory. In my work, >my final output medium IS the Internet and an occasional >8x10 to 20x30 enlargement. I have always thought I would >get the best results in the scanner and for enlargements from >slide film. I know slide film is more finnicky and requires more >accuracy than print film, but I thought it was well worth the >extra trouble for the quality I received in return. Does anyone who >has shot extensively with slow print films (Kodak Ektar 25 or Royal >Gold 25, for example) AND slow slide films (Velvia, for example) >have any opinions on which film type gives the best (sharpest, >finest) enlargements or PhotoCD scans? Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/