Learning to scan film negatives feels like a dark art. After a year of doing it, I now know more, but there is still so much more to learn.
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Learning to scan film negatives feels like a dark art. After a year of doing it, I now know more, but there is still so much more to learn.
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@skinnylatte
I have that ahead of me in the next few months. Hope the learning curve is not TOO steep! -
@debdiscourse feel free to holler on this hashtag when you have questions. a lot of it is trial by fire, but also happy to help determine which path is best. for most people, dslr scanning, but i like film scanner hardware better. it's annoying, but i've asked for it.
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personally, if you're going to shoot less than 20 rolls of film a year: pay a lab.
the reason they're expensive is, scanning is a bit of a pain.
if you're going to shoot more than that, you're on a budget BUT have some cash to start an initial scanning setup OR you have access to scanners at a community darkroom, it's well worth learning how to scan.
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by [email protected]
if you're in san francisco: the city-run harvey milk photo center has a bunch of good film scanners (CoolScan LS-50) and flatbed scanners, that should cover most purposes. using those should be covered by the membership fee.
if you've outgrown that, go to photolaundry and do a first class in how to use each of their commercial scanners, which you can then rent by the hour: https://www.photolaundrysf.com/scanning
for nearly everyone else (without access to such scanners), dslr scanning is the way to go
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Chris Vreeland, Againreplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte Did you get the NikonScan software going?
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@Devils_Rancher no going to try the PPC Mac route