My understanding is that those sorts of properties are what the film
manufacturers currently are trying to control and adjust in their new film
emulsions such as Supra. But so far they have not taken the step of
eliminating the orange mask; I would suspect that is because a negative film
without it would be a film truely dedicated and optimized for scanning
exclusively, which would mean that they would lose those who shoot negative
film with traditional processing and printing in mind, which currently still
represents a significant proportion of the market. By making slight minor
adjustments to things like contrast and shadow density, they can service
both types of customers ( although neither necessarily would be getting
optimal quality IMO.)
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>There is no reason why said negative
>films could not be designed to be optimized for digital uses only (to wit,
>dedicated to scanning) in which case such masks might be unnecessary and
>replace by profiles that would digitally account for and correct the
>unwanted of a cyan and a magenta dye in the negative film in the same way
>that color filter packs are utilized today. As far as I know, there is no
>good reason why a film similar to transparency film without any orange
>masks
>could not be produced which would display a negative image rather than a
>positive image and would be more appropriate for direct scanning and
>digital
>reversing. Now such a thing may very well be impractical but it is not
>impossible or illogical.
Along these same lines, would it be possible to produce a positive film that
has characteristics better suited to scanning, e.g., lower contrast and
maybe less density in the shadows?
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