On May 5, at 11:08 PM, Profile wrote:
What is the difference between scanning from a photo vs scanning from the negative?
I am in the process of scanning in a huge number of slides and photos for a family archival project, and have been playing with different scans quite a bit over the last few months. While not exactly your situation, I had a large batch of slides processed by Seattle Filmworks in the 70s and 80s. They sold Kodak 5270 35mm film, which shot negatives, but they re-exposed these negatives to a new negative film in order to make slides. They'd send both the slides and negatives back after processing. Some of them were also made into prints.
The slides always looked fine to me, projected on the wall, and I thought my slide scanner would to a good job. Since I was curious if there was a difference, I scanned both the slide and the negative in a few cases, and even compared prints, slides and negatives in a few more.
The difference is very noticeable. In high resolution, prints are much more washed out and grainy than the negatives. The slides look sort of "muddy", for lack of a better word and the colors are muted.
Since its easier to scan the slides, what I'm doing now is making a first run with the slides and then scanning those few I know are keepers from the negatives.
PS/ If you have child with an infinite amount of free time and a weakness for bribes, such a project is a lot easier.
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