I agree, a drum scan would be a much better option than a hacked wet mount on a flatbed...That is if the scanner and operator are set-up for doing negs. Just having the drum is not enough.
We have a very good operator and drum - but we are not set-up for doing negs. They are rare in our work so the company has not paid Crossfield the large sum they ask to come over and set-up all the tables and things to make this work well. If we are given a neg then the result off the drum is a CMYK untagged scan - with no inversion or orange mask removal. It is then my task to colour manage/invert and remove the mask - and to then 'correct' the image. You might be surprised at the level of quality that can be obtained with this crappy workflow...but it all needs a good reference image and a lot of hand colour correction. Anyway - my major point is that not all scanning set-ups are equal, so if you do outsource these scans, make sure they like negs before you give them your work. Regards, Stephen Marsh. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
