Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/27

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Subject: [Leica] slide vs. print film for PhotoCD
From: Five Senses Productions <fls@5senses.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 18:21:21 -0800

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


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