Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm neg C41 slides?
From: eric@jphotog.com
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:05:01 -0600 (CST)
References: <008b01c3c62c$284e8100$fa5d6244@ph.cox.net>

> I find handling slides ...easier and safer for film scanning  than neg
> strips, and with today's high resolution batch slide scanners I ask the
> following naive question...
>
> any reason why one can't have C41 neg strips cut, and put into slide
> binders for storage and scanning?
>
> thoughts, for/ against.... and anyone who does it routinely?
>
>
> it's early in the morning here, am I missing something obvious?


No problem at all. I;ve heard of stock agencies that cut each negative out
and mount them.
I find that with Photoshop you can have the brilliance and saturation of
slide film withnegatives. It's just a question of practice and having a good eye for what
the end resultshould be.


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In reply to: Message from "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> ([Leica] 35mm neg C41 slides?)