The Online Photographer: A Perfunctory Guide to Converting Photographic Film to Digital Prints, Part II

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A Perfunctory Guide to Converting Photographic Film to Digital Prints, Part II

By Ctein You should read last week’s Part I before reading this one if you haven’t already. This picks up directly where that left off. For scanning negatives, whether black-and-white or color, Adobe RGB is the best choice for output…

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Your scanning should be done at the highest resolution that you can feasibly work with, not only to capture maximum detail in the film but to minimize film grain and artifacts. Scanning tends to increase the appearance of grain.