ManicAmerican Photo Lessons: How To Scan Your Negatives
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@stee1face I believe the shiny side should be down, but with this model at least, I've found it more important to be sure that the film strip is inverted (i.e. text and numbers appear backwards) because the scanner will read with film backwards -- that way the photos appear correctly once scanned. I've noticed no damage the few times I've had to scan shiny side up.
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Does it matter if you place the shiny part of the film strip on the scanner up or down?
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@lq5452 Thanks. Where I get my film developed, color is about $5-6 and black and white is closer to $8 a roll. You can do it yourself, but you do need all the chemicals etc. for it (and to be able to dispose of them afterwards), which can be pricey.
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@ManicAmerican - this is a very helpful video, how much did it cost for you to develop the film(no print) cost? can I do it myself? thanks
Neat video. I'm from NYC too! I'm wondering if you know any places that can develop my wide-angle film taken with Lomo's Sprocket Rocket. I got a roll developed at West 4th, but it came out a little pricey, tryna work my way around that and save me some money you know? Thank you!
raysnub 2 weeks ago
@raysnub I haven't used that camera, but you can try 86streetphoto [dot] com -- give them a call and ask for a quote.
ManicAmerican 2 weeks ago
No sleeves?
flynessv 10 months ago
@flynessv Sleeves -- I use Clear File Archival Plus... I think I only mention them at the end of the video.
ManicAmerican 10 months ago
Can you scan film on any good scanner or does it have to be a film scanner?
DeviantArtNY 1 year ago
@DeviantArtNY I haven't tried using a non-film scanner, but I'm pretty sure you need the scanner to be lit from the top and bottom in order for it read a negative. I don't THINK you would damage the film by trying it in a non-film scanner, but you're probably better off using a scanner that is built to read negatives than one that is not.
ManicAmerican 1 year ago