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PYRO Developed Negatives for Scan?


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#1 Ralph Gregory

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Posted 16 October 2007 - 09:59 AM

Does anybody have any experience with the result of scanning Pyro developed film? I know the results in the tradtional darkroom, but have never developed negatives with scanning them in mind.

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Posted 17 October 2007 - 10:19 AM

There really aren't too many considerations for scanning film with different devlopers, stains, etc. Some newer emulsions may have grain that scans "softer" but the only real decision is whether to scan in color or grayscale. Scanning in color will of course keep any staining hues, at the expense of a file size 3x larger than in grayscale. As long as you have a scanner capable of recording highlights and shadows without clipping (pay attention to the histogram in your scan software) you shouldn't have any problems, other than deciding what your final image should look like ;)
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