Yes, I do that too, and trimming out the border when scanning would let me getting the lens way closer to the actual photo, I'm spending pixels by doing that (especially because of aspect ratio). But I find it so cool to have the borders!
When converting with NLP, I use the border buffer option...
I'm hoping to get some advice from the community on a scanning challenge I'm working through and couldn't find a solution yet.
I'm trying to scan my 35mm negatives with the full border visible, with the complete border, including all the lettering and frame numbers along the edges. I like...
Here is the contact sheet I generated for both Kodacolor 100 and 200, side by side. I shot these under the same light condition, with the same camera and lens, and same shutter speed (mostly 1/250 sec. for everything), I just changed the f-stop. I developed them together in the same paterson...
Thanks for having that space. I read the rules and it was strict about self-promoting. Which makes that thread a nice space. Thanks!
(I was going to send this via DM, but I think I need to wait 5 days, since I just created my account)
Oooo! Thanks a lot my friend!
Yes. I think the grain structure isn’t as fine as an Ektar, but pretty decent for a $9 roll. I will do a side-by-side test with the same scanning equipment (benchmarking against Ektar). In fact, I think I’ll do it today. I have some Ektar negatives here. They were...
Thanks for mentioning! I wrote this article.
I woke up early, bought the film stock in a store in Manhattan, shot two rolls, came back home, developed it, let it dry, scanned it, converted it, and wrote the article (I wrote the article while the film was drying).
I just found this forum while...
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