printing through the base (flipping image)

[BetterSense]

Is it destructive to image quality to print through the base of a 35mm negative versus having the emulsion side down? I may embark on some duping processes that result in flipped images. I'm wondering if it's worth another dupe to straighted the image out, or if I should just print through the base.

 

[removed account4]

Is it destructive to image quality to print through the base of a 35mm negative versus having the emulsion side down? I may embark on some duping processes that result in flipped images. I'm wondering if it's worth another dupe to straighted the image out, or if I should just print through the base.

i have never heard it is destructive in any way...

don't forget to have fun!
john

 

[Sparky]

it can yield ever so slightly softer results - but there are lots of times I've needed to do that - and for the pursposes - perhaps a small price to pay. It varies from being completely imperceptible to 'only just'...

 

[keithwms]

I have never seen any difference.

 

[Rick A]

I would procede with caution, reversing certain negatives could cause your brain to explode!
Why didn't I do that before?

Rick

 

[2F/2F]

In anything but the most critical of applications, it should not make a difference. It has never done so that I have seen in a print, but the most I have ever enlarged when doing this is 8x linearly.