Yes, but even so, I'd expect the difference to be so marginal as to make the option of re-scanning not very relevant. I'd not bother unless you are seeing severe problems in your scans, which I bet you're not experiencing.Might it matter that the ScanMate is a drum scanner?
Do a check. Scan the same negative twice, both ways (emulsion in, emulsion out) and compare. That will give you the answer.
Easier said than done when negatives are already mounted on the drum. Mounting fluid, mylar and all...
Wouldn't you get moire patterns if the film is against the glass?
That's pretty compelling. In the sense that I really don't see much of a difference at all.But, if OP can't do a comparison, somebody else surely can...
@brbo - what scanner are you using?
In terms of orientation of the digital image, yes. I think the primary concern here was about actual image quality; please see the exchange on this, including examples, in the posts above. Also note we're not talking about a flatbed scanner.Isn't it ultimately just a software issue for most scanners?
For the same reason the film edge itself renders orange. Apparently a diffraction artifact.Also i wonder why these circles are orange at all.
@Harry Callahan the so called missing details look like fixed spots of dust to me. I.e. clone tool artifacts. I don't see how a drum scanner could make up or forget details. The supposed 'lug' for instance doesn't look like one to me. Pieces of mud, bodywork seams etc. can easily be affected by clone/healing tool actions.
Note how very clean @brbo's scans are. Apart from tidy handling practices, he may have done some cleanup on the files. See e.g. this bit where he 'missed a spot' (which sounds horrible to say in relation to such otherwise impeccable scans):
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The round circles do indeed look like air bubbles in the mounting liquid to me; that's why they're in the sprocket holes.
For the same reason the film edge itself renders orange. Apparently a diffraction artifact.
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Interesting detective work, but I don't see much relevance to the question of film orientation during scanning.
LOL!!!
Yes, I did quickly run through the scans with clone tool and yes bubbles tend to be perfectly round when they are not squeezed against something.
and maybe more grain
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