I know @wfooshee (likely others, as well) has scanned negatives. I'd hit him up for some suggestions.Scanning the negative then printing out the digital image.
Unless you're printing really, really large, getting a good scan will probably work out better. The largest print I've made from 35mm was scanned and printed at 13 x 19 inches and it looked great.I don't know if anyone has experience with the printing side of things but which produces a better result with 35mm film....
Old school enlarging then printing from a negative.
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Scanning the negative then printing out the digital image.
I want to enlarge some old negatives for framing, the benefit of them going to a computer first is that I could remove the date stamp. I'm not sure if photo developers even do anything manual anymore, do they digitally scan all film negatives for printing anyway?
Unless you're printing really, really large, getting a good scan will probably work out better. The largest print I've made from 35mm was scanned and printed at 13 x 19 inches and it looked great.
I just used a flatbed scanner with negative holder. The difference is that I had time to sit around while scanning at a really high resolution, which most shops probably won't do. There's a reason photo stores charge quite a lot for "high-res" scans.I'm not sure what kind of quality your average high street (drug store style) photo place can scan negatives. I heard that most use home grade type scanners . Also most won't scan one image here and there, only strips.
Unfortunately my scanner doesn't have that feature and because I only want to do a handful I wouldn't really want to buy new hardware. If old school enlarging in a dark room is all but dead I guess I would have to take them somewhere which does a reasonably good digital job.
Or digitise with a DSLR, tripod and lightsource. 👍Unfortunately my scanner doesn't have that feature and because I only want to do a handful I wouldn't really want to buy new hardware. If old school enlarging in a dark room is all but dead I guess I would have to take them somewhere which does a reasonably good digital job.
Speaking of which, I'm about to buy a copy stand for doing that. I know a tripod can do the job just as well but it's a pain getting it set up right.Or digitise with a DSLR, tripod and lightsource. 👍
https://petapixel.com/2012/12/23/wh...our-film-using-a-camera-instead-of-a-scanner/
https://petapixel.com/2012/05/18/how-to-scan-film-negatives-with-a-dslr/
Does anyone here use 18% Grey cards?
I got a set today along with the Black & White, I'm looking forward to trying them out later next week.
I'm interested to hear what others do to correct WB.
Not sure where to put this, so I'll just put it here.
https://amyshorephotography.com/2017/05/04/the-giant-how-to-of-car-photography/
I follow this photographer and she asked for questions for a Q&A. A couple of my questions got answered. There's a lot of good stuff about how to become a professional photographer. It's a really good read if anyone's interested.
I've used a number of what would be sub $20 covers over the last decade and I've come to the following conclusion; If the camera isn't going to need to be adjusted, and is tripod mounted of largely static, they're all fine. If you need to adjust the camera, or move it around a lot, they're all mostly as rubbish as each other.Curious to what folks would recommend for a camera rain cover? Been borrowing my friend's Amazon JJC camera rain cover, but of course I feel the need to get my own. Been to a few events with predicted rain and would of course like to protect my gear. I would say a length of about 15" or so would work with the possibility of using a monopod/tripod. I hate the numerous off-brand...brands listed on sites like eBay or Amazon, but looking to spend $20 or so. The name brand ones I looked up at the local photography stores are about $70 or more.