Kyler. Posted March 31, 2011 Share #1 Posted March 31, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi everybody, I have heard from different sources that it is best to scan with the emulsion facing up and from others that it is better with the emulsion facing downward. What do you do? Thanks, Kyle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 31, 2011 Posted March 31, 2011 Hi Kyler., Take a look here Epson V700: Emulsion side up or down? . I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pixelman Posted March 31, 2011 Share #2 Posted March 31, 2011 The film guide has a pictogram of frame numbers reversed, which indicate emulsion up. That's what I do on my V700. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted March 31, 2011 Share #3 Posted March 31, 2011 My Canon scanner requires emulsion side up. This amazes me, since the scan has to look through the film base, with (I would think) some loss in the process. Hmmmmm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl E Posted March 31, 2011 Share #4 Posted March 31, 2011 Hi everybody,I have heard from different sources that it is best to scan with the emulsion facing up and from others that it is better with the emulsion facing downward. What do you do? Thanks, Kyle I tend to choose whichever way that minimises curvature and out of focus image regions. This tends to be more of a problem with medium format film and I have therefore replaced the Epson film holders with third party holders from "betterscan". The alternative film holders are more sturdily built and they also have fine tuning adjustment of the focusing height. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted March 31, 2011 Share #5 Posted March 31, 2011 I've always put mine emulsion down. Can you tell any difference? Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted March 31, 2011 Share #6 Posted March 31, 2011 Anyone who has done classic enlarging knows to put the emulsion side towards the lens. But scanner engineers think in terms of everything being "right way around" since they mostly scan prints - thus the software gives a reversed image if scanned emulsion side (trivially easy to flip in PhotoShop, or even Vuescan). Personally, I scan emulsion down, and flip the image. Unless, as Carl says, I happen to get better focus the other way. The loss scanning through the film base seems neglible - but the possibility is always there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl E Posted March 31, 2011 Share #7 Posted March 31, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I've always put mine emulsion down. Can you tell any difference?Pete I have never been able to see a difference, but I must admit that I have never done a "scientific" comparison between the two positions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted March 31, 2011 Share #8 Posted March 31, 2011 http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/160651-epson-v700-750-very-good-our-7.html#post1658555 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted March 31, 2011 Share #9 Posted March 31, 2011 Down because it maintains focus better. Flip it later. I made an error once in a darkroom printing a color neg emulsion up at 16x20. It lost almost no sharpness if any. I never tried with scanning and would not bother with a flat bed scanner as results do not compare with a film scanner anyway. I use mine for 4x5 and making contact sheets from 35. Maybe a web display. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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