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Scanning Prints

  • 11-04-2003 9:42pm
    #1
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭


    Is there a finish for photos thats suits scanning? Matte or Gloss?

    I can't afford a digital camera right now and I'm loosing so much of the quality thru scanning.


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  • #2
    Samson
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    My lab told me once that glossy prints are best for scanning.


  • #3
    DadaKopf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,731 ✭✭✭DadaKopf


    Personally I find matte better. Gloss tends to show up every molecule of grease and it sticks to it like glue. Matt is much better that way.

    That said, I guess the surface of gloss would be smoother hence better uh, connection with the glass or something.


  • #4
    norma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭norma


    Just as an aside, lighter fuel is great for taking smudges off prints. Just rub it on with a chamois, or the like.


  • #5
    havok*
    Closed Accounts Posts: 972 ✭✭✭havok*


    I prefere matte aswell. Its very hard to keep glossy prints clean. They pick up scratches and exspecially fingerpints much, much easyier then matte.

    U might be better off loading slide film if ur planning on scanning them. If you buy the Process paid type it'll even work out cheaper then a normal role of film. Slides are pretty much the highest resolution you can possibly get.

    (tiz about a tenner for a role of process paid colour reversal film, of course as the same suggests the developing and mounting of the slides is free)


  • #6
    DadaKopf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,731 ✭✭✭DadaKopf


    I thought the mounting cost a little extra.


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  • #7
    Samson
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    Originally posted by DadaKopf
    I thought the mounting cost a little extra.

    If the 35mm slide film is process paid the cost includes mounting (eg Fuji Sensia or Kodachrome).
    The only process paid film that I know of that does not include mounting is Agfa Scala (black & white reversal film).

    7dayshop.com are a good source for cheap film, eg they have process paid Fuji Sensia (processed by Fuji UK) for £5.25 per roll.


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