[filmscanners] Re: color negative/print film advice

["Doug Franklin" <franklin@shootingshark.com>]

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:51:51 -0700, Sam A. McCandless wrote:

> I'd appreciate some advice about which color negative/print film(s)
> to use for landscape and nature photos. I'll be scanning it in my
> Polaroid SprintScan 4000 (not Plus). Or in a modest upgrade of my
> SS4000, but not on an Imacon or a Leaf, etc.

I scan with a CanoScan FS4000 and use almost exclusively print film.  I
use Kodak film almost exclusively because I prefer its warmer tone to
the Fuji films I've used.  I don't think I've scanned any of the Fuji
negatives yet, in fact.

I've had the best results scanning @ 4k ppi using Kodak Gold Max.
Portra 400 NC didn't work well at all (lots of chroma noise or grain
aliasing).  Supra 100, 200, and 400 were better than Portra NC.  Royal
Gold 1000 is better than Gold Max 800.  Haven't tried Portra VC.  I've
got some of the new "High Definition" developed, but haven't scanned
any of it yet.

Basically I'd rank them this way, best results to worst (scanning
only):

1) Gold Max 200 or 400
2) Royal Gold 200 or 400
3) Supra 200 or 400
4) Portra NC 400
5) Royal Gold 1000
6) Gold Max 800


TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ


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