Negative Scan vs. Print Scan

Once again I was playing with my film scanner. After scanning a particular negative, I realized that I had previously scanned the print on my flatbed scanner, and I thought it would be interesting to compare them.

So here are the two different scans:

Print Scan Negative Scan

The one on the left was scanned with a MicroTek ScanMaker 4900 flatbed scanner. It was scanned a long time ago, so I don’t remember the particulars other than that.

The one on the right was scanned with a Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual IV film scanner. 3200 dpi, 16 bits. I had to quite a bit of dust cleanup on it, and I reduced its size to roughly the same as the print scan.

I didn’t do a particular great job of scanning on either one of them, but which do you think looks better? Any preference?

Posted on February 3rd, 2007 by Michael Hocter
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  • Brian
    Marty Feldman has no comment.
  • ipse dixit
    The one on the right is better. Better contrast. Better detail.
  • Brian
    Seriously though, the second shows more detail.
  • Joe Kozlowski
    Right ... better shadow detail.
  • Lossless
    The one on the right is more contrasty, harsher. It's hard to tell if there's more detail there. Aestetically, the image on the left is superior.
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