For prints and scanning, use slide film or negatives ?

marcwang · 26th September 2003

Would slide film or negatives be better , if my final product would be viewed as medium size prints ? I seemed to have read somewhere that negatives are better suited for printing, and when slides are being printed, some quality may be lost due to conflicting processes. However, almost every other professional out there seem to shoot slides, and they have their photos printed in books or as art pieces in galleries. So......... what say you ?

For film scanning, ... will slides provide greater detail and better colour accuracy ? Negative seems like hard work for my Canoscan 5000f.

Siddhi · 26th September 2003

It depends if you want large quantity of prints or just a single print. If you want more prints, its much cheaper to do it with negatives. If money is not a problem, slides look much better than negatives. When printing slides, you will definately lose some quality. The print will not look as good as the slide, but they will still be quite good.

For me, the prints from slides seem to come out better than the prints from negatives. I dont know if this is because of the way it is printed, or that I am more careful when shooting with slides.

S40 · 29th September 2003

Originally Posted by Siddhi

It depends if you want large quantity of prints or just a single print. If you want more prints, its much cheaper to do it with negatives. If money is not a problem, slides look much better than negatives. When printing slides, you will definately lose some quality. The print will not look as good as the slide, but they will still be quite good.

For me, the prints from slides seem to come out better than the prints from negatives. I dont know if this is because of the way it is printed, or that I am more careful when shooting with slides.

Hi,
hope u can help me with a few queries:
1. How much is developing slides?
2. How much is the processing charged?
3. U mean there's loss of quality when processing photos, but it is still better than negatives?
4. What film would u recommend?
I'm thinking of trying out slides for my friend's wedding(just for fun), but
am not so sure how much the total cost per roll will be.

Thanks

26th September 2003	#1
marcwang Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: East Singapore Posts: 1,023	For prints and scanning, use slide film or negatives ? Would slide film or negatives be better , if my final product would be viewed as medium size prints ? I seemed to have read somewhere that negatives are better suited for printing, and when slides are being printed, some quality may be lost due to conflicting processes. However, almost every other professional out there seem to shoot slides, and they have their photos printed in books or as art pieces in galleries. So......... what say you ? For film scanning, ... will slides provide greater detail and better colour accuracy ? Negative seems like hard work for my Canoscan 5000f. __________________ Marc Wang Photography

26th September 2003	#2
Siddhi Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Holland Village Posts: 113	It depends if you want large quantity of prints or just a single print. If you want more prints, its much cheaper to do it with negatives. If money is not a problem, slides look much better than negatives. When printing slides, you will definately lose some quality. The print will not look as good as the slide, but they will still be quite good. For me, the prints from slides seem to come out better than the prints from negatives. I dont know if this is because of the way it is printed, or that I am more careful when shooting with slides.