I have a question I hope isn't too obvious or ridiculous.
Given today's emulsions, what are the general characteristics, strengths and weaknesses of using transparency film verses color neg film when they are put through the scanning process? I'm looking at end uses for both online viewing and for printing. I'm currently using 120 film.
My understanding (based on experience that is out-of-date) is that color neg offers a wider tonal range, while transparency film can offer more color saturation. I remember that years ago art directors at magazines were always getting transparencies, both because they were easier to look at and (I had always presumed) because transparency film made better scans then color neg film. But that might be old school thinking… ?
I do mostly available light portraits. Most of my scanning will be on a desk top scanner, not sent to a lab for pro scanning. I'm going to be doing some testing of various other films. But I thought I'd ask for some general advice. I've been mostly using 120 Kodak Portra 400NC, but I'm thinking a slower speed emulsion might be better.
For color neg films I'm thinking of looking into the coming new Portra 400 emulsion, Portra 160NC, and Fujicolor 160S. For transparency films, Astia 100F and Ektachrome E100G.
For reference to the look and feel I'm after, here's a link to a British photographer who's images are shot on film. Especially his portraits of restaurant people and food shots. He's a photographer I've only just learned about. Hope it's OK to post a link:
http://www.tobyglanville.com/
Thanks!
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