Newbie working with Eastman motion picture film
PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:02 am
Hi - I am brand new to scanning and SilverFast software and clearly have a lot to learn! Something I cannot seem to find from the movies or documentation is how to work with my specific film.
When I was a kid my dad worked for a slide production company and he used to get me rolls of Eastman motion picture film to shoot with my Minolta. I seem to recall him saying it was 5247 film. He had it processed at work and I got both negatives and slides. But the stumbling block here is there is no such choice in the NegaFix window for this film. I've been selecting different combinations via trial and error (Kodak Portra 400 VC seems to look good) but was hoping that perhaps someone else has scanned 5247 negatives and can tell me precisely what works best here. Many thanks!
When I was a kid my dad worked for a slide production company and he used to get me rolls of Eastman motion picture film to shoot with my Minolta. I seem to recall him saying it was 5247 film. He had it processed at work and I got both negatives and slides. But the stumbling block here is there is no such choice in the NegaFix window for this film. I've been selecting different combinations via trial and error (Kodak Portra 400 VC seems to look good) but was hoping that perhaps someone else has scanned 5247 negatives and can tell me precisely what works best here. Many thanks!