As this is the Film Shooters Collective (I assume we are all shooting at least some proportion of our photography using film), we probably scan the negatives and most likely print those scans using an inkjet printer so this almost certainly applies to us.
Back to basics: What is a "color space" and if there is more than one, which is better?
Film Characteristic Curves are provided by most film manufacturers to help describe a film’s behavior. I am an engineer, a rocket scientist even, and I was getting frustrated trying to make sense of these curves. Some web resources described what the different parts of the curves mean and individuals on forums answered questions with authority “It’s obvious from looking at the curves.” Thanks for nothing. I finally buckled down and combined research with my math background to figure out how to put these curves to practical use.
Last night I developed some B&W film and had the developer standing around( I use it for 4-6 rolls and than throw it out, I never store developer ).
So I got a very old Kodak VR Plus 400 Roll, that was in my desk since 2006( forgotten vacation roll from germany ) and put it in my Tank.
I got nice brownish negatives, and they looked ok to scan.
The scanning with my Canon 9000F Mark II was a bit difficult but I managed to get some of them scanned.
Here are the best photos I got. Nothing special. Very old family snapshots from a vacation to Germany.
(Sorry for the scratches and dust)
