what resolution is 35mm?

[TheDave]

i know it has no resolution but how big does it go before losing quality? :huh:

[SingaBoiy]

Guess it depends on the quality of the camera. In terms of megalixles.

[TheDave]

but old school cameras dont have pixels.

[TheDave]

i want to try an experiment now, would a scanner kill photo negatives?

[SingaBoiy]

i want to try an experiment now, would a scanner kill photo negatives?
Thats a good question. I dont think it will. Just try it on one first.

[TheDave]

im trying on one that i dont think my mum would ever miss

[Samurai]

this could be fun :)

[Snee]

I think negatives can handle being scanned. :unsure:

[TheDave]

once i scan it i gotta work out if it can be colourised, i think i know how to do black and white

[Snee]

That's easy, you just need photoshop or something, all the colours are there, but reversed*, if it's a colour photo.

*I mean inverted, do'h

So just invert them

[TheDave]

i suppose its dull light that makes it look all blue then :unsure:

i'm gonna try a developed photo as well. one inch on the scanner almost fills the screen on teh monitor in DPI terms

[Snee]

Some scanners do seem to add some blue tho', try playing around with the curves and the saturation, if you have photoshop.

Sounds like a good scanner wrt the dpi, what model & make is it?

[TheDave]

ignore the blue thing, i went crazy

[Snee]

It happens.

[TheDave]

not going well, i have a strange feeling this is black and white film

[Snee]

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/scanning/

[SingaBoiy]

not going well, i have a strange feeling this is black and white film
You cant get color out of inverting a b&w scan (even if the original is color).

[TheDave]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/TheDave/eerieblueshit.jpg

thats after inverting and brightness/contrast adjustments. other negatives just scan too dark to play with, would backing it with a mirror do anything?

edit: unknown negative - scanned in colour - played with in photoshop

[Snee]

have a look at the link i gave you, it might help.

[TheDave]

ok, round two with some help then

[SingaBoiy]

Anyone else notice this? :ohmy:

Compare the original to this:

[bujub22]

i know it has no resolution but how big does it go before losing quality? :huh:
1,000 dpi or approx. 1300x875 pixels

[TheDave]

:blink:

[SingaBoiy]

1,000 dpi or approx. 1300x875 pixels
Nooo... it depends on the camera's capabilites. Let me see if I can find you an example.

[bujub22]

this might help

pixel res (http://pic.templetons.com/brad/photo/pixels.html)

[TheDave]

the title makes it pretty undisputable

[TheDave]

thanks snny.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/TheDave/ihopethisisveryold.jpg

now i gotta play with my scanner. the other negatives just show up black

[Snee]

Nice, glad it helped.