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Copying color negatives with camera

Started Oct 13, 2014 | Discussions thread
zirtico Contributing Member • Posts: 743
Re: Copying color negatives with camera

I've done this before.  I find that even after colour correction, you may still need to adjust the curves and levels, since the final image is always a little low contrast.

My first step is to shoot the orange mask of the negative first as WHITE in the custom white balance.  This lets the camera do as much of the mask removal as possible.  Then you shoot your frames on that particular brand of film (since the mask is unique to the brand).  Then the moment you pull your RAW files into your workflow and invert the image, the filmstrip around the frame should be black (since it was white to begin with), and the image should at least resemble the original.

Then you can adjust saturation/contrast to taste.  This is the most consistent method I've found.

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