Originally posted by Not a Number The orange mask varies from emulsion to emulsion and even slightly from negative batch to batch. Most of the scanning software will have film profiles to help with the color balancing.
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Overall, the quick and easy part is photographing the 35mm slide or negative with your Pentax digital camera and Nikon rig. The time consuming part is all of the work that must be done in post to make the image looks its' best.
I checked on-line prices, and some scanning services will digitize 35mm slides/negatives for $.29 - $.39 per unit! I suspect that for that price, the customer will not be getting any post processing.
For those who are already doing this professionally, I'd be interested in hearing how much you charge, and how you are able to differentiate your services from those who charge $.29 - $.39 per unit.
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