Old hat, you might say. Almost exactly a year ago, I published a blog about how I scan and color balance color negative film. I now follow up on this with a video that demonstrates my approach. I start by inverting a couple of color negatives of my own (coincidentally shot on Kodak Vision3 250D ECN2 film). I then move on to some color negative scans YouTuber Analogue Andy provided me with. It’s a wordy kind of video, but for those who prefer to watch instead of (or in addition to) read, it may be useful. Enjoy!
The initial demonstration uses negatives I shot over the past week or so on 35mm Kodak Vision3 250D film, manually processed in ECN2 developer and C41 bleach and fixer. Andy’s film comprises three stocks: Kodak Ektar 100, Kodak Gold 200 and Kodak Portra 160, all medium format.
Tools used are my old and trusty Epson 4990 scanner and accompanying Epson Scan software. Inversion and color balancing is done in GIMP running on Windows 10.