The best way to develope 120mm film roll from a Lomo Diana to digital?

Question

What is the best way to develop redscale or negative 120mm film roll to digital? Is the digitaliza good and how do i use it? Will the digitaliza work if i put the film roll into the mast and simply scan them onto a pc? Or is there another way to scan 120mm film onto a computer? or shall i pay to get them developed digitally? and will redscale film work on scanning?

Answer 1

There's no such thing as 120mm film - it's called 120 NOT 120mm!!



To get the best quality you generally need a dedicated film scanner - film labs have the best quality ones but it is possible to get decent scans from a home system - I use an Epson V700.



Redscale film (ie shot through the wrong side of the emulsion) can be scanned, but you need to specifiy (if you send off) or check your settings (if scanning at home) to ensure that the scanner doesn't try to automatically compensate for the red colour cast.



Edited to add - on re-reading your question (& Hondo's answer) I need to clarify that the film MUST be chemically developed first before you expose it to any light, or your images will be lost. Only the developed negs can be scanned. If you aren't home developing then yes, you will need to send it to a lab. Most do a combined service of develop & scan to CD.

Answer 2

Boy, the guys at Lomography Inc. sure saw you coming didn't they?

Film has to be developed either to a negative or a positive (ie color slide) before it can be printed. It cannot be developed digitally, it is a chemical process. When you have the neg' or slide it can be printed or scanned to produce a digital image. 120 film scanners are way more expensive than 35mm film scanners, they produce much bigger files and they cost a lot to use. In the UK it costs me £3 to get a 35mm scanned to a CD, but it costs me £16 to get a 120 film scanned

Negative and redscale film are identical! Lomo' Inc. buys outdated negative film from the makers and rerolls it back to front so the emulsion layer is on the wrong side - that's all it is!

Answer 3

You have to get the roll of film developed first, so that you have an image to work from.

If you have your own Dark Room, then you probably know how to do it. If you don't, then get the film developed by a processing lab. While they are at it, you might as well get them printed too! It won't cost much more. Then scan the prints into your computer to do what you want.

Answer 4

You must have the film developed before it can be scanned into a digital format.