The Theory Behind Why You’re Not Getting the Most From Scanned Film

The lead image of this blog post features a beautifully scanned negative of Kodak Portra 400. Looks really nice, right? Lots of photographers who get into analog film photography will then go about scanning their images to show them off online. I mean, it's just what we do. But here's the truth, it's incredibly hard to get a GOOD scan. There are scanners that scan to DNG files and TIFFs, but they're only so good. Why?
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