They look similar to the pattern that motor oil makes in a puddle. Newton’s rings are swirly patterns that show up on your film scans and can be a total pain to edit out. Related: Intro to Scanning Your Own Film Negatives What are Newton’s Rings? The white paper is guide so I know where to put my negative. Place the film strip emulsion side up on the scanner, and then put a piece of glass on top of the negative.

If the emulsion side is face down, it will still scan, but it will be a mirror image of your frame and the border text will be backwards. Placing the film with the emulsion side up will allow the words on your film border to be read the correct way. The emulsion side is the duller side of the film. Then, I place a piece of glass on top of the negative to hold it in place and keep it from curling. I use a pretty simple setup and prefer to put the negatives directly on the glass, emulsion side up. The 35mm mask will scan sprockets, and the 120 mask scans a small amount of the border (but it doesn’t show the entire border). If you’re looking for a film holder that can scan borders, try Lomography’s DigitaLIZA scanning masks. When scanning film borders, you can place the film negative directly on the glass of your scanner, or you can buy a special film holder that will hold the film in place and still show the borders. Setting Up Your Scanner for Scanning the Borders on Your Film Negatives

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