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Scanning Film: Why Resolution Matters, and How Pixel Shifting Changes the Game

I compared 4 different scanning methods.

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Raf Lopes
Apr 28, 2025
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Why This Matters

When I first started scanning my own film, it became obvious that while shooting film ispure art, it is the painter's brush, scanning film is pure technology and nerd work, like two very different worlds stitched together. Shooting isemotional, intuitive, and full of imperfections that made it beautiful. Scanning, on the other hand, requ…

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