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Re: filmscanners: LS-40/Vuescan cropping
Mark Otway wrote:
> >> Surely, the frame spacing has no relationship to the make of
> >> film. It should be a standard 8 sprocket holes. Any variance
> >> has to come from the camera. Some very cheap ones don't even
> >> register the sprocket holes and vary spacing throughout a film.
>
> Both rolls were shot on a Canon EOS300 - not a particularly 'cheap'
> camera (although some professionals on here may disagree with that ;-).
>
Well !!!!!
> Obviously, since the same camera was used for both it *must* be the film
> that differs.
>
> I think the uneven-spaced frames were from some cheap Agfa film which we
> bought from a SnappySnaps or something whilst on holiday last year. It
> certainly is a real pain to scan, though - I will be sticking to
> Fuji/Kodak in the future.
>
As the previous response - its the camera that creates the uneven spacing
not the film.
Rob
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