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Slide or Print Film for Publication


As an amateur/beginning photographer, this may seem a little ambitious, but eventually I would like to publish a book of photographs of particular New England landmarks. Seeing as it will take me years to amass a large enough collection to publish, I would like to know before I get started and have to redo my work, what kind of film I should use: slides or negatives? Or does it matter?

Will a publisher require a particular medium, or can I just use what I feel comfortable with?


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August 22, 2001

 

Jeff S. Kennedy
  It is easier for publishers to use transparencies (slides). With advancements in digital imaging and scanning it may be that in years to come any medium will work but for now slides are the standard and preferred. That's not to say negs won't work (or even prints) but slides are still the way to go.


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