ANALOGUE PHOTOGRAPHY IN VENICE: POLAROID POLAPAN
Film | Polaroid Polachrome instant slide
Camera | Contax 167MT
Lens | Sima Soft Focus 100mm f2 set at f4
Scanner | Nikon (Coolscan V ED)
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Scanning a Polachrome instant slide
Due to the Moirè effect, scanning Polachrome film isn’t an easy task for the Scanner.
The Moire effect is a wavy interference, due to pixels framing and its texture is strictly related to the digital device you are using.
When using Photoshop to resample a Polachrome for Internet you have to manually select the bilinear option in the menu.

Photoshop Internet resampling: the standard bicubic method produces a really preposterous moirè effect

The unusual texure of the Polychrome grain