Negs would be scanned exactly the way a slide (positive) image would be...it would require a simple software modification to correct the colors (reds become greens, etc. etc.), something that even the most simple OEM software that you get with digicams can (usually) do (sometimes people like to turn the colors back to negative for graphic effects)...(Sharni/Noah/whatever the F she's calling herself at the moment)'s website post is dead on, the closer you get to the first generation is the best resolution...the downside of working from negs is that typical 35mm film is kinda small, but a pro shop with the right kind of scanner can scan at a higher res than most peeps' home scanners can do...

I learnt all this stuff not as a pro photog, but I backed into the 4-color printing industry just as the first digital scanners were coming online...they were HUGE monstrosities that cost more than my 1st house, had their own clean rooms to themselves, & the rooms had to be painted with a special non-reflective paint so the operator could be sure s/he got the colors balanced right...

Little did I know I was jumping onboard to an industry that would soon be replaced by any idiot who could afford a computer & the software...

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