Printing or Scanning? What's best? Lomography films in the darkroom - Berlin 400 and Lady Grey 400

Do grainy films look better when printed in the darkroom? HERE'S YOUR ANSWER!

Well, maybe not the answer, but an interesting experiment nonetheless. And I can now confirm that I definitely prefer the look of Lomography Berlin Kino 400 ASA film when it's properly printed. The digital scans, done with a camera and a light panel, really came out looking rough. But the prints from the same negatives are great. At least I think they are.

This was the result I was hoping for, that despite the super rough look that the Berlin has when scanned, it's actually really nice when printed. Something to bear in mind!

This also raised the question of is Lightroom tinkering with negatives acceptable?? What do you think?

Let me know your thoughts!

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