I always thought the emulsion side is the one that doesn’t have shine (b&w), probably color film has the same rules

Hi Sergei,

I’ll investigate this further and make corrections if necessary. Thank you!

Sergei,

I did some research on this and you are correct. I’ve updated the article.

FYI2: there are some emulsions that are shiny on both sides. And I’ve found very little difference in scan quality between the orientation of film in your scanner: analog.cafe/r/film-scannin…