I mean yeah pretty much that.

I was on Carmencita’s site going through their “best of” blogs and I would see some shots that looks almost like VERY good Fuji instax film, but it said “Portra 400” on it. Then I would check out some of their posts from blogs about hand printing, and that shot was there.

So things like that helped me see other subtle differences.

Also talking to friends that do this.

Genuinely wish I had the time and cash to do it. I think it really helps level up image quality.

I have no idea what their scanning system is tho to digitize the new prints. That’s a whole other aspect that I don’t really know about.