Emulsion up or down?

This is a pretty basic question: when putting a 35mm negative into an enlarger, does the emulsion face the lightsource, or does it face the lens?

<p>David, the rule is emulsion to emulsion.</p>

<p>Does that mean emulsion down, facing the emulsion on the paper?<br>

Thanks,<br>

David</p>

<p>Down.</p>

 

<p>I always remembered this from a teacher years ago.. Shiny side up.</p>

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<p>Does that mean emulsion down, facing the emulsion on the paper?</p>

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<p>Correct.</p>

<p>Whichever way get's the printed image right-way-round, my take.</p>

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<p>Whichever way get's the printed image right-way-round, my take.</p>

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<p>Unless you live in the mirror world where Kirk and Spock are evil and wear goatees.</p>

<p>Sorry, emulsion of the paper is up, so the emulsion of the film faces the paper (down). Emulsion to emulsion.</p>

<p>Try to place the emulsion up, if you want to: really, it ought not to make much difference, in most pictures, as, no matter how you set it up, we're talking just about light passing through emulsion. Now, if there's writing in your image, and you flip the negative, of course, the text will be reversed in the print.</p>