Scanning film for archival - what color space to use?

I want to scan some negatives that I have for archival purpose. I've
seen conflicting advice on the merit of sRGB vs. Adobe RGB. (The
contrarian view(?) seems to be that Adobe RGB offers no real benefits if
the pictures are going to be printed but it creates the possibility of
color space mismatch with the printer.)

What's your thought on this?

On Apr 4, 6:57 am, Ricky Rudolph <a....DeleteThis@b.c> wrote:
> I want to scan some negatives that I have for archival purpose. I've
> seen conflicting advice on the merit of sRGB vs. Adobe RGB. (The
> contrarian view(?) seems to be that Adobe RGB offers no real benefits if
> the pictures are going to be printed but it creates the possibility of
> color space mismatch with the printer.)
>
> What's your thought on this?


I always shoot in aRGB, the reason is that I use professional printing
services, or my own inkjet and that is the space that the pro printers
want and works best with my Canon iPF 5000. If I want to display on a
web site or print some 4x6s at CVS I can always change to sRGB, but if
you shoot in sRGB changing to aRGB doesn't increase you color space.
Funny thing about CVS, the Kodak kiosk works best with aRGB, their
behind the counter printer sRGB. If you are only going to print with
CVS , Costco and alike then use sRGB, if you have a good inkjet
printer or want to use professional services (Lightjet, Chromira
printers) then you want aRGB.

Tom