Dopey question - back to front scanning

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Here's the thing; on my fourth scan through an online company I find that one film has been scanned reversed so as part of my PP I'm having to include a "flip horizontal" step: other than everything being "front to back" is there a real issue or am I being fussy?

My instinct is that they've let me down on this one.....
 
I've scanned then flipped in the past due to excessive curvature in the film as it was flatter the "wrong" way round. I don't recall it making a difference.
 
If you're otherwise happy with the scans, just do the extra step but maybe ping them an e-mail asking if there was any particular reason for the backwards scanning (as suggested by Peter B).
 
Peter B said:
I've scanned then flipped in the past due to excessive curvature in the film as it was flatter the "wrong" way round. I don't recall it making a difference.
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I think this probably depends on the film and the scanner? I loaded some strips the wrong way round in my flatbed scanner and aside from having to flip them in PP, I wasn't happy with the look of them, so rescanned the right way round and noticed an improvement. Also, some films are much less obviously matt on one side, which means I have to put my reading glasses on to look at the edge lettering to tell the correct way round to scan them (shiny side down).
 
I always scan mine with the lettering readable, IYSWIM. Most times I need to check the "mirror" box in Vuescan Pro. I did experiment once with shiny/dull side up, and saw no difference!
 
My Minolta is emulsion side down too
I always thought it was something to do with reflections from the shiney side, but I think the scan light is from beneath, same as a flatbed so I dunno.
Regardless of what Minolta recommend, I've scanned every which way but loose and never seen a difference between one way or the other.
 
Cheers all! It just happened to be a roll of film with text evident in a fair number of frames....
 
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