# ETTR--but how FAR to the right for 'scanning' film?

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**Category:** Digital Camera Scanning\
**Created:** [January 5, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/ettr-but-how-far-to-the-right-for-scanning-film/1099 "2020-01-05T18:17:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/ettr-but-how-far-to-the-right-for-scanning-film/1099/17 "2020-12-01T17:18:36Z")

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Hi Nate,

I am trying out your suggestion of shooting just the light table and clipping the exposure. I also saw you mention it [here](https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/setting-global-exposure-using-the-film-leader/1792).

Could you please explain what exactly you mean by this? What should the histogram look like? I did some test shots I did with my D750, Sigma 105 Macro, and Raleno 116 light (quite bright at max brightness!).

Here are what the histograms look like:  
 ![100](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/negativelabpro/original/2X/f/fbda0090b55431aa4475dc910813c422644facea.png)  
 ![80](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/negativelabpro/original/2X/1/1ea97adad3b50f5e59379eb641bb1d39f45f0ada.png)  
 ![60](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/negativelabpro/original/2X/8/80a10d7d1bf6342cef896fcd35ad1999b1f0f4f9.png)  
 ![50](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/negativelabpro/original/2X/a/a1f8b037202e1c4c81793478c49df1c88ca742ea.png)  
 ![40](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/negativelabpro/original/2X/8/85f065f78c33ae5ce1926717f50db1e2b612f011.png)

According to lightroom, highlight clipping is just starting to occur at 1/50? Would it be safe to assume to proceed with 1/50 and these settings from now on?

I actually just shot (scanned) a whole roll at 1/40 (with the same above settings). Haven’t converted yet but will let you know how they turn out.

thank you in advance!  
Ramin

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