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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Color balance setups for specific films
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.084439.20300@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <BzD8qI.7Bt@javelin.sim.es.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 08:44:39 GMT
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- rspeirs@javelin.sim.es.com (Ron Speirs) writes:
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- ... delided ...
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- : E. The papers used by most processors could not handle the brightness
- : range of sunlit and shadow portions of 12.
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- This is not unusual. I don't know of any paper than can handle the contrast
- range that a negative can record.
-
- : F. Even though the gray card frames were bracketed, they all appeared
- : identical in the prints.
-
- This would show that the automated equipment is working correctly. Whether
- it produces a gray image, or not, is another matter.
-
- I only use the prints from the lab as proofs. I make my own enlargements.
-
- ... delided ...
-
- : There are so many variables in age of film, batch, storage conditions,
- : film processing - including the analyzer running amok - that there is NO
- : substitution for an intelligent, live person to look at the prints and
- : judge whether or not they are reasonable. If your lab has such a person,
- : great. If it doesn't, then YOU are that person. Expect reasonable quality.
- : If your lab doesn't deliver it, change to a different lab.
-
- If they did that, then the cost of the prints would increase drastically.
- Don't expect it for batch processing/printing.
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- You get such service, if you are getting re-prints, or individual prints
- of particular negatives. You also pay more for such prints.
-
- Bill
-