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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Color balance setups for specific films
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.085003.20383@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Dec16.231541.29552@walter.bellcore.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 08:50:03 GMT
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- hsong@ardour.bellcore.com (G. Hugh Song) writes:
- : In article <BzD8qI.7Bt@javelin.sim.es.com>, rspeirs@javelin.sim.es.com (Ron Speirs) writes:
- : |>
- : |> In my opinion, this is one of the reasons that so many of people's lab-
- : |> produced prints look so BAD. The built-in analyzer makes an assumption that
- : |> the frame should average to gray. It then dumps in a LOT of correction when
- : |> it sees a predominant color in the frame.
- :
- : So, isn't it a good idea to have a standard filter setup for some of your favorite
- : films and to get rid of that analyzer? What do you do in your home darkroom?
- : Most of you do not have an analyser in your home darkroom, do you?
-
- Nope. The filter pack varies, depending on the particular batch of film,
- the batch of paper, the chemicals and processing of the film and the chemicals
- and processing of the paper. You can get a "starting pack" - but an analyzer
- is still handy. Even an analyzer is not perfect - you still usually have to
- make the final decision by inspection of the dried test print.
-
- If you do much printing, an analyzer pays for itself in a fairly short time.
- It saves wasting a lot of paper making test prints.
-
- Bill
-