Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Does anyone here clip their chromes before running them? For those not familiar - a lab will cut the first five frames from a roll, run it normal, call you in to check it and then push/pull the remainder to get the correct exposure. The cost is minimal, and the results are deadly accurate. This is a common practice here with some of the wildlife/nature stock shooters. The expense of a reshoot is far greater than losing the frame that is cut. This works only if the each roll is exposed consistant throughout. I saw this on a local pro's film - he shoots for a Harley type magazine. He ordered clips on five separate rolls. None of which came out exactly right. He made the adjustments: +1, +1 1/2, +1, etc., and the resulting corrections were awesome. The clipped portions came out under, but had he run them all normal, so would the rest have. It sounds like sloppy work, but is actually quite cool. Regards, Ben W. Holmes Boulder, CO visit my web site at http://www.frii.com/~bholmes/ Leica serial numbers and Leica classifieds at http://www.frii.com/~bholmes/photodat.htm