Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. This is true even when using pro labs. If there is a certain way a print should look you have to let them know. If the colors are something where it is hard to tell what is correct, you should give some kind of example. Of course if you shoot chrome, you do not have this problem and the prints, when done right, just can't be beat. IMHO. B. D. Colen wrote >Well, here's a thought...which may or may not be correct - It seems to me >that the minilabs - and that now includes most photo stores - have strange >ideas of what a scene should look like. For instance, if you take a twilight >or night shot, and have properly exposed for the lighted areas with the dark >areas left dark, you will often get back a horribly exposed print in which >some ____ has tried to turn the night into day - without a Noctilux. I often >find that I get back over or under exposed prints, and when I look at the >negs can see plenty of detail to produce a good print. So much for >automation .... Harrison McClary http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto new book at http://www.volmania.com