At 17:36 7/21/01, you wrote:
I recently took some flash pictures with the following rig: OM4T, 35-105
Zuiko, T32 on BG-2 suspended above with a Stroboframe. I used Fuji
portrait 160 and Kodak Supra 400. With the 160 I shot at f5.6 to 8, and
with the 400 I used 8 - 11. I noticed that the Kodak was quite noticably
warmer. I don't know whether to attribute this all to the film or possibly
to the flash at different output. I was at a Luau and have a shot from
each roll of the same colorful food table indoors to compare. Both rolls
were processed on Fuji processors. The Fuji looks very well balanced,
while the Kodak looks almost as warm as an evening sun.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mickey
Mickey,
These are both color negative films and the color balancing for printing
could be confounding assessment of image warmth. Basic balancing for
printing on a machine also requires the operator to choose the correct
channel, which may differ between Portrait 160 and Supra (I don't know, but
it's likely). If they don't have a channel for one or the other already in
the machine, they may have just picked one and run with it! Also, what was
the lighting (tungseten incandescent??) and were there any open flames in
the images or providing significant ambient lighting? You might need to
ask the lab some questions about how they printed the negatives.
-- John
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