John-
I have a friendly and open relationship with the manager of the processing
department and speak of the technical aspects often. He indicated that the
machine has profiles for individual film types based on the barcode and
color dots on the film edge. He couldn't access a specific list, so I can't
say if either was missing a profile. I didn' think to ask what happens when
an unknow film is introduced. As a one-hour shop, I think it's fair to
assume it doesn't see much of either of these film types. We mutually
assumed that since it is a Fuji machine, it would have more complete data
for the Fuji emulsions.
The ambient light for both images was incandescent, but the flash was
certainly dominant. Also, the balance was continuous through the rolls, so I
don't believe it was overly influenced by the environment of the comparable
shots.
I will ask him more about it. I thought my prior rolls of the Supra had been
less warm.. I'll also look back on some earlier jobs.
Thanks for the suggestions.
-Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] image warmth
> 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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