Chuck:
Forgot to add, that if you email it in, tick the box (radio button, whatever)
that says "Print without adjustments". If you take it in, ask them to print
without adjustments. Otherwise the operator adds his/her skill/corrections to
the print and all bets are off!
Chees!
David.
>
>
>> The picture looks
>> great and I don't want to send it back. I'm just unsure about
>> how accurate it really is.
>>
>
> Chuck... we have **got** to stop meeting like this! -)
>
> The way to test, is to set up a bit of a tricky photo so it looks
> good on your monitor. Send/take it to a lab that uses a Fuji
> Frontier printer.... they are normal set up to RGB standards...
> unlike many of the newer "dry" Noritsu's, which are often set up
> way out of the RGB colour space, to give "snappier" prints to the
> P&S crowd.
>
> Do NOT trust an print from a home printer, for this. You want a
> printer that's been set to the correct standards. Believe it or
> not, in my area, Costco is the photo lab of choice, for this! An
> 8x10 is a couple of bucks, and it's a quick & easy test. I email
> 'em in, and they're ready by noon the next day.
>
> Allow for the fact that a print does not have the same dynamic
> range as a screen, but if an 8x10 looks very close the the image on
> your monitor, you're likely OK. If not... probably time to
> consider returning it.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> David.
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