RE: Film/slides and eyes

2003-07-13 Thread Butch Black
Interesting thought.I 'v decided to experiment(shhh don't tell the SO I've spent enough this month)and send a neg,6x7 B&W and a do a interneg on the(35mm) stuff in question.It'll cost a few schcels but could put my concerns to rest. The interneg might not be a good test as every time you add gener

Re: Film/slides and eyes

2003-07-13 Thread Alan Chan
AFAIK, the first thing you would notice on "bad" colour films is colour shift (toward magneta as I have seen myself). If that doesn't happen to yours, I don't think it's the age of films. More like poor printing I guess. regards, Alan Chan should mention the film ex date is 04/04 and is kept on

RE: Film/slides and eyes

2003-07-13 Thread Butch Black
Hi Dave; It sounds like your lab's printer is slightly out of focus. If you're dealing with a quality oriented lab as opposed to a drugstore 1 hr lab bring in some samples of both and show them the difference. Machines can slowly drift out of focus and nobody noticed. Be forewarned that some labs,