Bracketing had no noticeable effect?

terri · Apr 20, 2004

Even at a pro lab the assumption is going to be that you want your prints as close to "normal" as possible. Unless you tell them to print your pics without adjustment, the printer is going to try to print them like he/she thinks they look good.

Well, that was my point, my sweet, although I didn't clarify it well....at a pro lab you can let them know what you're doing, state you want no adjustments and get the contact sheet, to boot....I don't know that a 1-hr place will go that route.

Cuervo79 · Apr 20, 2004

Still, geting a contact sheet would solve the problem, no? cause most of the time they don't do the extra work to multiple exose each strip in the sheet. so he would be better of just gettinga contact sheet, and it wouldn't matter if he got it in a pro or a 1h lab....

fadingaway1986 · Apr 20, 2004

I'm confused - what is a contact sheet?

markc · Apr 20, 2004

fadingaway1986 said:
I'm confused - what is a contact sheet?

It's a single print that has been exposed with several negatives laying on top of it rather than through an enlarger. The images are still really small, but at least they are positive rather than negative.

http://www.aapguild.org/making_a_contact_sheet.htm

fadingaway1986 · Apr 20, 2004

Hmm so like an index print? All the film's photos on a 4 X 6 piece of paper. About right?

malachite · Apr 20, 2004

The standard is a whole roll (35mm) actual size of the negatives on an 8X10 (or 8X12 with 36 exposures) example

or 4 strips of medium format example

ksmattfish · Apr 21, 2004

fadingaway1986 said:
Hmm so like an index print? All the film's photos on a 4 X 6 piece of paper. About right?

Index prints are not as effective for judging the quality of the negs as most index prints are produced digitally (even if they are printed chemically), and some machines auto adjust exposure even on the individual thumbnails.