--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Fodor Gábor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> Last week I used a roll of Ilford 400 film (B&W) in my EOS50, with
EF
> 75-300 4-5,6 USM lens and Speedlite 380EX. The result was quite
good but
> I noticed something on prints. Most of prints are exactly black and
> white but some are a little brown. I hope you understand how I mean.
> That was the first time I used b&w film. I used flash in the most of
> time for fill and directly and I took pictures without flash too.
First
> I tought the reason was the ambient light coming through the
windows but
> some pictures using flash were also affected.
> Was it my failure or any other caused the brown colod?Does it the
slow
> shutter speed?
> I would appreciate any of your comment.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Gabor
Gabour...even though I've used Canon cameras since 1976, I feel that
my strong area is not shooting...it is Black and White Printing.
Please let me assure you that there is _Nothing_ that you could have
done while shooting the photo's that would have caused the brown tone
to appear on a B+W print!
Black and White (B+W) negatives (negs) are going to produce a B+W
print when properly printed on B+W paper.
What caused the tones to appear occurred in the printing stage, after
the negs exposed the printing paper. During that stage one of three
things were likely to blame. They were;
The B+W neg was printed using either color paper or pseudo B+W paper.
This paper was then (probably) processed in a one-hour type machine
using color chemistry. It is almost impossible to get a true fully
tonal B+W print this way. In addition, the print is not
archival�it
will fade or change color over time.
The second most probable reason for your brown tones is that the
printer used true B+W paper�but after that he either miss
processed
the paper, used deteriorating chemistry or did not wash the print
correctly. This type of mistake guarantees a print that will quickly
fade or turn color!
The third possibility and it is a good, al-be-it unlikely one;
The prints may be hand printed using either what is called a warm
toned B+W paper or fiber based B+W paper. The printer then archivally
processed (in B+W chemistry) and toned the pictures. This would give
a brown or sepia tone. As I said this is unlikely as it is a time
consuming (and expensive) process.
So rest assured you did not do anything during the time you took the
photo that could have caused the tones.
_Loss Of Control Of The Image Came During The Printing Stage Of The
Process_.
Often disappointed people come up to me with their one-hour printer
prints. The prints are a disaster and the people are browbeating
themselves and their equipment. Then we look at their negs. We find
that sharpness, tonality and density are all present on the neg, and
the processor was at fault not the photographer.
My advice? You can find a good lab (ask at a professional orientated
camera shop or on this list for one close to where you live) or
welcome yourself into a whole new world by learning how to print your
own negs...it's an inexpensive, relaxing world where your only
limitation is your imagination!
email me if you have questions...
jim
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