William, Given your responses below...I'm amazed a lab is able to come up with the right color balance at ALL!
Is there a good subject/color scene one might expose the first frame to, in order to guide the lab in getting all the rest of the colors right? In particular, ignoring color at the moment, if I can, I have frequently lost shadow detail in all the prints I get back from the printer. I frequently expose for the shadows, here in frequently sunny Southern California. If you can't get shadow detail, you'll end up with strange looking, very high contrast prints, and not at all like I saw when I esxposed them! Shall I go to the expense of purchasing some recognized standard color chart and shooting that as frame one? Someone mentioned a gray card. Would that be sufficient for what I'm aiming for? Seems inadequate, but you're the boss... keith whaley William Robb wrote: > > Response interspersed. > Sorry, it is fairly long, and fairly technical. > For the record, photofinishing has been my profession since > 1978. > Also for the record, it is a profession if done correctly. > > Some terminology: = snipped for brevity =
