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Subject: Re: [OM] exposure for star photos
From: Christopher Biggs <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 03 Sep 1999 14:39:06 +1000
Acer Victoria <siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> moved upon the face of the 'Net and 
spake thusly:


> :The "uncorrected" print is a myth, IMAO.
> 
> Mind explaining this bit? TIA

I don't hold much faith in the idea that there is a single
distinguised "uncorrected" exposure that will print a whole roll as
the photographer envisaged it.   

Negative film holds so much more information than can fit on a print
that the printing process becomes unavoidably subjective.

Personally, I like to scan the negatives rather than fight a
minilab--the difference between good and bad exposure shows up when
you try to get a useable scan.  I only have (access to) a dodgy
flatbed scanner with TMA---shots for display still get printed in the
dark.

cjb.

p.s. OTOH, I find myself using less and less colour negative film.
E100 and T400CN are my staples for now (superia 400 or 800 otherwise).

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