Re: [OM] Current film color balance (was: OT? Film vs. Digital)

[Chris Barker]

Are you sure that this was the film's fault and not the inaccuracy of 
the printing machine?  I often feel hard done by when my prints 
return in strange colours.  When it's important I send it back to the 
processor for another look at the colour balance.
Chris


> Looks like we have the same problem...
>
> I shot a couple of rolls of Kodak Royal Gold outside last weekend,
> simple things of my kids and my trees in the backyard etc.  Overall I
> was pleased at how things looked considering it was such a dull day, but
> some of the skin tones were terrible. The strange thing is, my daughter
> looked great, but my son and son-in-law were way too saturated and way
> too red.
>
> It's a new one on me - Shooting flash fill outside on a gray day and
> ending up too warm... Hey, the trees looked wonderful though. The ++red
> made them a very dark green.
> :-)
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