Interesting - as I suspected. I shoot T400CN at 200ISO to improve contrast
and my auto prints are usually magenta. All of them, which suggests that
the operator is not compensating or getting a correct balance for the first
print. I believe that Kodak B&W Select behaves better in minilabs.
AndrewF
>Chances are it's not poor setting of the machine. The photolab where I work
>uses an ancient Konica printer. I've found that if I set the machine so
>that I get a good, balanced print on a "normal" negative, the negatives that
>are somewhat underexposed have a green tint, and those that are overexposed
>have a magenta tint.
>
>Bill, KG4LOV
>wowens1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>> > In my experience, the weird colour casts that you get with mini-lab
>prints
>> > from Chromogenic films like T400CN are the result of slight under and
>over
>> > exposures or poor setting of the machine. If the neg isn't spot on, you
>can
>> > get greenish and purple prints from an automatic run through the
>machine.
>> > For Photoshop, scan the negs as colour negs (not B&W) and all will be
>well.
>> > Also, any lab should be able to correct for this and supply good
>individual
>> > prints/enlargements.
>> > AndrewF
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