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Subject: [OM] Re: Oh no!
From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:17:54 -0400
Good to hear!  Thanks for letting us know.

All's well that ends (reasonably) well!

ScottGee1


On 8/22/06, Mike <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> OK, results from the experiment are coming in.  Just so it's clear. I
> put FujiPress1600 in the camera thinking it was NPS160. I missed that
> last zero as it disappeared around the film can. The ASA dial was set at
> 160. I expected the highlights to be totally blown and they pretty much
> were. The girl running the machine at Costco was able to get some pretty
> decent prints though. She seems to take her job seriously and works
> hard.  After talking to her a bit it was clear she had never tried to
> pull process nor knew how to manually override the auto settings in the
> correct direction so I didn't confuse the issue. She was perfectly
> willing to adjust the prints though and did pretty well. (it pays to
> treat your employees well and give them a decent wage unlike a certain
> other major retailer)
>
> I took a bunch of photos on our camping trip in the rain and fog hoping
> to capture something of the mood.  The skies tended to loose a lot of
> detail and 3D effect. The trees on the other hand which were intended to
> be silhouettes ended up exposed pretty well. So what I got back while
> not what I had intended wasn't a total loss. There are a few more
> general subjects on the roll too. I'll see what the scanner can pull out
> and post them when I get a chance.
>
> Mike

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