Re: Mewbie question: Color printing

Remember (write down) the filter pack for your master negative - the one
that is typical for your shots. That will be your starting point for each
new negative. Most will print about the same.

"JS2RT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >once i've succesfully
> >calculated the correct filtration for one print, can't i just leave
> >the filtration the same and print all my other negatives with the same
> >filtration?
>
> Most of the time you can if the lighting hasn't changed much. Most of your
> pictures that were taken with daylight illumination will print with the
same
> filtration. The filtration will be much different if you use tungsten
light for
> instance. Similarly, you may have to set up different filter packs for
> different films. If you can standardize on one film (have I heard that
> somewhere else before?) you may be able to do without the analyzer. In
that
> case you can get the exposure times using test strips, a comparator such
as the
> Ilford EM-10, or by calculating them according to the square of the ration
of
> the lens to easel distances.
>
> Jim Stewart
>




Norman Worth