On 29 Jun 98 at 18:28, Denton Taylor wrote:
> >>I also used the spot metering a lot more, often taking several minutes on
> a scene getting the feel for the ranges in it (often too wide to capture).
> Out of five rolls of Reala and Royal Gold done at London Drugs 1 hour,
> about half of them in each roll went back for reprinting. >>
>
> Don't you hate that???
>
> That's why I try to stick to chrome except for the ubiquitous family shots.
> Nothing worse than carefully metering that sunset, only to have the minilab
> operater give you high noon!
>
Exactly. The counter person told me: "but if we print it darker, you'll lose
the shadow details" (which were muddy of course...) I then told her the shot
was taken at about 10:00pm...
I started scanning last night, but only got through the good shots on two rolls
before I got tired...
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