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[OM] Disappointment...

Subject: [OM] Disappointment...
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 20:48:58 -0500
Well, I'm disappointed with my results, for several reasons

- Everything is very overexposed.  I suspect that the material I'm using in
front of the flash units isn't opaque enough (as I'm getting shadows), but
the OM-4T should have shut the flashes down fast enough to get a good
exposure.  Any suggestions?

- The is a distinct magenta cast to everything.  The girls pink shirts are
now purple and the gray background is greenish.  Oddly, when I switched to
the
light gray background and blue shirts, the problem disappeared.

- The negatives are a mess.  I'm going to have a little talk with the people
that did it. I paid quite a bit extra to get 'quality' and I didn't.  My
favorite shot has a large thumbprint on the negative (no, not mine)

I'm going to try a couple of things:

1) Get a thicker material to go in front of the flash units
2) Switch to an OM-4 (I'll try my other 4T when it comes back from a CLA
with John)
3) Switch films (Royal Gold 100 is next, since I have some).

I still think I'm on the right track, but have a ways to go.

Here's a a link to the reasonably decent, but not great ones:

http://www.scales.tzo.com/35mm/2000-04-02-Portraits/Web/Page.htm

I'll post




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