Sent a digital to http://www.ofoto.com/Welcome.jsp (Kodak) one untouched and
one left alone, I guarantee the untouched one will look better.
That's what I found.
Dan
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Chris Barker
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 7:22 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] negative films, minilabs, etc.........
That must have been very interesting Bill. I am not too keen on this
sharpening business (perhaps because I have little skill) and I do as
little as possible to my scans.
Chris
On Friday, Aug 22, 2003, at 21:18 Europe/London, Bill Pearce wrote:
> Recently, my pro lab owning friend added a Konica digital printer. He
> showed
> me the available control, how it was set up by the Konica rep, and
> what he
> changed to get good results. This was my first upclose experience with
> one
> of these things, and I now know a lot more about why some prints are
> so bad
> on these things.
>
> There is a screen full of adjustments that can be made. Some of the
> more
> interesting ones are for sharpness, saturation, and contrast. Yes,
> contrast.
> That's why that carefully exposed roll of 160NC came out looking like
> Agfa
> Ultra 50. The machines are set up by the reps for general minilab film
> (not
> the brand, but the subjects and exposures), and that's not good for us.
>
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