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From: keesan@bbncca.ARPA (Morris Keesan)
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Subject: Re: info wanted on enlarged prints
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Date: Tue, 25-Oct-83 11:40:35 EDT
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No, a greyish background is not necessarily typical of enlarged prints, nor
can the lab be said to have done a bad job.  The problem is that there is no
absolute correct way to make a print from a negative.  There are too many
variables and subjective decisions to be made, either by a human directly, or
by the settings which were programmed into an automatic printer.  If you
really know how you want an enlargement to come out, the best way to get it is
either to specify as well as you can verbally, or even better, if you have a
print which you're satisfied with and want an enlargement which looks like that
print, give them the print with your order, and specify that the enlargement
should look like the print.  Incidentally, if you don't like the way the
enlargement came out, many labs will redo it for you if you complain.  Try
bringing back the enlargement, along with the print you have, and see if you
can get them to redo the enlargement with the smaller print as a guide.

						    Morris Keesan
						    decvax!bbncca!keesan