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From: jstewart@ncs.dnd.ca (John Stewart)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Matrix PCR film printer -- query
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Date: 5 Jan 90 18:29:10 GMT
References: <138@qt.cs.utexas.edu>
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In article <138@qt.cs.utexas.edu> kelvin@cs.utexas.edu (Kelvin Thompson) writes:
>Hit 'n' now if you don't own and use a Matrix Instruments film printer.
>
>I just tried our Matrix PCR on some Kodak Gold 100 print film.
>I've done slides in the past with pretty good results, but the
>prints came out awful -- overexposed, with bad colors.
>
Probably, the negatives are exposed correctly, but on printing, the
printer probably exposed the negative to get a good shade of grey.
Not what you want.

Either: 1) print them yourself,
        2) go to a custom photographic lab and specify exactly what you
           want,
        3) shoot slides.

Slides will give you more "zip", as slide film tends to have a 
shorter latitude. 100 asa print film is close to the usual slide
films, so I would not expect that you got the exposure wrong.

Just my opinions, from a used-to-be-part-time-professional
photographer.

John Stewart.