Re: [Leica] Reala in a Leica M6

[Bill Satterfield <cwsat@istate.net>]

I took them back to the lab and the lab mgr. was there. He took one look at them
and said the magenta was off. He is re doing them. I asked if they were set up
to process Reala and he said yes. When I mentioned the Reala channel, he was
impressed. He was off yesterday and whoever did the printing did not know. I
will pick them up in a hour or so/
Thanks to the group for the expert insight.

Don Dory wrote:

> Your pale prints are probably due to your printer not using the correct
> channel for Reala or using a unichannel.  The fourth layer in Reala is
> enough different from Superia that unless your shop has a unique channel for
> Reala they will have to pay attention when they print it.  Or, it was
> printed on a Kodak 200 channel as it's universal, duh.:))
>
> So, if the lab has a newer printer with a monitor they should be able to
> reprint no problem.  Course, if the monitor looks mighty strange to you,
> then you might start looking for another lab.  If they don't have a monitor
> then find the most experienced printer on that machine and have them re-do
> the prints.
>
> Really worst case scenario is their C-41 is not up to snuff and your
> negatives are toast.  You might try having another lab do a reprint just to
> check if the first lab can't get satisfactory prints back to you.
>
> Don
> dorysrus@mindspring.com