Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/10

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Subject: Re: Clipping Chromes
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 10:55:33 -0700

At 10:07 AM 6/10/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Does anyone here clip their chromes before running them? For those not
>familiar - a lab will cut the first five frames from a roll, run it normal,
>call you in to check it and then push/pull the remainder to get the correct
>exposure. The cost is minimal, and the results are deadly accurate.
>
>This is a common practice here with some of the wildlife/nature stock
>shooters. The expense of a reshoot is far greater than losing the frame that
>is cut. This works only if the each roll is exposed consistant throughout. I
>saw this on a local pro's film - he shoots for a Harley type magazine. He
>ordered clips on five separate rolls. None of which came out exactly right.
>He made the adjustments: +1, +1 1/2, +1, etc., and the resulting corrections
>were awesome. The clipped portions came out under, but had he run them all
>normal, so would the rest have. It sounds like sloppy work, but is actually
>quite cool.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>
>Ben W. Holmes

Ben,

I use "snip tests" (not usually called clips) occasionally when I'm in
doubt about the exposure vs subject matter. If you are going to rely on a
snip, you must be absolutely consistent in your exposure thinking when
shooting the roll. It's not that you don't know how to expose a situation,
sometimes different exposures of the same scene all give good results. But
only one "mood" is suitable for your intended purpose. A snip test will
allow you to hone-in on that exact mood. A snip test runs $5.50 at my local
lab.

Jim