Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] "Filters for the 75/1.4M indoors?"- Certainly! Especially for negatives!
From: Harrison McClary <harrison@mcclary.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 11:51:52 -0500

On 7/14/99 11:14 AM dwpost@email.msn.com wrote

>AS a photofinisher, in a one hour lab, I have to sqeak up, at this point.
>The problem with balancing color negative film to tungsten, without filters,
>is that the blue sensitive layer is usually so underexposed as to have very
>little information on it....

Ah HA...must be the reason chrome shot under tungsten has such a nice 
glow...esp if combined with a little daylight, but neg film always looks 
muddy and flat and lacking the nice glow....

Thanks for the info Dan.

Harrison McClary
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