 Brandie L. Sanders |
My Black & White Pictures are too dark? I own a Canon Rebel X and use Novatron Lighting for inside, and when I try to do black & white pictures they always seem to come out too dark or green! So I always end up having the photo lab to run them again on a lighter scale. After that they turn out to be some great photos. So how can I prevent this so I won't have to pay for 3 sets of pictures? Thanks, Brandie
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Jeff S. Kennedy |
Green? If they are printing them on b&w paper they should never be green. What kind of film are you using? In any case if when they reprint them they come out alright then it sounds like your lab is the one that needs help. They should be printing them right in the first place. Without knowing more specifics about what film you are using etc. I can't be too specific but I will say that it never hurts to err on the side of overexposure.
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Brandie L. Sanders |
Jeff, I use 400 speed Kodak C-41 Black & White film, and yes they have a green tint to them. At first I thought it was the green filter that I had bought to take black & whites with so I didn't use it this time and they still looked green. The lady at the lab ask me to look at them if I needed them re-ran lighter she could, so that's what I did. I let her re-run them, like they had been over-exposed and they turned out good. I figured it must be that I am not using enough light or that I have not got my setting right on my camera. I have been reading a lot on the shutter speed & aperture and thought maybe I didn't have it all figured out quite yet? I do have a light meter, not sure how to use it though but, I am learning. So what you do you think? Thanks!
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Jon Close |
The film you are using is made to be compatible with standard color print processing, C-41. It sounds as if there is no problem with your exposure or the lab's developing, but the lab is being lazy when they make prints. They are just running your negs through a color printer using color paper and the same settings used for the batch of color prints they processed ahead of yours. That's why they end up with the green cast. You should not have to pay for the green prints. Insist that they make the adjustments necessary to give you proper b+w prints.
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Brandie L. Sanders |
Thanks a lot, makes me think I might be on the right track to taking good photos. I appreciate this Web site, so keep the answers rolling. A true member.
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Jeff S. Kennedy |
Yes, its definitely the lab's fault. They shouldn't be charging you to re-run the prints. It's b&w film so it will never record the color of a filter you use.
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