slides to prints?

[rachel_sekely]

i recently took some color slides in to be turned into prints. when i got them

back all the print photos were in black and white, but the slides are all in

color. is this standard procedure?

[pics]

Not unless you took pictures of a black and white scene ;") Take them back to the lab for a free redo.

[rachel_sekely]

that's what i was thinking... thanks for the confirmation. although the black and whites look nice in their own right. is this something a lab can do all the time incase i ever want color slides turned into b&w or was this a fluke? sorry i seem unknowledgeable, i am.

[pics]

The standard protocol for most labs nowadays is to digitally scan the transparency via a Fuji Frontier or similar machine and output onto standard RA-4 color paper. For whatever reason it sounds like they desaturated the image prior to printing even though you didn't ask for this. At any rate, yes you can ask them to do this in the future and it shouldn't be a problem. Many people have rather creative methods for doing this in Photoshop for optimal results, but it's out of my realm. I prefer good ole B+W film and paper! Check out the digital darkroom and do a "desaturation" search for a slew of discussions on this topic.

[rachel_sekely]

that's very interesting. going to do that search as soon as i'm done writing this. i prefer the standard b&w myself if i'm going for b&w, but this is a good method to know. i'm sure somewhere down the line i will have a color slide (does this apply to negative film as well?) that will suit this process perfectly. just not the bright and colorful flower pics they did accidentally. you have been most helpful, thanks again!

[ilkka_nissila]

Get a Nikon Coolscan V for $500 and an Epson R800 for letter size prints. The quality is amazing.

[rachel_sekely]

thanks ilkka, i just might do that:)