amy_crocker

They do know- however there are limations. The lab i worked at was unable to get xp2 to print neutral on color paper because of the film base color. A year prior we could print ilford filsm no problem but not kodak, then kodak changed up the chemisty and the reverse was true! The machine i printed on was an analog noristu, using SM chemsitry. It's possible that the paper the drugstores use is Fuji, that could make a big difference. also if the machines are digital, then the film could be scanned in and then laser projected with all sorts of magical corrections taking place. What i would tell customers upfront is what to expect, (at least that lab did some don't) and that it is very rare that you can get a good black and white print off a machine no matter what film you use, but then again i am extemely picky. use the one hours as proofs and have the finals done custom.

Ask the lab if they can print kodak's tc400 on color paper okay. they may struggle with ilford films the same why the lab i worked at does. It's crazy because you can print a frame 3 times making crazy color corrections, then the next frame will require a whole different color setting. Forget about factoring in the differences in chemistry from day to day. You can run control strips and moniter replenish pumps but no way around it, chemsity will render different 'effects' from to day. -3 c +4 y might work monday but tuesday it will be +5m

-1c. It's a headache and a big paper expense. i hope you can figure somethign out with your lab, i drove an hour to a lab for my film processing and had them mail it back to me! I'm too afraid to mail undeveloped film. good luck!!!

If you are asking which medium to shoot- shoot negative film. Unless you have had a digital camera for some time and have had excellenct results with shooting high contrast areas, (brides dress against grooms tux) you will loose the details in the high light areas. Digital sensors "see" differetly than our eyes or film. Film is the cheapest componment of photography, for someone to be reluclant to shoot a shot in fear of wasting film has no confidnece in their shot and will shoot needlessly to get "the shot". I don't find that using digital to save film cost is a good argument- sorry :(

I agree with the commet to shoot fuji NPH. it's flexible enough to get good exposures during the ceremony (some situations) but is still sharp for later enlargements. Watch where you have it processed though- it's a pro film and when printed on general commercial paper at an one hour you can be disappointed with the color balance- my experience is that Kodak paper prints termendously cyan with NPH and NPS, a good printer, (someone other than a one hour lab part timer) will be able to adjust the color balance.

good luck! and have fun!

Kodak's High Defination films are similar to their Royal Gold films, I would expect that the HD advantix films to be sharper and improved contrast & color saturation that the older Advantix Gold films