ssra30:When you develop film, especially if you do your own darkroom stuff, you get to manipulate the development process to a certain extent. Many pros ask photolab to overexpose or underexpose or develop the film at slightly different ISO than the film rating intentionally..
Yep, You can ask them to Give you a Stop or a Half stop. Which does adjust things. But I'm not adjusting colors 5 ways. And it doesn't take 4 hours to do. As long as they have there machine set up well. With good chemicals. It's gonna come out close to the same as last time you had something developed. But NEVER the same.
I develop B/W. Not Color Film. As Labs do a Much better Job of controlling Temp's of Chemicals. Which has a huge effect on the Developing quality.
ssra30:When you print from film, most photo lab do have some sort of automatic or manual adjustment/calibration so that's a manipulating process as well. That's why when you take you film to different photo labs, the result is not always the same..
If you're Printing on your Home Printer. I'll tell ya this. Your Pro Lab can Out due you. No Problem. All Printers make Adjustments for colors. ALL. Digital and Film. It's standard. That's why I said take both to the same lab. So there calibrations are as Similar as possible.
ssra30:So with film, you are at the mercy of someone else's manipulation while with digital, you have more control in manipulating the picture. In my mind, this is a moot point between digital and film since both will have to through some sort of manipulation at one point or another by someone so there is no untouched, unmanipulated pictures one way or another..
I said. Take it to a lab. Have the film processed by them. Have the Same lab Print BOTH digital and Film.
And Even with Digital. You are at the MERCY, as you say, of someone else. As the Labs have BETTER digital Printers. That THEY calibrate. Not you.
And it's not a MOOT point as you say, 90% of Digital is Manipulated. I'd say 10 percent of Film is. Because Wal-Mart and WalGreens and the Send in labs process alot of film. And Few People know about Pushing and Pulling.
ssra30:Please correct me if my understanding of film development/printing is incorrect but this is my impression.
I'm just stating facts. That if you look are out there... Not OPINIONS.
But you need to do your own looking.