Re: proofs vs actual prints?

At 6:58 PM -0400 7/23/01, R Duarte wrote:
>This is probably a super-newbie question but I've never dealt with
>professional photo labs until now. I got 5"x5" proofs when I had my
>Zero2000's 120 roll film developed this past week. I'm curious.. how
>different do these look as compared to what I would get if I asked them to
>make a "print" from the same negative. Is there a difference in color,
>clarity, etc. or is what I'm looking at the same thing I'd get if I were to
>get more prints made?

Unless all your negs were perfectly exposed (very common with
pinhole photos ::giggle::) then the proof will not always be
indicative - since the film has a +- which is greater than
the paper does. Also some labs print through the clear
neg holders.

You can look at the negs - find one on the proof that looks
good and look at the shadows and highlights in the neg. then
look at the other negs and see how they look comparitively

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