Thanks everyone for your input so far.
I just want to clarify again, this is not TMax I'm talking about - my film is TriX.
Yes, the purple set of negatives seem to produce very different prints to the previous B&W negatives. But that may be due to the paper I guess although the lab assures me they always use the same B&W paper for my prints - whatever that may be, they choose to remain uncommitted.
The emulsion on my purple negs looks much more contrasty in comparison to my B&W test negs I took. Considering that I shot with the same settings and the same time of day, location, weather, conditions.... I don't understand why my test negs are close to perfect but my other set of negs are so different? This is a wedding shoot and it's very important for me and the client of course to get the prints right and therefore I'd like to understand why there's such a difference in negs.
Anyway, I don't mind rants and appreciate non-confronting input by everyone. The frustrating part is that I'm getting such mixed reasons both on the web as well as in my home town. I do want to understand and get my facts right before I confront the lab to get my prints redone. |