Ilford Lab Direct

Sent a test roll to Ilford (Ilford Delta 400) and used my Mamiya RZ67 Pro II with 110mm 2.8, and I am very happy with the output.

I ordered the "medium scans" so I can compare to my Epson V700 as far as output. I really didn't want to touch the straight-out-of-camera image!

Curious as to why they have a blue tinge.. when I hit "auto" in LR (Color Balance) the image turns more "brownish".. :confused:

Very nice.
As to the tinge, it's B+W so there shouldn't be one. If it's saved in a B+W file format, there can't be one (and if it's saved in a colour file format I can't see why, it'd take up more space like that).
So if there's a colour tinge it's probably your monitor, is it profiled/calibrated?

I checked and it was set as Color, so when I clicked on Black and White the image was no longer "brownish" in auto balance.

Are you referring to the two attachments? They look pretty neutral to me.

pentaxuser

Oh no, the problem is with color/b&w selection in LR.

digital&film said:

Curious as to why they have a blue tinge.. when I hit "auto" in LR (Color Balance) the image turns more "brownish".. :confused:

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The files are most likely in sRGB, and have a slight color cast, so when you AUTO balance it, LR is taking it from cool to warm. It's probably very subtle, but if you are looking at a slightly cool image, the effect will be much more dramatic until your eye has a chance to white balance itself.

Kind of like how photo paper looks white until you hold it next to a sheet of brightened copy paper, and then it looks yellow.

Most of the portrait/wedding grayscale targets are actually a touch cool, so that when you shoot it and set a custom white balance, it is just a touch warm, which is optimal for portraits.