Ilford Lab Direct

[digital&film]

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:

 

[Dr Croubie]

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?

 

[digital&film]

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.

 

[pentaxuser]

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

pentaxuser

 

[digital&film]

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

 

[ParkerSmithPhoto]

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

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.