Re: Auto exposure printing

[P3D Marvin Jones <72657.3276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 3) Make friends with the lab tech at your local mini-lab
> (sometimes a 6-pack helps) and get him (or her) to crop the
> standard 35mm mask down to 5 perf with tape (its an easy
> job). The exposure computer _should_ use the same settings
> because it will then _see_ the same image.

I have no clue how these things work, but it seems to me that an automatic
exposure device would average in the black areas and assume the picture to be
darker than it is, thus overexposing the actual picture area. But, as I said,
this is just a semi-educated guess.


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