Hi, I've had this done on several occasions. Over here we call it a 'clip test'. As far as I know, any pro lab will do it.
-- Cheers, Bob Wednesday, February 18, 2004, 9:49:15 PM, you wrote: > I've done this a couple of times Shel, usually when I have some doubts about > whether a film was rated up or down accidentally. The last time I asked a > commercial processor to do it was when I knew my original ME was giving > inconsistent exposures (turned out it was so inconsistent that only about > 10% of the exposures were usable!). Since I normally process E6 myself, I > would be able to do that for myself when in doubt. I also did it recently > with a B&W film when I managed to confuse myself as to whether it had been > exposed or not: turned out it hadn't, so I had about 25 frames I could use > on the residue. > John Coyle > Praxis Data Solutions (www.epraxisdata.com) > Brisbane, Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PDML" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 12:58 AM > Subject: Getting a snip pulled >> I just learned something new this morning, and that is about >> getting a snip pulled when processing E6. Has anyone here >> done this? Here's what was sent to me: >> >> You get the first few frames of a roll of E6 >> processed to judge exposure, then determine if >> you need to push or pull the balance of the >> shoot to get correct exposure on the film. If >> you bracket this is not necessary, but when >> shooting portraits I never bracket..might miss >> an expression, so I get a snip, or some call it >> clip, pulled. >> >> shel >>
