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My photos look a bit bluish, help?

I recently bought a used Minolta XG-M, a film manual camera, for a Photography class. My friends and I decided to give it try. When we had the film developed, the photos look a bit dull/bluish/a bit greenish.

I don't know if this means that the photos were underexpose since this is my first time using an SLR or something's wrong with my camera.

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  • Ara57
    Lv 7
    7 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Could also be the film, or the processing or the printing. What kind of film did you use, and was in in date? What photo lab did the printing? Most minilab operators in chain stores have no idea what they are doing, although that is not universally true. It used to be that you could ask several serious film users what lab they used and get good recommendations, but there are fewer photographers who use film, and there are also fewer labs that process it. Take the negatives back to the processing lab, show them the color issues and ask if they can be re-printed with corrections. If they cannot do this, find another local lab, or use a mailer and send them to a commercial lab. Good luck.

  • Alan
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    The task of printing color film has its complications. The color and intensity of the dyes that make up the image on each roll of color film is distinctive; it also differs noticeably based on brand and batch. The printing machine is programed to identify the various film types and apply color and density corrections that optimize the final print. Corrections are also applied uniquely for each frame based on subject content. Added to this, an experienced machine operator is able to identify films and frames by type and subject matter, and has the ability to make unique corrections to optimize each frame. The overall outcome owes much to the machine’s initial programming. Revised programing data is available however it must be purchased and installed by the lab. If the lab does not routinely update, the color balance of the work outputted will be substandard. Since new film types and batches are encountered almost daily, over time data regarding older film types is purged. Likely, instances of poor color output, trace back to lack of due diligence (quality control). Quality minded labs automatically reprint off color work applying a color correction. A first class lab will reprint at no charge rolls that were returned with an undesirable color bias. Reprints will then be made by applying a manual color correction.

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