Your choice of editing software will also influence the look of starting point images in many cases as will having a colour managed workflow including a calibrated and profiled monitor. I feel that the lab has provided you with a pretty good starting point for your own correction preferences and TIFF a bonus. Still that is a personal preference and if printed may look quite different I also agree that I do not care for the adjusted rendition particularly in the second shot as the trees have a flourescent look to them (viewing on a calibrated monitor covering most of Adobe RGB). Even then it is not always desirable aesthetically to reproduce the chart as if it was in a standard lighting condition with all colours reproduced as such. Most labs will aim for a pleasing colour (to them) in most cases if there is not a reference such as a colour chart. Therefore not unreasonable to expect this warmth to transfer to white/off white objects. I believe as already state the Portra film is very likely to be warm as it seems to be designed for what Kodak claims to be 'beautifully natural skin tones' - whatever that is supposed to mean. Hasselblad X5 (pretty damn expensive, 3000x2000 or 4400x3000, FFF raw format for negatives or TIFF for slides) Plustek OpticFilm 120 (decently expensive, unknown format, probably TIFF) However I do not know any of them, and I also need some opinions: One of their advantages is their choice of scanners (obviously some of them are more expensive to use). I am also looking into another lab, and have sent them a roll of Provia 100F waiting for results. I am posting the originals and the best-effort adjustments I have made in DxO for some opinion. However, the scans of my Portra 800 seems to be off in color. That lab used automatic C-41 minilab and Fuji SP-3000 scanner, and returned TIFF files. I have just had my first roll of Portra 800 returned from one of the candidates. I am in the process of finding a good photo lab. So I am spending my summer back home in China, and I have brought some film and my ME Super with me.
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