Quote Originally Posted by Alan Klein View Post
How do you know the true colors anyway with negative film?

Does it matter as long as it looks OK to the eye?
Personally Alan, unless one is photographing for color technical reasons, I don't believe any of this matters as long as it looks good to the eye. After all, you liked the colors I got in that last attempt; and so did I. In a capture-type photo (which is 99.99% of all photos taken by all of us), good, non-clipped color that represents the items in the pic are all that matter. That last attempt produced just that. By no means am I trying to show a perfect 650nm wavelength of red for instance. I'm just wanting a red with good separation from other colors such as in the stripes of the US flag. But whether the wavelength is 650 or 652 nm, I don't care in the least.

Apologies for the rather long 'splanation here, but I really do think we need to separate the concept of true wavelength vs. just color. And my pain killer medication just kicked in, so I no longer have any idea to what I am referring to anyway.