X-Rite 882 Operation Manual

X-Rite® 882

(An Addendum to the X-Rite 881 Operation Manual)

The X-Rite 882 was designed to meet the quality control needs of the professional

photofinisher processing E-6, as well as the other common processes.

The 882 is very much like the X-Rite 881, except that the 881 has only Status M for
transmission operation, and the 882 has Status A and M for transmission operation.
Transmission Status A is used for checking Positive transparencies (i.e., E-6 films) and
Status M for checking Negative transparencies (i.e., C41 negatives). The 881 Operation
Manual explains all of the functions and operation of the 882. However, there are a few
differences in operation and they are explained in this 882 addendum.

The 882 has the additional capability of:

•Measuring E-6 (Kodak & Fuji), Q-Lab, AP44, and P-5 film strips

•Measuring 2 different types of Internegatives

The additional film strips are selected and measured in the same manner as the other
film strips explained in the 881 Operation Manual. The procedure for selecting and
measuring internegative strips is explained in Section 1 of this addendum. Refer to
Section 2 for definition on the additional film strips and internegatives.

The following are registered trademarks: Kodak; Fuji; Agfa; Ilford
All products mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies.

P/N 882-500 Rev. F-07/16/93

1. Measuring an Internegative

The 882 allows measurements of internegatives. It will optional compute the changes in exposure
and filter pack necessary to balance the internegative using the Density Difference method.

Step 1 - Press [film].

Step 2 - Press [other] until "Ineg Step 1" is

displayed.

Step 3 - Select the interneg type (see Section 2

for type definition).
Each depression of the [type] key will

alternate between "type 1" and "type 2"
(for this example "type 2" is selected).

Step 4 - Select interneg film type.

CHANNEL MENU

p1 pap film pbM

Process Type

READ

Typ 1 other

READ

Typ 2

Interneg
Selection

READ

Typ 2

Ineg Step 1

6011

Ineg Step 1

6011

Ineg Step 1

4114

other

Other

Film Strips

other

Press either center key to select the film
type. Select "6011" if you are using film
similar to Kodak 6011 or 4112 Interneg
film. Select "4114" if you are using film
similar to Kodak 4114.

Step 5 - Insert strip into the 35mm slot (step 1

inserted first) until it rests against the
drive rollers.

Film Type
Selection

35mm SLOT

30

20 3010

10

20

1

Measuring an Internegative - continued

Step 6 - When the reading is completed, the

display will indicate which step pair will be
used on subsequent calculations.

•Pressing the [view] key allows viewing

of density difference numbers (refer to
Section 1.1).

•Pressing the [+Step-] key allows

viewing of the individual steps on the
strip (refer to Section 1.2)

•Pressing the [auto] key performs filter

pack and exposure calculations
automatically (refer to Section 1.3).

› If the strip is severely over exposed, the warning message

"STRIP TOO FAR OVEREXPOSED" will appear briefly. You will
then be allowed to view the individual steps using [+] or [-]
step keys, but will not be able to use the view and auto
functions. If this happens, reduce your exposure by three or
four stops and try another strip.

1.1 View (continued from Step 5 in Section 1)

STEP PAIR

view + step - auto

See Section 1.1 See Section 1.2 See Section 1.3

= 3, 13

The View function allows you to view the density difference values and recommended
filter pack changes. Density difference values are calculated by simply subtracting the
density values of the higher numbered step from the densities of the lower numbered
step. These are used to look up your filter pack changes from the table.

Step 6 - Press [∆fp] key to get the filter pack

changes from the internal table and

D = 0.62

0.75 0.80
fp exit

display them.

› These numbers are changes (indicated by the Greek letter

∆) and should be added to the filter pack which was used

for exposing this internegative.

Step 7 - Press [∆den] key to display the density

FP -03C

+05M +02Y

den exit

difference values again.

Step 8 - Press [exit] to return to the Step Pair

Menu so that further viewing or
calculations can be performed.

To Step Pair Menu

To Step Pair Menu

2

1.2 +Step- (continued from Step 5 in Section 1)

The +Step- function allows viewing of the individual steps on the strip.

Step 6 - Press either the [+] or [-] key to view

data on each step of the internegative.

•[+] increments to the next step (step 21 will

advance to step 1).

•[-] decrements to the next step (step 1 will

advance to step 21).

Step 7 - Press [exit] to return to the Step Pair

Menu so that further viewing or
calculations can be performed.

› For "Type 1" internegatives (4 x 5 format), all of the even

numbered steps are computed internally using a curve
fitting algorithm because the actual internegative contains
only the odd numbered steps.

1.3 Auto (continued from Step 5 Section 1)

0.20

0.47 0.83

+ step - exit#21

Next
Step

Previous

Step

To Step

Pair Menu

The Auto function initiates the automatic

exposure and filter pack compensation.

Step 6 - "Enter Starting Filter Pack..." is

momentarily displayed. Enter the values
of the filter pack used to make this
internegative.

•[↑] increases the value marked by cursor.

•[↓] decreases the value marked by cursor.

•[→] moves the cursor to the next position.

Press [cont] when finished.

Step 7 - "Enter Exposure" is momentarily

displayed. Enter your exposure time and
aperture.

› The "f" stop values increase or decrease in 1/6 stop steps

and values can range from f/4.0 to f/32.0.

•[↑] increases the value marked by cursor.

Moves
Cursor

Enter Starting

Filter Pack . . .

FP

EXP

00C

Enter Exposure

10 sec

30M 30Y

DecreasesIncreases

f/8.0

cont

To Next

Step

cont

•[↓] decreases the value marked by cursor.

•[→] moves the cursor to the next position.

Press [cont] when finished.

Moves
Cursor

DecreasesIncreases

To Next

Step

3