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Steve Kraus
Film God

Posts: 4094
From: Chicago, IL, USA
Registered: May 2000

posted 09-04-2002 06:09 PM

LAD girl, why are you showing up in such odd places like right in the middle of the last 3 feet of leader going into a reel? Don't you know that area is sancrosanct and should be solid black? Bad LAD girl, bad!

John, please escort your progeny back to CF where she belongs before she ends up on the corner of 42nd St. and 70M working for a guy named Morgo.

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

Posts: 12859
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 09-04-2002 06:51 PM

Probably menopause.

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Brad Miller
Administrator

Posts: 17775
From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 09-04-2002 07:05 PM

Actually it seems the LAD girl is being repaced with the LAD dude. I've been seeing leaders with a guy posing for the camera lately. I'll have to post a shot when I can remember.

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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)

Posts: 28608
From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 09-04-2002 07:32 PM

Joe if Brad is correct, that would make it Pauseomen.

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 09-04-2002 08:10 PM

Steve: Contact me off-line with the name of the lab. You are correct that Ms. LAD belongs in the CF (control frames) area of the leader. Next thing you'll write me is that she was telling "off color" jokes. We never had these problems with "China Girl" or "Tech Lily", much less old "Gray Patch".

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Tim Sherman
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 125
From: North Ridgeville, OH, USA
Registered: Aug 2000

posted 09-05-2002 04:36 PM

I have also seen her where she shouldn't be on a couple prints i have recieved lately. The titles slip my mind at the moment.

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 09-05-2002 08:07 PM

If you can get me the details off-line, we can follow up with the labs or negative cutters responsible. Photos or samples would help.

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Barry Floyd
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1079
From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 09-06-2002 09:03 AM

For those like me who have NO idea who or what LAD Girl is.... could someone please explain?

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Josh Jones
Redhat

Posts: 1207
From: Plano, TX
Registered: Apr 2000

posted 09-06-2002 09:13 AM

LAD stands for Laboratory Aim Density. It is a sytem developed by John Pytlak to assure consitstency from lab to lab, print to print. Lad girl is an image of a woman in front of some control patches. These patches are compared to a calabration sheet at the lab to make sure the color timing, flesh tones, and processing are correct for the given film. It has helped greatly in improving laboratory consitancy over the years.

Josh J

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 09-06-2002 01:05 PM

Here's information on the Laboratory Aim Density (LAD) Control System, which I developed in 1974. "LAD Girl" followed in 1982:

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/h61/

Before LAD, labs used a tedious and complex procedure to determine optimum "curve placement" and color balance. LAD greatly simplified the procedure and resulted in better quality and consistency.

Kodak supplies the LAD Control film to laboratories. Some splice it into the leader of every feature, others just use it as an internal control tool.

Photos of the Academy Technical Achievement Award are in the "Pictures" section of Film-Tech, under "John Pytlak's Academy Award". And here's a direct link to my acceptance speech with award presenter Renee Zellweger:
QuickTime Video of LAD Academy Award

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