Re: One hour photo processing Thought I'd add my two cents. Though we build cameras most of us also shoot 35mm for notes, records, family stuff.
One hour labs at the drugstore are the really last salvation for the itinerant freelance photographer shooting 35mm. Their lack of quality magnifies whatever limited quality I have. Those machines are programmed to automatically make every photograph look like a slightly tanned family of four from the San Fernando Valley on a sunny day at Disneyland (dad is balding, mom is blonde Jimmy has a basball cap shadowing his eyes and Susie has on a white t-shirt). If you are shooting anything else you're probably getting less than adequate results. If you shoot something that is primarily green or red the machine will correct in the other direction and try to make it gray. I use a professional lab and it costs me about 35% to 50% more than my mother-in-law insists on paying at Costco. My lab guy has 20 years of experience, knows that I like 'em darker and richer. He uses the top of the line Nortisu machine with Kodak paper. Results with my Nikon on auto is that my 4x6s look like slides, Grandma's look washed out. Her $300 camera is not as good as my $1000 Nikon with the $500 lens--but the difference is not as great as Costco makes it. Wtihout drugstore labs using past-due-date chemicals operated by people who don't care I might lose one of my important sources of revenue. Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nettles Photo / Imaging Site http://www.wgn.net/~nettles _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
