In a message dated 2/21/01 1:20:53 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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Same with labs - find one where people take a pride in what they do
and like to be appreciated, and you'll get good results, regardless of
materials.
Colin >>
"Think like I do" Colin? What could you mean? I insist on quality for obvious
and not so obvious reasons.
Then you say: "Same with labs - find one where people take a pride in what
they doand like to be appreciated, and you'll get good results, regardless of
materials.
Colin
If ~you~, Colin, choose to let a competent lab's best film processor choose
what chemical/paper the lab will use to process your own films, that is
strictly ~your~ prerogative.
But ~this~ professional delivers properly exposed negatives to the lab then
(hires the lab) to do ~my~ work, ~my~ way, thus the end product, including
chemicals, artwork (spotting @ $38/hour), etc., will be of a known and
consistent quality.
For me and my clients then, I leave ~nothing~ to chance (or someone else's
choices) as to what the end product will be.
I can be that demanding since I charge a hell of a lot more for what I do now
than when I was hustling weekend weddings, where the economy of the wedding
most times dictated less stringent controls.
*But for Bridal portraits, I've always insisted: KODAK in, to be processed in
KODAK chemicals and printed on KODAK paper. By delivering a good set of
negatives, I ~know~ the end product will be consistent with what I know is
good, with ~nothing~ left to chance.
If you (and others) choose to let a lab or its personnel use ~their~
discretion as to what the end product will look like, that is a choice you
and they make.
Mafud
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