Good advice Mishka, Now, how about a scanner for the negatives? Any suggestions out there for a good scanner in the $500 range, that produces good results for prints up to 8x10, from negatives?
Thanks again --- Mishka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is quite normal to have prints completely screwed > up by the lab. Even a > pretty good (read: expensive) lab. OTOH, it's much > more difficult to screw > up the film, since it's mostly automated. The "white > out" on the faces is > much more likely to show up on slides than on > negative film, since the > latter has much more lattitude, so if your slides > are OK, I wouldn't worry > about the negs. Scan them and adjust the > colors/contrast/etc yourself -- > that seems to one sure way to guarantee consistent > results. > As far as scanning goes, if you are going to do it > in the same lab that made > your prints, what makes you think they are going to > do a better job there? > Best, > Mishka > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

