Doe, One thing that is not mentioned very often when extolling the virtues of doing it all at home in your digital darkroom is the massive amount of time that is involved. I know of several pro's who have told me that digital is taking more time than they used to allocated when dealing with the lab - this includes digital capture, not scanning. So, two areas where the lab is still the better choice is when your time is valuable and/or you are going to print many pictures. Most of the world still just takes snapshots. If you took the time to scan and touch up 36-72 images and then print them all, you might be surprised just how time intensive it is. Not to mention the person who has just come back from vacation with 10 rolls. Volume is what will keep the labs going well. People who are doing more fine art oriented stuff can probably afford the time and effort required to fully control the process and produce exactly what they want. I submit that they do not represent the majority of lab customers.
Certainly the world is changing, but digital does have some downsides too. Bruce Sunday, January 5, 2003, 10:23:01 AM, you wrote: eac> In a message dated 1/5/2003 12:21:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: eac> Well, I will eventually, naturally. I already know how to use a computer drawing program, so I suspect my learning curve will be a lot lower than it would be for some. And that way I can be in eac> total control and I will have only myself to blame if one I don't like the results. (Which is the way I like things). eac> But if labs want to stay in business, something has to improve. >Snip<
