JCO, Major bummer. This is the kind of trend that I fear will hasten the demise of film. The cost will rise as the competition goes away and the convenience will go away. Right now your best bet is to shoot slides. There may be a nearby lab. Seems like those that can process slides would handle 120 film.
Labs that don't make the big investment now to get the digital labs will go the way of your local lab. The cost of maintaining the film processor isn't a big problem, its the printer. Sounds like your lab was using an older optical printer. As digital comes on strong, labs that can't take memory cards, disks and electronic images as input to the printer will die. Bruce Wednesday, January 15, 2003, 9:40:14 PM, you wrote: JCOC> Yesterday, I went to my favorite local lab JCOC> to drop off two rolls of C41 120 shot with the P67. JCOC> To my surprise, the place was totally empty with a small JCOC> sign on the door (paraphrased) : JCOC> "Due to recent digital developments A.S.A.P. Photo JCOC> will permanently be closed for business JCOC> as of 1/1/03. Thank You for 15 yrs of patronage. JCOC> The Management." JCOC> Bummer. They were the only lab in my town who could do JCOC> C41 120 for me. Now I have to either get my film developed JCOC> mail order or drive about 20 miles across town ( no JCOC> way!). What's scary it I honestly believe that this JCOC> will be the first of many film processing "shutdowns". JCOC> With no way to get my color 120 developed fast, I am now JCOC> seriously considering selling all my medium format gear. JCOC> Mail order is just too damn slow. I still can develop JCOC> B&W negs myself but my digital printer sucks for B&W. JCOC> This really sucks.......The only positive is my 35mm JCOC> color work looks better than ever, so I think I could live JCOC> with it until I can afford a 6-10 Mpixel DSLR. JCOC> JCO
