That's very interesting Bob. I also take my film to
Pro Photo (B&W, slides, pro print film) and sometimes
I get mixed results from them too. One time I had a
roll of black & white that was not processed very
well. As a result the prints were under-exposed. For
the most part though Pro Photo has good service. For
regular consumer film I just use Costco.
Francis M. Alviar
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Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:14:38 -0700
From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: I Am Pissed!
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I shot a couple of rolls of color print the other day,
and since I
intended
to just scan the negs and process the prints
digitally, I dropped the
rolls
off at the local 29 min photo place. BIG mistake!
While there was, in
fact,
image on the negs, they appeared to look unprocessed.
The thick "beige
haze"
covered over the images for the most part. The man
said, "The film must
be
old." He did manage to get some sucky prints out of
them, but they will
not
scan. Period. I took the negs to Pro Photo Connection
in Irvine, CA to
see
if anything could be recovered. After much examination
and after
confirmation with film strips, the photo engineer at
Pro Photo
Connection
concluded that the problem was chemical in nature, the
negs had not
been
"bleached". The damage was permanent.
Lesson: Deal with professionals - only.
Regards,
Bob...
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"Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by
destroying
the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with
wine
and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?"
-Martin Luther
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