"William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Film processing can be really hit or miss, and quality is not really >dependant on what kind of store is doing the job. >It is dependant on the people who are doing the job.
Well, I just had my first "miss" in the film processing department :( Two weeks ago I made a spur-of-the-moment camping trip to the Dolly Sods Wilderness in West Virginia. (Full, agonizingly-=detailed post later). Got some mind-boggling shots at dawn. And the lab ruined the film. All the dark areas were covered with rust-red splotches. Even outside the frame and around the sprocket holes. Someone in the lab screwed up something. A was able to salvage a few shots because the dark areas were just a small part of the frame and could be burned completely black in Photoshop without spoiling the image (they would probably have been completely black if the film had been processed properly) but it's heartbreaking to see some of the unsavable slides and imagine what they could have looked like... Here's a sample of the damage: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d303015.jpg Here's one I "saved": http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d303014.jpg -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
