without scratches, water spots, or embedded crud showing up in the emulsion. Sadly this more than anything else
is driving me to investigate digital, at least for color. (If the B&W negatives are screwed up I have no one to
blame but myself).
Jens Bladt wrote:
Thanks all for your participation in my film problem. But - I am NOT TALKNING ABOUT PRINTS. It's exclusivly about unsharp negs. Some of them look as if they were developed in the dishwasher along with the pots, plates, cups, knives and forks. I never oder prints from negs anymore. I take photographs every day and I don't want a lot of prints. Only the best and only from manipulated jpeg's or tiff's. So its is a problem realated to the film (Superia 200 most of the time) or to the developing process.
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Butch Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 12. juni 2004 19:18 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: RE: Film and Development
It is getting more difficult, but not impossible to find a good mini lab. You mention getting bad films back from your lab. What is wrong? If it is the 4x6 prints aren't quite sharp, mention it to the lab manager. It might be simply that the printer needs it's focus adjusted. If you're comparing a scan from a digital minilab to an image from a digital camera, most mini lab scans are only around 1536x1024 (a bit under 2 MP). Here in the US all the drug store chains and the "big box" discount retailers like Wal-Mart all have mini labs and compete on price. Given their pay scale, and lack of spending for training, few have a knowledgeable enough staff to provide much more then minimally acceptable work on a consistent basis. Your best bet is to find an independent lab. Talk to the lab manager or owner to see if they seem knowledgeable and the lab is committed to producing quality work. They are still out there. Also expect to pay more then the drug store chain lab prices.
Jens wrote:
I need to make a withdrawal from the PDML wisdom bank, please. I am getting the impression, that it is getting harder to get decent film development these days. Is this true? I know my digital images are very sharp due to the smaller format/better DOF. But I also know that film images can be extremely sharp as well. But I'm getting bad films back from my small dealers lab these days. Is this a common tendency?
Butch
Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself.
Hermann Hesse (Demian)
