Well the processing may be consistant from lab to lab but the film handling certainly isnt. I had a BUNCH of my 120 films kinked by rookie film loaders also a whole bunch of 35mm films scratched and fingerprinted by careless operators. Those problems have totally disappeared since I do my own now. JCO
----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying? > wrong, I get C-41 superb results, no scratches, > and CHEAPER than the photofinishers. Results > are more consisitant because I do it myself > and my techniques are easily repeated. Every > photofinisher is going to be slightly different > I would think. C-41 is an incredibly easy process for the home enthusiast, especially if he is willing to install a bit of machinery, such as a Jobo. One of the beauties of the process is it's stability. Every C-41 machine that I have ran has run right around the control line with almost no input from a technician. It isn't overly time critical, � 10 seconds is plenty close enough, and is only moderatley temperature critical, � 1/2�C is good. PH is quite important, but the process is also quite high PH, so is well buffered on it's own. A machine will tend to run the same speed day in, day out, and thermostats are quite stable now as well. As long as the process is within tolerance on a control strip, you aren't going to see any difference from one processor to another. William Robb
