I'd NEVER send my film out to be processed by mail order! While I find processing film to be boring, my B&W generally gets done right here so I can have control, no matter how much it pains me to do it, and the local pro labs handle my color so I can talk with them about how I want the processing handled, get a clip if need be, and be assured of film that's not damaged. In the rare circumstance that I want B&W processed outside, I'll have one of two labs here do it to my specs, using my developer and time/temps
Plus, in the past (years ago) a couple of rolls of film got "disappeared" when sent from the west coast to a lab in NYC. Never Again! And, if film doesn't get lost, there's no guarantee as to how it's handled during transit. And mail order takes too long. If I drop my film at the color lab I can have it done in a few hours should I desire. No need to wait a week or so for the film. For $5.00 or so I can get a 36exp roll of color neg processed, a little more for slides, and the rest is up to me - scanning, burning CD's or DVD's if that's what I want, and prepping for printing. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 1/16/2005 6:56:00 AM > Subject: Re: Decisions...Decisions... > > On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > (I've always disliked processing film - B-O-R-I-N-G), or don't want to > > spend the time traveling to and from the lab to get the film processed. > > Don't you do mail order in the US? I get a 36exp-colour film > processed, printed twice at 6x4 and a CD for 9.75 (around 18-20 > dollars, I would say), incl. stamps and what have you. I have done > cheaper (but not as good) in the past. > > Kostas
