Such a minor thing really, and there is an easy answer, but I find
myself waffling. I've got two rolls of uncut slide film (one because
I had double-exposures on it using the old "hold in the rewind button
and cock the shutter" method, which resulted in less than consistent
film advance, and the other because it was in the same order as the
first one). The lab I use that does internegs says they need a mounted
slide (I presume I could ask them to mount a slide for me as needed,
but I do have convenient plastic mounts handy at home). The lab I use
that does Cibachromes says they don't care. I forgot to ask whether
sending out to Kodak for lower cost type-R printing requires mounting
or not.
If I cut these slides apart and mount them, I can do whatever I
want with them. But I kind of like the freedom to put them in
7x6 or 6x6 loose leaf pages like I do my negatives -- I like thsose
archive pages better than the ones for slides, and I can get an
entire roll in one page that way. Of course, I could mount the few
I want to print and leave the rest in archive pages, but then I'd
have a roll split up funny. Or I could mount the ones that are
at least halfway decent and file the rest in the trash bin, but
I'm not really good about throwing stuff out like that.
I'm not really asking for help making up my mind -- I'll wind up
choosing one way or another to handle this. But I do confess that
I'd find other folks' thoughts entertaining and perhaps even
intriguing and informative, just to see how other peoples' minds
work.
(On the interneg vs. Cibachrome thing: the lab that does internegs
does a good job with them. I'd been put off of internegs because
of how a bulk lab handled them, but the ones this lab has done for
me have worked very well. It seems there's a lot of human judgement
at each step of the process. And, of course, getting _additional_
prints made later is cheaper once I've got the interneg. OTOH, for
some images, I want that extra *oomph* of a Cibachrome. These are
mostly images of mulicoloured roses, one roll on Velvia and the other
on Provia F. For the Cibachromes / Type-R prints, if there's anything
tricky in the printing, I have it done at the other lab, by hand. If
it's straightforward, I have them send it out to Kodak. I was nervous
about "sending to Kodak" because of my horrid experiences with
Qualex orders sent from a department store, but the folks at this
lab tell me that even though it's the same Qualex lab, the stuff
sent in on the "pro side" is handled separately, and in fact I've
had no problems with orders sent in from this lab.))
-- Glenn
PS: obPentax -- One roll was shot in my Super Program, the other
in my KX.
PPS: Does anyone still do the "obFOO" thing in newsgroups and mailing
lists any more?
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