Well, first that should have been "needed", I was in business in the
1980's. Decent 8x10 standard crop machine prints is what I was talking
about. I always figured that for that kind of work in camea cropping
(proper framing) is the photographers responsibility. All I wanted was
proper density and color correction and was quite willing to provide a
gray card exposure on the first frame to facilitate that. Senior labs
provided that kind of printing but the turn around time was about a week.
Anyway that is all moot these days digital does provide a way to do the
job. Just the other day I gave a friend and 8x10 about two hours after I
took the shot. "Wow, that was quick", was her response. I could have
made a lot of money if I could have done that back in the 80's.
graywolf
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William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "graywolf"
Subject: Re: Sent My Brother to the Dark Side
What I actually need and could not consistantly get were decent
over-night develop-and-print 8x10's from 120 for about $2 each. I
kind of think that is what most photographers who worked for retail
customers needed.
Giving fast, decent quality and inexpensive turnaround 120
enlargements was a non starter for the industry.
When I was working for a pro lab, we had a crop card system that
allowed us to give machine print turnaround and pricing with enough
cropping choice to be acceptable to most of the photographers we used.
This was in the early 90s.
Before crop cards became available, I think 120 was either full frame
machine or custom enlarged, and not fast turnaround unless you were in
a fairly major business center.
I think the 2 dollar price point would not entice many lab operators
to jump on the wagon.
William Robb
