> 
> From: Aaron Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/03/22 Wed PM 03:12:04 GMT
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: mid format cameras - running cost? was:RE: DS vs DL viewfinder?
> 
> 
> On Mar 22, 2006, at 9:48 AM, William Robb wrote:
> 
> > While many 1hr labs can process 120 C-41 (I think all Noritsu film 
> > processors can do it), very few will have the needed masks and lenses 
> > to print it.
> 
> True.  Though a lot of places that do have the masks and lenses still 
> don't know what to do with them -- got them as a package or from 
> another place that closed down or whatever.
> 
> > Also, I have found that when i am processing 120 film at work, the 
> > possiblity of getting tar spots is greater, since the 120 film is 
> > running in an unused section of the racks, and glop tends to collect 
> > around that part of the machine.
> 
> When I was in Prague, I needed to find a lab to process my film before 
> I returned home, since I was shooting ISO 800 and had to go through 
> Heathrow both ways, where there's no way in hell they'll hand-check 
> anything you filthy foreigner.  Thanks to the PDML, I had the names of 
> a half-dozen places that were considered good for 120 C-41 processing.  
> One was right next to the place we were staying, so I went there near 
> the end of the day and saw them cleaning the racks of the processor 
> with a toothbrush, really meticulously, right out to the edge of the 
> rollers.
> 
> I had all my film processed there.
> 
> -Aaron

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