On 5/8/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Large population centers are slow to adapt to the trend, since the population base is sufficient to keep a few places open for the weirdos that still shoot film and want custom wet prints. I suspect Ryerson is also having an effect in Toronto. The last of a half dozen custom print labs closed here last fall. William Robb
I don't mean to say that there are old-fashioned b&w labs on every corner. To be sure there aren't too many left. Actually, I can think of two, offhand, that still do it, my lab (B&W Labs) and Toronto Black and White. In fact, despite my lab's name, it does mostly digital these days - Robert loves the darkroom, and says that he won't give it up until he has to, but I wonder how much longer that's going to be. I don't think he has too many others that he does prints for. As for Toronto Black and White, they're the largest black and white lab that I know of in town. Lord knows how much more time they've got left. Just for those of you who aren't familiar, Toronto is a city of some 3 million (metropolitan), and those two are the last two labs that I'm aware of (you know of any others, Adam or Dave?). I can't imagine that smaller cities have much (if any) choice left. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
