frank theriault wrote:
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
I think Downtown Camera might be doing that now, they recently started
doing B&W development in-house instead of sending it to an outlab.
-Adam