David J Brooks wrote: >I recently took some B&W negs to the guy on Danforth Ave, that Frank >and i use. He is really slow, and is contemplating shutting the little >shop he has down and run a digital print lab at home. No more wet B&W >prints. > >To bad as he does a very good job.
Sadly, this is typical. The photo shop I worked at here in Pittsburgh had some of the best lab people in the city and their routine, run-of-the-mill work was excellent. We charged more than the drug stores and Wally Worlds, but the results were clearly worth it (and I'm not talking an arm and a leg, either). What happens is that the number of people who are both aware of the difference in quality and willing to pay for it declines until it's no longer a viable business. I was in one of the heavy-traffic big box stores in town this morning and stopped by their photo lab to have a look. Lots of digital print kiosks, but only 4 rolls of film hanging up in their C-41 queue. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
