Yeah, had to look on the web for the nearest E6 labs. I live a couple hours from the twin cities, which is the closest city with professional labs. Roll of 120 were very reasonabley priced a $5 to develop. I know they offered high res scanning but i just use a film scanner and do it myself.
> ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:47:25 -0400 > From: Rebekah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Developing film > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Thanks scott > > What awesome information, I'll definitely look around where I am for a > local store, although it seems like a doubtful situation. Have you > ever tried sending your film out to online developing/scanning > services? > > rg2 > > On 8/21/07, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rebekah wrote: > > > Hey all > > > > > > Been reading but not talking for a while, but surprise! I'm still > > > here. Pug this month was awesome, some of those pictures were > > > beautiful and it's always neat to see what people find interesting > > > enough to photograph. Anyways, I'm sure this has already been asked, > > > but I didn't see it in the archives: > > > > > > > > > Aside from doing it myself, where's the best place to develop film? > > > What about film scanning, any recommendations? It seems like the > > > photo cd's I've been getting with my pictures are about the same > > > quality as the crummy photos I snap with my phone. > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance guys :o) > > > > > > rg2 > > > > > > > > Sounds like you need to find a lab with some scanning options. I've had > > horrible luck with most of the lower cost (in house) mini-labs, like > > Wal-Mart, Target, etc. First Look Photo in Hagerstown, MD did a > > wonderful job and offered several resolution options with scanning. > > After moving to Harrisburg and trying a few independent shops I gave > > up. They all offered "hi-res" scans, but they weren't much better than > > Wally World. In my limited experience it's hit or miss. And if you > > find a good one, hope they don't close their doors next week. > > > > You really might be better off getting yourself a dedicated 35mm film > > scanner and doing it yourself. > > > > As far as processing goes, if you can't find a decent local lab, you > > might try the send-out service through Wal-mart. It goes to a Fuji > > lab. More often than not the results have been pretty good, and > > significantly better than the one hour service in the store. > > > > HTH. > > > > -- > > Scott Loveless > > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > ------------------------------ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
