Did somebody say Atlanta? You know, I was just there... By the way, the Falcon's cheerleaders were happy to see me tonight :) (I fixed their CD player so they could practice)
I just had five rolls of film processed at Wolf... Film is an expensive endeavor. Cory ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebekah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 2:48 PM Subject: Re: Developing film (Rebekah) > Looks like I have an E6 lab around the corner in Atlanta - although > I'm nervous about mailing film, the temperature here is edging toward > the triple digits. I'll drive it over myself some time and try them > out, but I may save up for a film scanner like you and other have > suggested. Thanks for the advice! > > rg2 > > On 8/21/07, Matt Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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 >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.1/963 - Release Date: 8/20/2007 > 5:44 PM > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
