On Mar 3, 2010, at 17:45 , William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brendan MacRae"
Subject: Re: OT: The death of the photolab
It IS getting harder and harder to find places to develop film and
print the old fashioned way.
Where I am, it has become impossible. Everything is scanned now. I'm
pretty sure that the optical printer is dead.
William Robb
Have one less than a mile from me that is still keeping 2 processor/
printers of the wet/optical variety running, one at a time - nice to
have backup. C-41 and B&W, chrome goes out. And they have a scanner
that will put uncut rolls onto a CD for you for $5.00, 135 & 120.
Saves a lot of time scanning at home.
My fear with them is that as quantity get lower, the quality of the
negs and prints will become degraded for poor chemicals, dried chems
on rollers scratching, etc.. A one woman storefront.
There is another lab about 15 miles from me that will do all three
types of film, but everything is treated as "custom" with prices to
match. Proof sheets or single prints 5x7 or larger only. Down in
Seattle (Ballard actually) there still exists a B&W only lab, process
and proof pretty reasonable. Custom prints 4x5(6) and up, pricey, but
very good work.
Joseph McAllister
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The good fortune to run into the ones I do, and
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