tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote [of Ace Photo in Sterling, Virginia, USA] wrote, "They seem to have pretty extensive lab services. Anyone tried them?"
Ace Photo can handle basically anything; they do lots of medium- and large-format work, black-and-white, chromagenic, you name it. They understand scanning and recently upgraded their main scanner. For their scans they use professional color-correction software. 35mm Picture CDs are nominally scanned at 1,536 by 1,024, sometime 17xx by 13xx. But they'll go higher if you ask them; in fact, I think they do scan at higher res if the film is faster than 400. The shop is proud of their 16 x 20 color prints and loves to show them off on the walls. Increasingly, many of these huge prints were made from digital cameras or digital scans, but the shop continues to believe in the future of film for enthusiasts who prefer film. I can't speak for their B&W work, but trust them; the area pros do. Ask Mo, "How can I improve my shots?" and he'll tell you. Mo has a sign behind the counter that reads something like, "Good + fast + cheap; choose any two. If someone expects a lowball price, he sends them to Wal-Mart. I don't find his prices out of line at all for what you get; he's certainly competitive with Dale Labs, the mail-order high-end developer in Florida. Paul Franklin Stregevsky - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
