I'm not so sure William. The camera that I used is a contax G2 (yes.. yes.. I know.. Pentax list.. I've got a K1000), with the 45mm Zeiss Planar lens :) But I do suspect that my particular WalMart doesn't get many people (especially in my part of the city) walking in handing over NPC to them.
The guy I handed it to looked at it funny and shrugged. I'm not saying the staff are incompetent, but maybe they just don't get that film all the time? I took some XP2 to the same WalMart about a year or so ago and they did the same thing; looked at it funny, said they didn't do B&W film and then I had to explain to them that it's C-41 process film. They never cut the negs up or sleeve them as they do with the rest of their C-41 film so my negs were shot to hell because they ROLLED them up(I suspect they were still damp when rolled up). Perhaps it's just that one particular WalMart as I don't use or go to any other WalMart. Cheers, Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 9:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: Any experience with Fuji NPC? ----- Original Message ----- From: David Chang-Sang Subject: RE: Re: Any experience with Fuji NPC? > All of this stuff will definitely depend on how/where you get your film > processed and printed. As Tom said in this thread, > the lab will or should be able to give further insight as to how to rate the > film. If you take your film to the local WalMart, see if they print the NPC > as you think it should look. I've done this.... as I have said.... only > because I wanted the prints back yesterday (i.e. fast) and didn't want to > fork over too much cash for it. The prints, with NPC of all things, come > out flat and lacking for a film that is supposed to be a vivid color film. > The funny thing is, I knew that this is how WalMart would print them, yet I > never bothered to accomodate for their printing by dropping my rating to, > say, 125 or lower so shame on me for that. Weird. Wal-Mart in Canada prints on Kodak Ektacolor Edge 8 paper, which is the most vivid RA type paper Kodak makes. In the USA, they use Fuji Crystal Archive, which, if anything, is punchier than Edge 8. I can't account for the flat results you got, but it sure as hell wasn't the Wal-Mart printing. I have found NPC to be a film absolutely lacking in inherent contrast. The only way I have gotten any life out of the stuff is to use the 77mm lens, which is very contrasty. Perhaps you need to look something other than the printing. William Robb - 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 . - 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 .
