I have strong reservations about using Walmart or similar mini labs, I find Japan camera and motophoto are far more competant, but at their prices you may as well use a pro lab.
--- David Chang-Sang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 . > ______________________________________________________________________ Find, Connect, Date! http://personals.yahoo.ca - 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 .
