Hi, This is my first post to the list, and I apologize for it being somewhat tangential, but I'm wondering if there's anyone on the list who can recommend a b & w lab in the Royal Oak (suburban Detroit) Michigan area that'd do an nice job of shooting a 4x5 copy negative from an old, home-processed print that's seen better days.
By way of introduction, I'll say that I've recently built a pinhole camera out of pine, with an adjustable focal length of between 0.5" and 11" and a pinhole needled through 0.003" brass shim stock; it uses 4x5 in a Grafmatic, 6 sheet holder -- truly the cat's meow -- that I picked up at a Photo Fair in San Jose, California, a couple of weeks ago. I am still testing for exposure, but was tickled by how well the first dozen sunny day shots (Plus X) came out. Picking up some tabletop exposures later today. I'm based in San Francisco, and have been using Gamma labs for processing and contact sheets. I imagine I'll be stepping into a darkroom myself one of these days to try and keep costs down... so much to (re)learn. Thanks in advance, Eric
