[Leica] C41 film development in Podunk, USA

[keith at wesselphoto.com (Keith R. Wessel)]

Why not process C41 film at home?

See http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0022CW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric" <ericm@pobox.com>
To: <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 8:56 PM
Subject: [Leica] C41 film development in Podunk, USA


> I'm really happy.  I just got back the first C41 film I've had developed
in
> a long time that didn't have minute scratches and dust on it.  The only
> downside is that I had to put my precious negatives in the mail for a
> roundtrip.  The scratches were not a real problem when I was doing
> conventional printing...they just didn't show up on the final print.  But
> they sure do show up using my scanner.
>
> I sent them off to http://www.mpix.com/ for a cost of $5.95, which
includes
> postage both ways.  I'd rather have a reliable pro lab in town, but I'm
not
> that fortunate.  I mailed them last Thursday and got the negatives back in
> Wednesday's mail.  I've been using Mpix to have prints made for a while,
but
> this was the first time I've used them for developing.
>
> I realize that one time does not a pattern make, but I figured I'd share
my
> elation in case somebody else was looking for an alternative to local
> stores, when the local stores suck.
>
> I don't shoot very much color film, but I'm excited at the possibility of
my
> color film being as clean as my B&W that I do myself.
>
> --
> Eric
> http://canid.com/
>
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