[Leica] Contact Sheets from Costco!

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

On Oct 2, 2005, at 5:04 PM, Aaron Sandler wrote:

> Maybe I'm the last person in the world to discover this,  
> but...contact sheets are not dead!
>
> I had been dreaming about being able to look over contact sheets of  
> my recent rolls while sitting in a cafe, and wishing that the  
> little 4"x6" index prints that the one-hour lab I use at the local  
> Costco always makes were big enough to be useful.  I knew they  
> could print 8x12s, so I thought there was no harm in asking whether  
> they could make an 'index print' that size.  "Of course," they  
> said.  So, today I got my first digital versions of contact sheets  
> from my latest rolls and they're fantastic.  They're cheap ($1.50  
> each!!!) and, even better, they are slightly enlarged and easier to  
> edit than a normal contact sheet!  What a revelation.
>
> So, now for my C-41 film, I will add the 8x12 'index print' to my  
> standard order of develop and scan to CD with all automatic  
> adjustments turned off.  No prints, thank you very much.  Grand  
> total (with tax) $7.50 per roll, easy to edit, and enough quality  
> for posting to the web.  Not bad at all...might even make up for  
> the increasing film costs!
>
> Hope someone finds this useful,

I have been doing exactly the same Aaron..minus the 8x12 index  
print...I think I will add that, thank you very much...Steve