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Subject: [Leica] C41 Processing: 1-Hr Minilab, Photo Specialty Store, Kodak or What?
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sat May 19 19:17:06 2007
References: <051720072103.28172.464CC3220009F06F00006E0C220073747804040A990A02D201D202080106@comcast.net>

Hey John--

I'm getting results that satisfy me at a local Eckerds. That's  
nothing scientific, so I may be ruining everything I shoot, but the  
negs and scans work well for me. That's for web, small print and  
electronic contact sheet use.

That said, it also much depends on the folks running the equipment.  
Another Eckerds  less than two miles from the one I now use gave me  
inferior results. Relationships also affect your results. My results  
likely more reflect personnel than retailer.

They suggested a different CD format for larger scans. They will turn  
off sharpening for 1600 film.

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/

On May 17, 2007, at 5:03 PM, J. Newell wrote:

> I'm thinking about going totally C41 after buying a scanner and  
> just having the negs developed without any printing, photoCDs,  
> etc.  I don't think I want to get into C41 at home.  So, what do  
> you all think about where the negs get processed?  What kind of  
> quality differences, if any, am I likely to find between, say, the  
> local minilab (in a CVS [chain drugstore] or something like that  
> compared to a good photo retailer's in-house lab compared to  
> sending it to Kodak or equivalent?
> Thanks --
> John Newell
>
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Replies: Reply from jeffmatsler at amaonline.com (Jeff S. Matsler) ([Leica] C41 Processing: 1-Hr Minilab, Photo Specialty Store, Kodak or What?)
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