Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have as much or more confidence in the people running the lab at the local Sam's as I do the people running the scans at the local "pro shop". I've made 11x14 prints off the negatives, no problem (Leica and Minolta glass). For "real" b/w, the pro shop is the only local option. The scans they have given me in the past are cluttered with debris. I've started taking the negatives, unscanned, to Sam's and having them make me a CD instead. It costs $10 / CD at the pro shop. It costs $1.78 or so at Sam's. Jeff M ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ric Carter" <ricc@mindspring.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 4:17 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] C41 Processing: 1-Hr Minilab, Photo Specialty Store,Kodak or What? > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information