Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/17
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I've joined a photo club recently, they own a B&W lab, so ... But you're
right, I guess I'll use my digital gear when visiting GA next Spring! Thanks
for answering my question.Jean-Michel
> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:40:05 -0800
> From: richard at richardmanphoto.com
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: lens shutters suck - Richard Man
>
> Jean-Michel, obviously digital is more convenient and better than film in a
> million ways. However, if you do want to try processing your own B&W, it's
> really simple to do. Just a tank and holder and pennies for the chemical.
> If you have a decent flatbed (V600 or above), then you could get decent
> images too.
>
> Worth it? Only you can decide.
>
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Thanks for the tip, Richard. My daughter lives in Savannah, GA, so if you
> > happen to know of a place there that's as good as Duggal NYC, well ...
> > Where I live (Strasbourg, France) there's a professional lab that's
> > doing a
> > wonderful job (they're "film-only" specialists, no camera business, no
> > main
> > street shop, but an almost religious devotion to film processing) but
> > prices tend to get QUITE expensive these days ... I'm thinking of doing
> > the
> > job myself but is it still worth the trouble? Jean-Michel
> >
> --
> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>
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