Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/10

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Subject: Re: Blind test
From: "Patrick G. Sobalvarro" <pgs@sobalvarro.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 12:03:02 -0700

At 12:46 PM 8/10/97 -0400, db wrote:
>It is not necessarily color negative film that is a "...killer of optical
>quality..." it is the process of making prints from color negative film
>that masks the original exposure.  Color negative film, in my experience,
>tells a pretty good story if given the chance.

I heartily agree with this.  Royal Gold 25 is pretty sharp stuff.  Locally
Kodachrome development takes a week and is quite expensive.  By trial and
error I've found some local labs that maintain their C-41 equipment well
and do 1-hour development.  I have a good film scanner and can produce
proofs at home, and decide what I want to have printed by a good lab and
give them a reasonable idea of what the color and exposure should look like.
Overall it works pretty smoothly.