Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear John, I have had very shoddy work from "professional labs." (I should think all labs are professional, unless they do their work gratis) I have had dirty negs, negatives with gritty debris embedded in the emulsion, dusty negatives, etc. ANd if you let them print for you, you give an important area of image control. The only good part about labs is that using them gives you someone to blame if the results aren't so great. If you do it all . . . . well, who can one blame? I have finally found a better place run by a husband and wife. I like working with them, but sometimes the quality slips, or they don't make a delivery time. Sincerely, Joe Stephenson - -----Original Message----- From: John Hudson <jahudson@direct.ca> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 9:15 PM Subject: [Leica] Photo processors >I am reliant upon photo processors to develop and print my colour photographs. > >I have tried so called "professional" labs, "one hour" strip mall shops, >and mail order out of town photo processors. I have used one of Vancouver, >BC's professional labs for about three years but with very slight unease >that my photos should have been rather better than the end results suggested. > >I was then recommended to a one hour processor in a nearby strip mall .... >and my heart leapt to the skies never to return to the pro lab I used >previously. I specify the two day or three service and have not been >disappointed yet. > >Am I alone or are the so called professional labs which charge premium >prices something of a con job? The young man who oversees the place I now >frequent tells me that the game is all in the printer person, the state of >the art equipment, the cleanliness of the chemicals, and whether the >printer person can imagine standing in the shoes of the photographer at the >time the photo was taken. > >jh > >ps: If anyone lives in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and wants a >recommendation please e-mail me privately. > > > > >