Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stan - I just about had a heart attack reading the first part of your email - slides handed over to a supermarket chain!!! I don't even trust them to do one hour C41. I'm sure you used them before and trusted them and mishaps can occur even in pro-labs but that was a heart stopper for me ernie ----- Original Message ----- From: Stan Yoder <vze2myh5@verizon.net> Date: Monday, July 5, 2004 8:23 am Subject: [Leica] E6 slidefilm processed in C41! Arghhh! > Having returned from a trip to Ireland and Scotland, I submitted > six rolls of Provia 100F (exposed > by an M2 and a IIIF, to keep on-topic) to the caring hands of our > supermarket chain, each envelope > clearly marked "E6 slidefilm." The processor was Fuji in > Mansfield, OH. Five came back OK, but the > sixth? Well......they missed my notation and it went through C41. > Has that ever happened to any of you? > > Intelesting results, for sure: negative transparencies, looking > pretty much like color negs but > without the orange mask. I scanned a few into Photoshop, inverted > and jinkied the color, primarily > reducing yellow and green. Prints are passable - good enough for > the wife's print album of the trip. > > Fuji did call me and apologize, mounted the 'slides,' and included > a roll of Superia 200 and a > voucher for free processing of our next PRINT roll (for the wife, > that.) > I've never made a mistake in my life! :-). Why did Fuji have to? > With MY roll, yet? :-) again. > > Stan Yoder > Pittsburgh > > BTW, I'm going to buy some of those day-glow-orange self-adhesive > labels for future slide rolls. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >