Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:53 PM 7/18/2004 +0100, you wrote: >Surprisingly however Europe is rather well stocked with film so there's no >need to bring any (remember that Ilford and Agfa among others are actually >European companies and Kodak is available everywhere) and you can probably >get most of what you want here or on the leg before you dissappear into >Ingushetia or wherever. You can also get film processed here by pros if >you want to have the film developed before you travel; generally you can >get B&W done in 24 hours, C41 films (inc B&W) in an hour to three hours. > >Come on guys...., really :-) > >Peter True, Peter, but unfortunately I almost never go through Europe on the way to Central America ;-) If you saw how they store film in Central America - no refrigeration, usually in a store window in direct sunlight, out-dated and dusty, you would know why I don't buy film at my destination or have it developed there. I recently advised somebody going to Europe to just buy the film there and have it developed there. I wouldn't hesitate to do that. But if you are headed on from Europe to a developing country, you may not have time during your airport layovers to buy film, much less have it processed. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com http://www.pdiphotos.com http://www.workbookstock.com http://www.newscom.com http://www.americanphotojournalist.com