Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How nice. Since I am from Durham also I'll have to try this--I assume you are referring to the Durham, NC Costco. I had never used them for processing. How clean are your negatives when they are returned? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Sandler" <aaron.sandler@duke.edu> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 8:04 PM Subject: [Leica] Contact Sheets from Costco! > Maybe I'm the last person in the world to discover this, but...contact > sheets are not dead! > > I had been dreaming about being able to look over contact sheets of my > recent rolls while sitting in a cafe, and wishing that the little 4"x6" > index prints that the one-hour lab I use at the local Costco always makes > were big enough to be useful. I knew they could print 8x12s, so I thought > there was no harm in asking whether they could make an 'index print' that > size. "Of course," they said. So, today I got my first digital versions > of contact sheets from my latest rolls and they're fantastic. They're > cheap ($1.50 each!!!) and, even better, they are slightly enlarged and > easier to edit than a normal contact sheet! What a revelation. > > So, now for my C-41 film, I will add the 8x12 'index print' to my standard > order of develop and scan to CD with all automatic adjustments turned off. > No prints, thank you very much. Grand total (with tax) $7.50 per roll, > easy to edit, and enough quality for posting to the web. Not bad at > all...might even make up for the increasing film costs! > > Hope someone finds this useful, > Aaron > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >