Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Walmart send it out to Fujilabs and they do absolutely first rate work. Robert On Mar 29, 2010, at 10:38 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > Sonny, > > If you are getting that service, then you are doing better than > most. When I finally finished the roll of C41 color that was in my > SLR, a few months ago, I went to Wal-Mart, which had always done 1- > hour color processing, and was told they had quit it over a year > ago. They now send it out, and it takes about a week. They > recommended Walgreen, which still does 1-hour C41, so I took it > there and got back a low-resolution CD, not the high-resolution > that Wal-Mart had always provided. I packed my film cameras away > and committed to digital. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonny Carter" > <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 10:27 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22;why > no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit? > > >> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Steve Barbour >> <steve.barbour at gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> On Mar 29, 2010, at 8:05 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: >>> >>> > I lvoe Tri X but cannot process it myself and find it increasingly >>> expensive >>> > to have it done. The C41s can be done anywhere by anybody and >>> put on >>> disk. >>> > That's why I'm asking people's opinions. >>> >>> C41bw is terrific for the reasons stated, what's to ask ?... >>> >>> it's clear, >>> >> >> "Yeah-but" In my little town. three years ago there were five >> places to >> get C41 processed, including Walmart, who did several runs a day. >> Now there >> are two. Walmart now makes one run a day and Walgreens makes a >> one run a >> day. >> >> I'll bet that's a microcosm of your town. Better learn to process >> Tri-X. >> >> My guess is that C41 minilabs are going away. >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://www.sonc.com >> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information