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Subject: [Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:50:02 -0500 (CDT)
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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
>>
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Replies: Reply from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?)
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