Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For XP2 or Tmax400CN any drugstore or discount photo store offers cheap machine prints on colour paper which I find more useful than 24x36mm contact prints. Going for the more expensive offerings, say USD 0.40 for 13x18cm, will deliver more neutral black and whites, APS style index print, nicer packaging and a return privilege. But for proofing and then throughing away most of the prints I found the cheapest quality, that is USD 0.05 per 7x10cm print and two days turn-arround, acceptable. Including developing you end up at well under USD 5 per roll. Moreover I find the risk that I would screw up something when developing at home higher than the risk that the consumer lab would scratch or loose my film. On the other hand I am still a little bit sceptical with regard to permanence. At least in theory, conventional b&w film should be better. Hans-Peter