Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey, I want to tell you that the entire time I was watching people looking at birthday snapshots, I was thinking "Whoever invented digital cameras must have stood here." Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Don Dory Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:20 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Walgreens or Wal-Mart for C-41? What are those people in line thinking, don't they know that film is dead. Get with the program people and get out of Smith's way! Wal-Mart does do the proper maintenance on their machines, and their people are trained in proper negative handling procedures so that may explain the line. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 6/21/05, Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote: > I tried the infamous WalMart down the street (the one they built in > the demolished housing project site). The negs looked okay, but the > line getting to dropping them off and picking them up is about 30 > minutes wait as each person wants to look at each and every picture > prior to paying for them. I liken it to getting my driver's license > renewed. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Christopher Williams > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 10:06 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] Re:Walgreens or Wal-Mart for C-41? > > > Good chemistry and "Dime Store" go together like Pepsi and Coke. > > One Walgreens could do execellent work while the one 6 blocks down > could do terrible work. Depends on how often stabilzier is changed, > how often control strips are done, and how well the employee knows the > machine. Kind of like giving your camera to a TSA agent at the X-Ray > machine, they both may getting minimum wage. > > Dip and Dunk labs are the best for processing negatives, though you'll > have to find a good pro lab for that. > > Also depends on the film too. Some films are thinner and prone to > scratches. Your Fuji 800 you take to Walgreens/Walmart may come out > great while your XP2 is scratched all over. XP2 is very thin and can > easily scratch in a standard C-41 minilab. > > Chris > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Ries" Subject: [Leica] Walgreens or Wal-Mart for C-41? > > > I want a local lab to process and print C-41. I will archive the > negs for later use so I want good chemistry. Any input which "dime > store" labs are doing the best all around working the US?. I have been > trolling the archives of various sites and Walgreens seems to be a > favorite but I would like to hear what the current views are. > > Many thanks, > Steve > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information