Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you don't let me do it you have to sell me your Hasselblad kit:-) Michiel Nathan Wajsman wrote: > When I came to the Netherlands in April 2003, I was still shooting film > exclusively. Since our new house did not have a good place for a > darkroom, I "outsourced" my film development to the premiere pro lab in > Amsterdam, s-Color. At that time, they were open until midnight on > weekdays and a bit less on weekends. I was very pleased with the quality > of their work, and prices were reasonable. > > A year or so ago, they did away with weekend openings and started > closing at 6 pm on weekdays. I continued to use them by mail: I would > send them my films, they would send me back the negatives, and once a > month an invoice. > > Today I received a letter from s-Color. The operative sentence reads: > "as a consequence of developments in the market for analogue > photography, the s-Color Group has decided to terminate its activities > at the Singel 356 location, effective July 7th, 2007." They also have a > substantial printing lab elsewhere in Amsterdam, as well as a shop > selling all manner of photographic materials, both of which will continue. > > So now I have lost the place where I would have my medium format films > developed. Unless I find another lab in the Netherlands that can do it > for me, all my MF gear will be on the block here next Friday :-( > > And no, doing my own development is not an option. If I cannot find > someone to do my souping, then that's it for film and me. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > nathan@nathanfoto.com > General photography: > http://www.nathanfoto.com > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >