Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Believe it or not, I found a Walgreen's lab manager who does excellent work. Very meticulous and dedicated. A few years back we had some hurricanes. (unusual for Florida) I dropped off half the film at a local pro lab and gave the rest to WG. She did a better job and didn't even cut some of the negs in two as the pro place did. BTW, when is Leica coming out with a cell/camera phone? Hope it takes a 135 Tele. :-) Christopher Williams wrote: > Walt, you most likely keep your Nikkor tanks clean unlike what > Walgreens probably does now. Nortisu,Agfa, and Fuji commercial C-41 > machines have to have anywhere from 10-40 rolls of film per day run > through them depending on the machine's size. If not properly cleaned > and maintained build up starts to set in and can lead to bad > chemistry,film scratches, fungus on negatives. I doubt these places > see that many rolls of film per day anymore unless is a tourist spot > with lots of disposable cameras being developed. > > Hold on, Walt you're smack in the middle of tourist spots! :) > > Not sure if we'll be replaced by security cameras but it's starting to > look like we're being replaced by cellphones! Maybe I should add an > ultra cheap cellphone photo package to my wedding packages! > > $325 - 240x320 Size images from you wedding, high quality from our > professional 1.3 Megapixel Art Image Cell Phones. 2"x3" print album > available for an additional $200. > > > Chris > NOLA > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:14 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] walt - all kidding aside > > >> Daniel >> >> From time to time I load c-41 for the ease of processing (at >> Walgreens) Unfortunately, I've yet to be convinced Walgreen's >> machines are as consistent as my Nikkor Tanks. I may be suffering >> from the "look backward" affliction. This is the same disease which >> keeps folks salivating about 50 year-old lenses. >> >> In any case, the digital age is here. What I've noticed about it is >> the push for excessive shooting and over cataloging. The hunt for the >> image (by shooters) seems to have been replaced by massive >> categorizing(by editors) I wonder when photographers will be totally >> replaced by security cameras mounted just about everywhere? I can >> imagine effete intellectuals sipping latte and pulling the days news >> up on demand. Banks of screens telling all. Winston, that time is >> coming and you will love /*BIG BROTHER*/.. >> >> Until then, Daniel, try some Kodak Ultra 400. It behaves more like >> b&w film than any other color I've tried. Whatever you do, don't feel >> bad about not craving the smell of hypo. I just count myself lucky my >> fingernail didn't turn black. :-) >> >> Walt > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >