Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, if you find a good lab - STICK WITH 'EM! And hope they don't go out of business. There's a great lab I get some stuff done at in New Orleans and they are not even considered the "professional" print lab. I did hear that Panasonic is going to announce a touch style phone with a Leica ASPH-Vario-Zoom-Tele-Nocti 4.2-10.4 f1.0/2.8 at Photokina. Adapters for Nikon only F mount lenses will be available with the phone. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Johnson" Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:walt - all kidding aside > 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