Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Mike, I still have several independent stores around with small printing machines like fuji frontiers. Within 5km I have three. But they only do c41. This was the same 5 years ago. But they now print much more digital than film off course. The stores that disappeared were more focused on equipment than printing. There is a lot competition form chains who traditional have nothing to do with pictures like supermarkets and drugstores. For E6 there is only one lab left in the area of Rotterdam. The big invention for me is a pro lab that sends me the pictures by post. When uploaded before 15:00 you get you're pictures in the post the next day. For somebody with a normal day job that is a real solution. Cheers, Michiel Fokkema Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Hi Mike, > > I am going to answer based on the Netherlands, since I have only been in > Spain since October. > > Nathan > > On 25-jan-2008, at 14:42, Mike Stoesz wrote: > >> Howdy from Wyoming; >> >> I would like to do an online survey of the members of this list about >> the availability of local independent (non-chain store) photo >> processing labs and camera stores. I own such a store/lab in Laramie, >> Wyoming, USA so the trends of the industry are very important to my >> future and the direction I take in providing services to my clients. >> >> 1. How many local independent stores/labs were in your vicinity 5 >> years ago? Vicinity meaning comfortable driving distance that you >> could use them on a regular basis. > > Stores--several, at least 3 in Amsterdam that I was aware of. All are > still there, as are several others in places like The Hague, Rotterdam > and Eindhoven. Labs--only one pro lab I was aware of, s-Color in Amstedam. >> >> 2. How many local independent stores/labs are there today? > > All the stores are still there, but the s-Color lab stopped processing > film last year. Today they concentrate on high-end digital printing and > the like. > >> >> 3. What services were offered by the stores of 5 years ago? And what >> services did you use? > > See (2) above. > >> >> 4. What services are offered today by the stores in your vicinity? >> And what services do you currently use? > > Digital printing seems to be the order of the day. > >> >> 5. What services were missing 5 years ago that you could have used or >> needed then and now? > > Not sure I understand the question. 5 years ago all I needed was film > development and the occasional pro print. I can still get the print, but > I have no idea where in the Netherlands I could have MF film developed > (here in Spain I have a lab that does it for me, by mail--they are in > Barcelona, 550 km away). > >> >> 6. What services or products do you see a need for today? > > Quality printing, and perhaps MF scanning. > >> >> 7. What services or products would you like to see offered in 2-4 years? > > Storage solutions. > >> >> Many thanks to all, >> >> Mike Stoesz >> Laramie Digital/Photo Center >> Laramie, Wyoming, USA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > 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 > >