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Subject: [Leica] Chromogenic Films.....
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Sun Jan 14 09:00:06 2007

Both of mine flooded.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/



-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
grduprey@mchsi.com
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:05 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] Chromogenic Films.....


That's why I never use those places.  I use the local camera store who has
had the same processing base team for the past 6+ years with very excelent
results.

Gene


-------------- Original message from "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net>:
-------------- 


> If the person in the minilab just shoots everything through without 
> any
> color correction, then the prints will be sepia, purple, or whatever. If
the 
> person takes the time to set the machine so that the tint is "neutral",
the 
> prints will be better. I think Chris W. had told me that there is a kind
of 
> paper that can be used for those films so that they are black and white,
but 
> I never expect a Costco, Sam's, Walmart, or Walgreens to have that paper. 
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA 
> http://www.400tx.com 
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/ 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Frank 
> Filippone 
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 9:14 PM 
> To: 'Leica Users Group' 
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Chromogenic Films..... 
> 
> 
> I am feeling a bit stupid in this .....
> 
> Are you telling me that IF the high school junior manning the local 1 
> hour
> minilab knows what she is doing, I have a chance to get good prints using 
> either film? Sounds like the response is yes..... 
> 
> Is there anything that needs to be told to the HS ( etc.) kid to make 
> the
> chance of getting decent prints better? Sounds like you need to tell the 
> operator that it is B+W film.... (It doesn't look, act, nor print like
color 
> film, and there is no color, so why do we need to tell them anything?... 
> Right... HS Kid..... I forgot) 
> 
> Assuming the film is always used by the minilab folk, and no darkroom 
> is
> ever seen by the film, either film is OK to use? The response seems to be 
> use either film. 
> 
> So Ilford or Kodak, no difference...... is that the groups' 
> opinion...?
> 
> Remember, my Son has no darkroom and no scanner ( good point on using 
> the
> minilab to make a CD of the images), so it needs to be totally
turnkey..... 
> 
> 
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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