Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Bob, Yes, that was great when we had a Fuji Lab a mile and a half from my house. Now, film business has dropped off, and the lab was closed in the last few weeks. The nearest one is now in South Carolina. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Meier" <robertmeier at usjet.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 10:50 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22;why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit? > Jim, Walmart send it out to Fujilabs and they do absolutely first rate > work. Robert > > On Mar 29, 2010, at 10:38 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > >> Sonny, >> >> If you are getting that service, then you are doing better than most. >> When I finally finished the roll of C41 color that was in my SLR, a few >> months ago, I went to Wal-Mart, which had always done 1- hour color >> processing, and was told they had quit it over a year ago. They now >> send it out, and it takes about a week. They recommended Walgreen, >> which still does 1-hour C41, so I took it there and got back a >> low-resolution CD, not the high-resolution that Wal-Mart had always >> provided. I packed my film cameras away and committed to digital. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at >> gmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 10:27 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22;why no >> US version of GF1 w 20mm kit? >> >> >>> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Steve Barbour >>> <steve.barbour at gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 29, 2010, at 8:05 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: >>>> >>>> > I lvoe Tri X but cannot process it myself and find it increasingly >>>> expensive >>>> > to have it done. The C41s can be done anywhere by anybody and >>>> put on >>>> disk. >>>> > That's why I'm asking people's opinions. >>>> >>>> C41bw is terrific for the reasons stated, what's to ask ?... >>>> >>>> it's clear, >>>> >>> >>> "Yeah-but" In my little town. three years ago there were five places >>> to >>> get C41 processed, including Walmart, who did several runs a day. Now >>> there >>> are two. Walmart now makes one run a day and Walgreens makes a one run >>> a >>> day. >>> >>> I'll bet that's a microcosm of your town. Better learn to process >>> Tri-X. >>> >>> My guess is that C41 minilabs are going away. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Sonny >>> http://www.sonc.com >>> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>> >>> USA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >