Re: really no purpose anymore for traditional films (negative or diapositve) (by 2006) ?

In article <7sWch.3283$Yy1.2321@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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	"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> 
> "Greg \"_\"" <grey_egg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> Qualex is fine, its turning my film over to a middleman (read as large 
>> supermarket like chain store) that makes me nervous.
> 
> Indeed, however, if you can be assured they are using fresh chemicals,
then
> developing C41 at one of these large chains isn't likely a problem. 
Getting
> prints from them is another story altogether.

The trouble is that they sometimes lose rolls or even just parts of rolls.
(I've had both happen.) Sometimes they return scratched or otherwise
damaged negatives, although that's more of a problem with 1-hour labs, in
my experience. It's for these reasons that I've been doing my own C-41
processing for over a year, although that's not without it's problems,
either.

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