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

In article <1165302128.188788@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, ellis@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 () wrote:

> In article <grey_egg-DB35B4.00014705122006@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Greg \"_\" <grey_egg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> >It happens in Pro labs. I'll never forget the interview when I
> >applied for a job at a local pro lab now out of business....but
> >I saw one of their best printers drop a 4x5 negative and it went
> >sailing across the floor....Oh well is what he said....after he
> >chuckled and raised it up out of the dust.
> 
> Sounds like a lab in San Jose I used exactly once. Two weeks of
> shooting 4x5 in the Sierra and they scratch all the negatives.
> Many had roller marks as well. It was the stuff that depression
> is made of.

Guess you could scan them and remove the problem areas.
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