 Veronica R. Whitton |
developing Does anyone know a good place to send off film for developing? I have had a few people ask me to do their christmas photo and want to do a good job. I want professional pictures not just wal-mart.
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Mary Swift |
You could try Mpix.com, I believe they have a really good reputation. Before I got my printer, I used to upload images to their site to have prints made, and I was very happy with the results. I think maybe they only accept C-41 film, though, I'm not sure.
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robert G. Fately |
I can tell you that A&I in Hollywood (well, Burbank, nowadays) is an excellent professional lab. You can go to their website (www.aandi.com) or buy mailers from B&H Photo. They do excellent work - a lot of pros use them (well, until they went digital)
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George Anderson |
A lot of pros still use A&I (and still use film, btw). They do very good work. Your other inexpensive choice is to find a local minilab or film processor with a good tech and well-maintained machines that you can rely on to produce excellent scratch-free prints. It's possible, I've done it.
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John P. Sandstedt |
Don't get down on Wal-Mart. They, as well as most overnight/one-hour services, use computerized machines. Essentially, no human hands [or brains] touch your pictures. If you must [and find one that you can afford,] go to a local developer who does the work on-site. You might he's uses the computerized machine, but he can make adjustments using filters, etc. during the printing procedure.
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robert G. Fately |
While John is correct in that all the 1-hour photo services have the same Fuji or Noritsu equipment, there is a lot more to consider than the hardware used. Specifically, user training and chemical replenishment vary widely - the cheap-o operations don't replace their chemistry as often as higher-end places; this leads to potentially poor quality negatives (I say potentially since you could be the lucky one who happens to show up just after the chemicals do get replaced). Operator training is the other major difference, the minimum-wage clerk at Wal Mart has no idea of how to set various controls - they're just trained to load the film and the paper and hit Start. Also, lesser operations tend not to keep their equipment as clean - I've had strips of negatives scratched with what I can only think was a particle caught in the squeegee used to dry off the film. A better quality lab knows better than that. If you can find a local lab that specializes in photography (or at the very least a decent camera store with an in-house development operation) you'll most likely get better results than you would at the drugstore operations. Failing that, I again say that A&I Labs, for one, does excellent work.
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