P3D Re: RE: P3D slides from negatives & Dale Labs

[George Gioumousis <georggms@xxxxxxxxxx>]

WILLIAM A DUGGAN wrote
> 
> In the most recent PHOTO-3d DIGEST 2638, George 
> Gioumousis writes regarding DALE LABS:
> 
> "I have gotten good results using Kodak print film with both 
>  slides  and prints from them . On the other hand,  their pictures
>  on floppies were pretty poor. Seattle Filmworks  has better
>  floppies, but the attempt to get slides from NIMSLO  negatives 
> was a disaster; their system goes from the negs to  mounted 
> slides with no options".
> 
> Duggan Replies:
> 
here William has a clear description of what Dale can do
> 
> Nimslo cameras produce a 5mm-6mm gap between every four
One perf, isn't it?
>  negatives, and modern, AUTOMATED equipment CAN NOT HANDLE
>  this gap in making prints from the negatives or in cutting a film strip 
> and attempting to mouint slides.  This was intended by NIMSLO to force
>  owners to send their film to NIMSLO for processing.   You should know
I had assumed it was to keep each set of four separate, but then I do
tend to be naive sometimes.
>  this and not ask for prints or slides from NIMSLO negatives from any 
> automated processor, except small one-hour labs where the processor
>  can view each negative individually and make adjustments before printing
>  or cutting and charge you double or more the price than the big
> automated
>  labs charge for NORMAL processing.  NIMSLO negatives are NOT 
> NORMAL.
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> George, the options are there. Presumably, You did not ask or read the
> Dale  literature or  pay attention  I do not think it right to badmouth
> any 
> business, when you  do not have all your facts straight    Please re-read
> 
> my P3D posting "Revised negatives from slides".
> 
> William A. Duggan, a satisfied Dale Labs customer.  

I too am a satisfied Dale Labs customer, as I think I indicated in my terse
letter. The disaster was with Seattle, and clearly was not their fault, I
just did not know about the funny Nimslo negative spacing. I have indeed used 
Dale for Realist slides from Realist format; the reason was that I had used 
up all my slide film, but not all the the people I wanted to photograph.
 
My experience with the Dale film was that Kodak print film seemed better. My
experience with pictures on floppies was that Seattle was adequate, but Dale
less so. CD from Dale was good, but there my computer is the limiting factor.
My experience with slides from print film from Seattle was also good, but
they can not handle Realist or Nimslo format.



George


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