P3D Re: Some Observations Top10

[Mark Shields <beamsplitter@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 08:21:33 -0600 George Themelis <gthemelis@xxxxxxxxx>
writes:
>> A blanket statement like yours is not only inaccurate, it
>> illustrates the very point he was making!
>
>Yeah, explain this:  I am getting double prints. One print is
>sharp, the other (identical) is soft.  What if I had gotten
>single prints and received the soft ones?  How would I know
>that this was the processing and not me?  Because I know
>myself and my equipment I can make the statement concerning MY 
>work that when the prints do not look good it is the processing 
>to blame and not MY photography.  
>
>That's why I have given up shooting negatives.  I believe I am 
>not alone.  Go back and read what Alan Lewis (professional 
>wedding stereo photographer) has written about photofinishing 
>quality.  How many labs he had to change.  How many times he had
>
>to show his stereo prints and say "Look guys, these are not 
>sharp... You can do better than that."  
>
>The problem is that the average consumer is satisfied with crap
>and most times thinks it is their fault and not the processor's
>when something goes wrong.  When I tried to show the double
>prints to the girl in the counter, while demanding an
>explanation
>and my money back, her reaction was "They don't look fuzzy to
>me"
>That was it!  They never saw me again!
>
>George
>===
>George Themelis (DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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>
I had a similar experience. For three years in a row I had
photo Christmas cards made using internegatives of my slides.
I always included a match print for them. They turned out
beautifully and I got a lot of compliments. The fourth year
for some reason I can't remember I tried a different company.
When I went to pick them up, they were lousy. The clerk
argued with me. All I had given them was the internegative,
and it was too late to get cards made anywhere else. I still
had the original slide. So I walked out and left the whole
works on the counter. Never went back.

Mark Shields
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