P3D Re: PHOTO-3D digest 3594

[JNorman805@xxxxxxx]

Bob Maxey writes:

<< Here is where I personally draw the line. I Absolutely, never, ever take 
film to
 a one-hour lab for processing. If there is a mistake processing the negatives
 you are in trouble. One-hour prints are probably OK, but never for developing
 the negatives. I suggest that if you are shooting negatives, have them 
developed
 by a good lab. In Salt Lake there are several good ones that have been around
 for a long time. I trust them far more than any one-hour place. It might 
cost a
 little more, but that's OK.  Begin a relationship with the lab and that will
 help. also request that the film be rolled and not cut. Do that yourself. >>

I don't think there are any general rules.  I've been shooting for a long 
time, and I've been "burned" (by which I mean victimized by truly irreparable 
mistakes) just twice. One was by a professional lab that utterly destroyed 
two rolls of film from a wedding job (they offered me two rolls of unexposed 
film in compensation, with no apology, and actually said, "Sometimes you bite 
the bear, sometimes the bear bites you!").  The other time was by a one-hour 
lab which had accidentally cut a single negative in the image area (they 
apologized profusely and offered to try to fix up the problem via computer 
imaging; they didn't succeed, but they sure tried).   Guess which place 
continued to get my business.  Of course I've had my share of shoddy work 
done for me, both at pro labs and 1-hour places, but for the most part 
they've all been willing to offer re-do's (except for one pro lab that felt I 
should pay for new prints if I actually wanted them to be in focus).  Go 
figure.

Jim Norman