Re: [photo-3d] Re: nimslo processing

[Linda Nygren <lnygren@xxxxxxx>]

Any lab that does *half frame* ("normal size" prints from half frame
negatives, which are half the size of standard 35mm negatives) should be
able to do it for you. Many mass market minilabs cannot, and often no
one there including the supervisors even have a clue what half frame
means. Be sure to ask for 3.5 x 5 " prints, or better yet see if they
can print them 3.5 x 5" on 4 x 6" paper with a white border of whatever
space is left. (Make sure they understand that you don't mean a nice
neat little border around the edge, but you only care about getting the
full image printed about 3.5 x 5 and don't care what the border looks
like. The people at my lab refer to this set up as "zooming out" rather
than referring to the border). 

Anyway, with this method you can do your own cropping when you trim the
pairs, usually down to 3" width, 3 or up to 4" height depending on how
you plan to mount them. That little bit of machine cropping that they do
when they make ordinary prints is sometimes a problem. I think that if
they do the printing method above it is even OK if they run it through
on automatic without readjusting the frame for each print, once they get
the initial settings. Otherwise the uneven spacing of the 4 half frames
per exposure can be a problem. You definitely do want to find a lab
where you can talk to the person doing the printing and get them
"trained in" and aware of what you are doing. My local MN Photo
(formerly a MotoPhoto) does great with this stuff and also Realist
prints. I always ask them to leave the negs uncut also, which would give
you the additional option of having copy slides made at Dale Labs, or
having a few lenticular reprints made at a later date (assuming that you
have not blocked off the lenses you are not using). Also if the first
lab doesn't work out, you can take in the negs to the next lab you try
and they can see better what you are talking about in terms of the film
chip layout.

Good luck.-Linda

Steve Hughes wrote:
> 
> --- In photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxx, hmpowers@xxxx  wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've had good luck at Wolfe Photo by telling them it's half frame and
> asking them to "look at the framing" when they print it. I've got one
> guy who really tries to get them right. A few weeks ago he printed a
> whole roll of Lereo prints as half frames! I didn't have the heart to
> tell him that wasn't a good thing.
> 
> Bottem line is to work with someone at a photo shop and get them to
> help you. It takes some effort but it's worth it.
> 
> Steve Hughes
> 
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