Re: [photo-3d] Film Processing-NOT

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wolfgang Sell wrote:
> You will not believe what happened to 6 rolls I just had done.
> 
> I drove to the Tall Ships event in SC, 11 hours each way. Got some great
> shots with my RBT S1, or so I thought.
> 

Sorry to hear about your problems.  A trip up to Mystic Seaport in
Connecticut which just happened to coincide with an event for wood
boats produced some of my favorite stereo pairs.

Which event did you go see?  I don't see South Carolina on the port
list for Op Sail 2000.  Op Sail 2000 will be in cities along the East
Coast through July.

> 4 rolls of print film were done at an overnight lab. They were totally
> asleep, and printed all the dark areas between the frames for the second
> half of the stereo pair. Then to help me out they cut my negatives right
> in the middle of the frames, so I can't even take them to another lab.
> An almost total loss.
> 

Scanning and digital reassembly is probably the best you can hope for.
You'll need to find someone that can deal with scanning the damaged
film.  If you get high resolution drum scans done you could later take
the files to have new negatives made with a film recorder.

> I also shot two rolls of slide film, took these to a different lab.
> (well marked with the usual "DO NOT CUT") Got one roll back 1/2 mounted
> so those are shot do to the RBT spacing. Guess they woke up half way in
> the process. They did even better on the second roll and processed them
> as negative film. Another total loss. I have about 9 pairs total to show
> for my trouble.
> 

You might want to put "DO NOT CUT/DO NOT MOUNT" labels on the film
cartridges.

When I was mailing 35mm slide film to Qualex/Kodalux in addition to
requesting no mounting I also asked for hand processing.  This was for
astrophotography (where the frame edges are very hard to see).
Eventually I trusted them to hand mount the astrophotos and they never
screwed up.

> I think I will have to take 50 rolls next time and have them all
> processed at different labs, maybe I will get one back in usable
> condition.
> 

Perhaps you should try and find a local professional lab.  After
bouncing between a couple I found a good lab with OK prices (less than
$3.50 (tax included) to develop one roll of 120 E-6) and quick turn
around (2 hours).  Usually I drop off on the way to work or at lunch
and pick up on the way home or the next day.

> Of course I got a refund and some blank film afterwards, WOW a big help.
> Now all I have to do is talk the Skippers into bringing the ships back
> and drive another 22 hours, or maybe they will be back for the year
> 3000, guess I'll have to wait.
> 

You could watch Futurama to find out.

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