Hi Shel, I'm afraid it's only going to get worse. Translate your experience to the rest of the world. In the bay area you probably have more choices than anywhere else in the US, save possibly New York and LA. Even LA can be somewhat limited in terms of still camera labs. Detroit is probably in the top five US cities in commercial photography vp;i,e, but quality chemical processing is becoming almost impossible to find. In many areas, I would guess that it's non-existent. Paul
> I hate to say it, Paul, but I'm noticing the start of similar problems at > one of the labs i use. The problem has been solved - perhaps only > temporarily - by requesting a specific person to process the film I bring > in. Fortunately, there are other lab choices here ... I shot some test > rolls yesterday and am going to have a different lab process the film. It > kind of sucks to have to test the lab as well as everything else :-(( > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I lost control of my color images. That was high on my list of reasons > for switching to digital. Yes, BW was fine. (And it remains so. I still > have a very nice darkroom.) But for much of what I do, I have to shoot > color. The best lab in the area was consistently kinking my 120 film so > that frame number one -- and sometimes number two as well -- was almost > always ruined. My color negative film was frequently coming back dirty and > scratched. > >
