Jeez, Mark, things are expensive out there! The Ritz Camera just 5 minutes' walk from work does two E6 runs every weekday, for $9 a roll. I've only asked them to push a roll once, several years ago, and I think there was a $3 or $4 surcharge.
I usually use The Slideprinter in Denver, which charges $7, and takes 7-10 days. Tom Reese told me he is using Kodak mailers, at about $4 a roll. With processing at The Slideprinter, and ordering film from B&H, I'm paying $10 a roll. So, it would take 150 rolls (3 years at my normal shooting rate) to pay for an istD. And then I'd have to use a #%*&ing computer to look at the pix, instead of relaxing with my light box and loupes! (uh-oh...I'm starting to sound like Tom! http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3536094) Rick --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > About a week ago I was rooting around in my camera > bag and found an > undeveloped roll of slide film. Oh yes! I shot a > roll while in Britain > in May. So I dropped it off at one of the three > places in Pittsburgh > that still does in-house E6 (only two of which I'd > actually trust with > my film). I picked up the slides today and they > certainly look fine. But > at $17.00+ for processing! Granted, they were pushed > one stop, for which > some sort of extra fee is understandable, but that > kind of pricing is > still going to have me thinking twice before > shooting slides. > > I suppose I could look into mail order outfits, but > that seems a bit > much for one roll. Never mind the wait. > > As film use declines I can see this price trend > increasing, though... > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
