This issue was one of the reasons that I picked up digital when I did. The labs here (Sacramento) had largely moved to digital and were scanning and printing my 67 negs. The scans were not that good, just what the Agfa D-Lab or Fuji Frontier can do. So my MF size advantage was largely lost unless I went to one of the labs that was doing drum scans - they were very expensive. Wouldn't do at all for my wedding and portrait work - just too costly.
-- Best regards, Bruce Monday, August 29, 2005, 1:22:00 PM, you wrote: >> Actually, the decline in the quality of the work done by many color labs >> has also contributed to the decision. F> This is also an annoying factor for me, too. I stopped going to the lab F> that I've used the most the past few years (although the lousy attitude of F> the owner towards this faithful customer on a couple of occasions did not F> help), but I am not overly happy with the output of what used to be my F> second choice - it's closer and it's a bit cheaper, but it's even more F> erratic. Maybe I'll just give up and go to the local drugstore photo F> department - the quality will stink, but at least it will be cheap... F> Fred (giving up?)

