For most of the thirty years I shot film I didn't have problems either. Gamma in Chicago was a wonderful lab. So was LaSalle, which was a budget lab. When I worked for Hearst in New York, my film went to a place that was called New York Photographic (if memory serves me). They were super. But in recent years here in Michigan, I kept getting negative film that was dirty and couldn't be scanned without a lot of cleaning. And Meteor was processing my E-6. The clips that they used to hold the 120 rolls always kinked the first frame. I eventually resorted to wasting that frame by shooting the ground. Didn't want to be bummed out by a kink on a good exposure. I was really getting a bit discouraged by it all when the D came along. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >...Seriously, it was recurring problems with all of the labs I worked with, > >including some expensive >pro labs... > > I've had just the opposite experience > > Although I've mainly shot slide film (only about 99.9% of my non business > images) for 35+years, - many of those years I'd shoot hundreds of 36 exp > rolls- I've had only one screw up during the processing - most processing > was of the mail out type. It occurred during the processing of several > rolls taken with my then new Spotmatic, on my honeymoon. Somehow a few of > those rolls got mixed up with someone taking semi-nude photos of a female > subject. Never did get some of the honeymoon rolls. > > Also for 18 years, on my job, I was taking 10 to 15 rolls of print film each > week (forensic evidence) and never had an issue with those rolls during > processing, even tho we normally used the lowest cost processor. > > Kenneth Waller > http://tinyurl.com/272u2f > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Sensor cleaning > > > > And then it gets trashed in the lab:-). Seriously, it was recurring > > problems with all of the labs I worked with, including some expensive pro > > labs, that led me to make the leap to the dark side. > > Paul > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> > Film is much harder to clean than a sensor. > >> > Paul > >> > >> Yes, it is, but you get a new, fresh, brushed (thanks to the design of > >> the > >> can) sensor for each shot. Further, as it rolls onto the takeup reel, it > >> protects itself. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Bob... > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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