Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 21/09/2007, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I run a photo mini-lab. I've mentioned that before. >> >> I had a customer come in yesterday, wanting re-prints from some >> negatives. They'd been processed by another store in our chain, and she >> had the index print. I wrote down the frame numbers from the index print >> and how many of each she wanted on the inside flap of one of our 4x6 >> print wallets and left it for my relief to print. >> >> Got to work today, and there's a note that there's no numbers so the lab >> operator didn't know what to print. >> >> Before I started making a fuss, I looked at the negatives, and lo & >> behold, there's no edge print whatsoever; no frame numbers, no film >> identifiers ... NADA! >> >> Had to have been C-41 film, 'cause that's all our labs do. Looked like >> regular 35 mm, but there's nothing on the negative except the customer's >> images. >> >> Anyone have thoughts on this? > > May it have been a cheap film containing 35mm movie film stock? > My first thought was bulk film loaded at home. The Tri-X I've been loading has no frame numbers on it. But how likely is it that someone's rolling their own C-41 and getting it processed at a mini-lab? From what I recall most labs won't touch bulk loaded film.
More than likely it's Chinese made film bought at a drug store or supermarket. They all carry it around here, and every chain has their own name on it. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
