-----Original Message----- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 3:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Photofinishing
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matamoros, Cesar A." > - > Just wanted to say thank you for clearing that up for me. Maybe next time > I am in the store I can talk my way into a tour :-) Heck, we are just a hole in the Wal~Mart kiosk.<G> Get a tour through a real lab sometime. It is quite impressive to see what a full service lab like the one I used to work at is capable of. We had E-6, C-41 and black and white up to 4x5. We had half a dozen Lucht printers for pro proofing, and 2 Gretag 3140s for amateur and 35mm proofing. We had a full art department for retouching and also dry mount and texturing up to 40 x 60 inch, which was the largest print size we offered. The copy room used Mamiya 6x7 and Linhof 4x5 for producing copy negatives. We did not produce 35mm copy negs at all. I enjoyed those days immensely, but unfortunately, the photographic market here is not large enough to support that type of facility anymore. William Robb William, I will take a tour there too. I meant that I would tour 'my' lab back home. I have walked back there enough. The owner was even showing off some Epson commercial printer they got in while I was on vacation that is limited in length only by the roll of paper left feeding the machine. They do prints, both b&w and color, and slide processing. They also do medium format. They do enlargements to a particular size. [Side note - my friend 'borrowed' my slide (without my knowledge) that I took of the WTC on 7 Sept. to make a large print for my birthday from a scan of the slide - great job!] I definitely consider them 'pro' in that they care about their work and take pride in having a happy customer leave and return for more business. I would hate to think what it would be like without them. I have gotten lost in the back with all the machines surrounding me. I have sent a few friends there and they have all commented that it was more expensive for processing, but they could tell the difference. Cesar Matamoros II - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .