Sid, You may want to contact Holland Photo ( http://www.hollandphoto.com/ ) here in Austin, TX. I use them for my Portrait/Wedding photos (negative prints), but they are known for their Ilfochrome (formerly known as Cibachrome) prints. They do very good work, but charge accordingly ($$$).
Regards, Jose R. Rodriguez > > From: Sid Barras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2002/05/02 Thu AM 03:30:42 CDT > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Can anyone recommend a lab for large prints from slides? Please > help! > > Hi all, > > I've got several slides I want to blow up into large (20x30 perhaps) > prints for an upcoming exhibition. The lab (th only one) here in town > has disappointed me on the results of a series I did for a set of > posters a Nursing college here in town has lined their entrance hallway > with. The dean was happy with them, but I knew they were poor > enlargements compared to the original slides I provided. > > Now, can anyone suggest a lab? preferably nearby, say Houston, New > Orleans or perhaps Dallas, Baton Rouge or Shreveport? > > Would I want to have "cibachromes" made, or do they not do that very > much anymore? I know that my hometown lab will either make a digital > file from the slide and enlarge that (poor results) or make an > internegative and enlarge that (even worse results) > > So, what would be the better option, considering that I have found a > good lab that can do either method, or a cibachrome as well? (I would > like to spend not more than say $75 per photo.) > > If you are a pdmler and have a lab or work at one, i would be happy to > work with a fellow pentaxian. > > I have also considered making an internegative myself. I have some of > the Kodak comercial internegative film left from a project a couple of > years ago, but I no longer have the old dichroic enlarger for an > adjustable light source... > > I do have some portra 160 fim I could use to copy the slides with-- > would that be perhaps my most cost effective solution, and still get > great results on the large print? > > Whoo boy, I've asked to many questions. I stop now, or no one will offer > advice without charging by the hour for this extensive a list of "how > bout this" stuff. > > anyway, thanks to all who take a crack at this post. > Sid > - > 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 . - 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 .
