I don't know about cibachromes but I had some 20 x 30 light jets done at www.bokland.com and the results were quite good. Though I've never used them, West Coast Imaging seems to be very well regarded http://www.westcoastimaging.com/
The local lab I use is just now installing a large light jet print so I'll probably work them in the future - it's the sort of thing that face to face contact really helps with. - MCC At 03:30 AM 5/2/2002 -0500, you wrote: >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 . > - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Kalamazoo, MI [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - Photos: http://www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - 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 .
