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Old November 16th 10, 12:09 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
K W Hart
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Default Sending film in for developing.


"Jim Bianchi" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:25:14 -0600, Ric Trexell wrote:
I have been using my local Wal-Mart over the years to get my film
developed and it has been super cheap. I could get a roll of 35mm print
film done for about $2-$3.00.

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I've just started (after about 35 years) using 120 film again. Plus
I'm in northern Calif (Santa Rosa), but heyyy. You may wish to try these
folks:

Keeble & Shuchat Photography â?" 290 California Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: (650) 327-8996 FAX: : (650) 327-6231
KSP PhotoFinale Web Site: www.photofinale.com/kspphoto/
KSP Web Site: www.kspphoto.com

Develop and Proof Sheet (B&W):
120mm ........................................... 12.00
220mm ........................................... 16.00

They also handle 35mm (color and B&W) and 120/220 color, plus all
sorts of enlarging. I just bo't some 120 B&W film (5 rolls), UPS took
about
a day and a half (I'm at the end of the UPS drivers route). I'm fairly
sure
they do this work in house. Here we have a Walgreens store close by that
has
all the 35mm color print eveloping/printing machinery right there behind
the
counter. Unfortunately, the guy there didn't even know there WAS any kind
of
film besides 35mm color!

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Proud owner of a Mamiya RB-67.


Some of those machines are designed for only 35mm film. Even if it will
handle 120 size, if they only run 35mm, you don't want to have them process
your 120 size. The 35mm film will eventually wear a path in the rollers, and
that can put marks on your 120 film.
Typically, the person running those machines was last week working in
housewares, and the week before was in automotive. So it's not suprizing
that he isn't familiar with different film types. Frequently, they don't
even check to see if it's C41 process- hand them a roll of Ektachrome and
watch the fun begin! The roll will unbalance the chems, and affect every
roll after that until the chems are dumped.
Also, the negatives are scanned rather than optically printed, so while your
camera may create a quality image on the film, the final print will look
just like a low quality digital image.
Home/hobbyist processing of color print film is not difficult or expensive
once you learn how to do it.