[filmscanners] RE: Prints from scans ... are there reallydifferences any more?

["Laurie Solomon" <laurie@advancenet.net>]

Of course, you forgot a couple of biggy factors.  Pro labs (and particularly
custom pro labs) are capable of working with more than just 35mm film
formats, which most amateur one-hour mini labs cannot or do not accept and
often are incapable of dealing with.  Most pro labs are also custom labs
which not only can and do hand print film as well as doing automated
printing but can and are willing to do custom printing involving
non-standard crops, dodging and burning, film asking and composite multiple
printing, among other things.  Amateur one hour mini labs are not capable or
willing usually to undertake anythiong above or beyond standard printing in
standard sizes and crops with little individualized custom localized
enhancements.

-----Original Message-----
From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Julian
Vrieslander
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 4:04 PM
To: laurie@advancenet.net
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Prints from scans ... are there
reallydifferences any more?


On 8/16/02 6:13 AM, "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> wrote:

> I'm having a hard time figuring out just exactly why pro prints are so
> expensive if they look just like the prints from the one-hour lab.  Just
> what am I getting for all that extra money?

Maybe nothing.

At the risk of belaboring the obvious, there are many "pro labs" whose work
is mediocre or worse.  And some one-hour "mini labs" can turn out very good
prints.  The deciding factor is usually the meatware - the people running
the machines, and the managers who supervise them.  How much training have
they had?  How well do they calibrate and maintain their processes?  Do they
set the right filtration for your film?  Do they use an appropriate paper?
How much time do they take on each order?  Will they reprint if you do not
like the first run?  Will the second run look better?

--
Julian Vrieslander <julianv@mindspring.com>

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