lab processing film?

[BSPhotography]

Hey guys,

now i havent used film for many years, and when i did i was never serious about it.... now i am however since Digital as taken my photography to places it never would have... and it seems it's taken me all they way back to film.. now the problem i have is in getting my film processed and printed.. i have just got a few rolls of film processed it was just generic Fuji film..1 roll was developed by a cheap fuji lab, with fuji paper and chemicals i assume? the results were awesome... beautiful greens and blues.. now i got another roll done at a cheap Kodak lab, the prints were like night and day to the fuji labs prints, flat colours, un sharp prints and just genrally not as nice looking, then a third roll was printed at a second kodak lab, with similar results, now i havent compared negs yet so i'm unsure if it's happeneing in the developing or printing stages, but i wanted to see what people thought... is using the same brand lab as film a necessity?

Tim

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

I stick to Fuji because they pretty much have a monopoly here. It's good quality film, processing, and printing.

The prints are good; but you can save a lot of money by getting a Dev. and CD only. They can scan to high resolutions, if you negotiate it with them, plenty good enough for injet printing at home.

You may find that a minilab run by a photo shop produces better results than a minilab in a supermarket.

 

[BSPhotography]

thanks for the reply... that was what i thought... but out of the 3 rolls that i got done, the worst one was from a camera store... the other 2 were supermarkets, including the best set... i only get prints so i can see um straight away, i have an Epson V700 to fiddle, but i do like the chemical prints...

Tim

 

[ItsReallyDarren]

thanks for the reply... that was what i thought... but out of the 3 rolls that i got done, the worst one was from a camera store... the other 2 were supermarkets, including the best set... i only get prints so i can see um straight away, i have an Epson V700 to fiddle, but i do like the chemical prints...

Tim

I usually take my color 35mm to a local drug store in my neighborhood. I trust them because after speaking with the lab operator I was impressed how meticulous they were about maintaining the machines along with the attention to detail through the entire development process. That's much more than a lot of other 1hr mini labs in the area.

I take my E-6 to the pro lab, since its the only lab in the area that can do E-6 locally.