What lab are you using for C41/E6 in 2013?

Edgar does optical enlargements with three large Durst enlargers, RA-4 prints.
 
I do everything at home, be it B&W or C-41, easy as pie, next step is to get hold of a Tetenal-kit for E6 (just need to shoot some).

Actually, I am thinking that I should do what the OP decided; Shoot only film in 2013, I have film worth thousands of $'s in my freezer and I need to shoot the oldest stock (so I can replenish 😛 ).
 
After being pretty disappointed by the last couple places I used for color processing/scanning, a few days ago, at the suggestion of folks on this threads, I mailed a few rolls to The Darkroom (http://thedarkroom.com/). My first time using them and so far so good. Very easy process: I just printed out the pre-paid mailing label, affixed it to a padded envelope, and dropped it in the nearest mailbox. Yesterday I got an email saying my film was received, and today another one saying it had been processed, scanned, and uploaded. I paid the extra for hi-res scans, so I'm not interested in the low-res scans that were uploaded, but I thought it was a nice feature. Of course I haven't actually gotten my film and scans back, so it's too early to really comment on the overall experience and quality, but so far I am really impressed. My main complaint with my other, now former, go-to places was that while their work was good, their customer service was poor, and at $20+ a roll, it had become unacceptable.

For $10 a roll (35mm) and $5 for hi-res scans, plus only one-way shipping costs, I can't complain one bit about The Darkroom. Looks like I'll be shooting a lot more color film this year!
 
Franz Elmar said:
I never understood why people who will spend $5000 on a Leica will be so cheap with their film? Seems bassackward.

Edgar Praus at http://www.4photolab.com in Rochester does professional film processing and custom printing for customers worldwide, as well as quality control work for Kodak. If you want to try the best - if only for reference against the drug store lol - send your film to Edgar's.
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People tend not to buy Leica for the technical image quality IMHO, you can easily better that with a $200 Yashica Mat. I think people buy Leica for the pleasure of using them, image resolution has little to do with it.
 
thegman said:
People tend not to buy Leica for the technical image quality IMHO, you can easily better that with a $200 Yashica Mat. I think people buy Leica for the pleasure of using them, image resolution has little to do with it.
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I must respectfully disagree. As nice as Leica cameras are to handle, if Leica glass (or most of it) did not yield excellent image resolution, they would not be popular.

But to compare medium format to 35mm is apples and oranges.
 
anjoca76 said:
I must respectfully disagree. As nice as Leica cameras are to handle, if Leica glass (or most of it) did not yield excellent image resolution, they would not be popular.
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I've always bought my Leicas because I like rangefinders, and to me, it's the ultimate 35mm / Digital rangefinder. The lenses came second for me... which is why I guess I've always been happy to use a Zeiss or Voigtlander lens once those became options.
 
anjoca76 said:
I must respectfully disagree. As nice as Leica cameras are to handle, if Leica glass (or most of it) did not yield excellent image resolution, they would not be popular.

But to compare medium format to 35mm is apples and oranges.
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Certainly Leica lenses have great resolution, but any better than a premium lens from Zeiss, Nikon etc? And even if the lenses are any higher resolution, any advantage is surely gone if you're shooting Tri-X 400 etc. which is pretty low resolution, as far as films go.

I respect your point of view, and I'm not necessarily saying that you're wrong, but to say Leicas would not be popular if they did not have excellent image quality is sort of like saying that Rolex would not be popular if they did not keep excellent time, in reality a $10 Casio will keep better time than a $10,000 Automatic Rolex.

Also, by comparison to Canon, Nikon, Pentax etc. Leicas are not popular.

Again, I don't dismiss your point of view at all, just saying that even if Leica lenses did offer superior resolution, the film bodies certainly don't. Any advantage there is will be nullified by the film most people choose to use, i.e. not slow, high resolution films.
 
thegman said:
Certainly Leica lenses have great resolution, but any better than a premium lens from Zeiss, Nikon etc? And even if the lenses are any higher resolution, any advantage is surely gone if you're shooting Tri-X 400 etc. which is pretty low resolution, as far as films go.

I respect your point of view, and I'm not necessarily saying that you're wrong, but to say Leicas would not be popular if they did not have excellent image quality is sort of like saying that Rolex would not be popular if they did not keep excellent time, in reality a $10 Casio will keep better time than a $10,000 Automatic Rolex.

Also, by comparison to Canon, Nikon, Pentax etc. Leicas are not popular.

Again, I don't dismiss your point of view at all, just saying that even if Leica lenses did offer superior resolution, the film bodies certainly don't. Any advantage there is will be nullified by the film most people choose to use, i.e. not slow, high resolution films.
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I understand your point, and I can definitely see where you're coming from. You are right that there is more to why people use Leicas than purely image quality. My Olympus OM-2n gave me excellent images with lenses that cost me no more $30 or $40 each, but the camera itself wasn't nearly as smooth or tactile as my M bodies. But believe me, I would not be using Leicas if they produced lesser images than what I was getting with my Oly.

Anyway, I replied earlier today about film processing options and how I was turned on to a new company, which was the point of this thread, and a useful one at that. Then somewhere along the way it apparently became a debate about gear.
 
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