Re: [APML] Film and Wal-mart!

[Stephen Pitt <lthuedk@pe.net>]

Hi.  Try Sam's Club, and request that the film strip be left uncut.
Further, request that, after the strip exits the FujiLab, it be left
alone, and you be permitted to roll it up for depositing into a
sandwich-sized Ziploc-handled edge-only, of course.  Cost: $ 1.56.

Stephen

Alan Voetsch wrote:

> > For now the question is....what can I tell them to
> > do differently to save my shots!
>
> Hey Tim,
>
> We all have this same problem sooner or later. Unless
> the lab Wal-Mart sends your film to for processing is
> REALLY bad, there's not a lot they can do to screw up
> your negatives. They all pretty much use a standard
> processing procedure listed on the film container.
> It's probably the printing that has gone astray.
>
> Tell them to increase the density (or print it darker)
> until things are looking good. If they do it in-house,
> this process will be easier. If not, it's going to be
> trial and error and you may never get it looking
> right. At that point you may want to consider sending
> it to someone who specializes in astrophotos.
>
> Good luck,
> Alan
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better
> http://health.yahoo.com
>
> --  APML Archives at <http://astro.umsystem.edu/apml/>  ---
>              Unsubscribe at <majordomo@seds.org>


--  APML Archives at <http://astro.umsystem.edu/apml/>  ---
             Unsubscribe at <majordomo@seds.org>