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Re: Where to develop film?
      26/03/2008 21:12

I think you'll find that most commercial processers have scanned negs dgitally for about ten years now.

Commercially it makes a lot of sense as it is much easier to adjust exposure, colour balance and sharpness digitally rather than in wet processing. It is also easier to recover lost shadow and highlight details this way, as there are very few labs who will 'dodge and burn' as we used to. Added to which, most labs are now set up primarily to print from digital files rather than from negs.

In fairness most labs do a reasonable job, but some are appalling. But assuming that your negs have been exposed and processed properly you should be able to get them scanned again. Better still, get yourself a decent film scanner and do it yourself!

Home developins is also quick and easy, and much more fun than filling in forms for mail order processers.

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* Where to develop film? James75 21/03/2008 18:15
. * * Re: Where to develop film? apochromatic   06/04/2008 14:22
. * * Re: Where to develop film? PeteE   24/03/2008 18:07
. * * Re: Where to develop film? Benchmark   26/03/2008 21:12
. * * Re: Where to develop film? James75   31/03/2008 21:38
. * * Re: Where to develop film? (Four Images) Benchmark   31/03/2008 22:21
. * * Re: Where to develop film? (Four Images) beejaybee   01/04/2008 08:59
. * * Re: Where to develop film? (Four Images) Benchmark   01/04/2008 09:38
. * * Re: Where to develop film? AJUK   26/03/2008 22:25
. * * Re: Where to develop film? beejaybee   21/03/2008 18:46
. * * Re: Where to develop film? James75   21/03/2008 19:06
. * * Re: Where to develop film? LargeFormat   21/03/2008 19:59
. * * Re: Where to develop film? James75   21/03/2008 20:14
. * * Re: Where to develop film? Rhys_Hardwick   21/03/2008 21:54
. * * Re: Where to develop film? LargeFormat   22/03/2008 21:16
. * * Re: Where to develop film? James75   22/03/2008 14:32
. * * Re: Where to develop film? Rhys_Hardwick   22/03/2008 22:27

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