If the mini-lab is by Kodak, they have a standard: Kodak Q Lab. There is a series of procedures to set up the lab every day, and then it's rather consistent. By the same token, each individual picture is printed by examination, or should be. Another way to be sure of consistency, I used to do this, is expose the first frame of a gray card, full frame and in frocus; and give the lab the gray card with the film. They should have a densitometer to read the gray card and match everything on the film to that. Steve Shapiro ----- Original Message ----- From: <kpp@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 1:49 AM Subject: Re: Are we to take C41 dev for granted? > trevor, intra-culture hummor does not work most of the times... > i cannot understand/conceive if your e-mail it is genuine humor, or you are scolding me, or what.... > > anyway here is a not that serious answer to your e-mail.... > if you think that such a method would work, you are wrong, and i am unlucky... > > 1. the operator i was refering too is distant family...so this is a bad PR move > > 2. the guy and his brother have printed all my IPSC shooting pics and then some with more serious guns than that...they already knew their client, but they still had the boldness and courage to make their own way > > 3. that lab operator does not know about fear...he REALLY is the most experienced, risk-taking and battle-hardened cameraman in Greece...i am taliking Iraq both of the times, kosovo, serbia, croatia & Bosnia...name it, he has been there.(and this is the only time i an not hummoring you). so how can i put up with any of the REAL thinks that he have seen? > > 4. it all ends up i am an awfully unlucky bastard... > > BTW what is Snitty? > > >I've often found the minilab operators to be rather snitty and in need of alternative encouragement. Unfortunately, with the bombing in Athens, security has now been forced to tighten up in Greece and would make the following more difficult to get away with. If you receive a roll back that has too much grain, spots or streaks, even the slightest color imbalance, the natural course of action is to borrow (if you do not already own) a large, quiet, and potentially deadly animal, walk into the photo lab, draw your firearm and shove it through his teeth, pinning him against the wall. Make some ultimatum styled threats and be sure to include one that is completely unrelated to further develop his guage of just how fragile you really are. I bet you they'll even provide you with coupons and complimentary deluxe negative storage sheets with each roll you bring them in the future. > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ _________ > http://www.mailbox.gr ÁðïêôÞóôå äùñåÜí ôï ìïíáäéêü óáò e-mail. > http://www.thesuperweb.gr Website ìå ÁóöáëÝò Controlpanel áðü 6 Euro êáé äþñï ôï domain óáò! > >
