RE: New to the list

["Sam A. McCandless" <samcc@xxxxxxx>]

>One thing to note about slides is that when you store them in an archival
>sheet, the film never touches the sheet since it sits isolated in the mount.
>This is not the case when you store film in a sleeve. Any dirt on the film
>will make it's way into the sleeve surface and ultimately could scratch the
>film when removed from the sleeve.
>
>I mount my own slides, which eliminates the lab from screwing up that step.

If you do mount your own, is there a way to review them unmounted 
well enough to mount just the ones you think promising?


>My latest print film from Custom Process in Berkeley had freakin' huge water
>spots on two frames. Really PO'd me. The latest E6 from the New Lab was much
>better, but I detected two small specs of some sort out of 5 rolls
>developed. Generally I never see any artifact from the New Lab, but I
>suspect with the bad economy the company isn't running as tight of a ship.
>They already dropped Saturday processing.

And I'm looking for a lab closer to me (in Sonoma)!

Sam

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