RE: New to the list

["gary" <gsellani@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To view a slide before mounting, place the sleeved film on a light table and
view through a loupe. [For once I spelled it right.] However, if you use
Gepe mounts, they can be opened up and reused, so other than wasting time,
there is no penalty for mounting a lame slide.

The New Lab has contracts with some photo stores to act as their
representatives.
http://www.newlab.com/mail/Dealers.html
Looks like Novato is as close as they get to your neck of the woods.

Incidentally, the lab knocks off $4 if you mount the slide yourself, but the
mounts runs around $9 per hundred, so the savings are pennies if you count
your time. I'd let the lab mount the slide if they used Gepe, but that isn't
an option.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scan@leben.com [mailto:owner-scan@leben.com]On Behalf Of Sam
> A. McCandless
> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 2:27 PM
> To: scan@leben.com
> Subject: RE: New to the list
>
>
> >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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