FWIW;
My pro lab happily does E6 in all sizes. They even have a special price for
landscape photographers.
They also do C41.
They do not do Cibas anymore. I never used them for that anyway. Since I do
my own using the best stuff and they were, like most Ciba labs, using the
less expensive and inferior 'Ilfochrome Rapid' paper.
George
PS: They do some digital printing too on an Epson. But they make FAR more
chemical prints. Using the Lightjet 5000 hooked to a roller transport
machine. What comes out are called 'Fuji Crystal Archive' prints. FYI,
these are not digital prints, though their source is a digital file.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, 28 January, 2003 02:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Medium Format vs. Digital
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>
> > I saw this somewhere today:
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> > > Yesterday I dropped my film off at my regular lab for processing.
> > > This is one of the largest professional labs in Toronto, which is the
> > > largest city in Canada, and the country's center for advertising
> > > and publishing. The owner / manager happened to be at the counter,
> > > and I asked him in passing what the effect of digital cameras and
> > > backs has been on his business. His reply was illuminating.
> > >
> > > He said that they had now stopped doing C41 and B&W processing due
> > > to lack of demand and were only still processing E6 film. He said that
> > > most pros in the city were now shooting digital (studio and
> > > location) and that film was used mostly now for special
> > > applications. Interesting.
>
> There's a lot more to this story than "lack of demand". Other
> possibilities
> are run down out of date C41 / B&W processors, lack of working capital to
> invest in new equipment, string pulling by camera suppliers, etc, etc.
>
> On its own, "lack of demand" for C41 in a city the size of Toronto is not
> plausible unless of course Mel Lastman is the manager!
>
> jh
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> > Any one with a a pro lab where they have asked the same question?
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