The local costco (wharehouse big store, for non-usa res)
Has turned all auto-correction off as the customers prefer to do it themselves
aparently?
And although the guy in charge is not a photographer, he is reasonably
knowlegeable and amenable
to doing what you ask within reason. And the price is right at about $1.70 for
8x12" print in an
hour. But this is strictly digital now. If you give them a neg it is scanned
and printed.
Tim Hughes
--- Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This is probably for fear that an employee will impose their own
> criteria while the machines are calibrated for 'best fit'. You might
> have an employee who prefers a blue cast one day and another who
> likes a warm look the next. Customers would get inconsistent results,
> things would slow down and there would be increased expense in
> materials. The whole basis of these corporations is to hire the dim
> at minimum wage and have them follow mechanical routines developed by
> those who know. Thinking about the job is dangerous.
> Think Mcdonalds (or is that Macdonalds or mcDonalds or whatever?) -
> it doesn't matter if it's crap so long as it's always exactly the
> same crap. They don't want people who can cook - just those who can
> take the fries out when the bell rings.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 12/04/2006, at 2:05 AM, Bill Pearce wrote:
>
> > This isn't any different from the optical minilabs. Many chain stores
> > had/have a policy of specificaly not hiring anyone with even a
> > speck of
> > photo experience. the lady that does the machine printing at the
> > pro lab I
> > use used to work for Walmart. When they saw that she was reviewing
> > her work,
> > and making reprints as required, she was told that this was not
> > acceptable.
>
>
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