dissapointed in film processors

peeps78

hi,
im seriously fed up with the labs in dublin, its like theyve just given up on quality control when processing films.
i had a bunch of films to be developed and scanned to cd, i took them to what used to be one of the best places, and they came back covered in dust spots and uncalibrated scanner streaks.
i brought them to another store which used to be one of the best and this time no scanner streaks, phew!, but the photos are covered in even more dust, hairs, and scratches. im seriously pissed off that the quality has sunk so low. i know more people are switching to digital but they still have to provide a decent service for those of us still using film.
iv worked in photo labs so i know what has to be done to prevent this kind of result and its not much.
come on get your act together.

rymus

why waste your energy ranting about something that's not going to change? Priorities change when markets change. I'm sure if some company that deals majorly in digital prints started to turn out bad quality, it'd be rectified within a very short period of time. I'd imagine that film these days is a speciality pursuit, so you'll have to go to those that specialise in dev and print from film.

Your average Joe Minilab Jockey wont give a fiddlers about the end quality of prints. Roll of film goes in one end, prints come out the other. Money goes in till, punter disappears. If you want your film developed and printed with any kind of care, you'll have to be seeking the services of a dedicated film lab. Y'know, the kind of people to whom digital is the work of satan and JPEG is something you hang your clothes up on a washing line with.

peeps78

i know film is on the way out and i have to accept that, but the stores i went to were proper film labs not little minilabs where you go to get your majorca holiday disposable developed.
anyway i got a refund, im just very dissapointed.

kmick

I find camera exchange on Georges street top notch. Although one time I sent my sister there and she had over 1000 photos to do and they made them all 7x5 when she wanted 6x4. They came to an arrangement in the end though.

ThOnda

Welcome to my world :-(
I am going to Shankill Fudgy lab and I am happy so far.

kcphoto

This is one of the main reasons I switched to digital....no middle man to blotch my photos.

Marcus

Guys if you want professional quality then go to the professionals... http://www.gms.ie is one such company, but I'm sure there are others.

trishw78

peeps78 wrote:

hi,
im seriously fed up with the labs in dublin, its like theyve just given up on quality control when processing films.
i had a bunch of films to be developed and scanned to cd, i took them to what used to be one of the best places, and they came back covered in dust spots and uncalibrated scanner streaks.
i brought them to another store which used to be one of the best and this time no scanner streaks, phew!, but the photos are covered in even more dust, hairs, and scratches. im seriously pissed off that the quality has sunk so low. i know more people are switching to digital but they still have to provide a decent service for those of us still using film.
iv worked in photo labs so i know what has to be done to prevent this kind of result and its not much.
come on get your act together.

Tell me about I recently got film processed and they really did hack the film when they were cutting it. i can unfortunately never use some of the shots to get developed for this reason

RoryW

have you considered buying a digital negative scanner eg Nikon Coolscan V ? or older model Coolscan IV or other makes. you can get them secondhand on ebay etc

peeps78

yeah hopefully il be able to save up and either get a second hand scanner or digital SLR till then though i think im just going to have to stick with my digital compact. not as good results but at least i know im not going to get any dust or scratches.