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Crayon here
Oh they are letting you loose with crayons now are they
Crayon here
...Sorry but in 2010, 99.9% + of "photo's" is in digital format, so would a mass supermarket cater for "we like to please the masses" and concentrate in Digital media...As I said horses for courses, you wouldn't trust your Enzo to Kwikfit, so why should Tesco's do a good job on film............and no i haven't missed the point. I think you have.
But the point John is trying to say is, weather the masses use digital or not, Tesco offer a film processing service and should be able to do it correctly. When your paying for something you expect it to be done right...
Quite right, never let evidence get in the way of a good rant
2x Parker Duofold fountain pens, Mont Blanc fountain pen.
László Bíró was just a Hungarian newspaper editor, who, along with his engineer brother, pioneered the concept of ball-point pens...
Manufactured in Argentina from the late 1930's, in 1940 they were adopted by the RAF (who christened them 'Biro') who found they didn't leak as much as fountain pens at high-altitude.
Now genericised, like 'Hoover' for vacuum cleaner...
Every day's a schoolday...lol
the idea of taking a pen up seems silly to me.
...uncalled for ?
Tesco branch ruins 2 films - would you try a third ?
One man's silliness is another man's passion
Look at all the discussion that goes on about pixel peeping.
...uncalled for ?
Tesco branch ruins 2 films - would you try a third ?
I think he means "up" as in "up into the sky in a 'plane"
I think if i'd have had 2 blank rolls of film back from any processor's, when I'd been sure that the film had actually gone through the camera (seen the rewind turret spin as I'd wound on each time), and that the camera itself was working (dry-fire the shutter with the back open to check everything opens/closes at requisite speeds etc.) then i'd have been bucking for a couple or replacement films and then be trying somewhere else...
I used to use the local supermarket to dev films when I was running test rolls in cameras, purely for the convenience and assurance that the developing side was taken care of and was reliable. My local Asda always proved to be so - didn't try Tesco's as the nearby one is an awful dingey loathesome place that sucks at your soul (and doesn't develop film either), but I guess with all these places, they're only as good as the staff they have, and the staff will only be as good as the demand for film processing allows them to get. If someone only processes 2 disposable camera's worth of film a month, they're never going to be as competent and on the ball as someone putting a dozen a day through.
The OP's had a bad experience with their local Tesco's - he's quite at liberty to say so, and to vote with his £££'s in future. Others here have had good experiences and will say so... again perfectly valid. Yet others wouldn't dream of taking a film into a supermarket or high street chain for processing, preferring to use a professional lab - again, a perfectly valid stance, and one i'm happy people will follow, as it means that pro-labs will be around in the longer term for the odd occasion when I don't fancy processing something myself and send it away!
The thing is, film isn't a guaranteed process, it's a long, involved, multi-stage, multiple process procedure from pressing that button to getting an image displayed on the screen here for people to pull to bits. The key is to enjoy as many stages of the process as you can (and farm out any bits you don't like / aren't equipped to handle) along the way.
Ah, my bad. Didn't spot that.....
I have re-read your reply at least 5 times, and only now does it make sense
or they'll do the decent thing and build a reputation as the definitive high street lab and gather the trade as a consequence.
I think if i'd have had 2 blank rolls of film back from any processor's, when I'd been sure that the film had actually gone through the camera .............. then i'd have been bucking for a couple or replacement films and then be trying somewhere else....
The beauty of the language that is English...
My nephew used to teach English in France
his pupils could not understand the complexity of
"A cat with nine lives lives in our street".
Any ideas? Is it a Tesco's developing nightmare?
Thanks.........Alistair
Can someone shine some light on this please?
All film I refer to is Fuji Neopan 400CN
I have had film developed at Tesco's i.e. negs and scan = £1.90 odd with no complaints. Today, they could develop the film for me but could not write it to a CD. At first they tried to tell me it was not C41 - I was having none of it! Then they said "Oh, it's got a purple tint" What? stop it says I.
Well - 400CN base is a little purple compared to straight Black and White film, but as to how that'd stop it writing to a CD :shrug: beats me...
Anyway they could see the negs/pics but the writer was having none. So, I went to boots and they scanned it instantly except, all the images on the CD are back to front (I can address this in PS)
Boots put the film in back to front when they scanned it It's not an option when they develop and scan, as It generally runs direct from the dev stage. When it's put through separately, it's possible to put it in back to front. Again, easier to do with c41 film - with proper B&W theres a smooth side and a emulsion side.
Any ideas? Is it a Tesco's developing nightmare?
Thanks
Alistair
There's a theme developing here. Fountain pens, classic bicycles, film cameras. Have I been cloned by any chance?
Is there a subforum on TP for discussing the relative merits of a quill and ahead stems and downtube shifters vs brifters?
[I built my own 1980s-specced bike at the end of last year]
Nice bike. A Flying Scot?
I'm soon to take a couple of rolls of C41 to my local Tesco. .
No, I have to finish a film off and paid work got in the way.anyway....back on thread ....
any results from Tesco yet ?