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John, Dwayne's in Kansas does a good job. You might give dr5 in Colorado a shot. My last roll to them took 3 weeks to return but you might be interested in reading about their special process. I still have a pro lab here in Charleston to do my Delta 100 and I hope they continue but in the event they fold, I'm making a list (and checking it twice :) ) for alternative choices.

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Oops! Sorry John, I missed that part about the tif scans. Since I do my own scanning I'm simply not aware of who performs that service.

 

I may be buying a scanner as it seems hard to find non-jpeg scans. Just have a lab do the film and I do the scanning...

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John,

 

If you are going to do your own scanning (also recommended) you should really consider doing your own developing. The total cost is under $200 initial investment.

 

What you get out of it is the ability to fine tune so that you get what you want. You can develop consistently with better results than any lab who does not know or care what you want from that roll.

 

We only have 2 "Pro-Labs" left here in Phoenix. They drove me to giving up on color film and developing my own B&W. Color is now all digital. The inconsistent developing, scratches, finger prints, etc... were driving me nuts.

 

I now develop very easily with great results 4 rolls at a time in a single tank and not only enjoy the process, but the results are so much better. I do no wet printing. I scan on a Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED using VueScan and print on an Epson 3800.

 

Just something to think about.

 

Best,

 

Ray

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Process Ilford Delta 100 and 3200 and Tri-X, produce not prints but a contact sheet and provide high quality tiff scans of the negatives.

 

Is there such a place?

 

Do it yourself.

 

It's easy. And cheap. And controllable. And you can choose how to process the film. And with which developer. And for how long.

 

There really is no excuse for anyone who shoots b&w film, not to develop it themselves, especially if they are going to scan and then print. After all, you can then process the film especially to suit your scanning technique.

 

$100 will easily get you everything you need, I am sure (apart from the 30 minutes...)

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One problem I have with developing and scanning at home is that I find scanning an entire roll very tedious. So I end up driving to the local college darkroom to make a contact sheet. While there, I end up not bothering with scanning and just making wet prints :p

 

So, is there a quick and dirty way to pick the good shots without having to scan the entire roll? In other words, is there a quick way of creating a "digital contact sheet"?

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I place my negatives in their clear storage sheet onto my flatbed scanner.

 

I then place my slides lightbox face down on top of the negatives and scan.

 

I then print the resultant scan and file adjacent to the negatives

 

It's definitely quick and dirty, but it's fine for what I need.

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I place my negatives in their clear storage sheet onto my flatbed scanner.

 

I then place my slides lightbox face down on top of the negatives and scan.

 

I then print the resultant scan and file adjacent to the negatives

 

It's definitely quick and dirty, but it's fine for what I need.

 

 

Thanks Andy. I only have a film scanner right now (Nikon Coolscan V ED). I will borrow a flatbed scanner to try that lightbox trick.

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