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Contents:
1. Top
2. Ilfochromes (Cibachromes)
3. Fuji Type R
4. C prints
5. Digital prints
6. Black and White prints
7. Processing and Proof printing
8. PhotoCD Scanning
9. PhotoCD Labs that I don't like
10. Labs to Avoid
11. In the Boston area
12. The rest of the world
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Before I put up my Q&A forum, I would get about three messages/day asking me for a recommendation
of a "good and cheap" photo lab. What I look for in a lab is that they first do no harm. A lab must have
superb dust control, careful neg/slide handling, and good systems for keeping track of originals. If a lab
has all of those things and makes me a print that I don't like, at least the neg or slide will be in good
enough shape that someone can try again.
Can a lab be really cheap and not trash your originals? Not in my experience. It costs money to hire
someone to clean air filters. It costs money to watch the chemical concentrations in the developing
machines. It costs money to associate a photographer's name with each item in the plant. It costs money
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