![]() Method so that each pair of pages opens flat.Īlso, as you'd expect from New York City, Adorama's print prices are unbeaten, and get even better when they run specials. Unique in that ever page is a centerfold: they use a unique binding Hand-makes photo books on real Fuji Crystal Archive paper. I've tried them and the prints are great, even thought I prefer the Fuji materials used by other labs for my crazy color shots. If you prefer Kodak paper, especially the metallic materials, give Adorama a shot. He wants his own stuff to look great just as much as we do.Īdorama's in-store lab does a ton of online printing. The cool thing behind all this is that the owner and founder of NCPS is also an avid working photographer, just like us. Want a 24" x 10-foot stitched panorama on incredible 3D metallic-backed paper? NCPS does this every day, and the metallic paper of course looks great even in 4圆" prints. NCPS makes extraordinary prints from film orĭigital files at any size up to 20" or 24" wide by unlimited length. Including great looking glossy plastic material.įrom B&W negatives onto real B&W paper in a darkroom, but only for very large jobs. End of story.Īlso does large and huge format printing on just about every medium, Shooting film is easier in the field, all my backups are already done for me when I return, and it looks better. I find shooting film and having everything scanned as it's developed easier for me than dealing with digital cameras, chargers and computers while in the field. Not only are my shots already digitized and in my computer in the blink of an eye, I still have the original film and the DVD as dual, non-erasable backups. I load it into my computer, and Bingo!, I've got 25MP digital images (or better) from every frame I shot. In just a few hours, I've got everything I shot on a DVD. Here's what makes NCPS really special: for just a few bucks, they will scan complete rolls of 35mm and 120 film at very high resolution. NCPS runs even their C-41 with the same care as they run E-6, with 1/3º temperature Everyone else, even pro labs, process C-41 in roller-transport minilab processors, which tends to lead to the scratches every other lab has to lie about. Secret about them: they process all the film as dip-and-dunk, even There are never any drying or squeegee marks on my film, and never any pinholes. They do the cleanest job I've ever gotten on my chromes. Run it through their dip-and-dunk system. NCPS develops any and all kinds of film, from E-6 slides to C-41 color prints to real silver black-and-white negatives.Īll formats from at least 35mm through at least 8x10." I've evenĭropped off obsolete, odd-sized roll film and they've been able to ![]() Tell them I sent you.Įxample photos: Death Valley 2009, Route 66 2009, NCPS Scan Quality compared to DSLRs, Nikon 35Ti versus DSLRs, Yosemite in Winter 2011 and Yosemite, Fall 2013 All these were developed and scanned by NCPS. Many shooters FedEx their stuff to labs while they're out on location.Īs lesser labs close, these better labs are getting busier. From 1973 - 1993 I used to mail all of my film away for processing. Most are local to me, and they all do loads of mail order from around the USA and around the world.Įven though I'm always in such a rush that I drive to the lab to see what I got, postage still costs a lot less than car expenses, even if you only live a few miles away. These are the labs I use for my own work.
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