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From: chip@vaxwaller.UUCP (Chip Kozy)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: re: Camera Vibration and Sharpness (photo labs)
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Date: Mon, 1-Apr-85 18:49:33 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  1 18:49:33 1985
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	My experience with "The Great Yellow God" has been mixed at
best.  I've had some really good work from them, and some VERY bad
stuff.  Most of my problems with them stem from printing from color
slides.  Although I've yet to lose a slide to scratches, etc., some
of their work has gone back four and five times!  (When things
REALLY get bad, I remind them of their PRINTED warrantee, and send
a copy to Rochester.)  

	My worst experience occured about a year ago when some klutz
in the So. San Francisco processing plant opened one of my rolls in
a "not quite dark" room.  When I bounced the pix (prints), I received
a "Short Note" stating that I had opened the camera back, thereby
ruining the roll.  Such was the light problem that there was no way
that such a thing could have happened.  Anyway, after getting pretty
nasty with So. SF, and contacting Rochester (and telling So. SF what
I was doing), things suddenly (within 1 week...after 5wks of hassle)
got straightened out.  My roll of film was replaced, Kodak Rochester
and So. SF sent me letters of apology, and things were all back to
normal.  (It pays to make LOTS of noise.)

	All in all though, Kodak has been pretty good to me.  Considering
what I shoot (nature, gymnastics [try that if you REALLY want a chalange],
existing light portraits), I don't think I'll change...at least not yet.

	BTW, the tip I read about going to an inter negative for printing
from slides sounds good.  To who(m)ever...thanks.

-- 


		Chip Kozy   (415) 939-2400 x-2048
		Varian Inst. Grp.  2700 Mitchell Dr.  
		Walnut Creek, Calif.  94598
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