I just got a couple of rolls back from Denver Digital (aka
SlidePrinter). It was inexpensive ($10 for two rolls) and
about half the price of going through A&I. I don't see
anything to complain about in the processing and the service
was no slower than working with A&I.

I will use them again but will probably request that they
return my film sleeved and un-cut rather than sleeved and
cut. While I kind of like having the film back flat rather
than rolled, there are two reasons I think I'll suffer with
the rolling.

A) Their cuts werent' exactly square with the film. The
TL120 leaves very little space between exposures and in a
couple instances they strayed into the image with their cut.
It isn't the end of the world, but I'd rather be the one to
decide which image suffers if I need to steal from one.

B) I got my advance/lens-cap sequence wrong when shooting and
ended up with a blank frame on the roll. This threw their
cutting sequence off and for the remainder of the roll, the
left and right halves of my pairs are split.

So good processing to be had at a reasonable price, but I'll
be asking for "do not cut" in the future.
________________________________________
John Thurston
Juneau, Alaska
http://stereo.thurstons.us

John Thurston wrote:

> I just got a couple of rolls back from Denver Digital (aka
> SlidePrinter). It was inexpensive ($10 for two rolls) and
> about half the price of going through A&I. I don't see
> anything to complain about in the processing and the service
> was no slower than working with A&I.

Interesting. I got 3 rolls back Tuesday. A week and a day after sending
them off. (fastest yet) The cost, including postage each way, was $13.50
US for the 3 rolls all together. Best rate I have ever found, and the
processing is great. Film cut in units of 2 frames which worked out well
with the Sputnik shot film, I did shot several cha, cha, cha (3 images with
a single lens camera from slightly different locations) on one roll so they
were not grouped all together but they had the images in order and I figured
it out. I picked up the mail at noon and mounted them that afternoon. All
were quite flat ( the way I like them for mounting) , in protective sleeves
and no reason to delay mounting.

>
> I will use them again but will probably request that they
> return my film sleeved and un-cut rather than sleeved and
> cut. While I kind of like having the film back flat rather
> than rolled, there are two reasons I think I'll suffer with
> the rolling.
>
> A) Their cuts werent' exactly square with the film. The
> TL120 leaves very little space between exposures and in a
> couple instances they strayed into the image with their cut.
> It isn't the end of the world, but I'd rather be the one to
> decide which image suffers if I need to steal from one.

No doubt that cuts down on your "wiggle room". I find that I have about
zero "wiggle room" in mounts with 52mm wide aperture mounts when using my
Sputnik. The Sputnik does have .narrower chips so there is space enough
between them for a little variance in cutting. There are some Rolleidoscops
out there, modified for 6 pairs, that have image overlap even when wound
correctly so that may give them some problems as well. They have never cut
any images from my Sputniks.

> So good processing to be had at a reasonable price, but I'll
> be asking for "do not cut" in the future.
> ________________________________

I will stay with the two images together, flat shipping for now. Don't say
anything that may get them to go to "rolling and folding" for everyone. And
don't let them know that they are less than 1/2 the price of their nearest
competitor. %^)


Chuck Holzner