Who prints B&W well (by mail)?

[Deep13]

Does anyone know do does a good job developing and printing B&W film? The locals around here either manage to scratch the negatives or forget to blow the dust off before printing.

[F.Gordon]

1. Tell me about it

The locals around here either manage to scratch the negatives or forget to blow the dust off before printing.

:mad:

I recently found a great mom & pop camera store/lab that does a wonderful job. I'd bet that there is one close to you..... you're probably just not aware of it. By mail? I have a couple of links that I can probably dig up for you but I'd try the local route first. Let me know if you really need a "by mail" place and I'll go looksie on my other hard drive for info.
:hi:

[Deep13]

2. The local place is Fairview...

...and they are the ones I was complaining about. The local photo chain sends them there.

I use Ilford XP-2 sometimes and that can be developed at a color lab. Good for the auto camera since it gives a nice tone to the sky without filters. Actually someone on another website recommended someone on the west coast.

[F.Gordon]

3. Hmmm

How far are you from this place? Looks like they do everything "in-house" and are experienced with B&W developing. When I used Wolf/Ritz for B&W everything seemed to have a blue cast to it, not to mention the scratches, dust, and gunk. My local lab gets it correct... and I'm now using Ilford Pan 50 quite a bit.

You might give em' a try if you're close.
:shrug:

[Deep13]

4. They use Fairview for B&W.

They do color prints in house, but not regular B&W. At least that is for the suburban stores. They have a main commercial store downtown Cleveland that is open busniess hours, which means there is no way for me to get there while they are open. I don't even know if they do B&W there anyway. I'll check. Maybe they can do mail-order.