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From: Barry Watzman on 1 Feb 2008 20:03
I think that the negative is to be removed from those for actual use.


>> But it's what else they did that really set me screaming: Each negative
>> strip is laminated front and back with a (not-quite) clear plastic sheet,
>> I
>> guess as additional "protection" against errant fingers. They did this, I
>> guess, as an alternative to the traditional slip-in sleeves. This is
>> probably okay for Joe I-don't-know-what-I'm-doing who's only going to
>> order
>> reprints, but it's incredibly potentially damaging to the flatness of the
>> strip because of the heat and/or adhesive used to laminate the sheets.
From: Talker on 2 Feb 2008 02:49
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:18:34 GMT, "Norm Dresner" <ndrez(a)att.net>
wrote:

>Even though the processing was via a "grocery store", it was genuine,
>one-week turnaround Kodak processing.
>
>There were two rolls out of hundreds that were processed that way because of
>expediency and that was about 6 years ago. We've had the envelope with the
>prints and negatives sitting in cartons since then and we're just getting
>around to going through them and scanning negatives so I can reprint/enlarge
>desirable pictures. I've learned and in the last few years I get negatives
>developed at only known reputable outlets. But I wanted to warn anyone who
>might be seduced into doing something like this what the dangers were.
>
> Norm

I've had friends give me negatives to scan where they had that
done to them. I had no trouble removing the clear plastic laminate,
so it must have been the way they were stored, if you had trouble
getting the laminate off.
I agree, getting the film developed at a reputable lab is always
the best way, but for friends or relatives who don't know any better,
their going to use the cheapest method possible. That's just in the
average person's nature. They don't think it's any big deal to have
film developed, so they don't care where it's developed. They'll pick
the cheapest place possible to save a buck.

Talker

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