dr5 Problems

[Nathan Potter]

Bob and David, thanks for the processors view. I say do what you need to do to maintain process QC. As an intermittant photographer I don't shoot a lot of film. The fact is it's very expensive to get a good photograph. Considering the looking time, driving time, gas costs, film and camera costs and wow! For me, I get 1 photo about every 125 miles I drive and I take about 30 min. to an hour positioning and setting up and photographing; that's about 3 to 4 hours per photo. At $50.00 per hour that's $150 to $200 per photo not including film and equipment costs. Now that's a valuable transparency so from my perspective the processing is ridiculously inexpensive. I also don't care how long it takes to get my film back - less than 4 months is OK. I realize business people are on a different schedule but they also often have high volumes.

My chromes and B&Ws are like gold to me because they are so hard to get so I'll do almost anything to obtain first rate processing, defect free and dead on color and density. The potentially best stuff I'll do myself.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[Doug Dolde]

The dr5.com website is very poorly done in my opinion. Text doesn't scale properly and I find it hard to navigate.

[ghost]

The dr5.com website is very poorly done in my opinion. Text doesn't scale properly and I find it hard to navigate.

Well, sh*t- thanks for sharing!

[alec4444]

I used to send my Efke 120 film there for regular processing, and they were great. Rolls sent back promptly enough (I don't remember complaining, and I'm impatient) often times with tips and notes (helpful ones, not annoying). Great service which I discontinued using when I began developing my own negs.

Agreed one roll can't be the only test of their service, but I do understand the OP's frustration in a delay given that it was just one roll. That kinda thing can be maddening....

--A

[jnantz]

i've always wanted to shoot abstract 8x10s and have them dr5 processed,
hang them in a window so they are like stained glass ...
maybe this year i will get my act together ...