Hi all.

First HUGE accomplishment for me. I shot my first eve roll of Ektar 100 film in my 35mm camera AND developed it yesterday. All but maybe three were really good. Super happy with a first shot. I was a bit of a basket case during the developing process as things were happening way to fast. Looking back....I was trying to do way too much. Next time will be better! Once I get a pretty good feel of shooting and developing on 35mm format, I'll make the step over to 4x5...can't wait to try that out.

Editing the color negatives is a real challenge, but I'm getting the hang of it and I'm certain I look back at these days and think they were crap as I keep learning, but for now....I have a few that I'd like to print.

Question is what is the best way to get a high quality print?
  1. Do I give the color negative to a local lab and ask for a print
  2. Do I use my digit file and print from any lab


I kinda think my focal lab will just scan it, do their own color correction and print it, so what's the point of giving them the negative UNLESS they will print directly from the negative. I'm not exactly sure how labs do this work anymore.

Is there a technical benefit to printing directly from the negative (old school)?

Basically, what should I do with my would-be prints?

Thanks!!

Adam