I am an amateur 35mm photographer with aspirations to make large, super sharp, b rilliant enlargements. After much learning and consideration, much of it from g reat websites like this one, I have concluded that 4x5 is my medium of choice. However, one issue keeps me from proceeding. And I haven't seen any discussion of this topic yet.
I live in a small city about 2 hours from any large city (Seattle)with a profess ional lab. We do have a local lab which does up to medium format only (which wo uld almost make me inclined to do medium format - much less excited about this o ption though). My question is can 4x5 be conveniently handled by mail. That is to say, are there labs that receive mailed in 4x5 transparancies for developmen t and ship back, as well as those which can handle enlargements by mail as well. Does anyone have any experience with doing this all by mail? I truly want to go with 4x5, but this may be a serious consideration for me.
Thanks in advance for any comments......
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