I just got back about 100 4X5 Velvias from a four day photo trip. I sent them off to a mail order lab with bargain prices on E-6. About 3 or 4 of the transparencies have small scratches in the middle of the film, in addition to those annoying clip marks that are always in the corners of "dip and dunk" E-6 processed film. There was also a few lint marks on a couple transparencies, even though they were all quickloads, and I've never seen any before. Although I won't mention the name of the lab in this post, has anyone else had this type of problem? Is the money saved (about half the price of the average E-6 cost) worth the aggravation? Should I just shoot more film, or should I try a different lab? To be honest, I've had a few similar problems with more expensive mail order and local processing...
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