12-07-2004, 04:37 AM
I work in a largish retail store that has a 1 hour photo processing booth. I've always been a "jack-of-all-trades" in my store, but lately I've been doing a lot of photo finishing. I even went through the 2 day course on how to operate the crazy Japanese 1 hour photolab machine with bells and bright lights and OMG dangerous chemicals.
I can't answer your questions about digital photo processing (as in, I can't do photo prints from a digicam memory card), because my machine is too ancient. Anything film related (35mm or APS) I can probably answer.
I'll start you off with two fun facts.
- it only takes about 15 minutes to process a roll of 35mm, 24 exposure film -- assuming my photolab machine isn't otherwise occupied. At full speed, I can develop and print about 10 rolls of film in an hour. Newer machines go considerably faster.
- people take way too many pictures of their sexual organs
I can't answer your questions about digital photo processing (as in, I can't do photo prints from a digicam memory card), because my machine is too ancient. Anything film related (35mm or APS) I can probably answer.
I'll start you off with two fun facts.
- it only takes about 15 minutes to process a roll of 35mm, 24 exposure film -- assuming my photolab machine isn't otherwise occupied. At full speed, I can develop and print about 10 rolls of film in an hour. Newer machines go considerably faster.
- people take way too many pictures of their sexual organs