How good is Dwaynes Photo for developing 35mm and 120 color film?
I don’t really want to go into all the sad details, but I’ve had it with 1-hour photo labs. I just took a roll of Ektar 100 to get developed at Walgreens, and they ruined it. There were huge spots on probably half my pictures, and I knew it wasn’t the lens. I checked the negatives, and sure enough…there was some kind of chemical gunk and stains all over the negatives. I talked with the Assistant Manager, and he apologized and said that the machine probably wasn’t cleaned, and he gave me a refund. But that still doesn’t change the fact that they ruined my film and those pictures are useless now. I’ve had a few rolls developed at Walgreens, and usually they do a pretty good job. But I went to a different one this time, and they screwed it up. I can’t afford to put all that work and time into taking my pictures, and just hoping for a 50\50 chance that they’ll develop my film right. I’m just into photography as a hobby, but still I need a reliable photo lab. It’s just too frustrating to
