>>3891858i think the final reason is probably why i'm not into the whole Support Yr Local Lab thing. the whole linear development system basically means you can't really get a roll developed how you want it, and then you pay several dollars per roll to get what are essentially proofs, because if there's anything particularly wacky going on any shots you're going to have to rescan because most labs are glorified Machine Operators
i don't particularly have the money to pay someone to do several hours worth of work per roll at a decent wage - it takes me about an hour and a half to make it through dslr scanning 36 exp with proper levels adjustment and other post-processing, but you could probably halve that - and i have a feeling most people wouldn't pay $20-30 a roll to have something developed and scanned very nicely, let alone have that be feasible just in terms of making return when you can charge half that much in be done in a quarter of the time and more people bite. the economics really only work out to how much volume you can handle and auto-scanning and linear development are the only way you can maintain that in a post-film world
color labs were always kind of a convenience service(less so for development esp. k-14, definitely so for printing), but the botique-ification(really gentrification) has really hid the fact that you can do it home much better and that none of it it is magic. modern film photographers should move beyond consumer-level knowledge in working with a physical medium
sorry for whining this much about it
