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Originally Posted by jmecklenborg
The difference between getting color photos developed at a Walgreen's or other 1-hour place versus an actual photo lab were in the printing of the photographs, not the development of the film. The C-41 processor was basically exactly the same no matter where you took film and a monkey could do it. I never worked one of these but I did develop film with what was called a JOBO processor, and it was a piece of cake. If I remember correctly, there were only two chemicals.
A Walgreen's probably had a printer with minimal abilities to adjust a print, but a pro lab usually had somebody who looked at each photo and either made adjustments on the fly (the later machines had screens) or they reprinted something if they knew they could get a better result. A pro lab likely also printed on higher quality paper. But the film itself would be no different since the C-41 machines were completely standardized and very simple to use.
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Hence why they are shittier photos; they are rushed and cheaply done. Walgreen's has some kid running the machine with little to no knowledge of photography while a pro lab does. Drug stores are/were great for simple snapshots but if you were shooting professionally, you sent them out to a lab. Unless you did your own developing.
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