Message-Id: <mailto:199503162050.OAA11983@library.wustl.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 15:21:22 -0500 From: David Y Allen <mailto:DYALLEN@CCMAIL.SUNYSB.EDU> Subject: Quality Control and Kodak Photo CDs To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
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David Y Allen
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16-Mar-1995 03:05pm EST
FROM: DYALLEN
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Subject: Quality Control and Kodak Photo CDs
The issue of quality control appears to be a serious one for those who
are using Kodak Photo CDs. I, too, found that some of the Photo CD images were
of questionable quality when I took my slides to the local camera store for
processing. It is particularly troublesome that it is often difficult to tell
whether a problem is a result of poor lab work, poor photography, inadequate
computer equipment, or some combination of the above. I have read articles in
photographic magazines indicating that the quality control problem is
widespread, and that some labs have better reputations than others.
Is Kodak, or anybody else, doing something to deal with these problems?
Is there any way of diagnosing a Photo CD to see if poor lab work caused
problems? Is there any remedy for poor lab work short of going to another lab?
Has anyone made an effort to evaluate labs and monitor their quality? Or at
least issue guidlines to keep people from getting burned? Of course, users of
conventional photographic labs face similar problems, but they are easier to
diagnose and recognize when you are not dealing with digital transformations of
photographic images. Unless something can be done to ensure more consistent
quality control, it will discourage the use of Kodak Photo CD for serious work.