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From: dsg@hlwpb.UUCP (DS Green)
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Subject: Re: Slide film vs Color Neg. film
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> > >> Reversal color print processes are not as good as negative print
> > >> processes. 

From *my* experience, more care is taken with slide
film processing ( by photo labs, custom and commercial ) than
with negative film.  Note that I am talking about the photofinishing,
not the chemical process.  Because most photofinishers send their
reversal business to companies that specialize in wholesale slide
film processing, the quality is better.  It is harder to scratch the
stock by just mounting slides than passing the film through a 
printing machine's negative carrier!

> > 3:  In volume slides are cheaper than prints.

In any quantity, good photofinishing is cheaper for slides than prints.

> The original posting only referred to PRINTS from slides, not the slides themselves.
> The point is if your expected final product is to be a print, use print film. 
[Bill Hery]

All things considered, it would be hard to tell if a dye-transfer print
was originally from a slide or a negative ( yes, I know  internegs are
used).   Just about all the "professionals" ( excluding wedding photographers )
I've met use slide film in large quantities and selectively print ( using internegs )
the best pictures.  I would say:
1.  If you expect to shoot dozens of pictures to get one or two good ones
(for publication or contests or whatever ) use slide film.  It will
save you money.
2.  If you are a casual snapshooter and you know in advance that you want
lots of prints to hand out to friends and relatives, use print film.
3.  If you are *that* good and need only one or two shots to get that
perfect photo, use print film!

David "Kodachrome" Green