I have been using Fuji Supra 400 in my OLY 140 with Walgreen next day processing.

The Fuji seems to give me more vivid greens and blues than Kodak, but maybe the processing can make a difference.

There's and old school of thought that says Fuji is better in the green range and that Kodak gives more saturation in the red range. I'm not sure how much difference there is these days, however the processing will make a difference. I used to do the Walmart, RiteAid developing and save a buck or two. It was strange that the enlargements I had done at a color lab always came out so different than the originals. Then I finally figured it out. Color lab has people that just develop pics, Walmart/Walgreens, only do that after high school lets out for the day and do it in between stocking shelves.

Is it worth the extra money? Only you can decide.
Randy

Have those "W" places ever robbed you of image #25 because it was on a "24-shot" roll? I had this happen at a "W" place that boasts of their quality Kodak developing. They developed it as though I had only exposed on 24 frames. Worse yet, they destroyed the #25 negative by cutting it in half! I'll never go back there. I wonder how unusual this was(?).

Lost the last picture at least once. They also destroyed 2 rolls of film they were developing. The part time developer jammed it up and either kept feeding stuff in or opened the machine and exposed the partially developed negatives (I never got a decent explanation on that one). Of course there's the time I sent 4 rolls of Kodakchrome through them for developing. Has to go to Kodak due to the process used, and it usually takes like 10 days. They actually lost the slides and took them over a month to get the product back to me. Never Again!!

And of course the aforementioned mediocrity of the developing.

There have been several times that the "best" picture on a particular roll of film has been at one of the ends. When I used to shoot slides, I'd get 1/2 or 3/4 of a beautiful picture and the rest would either be black or transparent. I later found out that most professional photographers actually skip 2-3 frames at the beginning and end of the roll of film so that they don't run into this problem. That used to make sense but, with the way film and processing costs are going these days, it's tough to "throw away" a couple of pictures per roll. But, that's about the only remedy for the situation. As long as we keep trying to squeeze that extra picture or two out of a roll of film, there will be times where it will backfire.

My experience with Kodak via Target has been that they'll print whatever they can and will charge you according to how many pictures they print -- that is, when I actually have 25 pictures come out on a roll, they'll print all 25 but they'll charge me more than they would if only 24 had been printable.

One common practice I don't like -- they always charge more per print for a "reprint" then they do for an initial print. So, if they don't print a picture because they thought it wouldn't come out, it will cost you more for the "reprint" than what they allowed in the 1st place for the original. I got into a big fight with a mail order processing place over this several years ago. They knocked off 15 cents for a picture they didn't print. I looked at the neg and it looked perfectly good to me. I sent the neg back, with a letter explaining the situation, and the 15 cents back. The printed it (as I predicted, the result was excellent!), sent me the picture but also sent me a bill for 10 cents. I refused to pay the 10 cents. They even threatened legal action when I refused to pay!!! Luckily, this all occurred while I was in England and by the time they got to this point, I was safely back in the good ole US of A . BTW, this happens a lot with low light pictures (sunsets, fireworks, moon/star shots, etc.). If you know you have low light pictures on the roll, it's best to note that on the envelope when you turn the film in so they can take that into account when doing the printing.

Larry

Kodak Gold 200 film. Always take it to Target and get the Kodak overnight processing (not 1 hour or Target processing). I have found that the processing definitely makes a lot of difference.

Larry