I've downloaded Open Office (OO) and can see its spread sheet. However, when I downloaded your file it diverts to Micrsoft. How do I get it into OO's spread sheet?
I've been using Open Office for years. Your file downloaded and opened just fine.
Thanks
OO works fine on my Win 7 machine. This is a great idea! Can the rest of us add to the spreadsheet, or should we forward the data to you for your entry? I've got quite a pile of printouts of info from various processing labs I'd be happy to share in some fashion.
Good on ya!
BTW, BW processing is easy, temperature control relatively non-critical, supplies inexpensive with pretty good shelf life, and the equipment cost pretty low. You can load a daylight tank in a changing bag - not fun! - or at night stuff a towel in the crack at the floor of a bathroom door and load the tank there.
The results can be first rate, cheap, and satisfying.
I've done Ektachrome in the past, starting when reversal was accomplished with a photoflood bulb! Yes! Rather more involved process, and temperature control is critical. Shelf life of solutions is limited. Cut your teeth on BW.
Let's all go over to the dark side, and do some wet work! :)
Wow. Much work and I appreciate you r work. Thanks. I opened it just fine in Excell.
houdel wrote:
I, for a variety of reasons, like to shoot film, as do a number of other folks on this website. However, for me at least, processing is an issue. There are plenty of 1 hour labs at places like Walgreens, Wal*Mart etc which do 35mm processing, but no "Professional" grade film processing labs anywhere near me, and none that do 120 film in house.
Being a picky sort of person I wanted better processing and needing a lab that did 120 film I set out on a search to find a quality lab to process my film. I posted messages on several photo forums I am a member of asking other photographers for their recommendations. I soon had more recommendations than I could manage in my head so I ended up creating an Excel spreadsheet to capture all the information collected.
The attached spreadsheet summarizes the data I collected. I did not include any info on printing services as all I am interested in is developing and scanning but all sources listed also provide printing services.
This is still a work in progress; I am still getting more recommendations so it will be updated from time to time. I hope this will be a help to some of my fellow film fanatics. For those of you who do not have Excel or do not have another compatible spreadsheet software I would suggest OpenOffice; it is free, I have used it myself, and it is Excel compatible.
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B&H offers that service, not like one of the top lab's, but very decent quality.
houdel
Loc: Chase, Michigan USA
Pentony wrote:
I've downloaded Open Office (OO) and can see its spread sheet. However, when I downloaded your file it diverts to Micrsoft. How do I get it into OO's spread sheet?
If you are double clicking the file to open it it will default to Microsoft since the .xlsx file extension is registered to Microsoft. Instead open the OpenOffice Spreadsheet application and then within the application click "File", "Open" and select the file you downloaded. Once you have it opened, OpenOffice will give you the option to convert and save it as an .ols file which is the OpenOffice spreadsheet filename extension. If you do that you can then double click on the .ols file and it will open in OpenOffice automatically.
GeorgeH wrote:
Can the rest of us add to the spreadsheet, or should we forward the data to you for your entry?
It would probably be better if the website name is forwarded to me and I update the spreadsheet. Less chance of the file being accidentally corrupted and/or multiple versions of the same spreadsheet that way.
houdel wrote:
Bummer! Does it name the files? I have Windows 7, I could try sending them to you.
Would you mind sending the file to me also. Always looking for a better processor.
bill@imagesbydavidkay.com
Thanks so much for all your effort.
Thank you houdel and Pentony. I have it saved. That was a whole lot of work! It was really nice of you houdel, to share all this information.
houdel
Loc: Chase, Michigan USA
Photo Girl wrote:
Thank you houdel and Pentony. I have it saved. That was a whole lot of work! It was really nice of you houdel, to share all this information.
Not a prob. There are a lot of other unsung heros out there who gave me the leads to collect the data; I hope this is of value to a few of my fellow hoggers.
houdel wrote:
Not a prob. There are a lot of other unsung heros out there who gave me the leads to collect the data; I hope this is of value to a few of my fellow hoggers.
To save a lot of problem when saving a file like this, if you want the most possible people to open it, save as "XLS" instead of "XLSX".
The XLS format was used PRIOR to Office 2007 and is more compatible with those having the older versions.
Or just maintain it in Google Docs, where anyone with a browser can access it. No Excel required.
houdel
Loc: Chase, Michigan USA
factus10 wrote:
Or just maintain it in Google Docs, where anyone with a browser can access it. No Excel required.
Don't know how to do that. Can you provide the process?
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