Originally Posted by Andi Lo 
...By the way... does it matter much where you process films? By that I mean a proper camera lab vs costco / superstore. Does the way the film is developed (not printed) affect the final scanned results later?
There has been some intermittent discussion regarding processing on a few other threads. I had been having mine processed at Costco. The first couple of rolls were simply sterling, though the scans suffered a little from smoothing and sharpening artifact. The next several roll were poorly developed (poor density, low contrast, poor color saturation, and prominent grain (some frames) with even worse scans. I don't know what changed. I sort of think that they are pushing the limits on replenishing their soup. Either that or they have a maintenance issue.
I took the next roll to Target and the development was much better but the scans were significantly lower resolution than Costco. I was going to take the next roll to Walgreens (yes, I know...bottom feeding...), but found out that the local camera repair guy (Knight Camera Repair) is an agent for the processing lab at Blue Moon in Portland. They have a top-notch lab so I am eagerly waiting to get my first roll back from them. They are almost twice as expensive as Costco, so I skipped the scans. I will batch process the roll through the 5000 ED at low resolution to get proof images. The negatives should be back tomorrow. With any luck there will be a significant improvement.
Steve