Question for you guys who shoot E6 / slide film. I took my first roll to a local lab, who told me no one does E6 in the entire state any more, so they'd send it out. That's fine with me. What isn't so fine is that it will take 2 weeks and still cost $19.95 for development and scanning to a CD, no prints. I know 120 film and E6 are more expensive, but that seems a bit much to me. All I want is development and scans with enough resolution for large size computer display; I figure if I want a print I'll have it made from the actual film itself. So, can anyone recommend any good/cheaper mail-in processors?
And a semi-related question, I have a box of Velvia 100 on the way from Adorama. I've seen several pictures of people storing 120 film in refrigerators. Do I need to do that? Is the reason just to keep the chemicals more stable until you use the film? All the film stuff is new to me so I'm trying to learn about it.
Thanks for your help. I'm anxious to get that first roll back; when I do I'll share the results.