Huh. I have nine rolls of now long outdated C41 chilling in my fridge, and I thought I was a master procrastinator...
Eric Kim is to me, always amusing if not exactly informative. Obviously he can afford to hoard 100+ rolls and then pay upfront to get them processed and also to order film in 150 roll lots at a time, good for him! His blog confirms, among other things, that he is making money. In clicks from all the advertising add-ons in his blog?
Snideness (or envy) aside, I enjoyed the article. It confirmed, among other things, that I'm not the antisocial hoarder I have long thought I am. I do disagree, however, with his comment that Portra 400 looks like Kodachrome, no earthly way,like old Ektachrome, maybe, if one takes into consideration the obvious shifts to blue and magesta, though that could be due to Costco scanning.
Interesting (to me) that he didn't address the possibility of image degradation in hanging on to C41 or E6 for long periods. I hope refrigerated. Mine date to 2009-2012 and were shot on the old Fuji Proplus I film, so I've no great hopes as to the final color. Much much post processing to be done at home when the negatives are returned.
I plan to have my lot processed next week in Singapore, so the cost will be lower than in Australia, but not as cheap as Costco in the USA.
As for his images, well. I will be charitable, and say only that posterity will be the judge as to their merit. Many are good. One or two excellent. To me, Eric's choices of subject matter have always surpassed his technical skills. For the former, I am again, envious.
Overall, amusing and interesting. My comments are "Without Prejudice" from one who enjoys both Eric Kim and Ken Rockwell!