Got My First Roll Of Color Film Back From The Lab

Jun 16

Got my first round of pictures back from the lab - I'm optimistic! It was a roll of Kodak Ektar 100 color negative film, which the lab processed via a "dip and dunk" method. I'm told this is the best way to process film, but I haven't a clue what it means or how it differs from other labs. The lab then scanned my negatives and electronically sent me high-resolution TIFF files which I can store digitally. I'll be keeping the negatives from any film I shoot archived in case I find anything I want to print, as I'm told this will produce the best quality.The good news:

The camera works! It's always an unknown when it comes to buying used gear on eBay. Positive feedback has been left!
The light meter is fairly accurate. Most of the shots I took the meter was around the centerline, maybe plus or minus half a stop or so. I'm cool with that.
Kodak Ektar 100 looks very nice - appears to have a warm tone to it. It could be just my interpretation or my unfamiliar-to-film eye. I've got a roll of Fujifilm 400H ISO 400 in my camera now, so maybe I'll take some of the same shots with that roll and compare.

The bad news:

Not that bad: I'm missing the first 2 images that I shot... I remember the first image I shot was of a few things in my office. Perhaps they didn't come out? It would make sense that pictures on the extreme ends of the film might be the most likely to not come out? Film photographers, your thoughts?
The camera is annoyingly heavy... will be a little annoying for travel...

I'm waiting on a roll of Ilford HP5 Black-and-White pictures to come back, and I'll post a few of those once I get those scans.All of the pictures are shown exactly as they had been shot from the camera with the exception of minor blemish cleanups on a few. No color correction has been made.All in all, I'm feeling pretty good. What do you think?