Where/How to get film processed?

[Peeb]

Just went thru my first couple of rolls of film in many years. I used to send it off in Kodak mailers and get the negatives and prints back for my regular film, and slides in for my slide shots.

What are the smart options in 2017 to get film developed?

 

[480sparky]

What kind of film?

 

[JonA_CT]

www.oldschoolphotolab.com is what I use. Great quality work and extremely quick. I usually get my scans back 2 days after sending the film in. They use prepaid mailing labels, will print if you want, and will mail back your negatives as part of their cost. They run about $15 to develop and scan.

 

[sniper x]

I am very lucky a local bloke has a film lab and is great at processing both B%W and Colour. He also will scan it at many different resolutions as well.

 

[cgw]

Check in at APUG for your regional options.

 

[sniper x]

I'm taking my first roll of Tri X I have shot in years to him tomorrow or Tuesday to process and scan so I'll post up a few if any are any good at all later.

 

[Peeb]

What kind of film?

So far kodak b/w and some fuji color prints.

 

[480sparky]

What kind of film?

So far kodak b/w and some fuji color prints.

Do the b&w at home.

 

[Peeb]

What kind of film?

So far kodak b/w and some fuji color prints.

Do the b&w at home.

Love the idea but I haven't processed a roll since 1978 and the turf war for bathroom space would be inevitable. The modest space needed for a darkroom comes and goes without warning in my castle. When Mrs. Peeb announces that a load of inlaws is on the way over for a three day layover, getting a home-made darkroom cleared out is more complication than I need.

Pretty dang satisfying to compose, capture, and process your own images tho.

 

[480sparky]

What kind of film?

So far kodak b/w and some fuji color prints.

Do the b&w at home.

Love the idea but I haven't processed a roll since 1978 and the turf war for bathroom space would be inevitable. The modest space needed for a darkroom comes and goes without warning in my castle. When Mrs. Peeb announces that a load of inlaws is on the way over for a three day layover, getting a home-made darkroom cleared out is more complication than I need.

Pretty dang satisfying to compose, capture, and process your own images tho.

You don't need the bathroom unless you want to make wet prints.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Depends on what you want done. I've used The Darkroom in San Clemente - found them thru http://www.filmphotographyproject.com which you may want to check out. The Darkroom has options on scans/resolution, prints on digital paper mailed at the time of developing, or download from their site and/or get prints from them later.

More recently I've used Dwayne's in Kansas (I think?) and have options there too, incl. prints done on photo paper in photo chemistry. Whoo hoo! (Even though I like good ol' heavier Kodak paper rather than thinner Fuji but so it goes.)

Either place too I think you can get proof sheets but don't know offhand if they're digitally done or contact sheets done in photo chemistry directly from the negatives.

 

[jcdeboever]

I have used myself, Dwayne's, and Darkroom. My scanner is limited as is my time. I could make the time but that would cut into my baseball watching times which is usually in the wee hours of the morning (MLB ticket).

Dwayne's has fallen off, the quality went way down recently so I decided to switch.

Darkroom is very good and I choose enhanced scan which works out to $15 a roll, that includes download link, negatives back, and a CD with mini proof sheet. Takes about a week from mailing to downloading of images, cd follows a couple days after downloads. They do an excellent job on everything so far, very clean scans. I highly recommend them.

It's starting to add up though as I shoot a lot of film. So I am starting to rethink things and possibly get another scanner for 135. I bought more chemicals locally, so have enough for about 20 rolls. It really doesn't take any space up to develop, just a small card table really, I keep everything in a plastic tub, and hang the film off of Romex wire in a corner of the basement. I put everything away in the tub after developing. 26 rolls = the cost of a Plustek 8200i scanner. The time is in the scans really, that's where I say, shoot, I'm just sending it to Darkroom.

 

[Peeb]

What kind of film?

So far kodak b/w and some fuji color prints.

Do the b&w at home.

Love the idea but I haven't processed a roll since 1978 and the turf war for bathroom space would be inevitable. The modest space needed for a darkroom comes and goes without warning in my castle. When Mrs. Peeb announces that a load of inlaws is on the way over for a three day layover, getting a home-made darkroom cleared out is more complication than I need.

Pretty dang satisfying to compose, capture, and process your own images tho.

You don't need the bathroom unless you want to make wet prints.

Really? Thought you needed to remove the film from the canister and process it in total darkness and fiddle around with chemicals (been a long while...).

 

[480sparky]

Really? Thought you needed to remove the film from the canister and process it in total darkness and fiddle around with chemicals (been a long while...).

You do need total darkness to remove the film from the canister. But you don't need a dark 'room'. You just need a dark 'space'. Like a film changing bag. Once the film is in the developing tank (which, by design is light-tight), you can develop it anywhere you like. The kitchen sink, the porch, the deck, the garage.................

 

[Peeb]

Really? Thought you needed to remove the film from the canister and process it in total darkness and fiddle around with chemicals (been a long while...).

You do need total darkness to remove the film from the canister. But you don't need a dark 'room'. You just need a dark 'space'. Like a film changing bag. Once the film is in the developing tank (which, by design is light-tight), you can develop it anywhere you like. The kitchen sink, the porch, the deck, the garage.................

Cool! Did not know that. Thanks!