C-41 negatives

embee06311

embee06311

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Is there any place in the USA where I can send a roll of C-41 type film and get the negatives sent back to me?


P2200002 by Michael Burkholder, on Flickr


The long story is that about 6 months ago I was at a local Wal-Mart to get batteries and noticed that they still had a one-hour photo machine. Recently I bought a Voigtländer Vito II at auction and this weekend I decided to test it out using a roll of expired Fujicolor 200 film from the refrigerator. When I went to Wal-Mart the one-hour machine was gone and after checking a couple other places it appears that the only option is to send the roll of film away to be developed but then they digitize the photos and email them back with no negatives.

I live in southwestern Ohio, the nearest city of any size is Dayton. Does anyone else in the area know of a place that still does one-hour? Otherwise is there a place that I can mail to film to who will send me back the negatives.

Mike B.
 
Options are few and becoming fewer. Learn to do it yourself or send it to a wedding/pro lab.

120 color film will disappear soon.

I think b & w will be around for some time. B & W is much easier to do at home because temp control is close to room temp. Color chems are less stable and expensive. t
 
There are several camera stores still open in the Cincinnati area. Why not try one of them? Off topic, but have you visited the Leica connection display at the Miami University art gallery?
 
I went with Blue Moon -- they offered exactly what I was looking for. Last year I came close to getting a Jobo processor which would have opened the door for C-41 and E-6 but decided against it since I do mostly B&W and am comfortable with using tanks.

Thanks to everybody for your input, If the results are noteworthy, I'll let you know. I'm apprehensive about the camera. It appears to be in good working condition -- I had to clean off the front and back surfaces of the lens but there is a lot of dust inside. It should be okay if the shutter is accurate and the bellows don't leak light -- and if I got the exposure right, I have a light meter but I mostly used sunny 16. By the end of the roll, the camera was fun to use.

Mike B.
 
To follow up on my earlier post, the negatives came back from Blue Moon Camera. The turnaround was one week which I think is very good. As to the negatives, I think they look great. There are some barely noticeable issues with the scans but they are probably attributable to the camera and perhaps the scanner (I scanned the negatives).

Here is an example:

Date: 5-6-17
Camera/Lens: Voigtländer Vito II/Color Skopar f3.5 50mm
Filter: none
Film: expired Fujicolor 200 @200
C-41 processing: Blue Moon Camera, Portland, Ore.
Scan: Plustek 8100

2017-05-15-1214 by Michael Burkholder, on Flickr
 
Ronald M said:
Options are few and becoming fewer. Learn to do it yourself or send it to a wedding/pro lab.

120 color film will disappear soon.

I think b & w will be around for some time. B & W is much easier to do at home because temp control is close to room temp. Color chems are less stable and expensive. t
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Complete and utter alarmist hogwash.
 
Hi Maggieo!

Just read your note here.

No, I haven't used this vendor who advertises here.

I will try them out as I find scanning time consuming and just a pita at least for me.

Info is listed on the link my first post here, scan file size, method of delivery. A positive review.
 
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