Cheap UK developing

[_larky]

Hello.

Where is the cheapest place I can get colour neg films developed, I don't need prints, just the negs. I've been hunting but not found anything less than £4 a roll. At the rate I shoot that'll buy me an R-D1 pretty quick! Does anyone know of any bulk processing places that do it cheaper, again, no need for prints.

Cheers.

 

[ronnies]

A&M Imaging in Edinburgh charge £3.00 +VAT for a 36exp 35mm process only. Not sure how convenient that would be for you though.

This is their homepage.

Ronnie

 

[_larky]

I just found this:

http://www.photos2you.co.uk/info_prices.asp
£1.99 a roll! Wow.

Thanks for the link though, I'd probably try a few out, see who delivers.

 

[tlitody]

Hello.

Where is the cheapest place I can get colour neg films developed, I don't need prints, just the negs. I've been hunting but not found anything less than £4 a roll. At the rate I shoot that'll buy me an R-D1 pretty quick! Does anyone know of any bulk processing places that do it cheaper, again, no need for prints.

Cheers.

My local mini lab in Kingsbridge charges only £3 and £6 for dev and scan. But they don't do mail order. Does a good job too but not a lot of use to you.
Suggest you find a mini lab that uses fuji chemistry and an owner that cares about monitoring chemistry and consistency. I mean the process is the same wherever you go. Its the staff that make the difference.

p.s. One of my local pro labs is more expensive and the quality is crap. They are more interested in selling than offering a good service.

 

[biakalt]

Try the vault imaging. They're based in Brighton. I used to go there a lot cos it's quite cheap for a pro service. Process E6, BW and C41. I'm not sure if they'd post thou. Worth a try!

 

[John Lawrence]

Try the vault imaging. They're based in Brighton. I used to go there a lot cos it's quite cheap for a pro service. Process E6, BW and C41. I'm not sure if they'd post thou. Worth a try!

The Vault in Brighton provide a good (and as you say, cheap pro service) but they currently charge £4.00 for processing (exclusive of VAT). They're happy to post as well (at cost).

These guys will do it for £3.50 with free post & packing:

http://www.photofilmprocessing.co.uk/35mmfilm.html

And these guys will do it for £2.00:

http://www.photo-express.co.uk/pricelist.html

Finally, these chaps have always provided me with a good quality serivce:

http://www.club35.co.uk/cd.html

They charge £3.50

Hope this helps,

John

 

[The Standard Deviant]

The Photos2You is Genie Imaging in Wandsworth Common, I've developed about 50 rolls there, no problems so far. It's actually £1.99 ex VAT.

 

[tlitody]

The Photos2You is Genie Imaging in Wandsworth Common, I've developed about 50 rolls there, no problems so far. It's actually £1.99 ex VAT.

Do you happen to know what their dev and scan file sizes or scan spi are for 6x6 on 120 film? Their web site doesn't say.

 

[The Standard Deviant]

No idea, you'll have to give them a call. I've only ever done developing there, and scan myself, or more accurately, I put them in a box and don't get round to it.