Decide where to send E6 film for processing

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Hi all,
I live in Italy and I have now to decide where to send 3 rolls of Provia for processing.
A am oriented to send them to Fotoimpex because it is cheap and they make it simpler.
For example return of the processed film is included. Moreover I want the film to be neither scanned nor mounted. And they are very flexible in their offering.
Anyone has had experience with their E6 lab service?
Is it good?
And if not what other European lab would you recommend?
Sorry if this has been already discussed. I made a search to no avail.
Best regards
Paolo
 
There's a list of E-6 labs that is part of an existing thread. Not sure which thread or where it is. Maybe the Ektachrome thread?

Jim B.
 
Thank you Jim and Kai,
I took a quick look at the Ektachrome thread and could not find any talk about labs.
Photostudio 13 is all in German, and so it would take more times for me to figure out how it works.
There is an adjournment.
Initiallly I have excluded Ars Imago, because, as far as I remembered, that they want the rolls to be taken to their shop.
I checked again their site and discovered that it is possible to mail the rolls to them.
So I would like also to know if somebody has tested their service.
For me this decision is important because the return to film was not as easy as I expected (but this is matter for other threads) and the last times I used film before starting digital, development by local labs (here in Rome) was a disaster: scratches stains an even a cut right into the frame.
Of course these means days in post to heal the images.
Oh well if I cannot find good recommendations I will cross my fingers and mail the rolls to Ars Imago
 
Kai-san said:
I have not compared prices, but quality wise I can recommend another German lab, Photostudio 13.


https://www.photostudio13.de/
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+1.
They are excellent: Top quality, very attractive prices, excellent service, very fast (they are doing E6 daily). And they do international business, too.

@Paolo:
Just send them a message via email at info@photostudio13.de.
Write in English, they are also speaking English. Tell them that you want to send some transparency films to them for E6 processing.
They will then give you all the needed details (address, paying details).
You send then the films to them, pay the invoice, and they will send the processed films back to you to Italy.

Cheers, Jan
 
Thank you all for the input.
Jan,
nice to know that I can write to them in English.
And with so many members recommending photostudio3 I will surely try.
I will post again as soon as I hear from them
 
Sed Epilogue for my initial return to film

Sed Epilogue for my initial return to film

:bang:I am concerned about a very sad epilogue

I send the 3 rolls of Provia to Photodtudio13.
They are very nice guys!
When I mailed them to know if the rolls have arrived to their premises they answered me that they had processed and sent back to me without even waiting for a payment, on December 4th.
So I immediately paid and start tracking the pack.
As long as it was in the hand of Deutsche Post all went well. They handed in Tourin the pack to the Italian Post.
Since then I lost any trace of my film.
And it is not yet arrived
 
Maybe you should give it a bit more time, Christmas can have a bad impact on shipping. I don't know anything about Poste Italiane, but the few times I have ordered anything from Italia there has been no issues. Last time I sent films to Photostudio 13 they just returned them with an invoice attached. That batch consisted of 19 rolls of 120 film and 5 rolls of 135 film. They obviously trust people, I like that.
 
Evviva!
Santa made me a gift three days in advance.
My slides arrived Dec 22 evening.
Perfect job Photostudio13!!
Thanks to all fellow RFFer that recommended this lab to me!
These are hectic times for me. The health and many other troubles.
So it took me a week only to have time to look at the slides on the light table.
First impressions.
Contax RTSIII with Planar 1,4. The lens I liked the most, even though I had trouble both because the camera diopter is not enough for me (I need at least +3) and in bright light the lcd are almost invisible.
So I had difficulties both to focus and set exposure
Mostly I did not want to change the lens even when badly needed because I could not sit down and I was afraid to drop something (lens or camera). I zoomed with my legs!
SL2 with Summicron R 50 and Elmarit 90 (I don't think I used the Elmarit 35).
All lens 3 cam
Fantastic body excellent lenses, BUT I discovered the Summicron R flares badly.
Finally M5. I wanted to try again the Summicron 50, rather then the usual Zeiss 35. Happy with the results, although I always had low light and had to use slow shutter times.
Hope I can eventually take my time to scan and post something.
I did all that for nostalgia and fun, and have had lots of fun!
 
So, what are the prices for E6 at photostudio13? I can’t find on their site, there is only a form to send the inquiry.
 
If you fill in the form and ask for a price list, they will send you one. The one I have is from September 2019, so it might not be current.
 
There:
color slide (E6 process) 135-36 EUR 5,75
color slide (E6 process) 135-36 mounted EUR 8,60
color slide (E6 process) 120 EUR 5,00
push/pull + 50 % extra charge

color negative (C41 process) 135-36 EUR 6,54
color negative (C41 process) 120 EUR 6,46
push/pull + 50 % extra charge

b&w negative 135-36 EUR 4,34
b&w negative 120 EUR 4,34
push/pull + 50 % extra charge

b&w slide (Agfa Scala process) 135-36 EUR 10,13
b&w slide (Agfa Scala process) 135-36 mounted EUR 13,58
b&w slide (Agfa Scala process) 120 EUR 7,02
push/pull + 50 % extra charge

Shipping costs depend on the size and weight of the package, but would be between 10 and 22 EUR.

For 3 films E6 135 unmounted the costs will be 17,25 for development and 10,44 for shipping = a total of EUR 27,69.
 
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