gb hill
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My CVS which still processes film in house develops my C-41 with no prints, no cd for less than 3 bucks a roll. So to do what this place is doing for 10 rolls seems feasable.
Film Processing on Ebay any one used it?
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Gregoyle
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Sam's Club still charges under $2 per roll for process only if that one has a minilab. $1.70 doesn't sound crazy.
-Greg
-Greg
cz23
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My local camera store process C-41 for $3.00, so this service seems realistic to me.
Sounds like an entrepreneur trying to exploit a niche. Good for him.
John
Sounds like an entrepreneur trying to exploit a niche. Good for him.
John
mikepadua
Member
I'm pretty confident that CVS has other revenue services other than film processing, though.
mikepadua
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mikepadua
Member
Costco does it for around the same price--however my local Costco (and the only one that does it within 60 miles) stopped as of last week.
The guy in the photo dept said that the hardware broke and it wasn't worth it to fix it. Anecdotally, he said that as recently as 2 years ago they processed 40 rolls a day--and lately, they process one a day.
Corran
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I used to process some C-41 films at Sam's, for $1.50 each (or, if they didn't feel like bothering with it, free!).
While it might be cheap and affordable, I am still impatient, so I wouldn't use this - I'll dev here at home. Unless maybe I go on a trip and shoot 20 rolls or something. Glad to hear feedback either way though.
While it might be cheap and affordable, I am still impatient, so I wouldn't use this - I'll dev here at home. Unless maybe I go on a trip and shoot 20 rolls or something. Glad to hear feedback either way though.
kiss-o-matic
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I have trust issues w/ sending negs to anyone (even businesses). +1 for home developing. More power to you guys supporting this guy though.
enochRoot
a chymist of some repute
I just sent in 10 rolls for development with prints and scans. Hopefully they turn out well!
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xyz3450
Guest
Can you post you experience when you get the prints / scans back? - thanks martin
enochRoot
a chymist of some repute
Sure thing. The guy was very responsive to questions and I liked all the answers so I'm hoping for the best!
mllanos1111
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I go to the Costco by my house and have them process my color film.
I tell them either develop and no cut or if I'm lazy I will tell them develop and cut.
They can usually get it back to me in 15-20 minutes and I walk around and grab it as it comes out of the machine. For the grand total of $1.25.
If it's very important to me I take to a good lab.
I tell them either develop and no cut or if I'm lazy I will tell them develop and cut.
They can usually get it back to me in 15-20 minutes and I walk around and grab it as it comes out of the machine. For the grand total of $1.25.
If it's very important to me I take to a good lab.
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xyz3450
Guest
Any news yet on how the processing worked out? Was it a good deal?
enochRoot
a chymist of some repute
Haven't received it yet. It has shipped and should be here tomorrow. I ordered optical prints so the turn around was supposed to take a bit longer, but seemed like it really didn't in the end.
PaulDalex
Dilettante artist
Anything like this in Europe?
GB, Germany (English speaking please)?
GB, Germany (English speaking please)?
Sid836
Well-known
I use Ilford's printing service. Look here for their UK based service pricing:
http://www.ilfordlab.com/page/57/Black-and-White-Prints-from-Film.htm
http://www.ilfordlab.com/page/57/Black-and-White-Prints-from-Film.htm
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xyz3450
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Great. I hope it turns out well for you. If you could share your experience thoughts (or pic) that would be great. Thanks - martin
enochRoot
a chymist of some repute
Well, due to a bit of a mixup I did not receive the optical enlargements. They still all use a "wet" process on the same paper. Just depends on how the paper is exposed. I would say on first glance to forgo prints. Not really impressed at all. I only looked at one disc of scans (briefly) and they appeared better than the prints. I'll report back when I have more time to go through everything. Neil was great from a customer service standpoint, but my gut instinct is "you get what you pay for".
Gregoyle
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@enochRoot,
Can you give details of how the negs turned out (i.e., scratches, etc.), and what the scans look like, how big they are, and so on? If he is charging under $2 per roll for develop *and* scan, and the scans are somewhat decent, he is beating Sam's club and Costco.
-Greg
Can you give details of how the negs turned out (i.e., scratches, etc.), and what the scans look like, how big they are, and so on? If he is charging under $2 per roll for develop *and* scan, and the scans are somewhat decent, he is beating Sam's club and Costco.
-Greg
davidbivins
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I'm interested in the eBay-marketed lab that does dip-and-dunk processing (though now I can't find the listing). My favorite lab that processed that way in NYC (L&I) closed, and while I've been happy with the place across the street from them (who they sent their customers to) I now feel like I have to have more options. Duggal messed up my film twice, so they're out (and I've heard they send their stuff to another lab when they have too much work).
For snapshots, all of the above make sense, but you're still putting your film through a mechanical process where it's being handled by a machine.
For snapshots, all of the above make sense, but you're still putting your film through a mechanical process where it's being handled by a machine.
