Mail-order film processing

[elmarman]

Thanks for the heads-up, mate. I've got a bunch of rolls of 120 slide film in the fridge and didn't know who to turn to now Peak Imaging has gone under.

If you do send E6 films to John Salim mention my NAME Peter Elgar of Brentwood

 

[kshapero]

I have had all my film processed by The Darkroom in San Clemente, CA., and have been pleased with their performance. Check out their services and pricing online at their website Photo Lab Film Developing | Develop Film by Mail for $12 - The Darkroom

Have used The Darkroom.com for years for film developing. Within the last two months, they have shut me out of access to my scanned photos. My user name and password suddenly do not work. I have sent them numerous emails with no response. THIS SUCKS!!!

I need a new home for developing and scanning my film. In home is not option and the co-op darkroom in the basement of an art gallery closed over 20 years ago. Who works best for you?

 

[Disappointed_Horse]

I highly recommend Fulltone Photo in Louisville, Kentucky. They do really good work and their prices are the lowest I've found:

Home Page - Fulltone Photo

 

[ray*j*gun]

Photo Lab Film Developing | Dwayne's Photo

I used Dwaynes about 6 months ago and they were good and not too expensive. They have been around for a thousand years.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

Dwaynes always comes up in these discussions, with good reason. They are fairly priced, consistently good, and have reasonably quick turnaround. They are the lab that your E-6 film actually goes to when you use Fuji prepaid mailers. That in itself speaks volumes about their quality and consistency.

 

[Tuna]

+1 for The Darkroom out of CA. Used them for years and never a problem (I am in VA). I use mailers and only have them develop negatives and the negs are always super clean. I ran photo labs back in the day and the amount of film run through a machine per day matters as fresh replenishment of the chemistry for each roll run keeps the chemistry “healthy”. The Darkroom seems to be busy (and they have been very efficient in their service and communication). My local labs aren’t busy at all and do a terrible job of keeping up their machines.

 

[sooner]

I've been a big supporter of Dwayne's mostly for the price and fact they mount E6 slides by default. Lately, however, I've noticed them taking a long time to scan my film, and I worry they will lose business because of this. I called them and the lady I spoke with said they were down to one machine for doing the scanning. My thought was, "well, add some machines!"

 

[ray*j*gun]

I hope that's not a harbinger of bad times at Dwaynes. I'd hate to see them disappear.

 

[raydm6]

Nice little story about these guys - Underdog Film Lab:

Underdog Film Lab is preserving the art of darkroom photography

The West Oakland business is one of a handful of places left in the East Bay where film enthusiasts can process and develop their film, and print photos.

oaklandside.org

Home - Underdog Film Lab

Underdog Film Lab is your one-stop shop for all things film photography. We offer professional film processing, printing, and scanning services, as well as a wide selection of film formats 110, 35mm, 120, 4x5, Polaroid, Instax and motion film for sale. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just...

www.underdogfilmlab.com

Reminds me of watching old Underdog cartoons as a boy 🙂

 

[stevierose]

Jim Grey has put together a very nice list of labs with their basic prices and services here: A long list of by-mail US film labs - Down the Road

 

[Rayt]

I want to start shooting color c41 film again with my Rolleiflex and am looking for a lab that will scan high resolution and give me TIFF files. I have a Nikon LS5000ED for 135 film but no way to digitize roll film. Seems most of the labs I have looked at so far will only output jpg. Why is that? Also if a lab provides TIFF files then are they 14 or 16 bit scans or 8 bit saved as TIFF?

 

[Darthfeeble]

Not mentioned by anyone but if you're happy with the current lab, don't they offer mail-in? If they don't they may be the only one in the world that doesn't.