The eternal (and recurring) question

[sweathog]

Apologies if this in the wrong place.
Yet again, as it seems to be a cyclical question; can anybody recommend a good place in the UK for 35mm and 120 developing, preferably a dev & scan service.
Mail order is fine, and price and quality are the feedback/recommendations I'm searching for.
Any thoughts everybody?

 

[alistair.o]

Here you go. One suggestion; I have used them and will use them:

http://www.peak-imaging.com/

Hope it goes well.

I have used these. They did well IMO and are nearer you.

http://www.rapideye.uk.com/

 

[Michael Markey]

Ilford are pretty good .

http://www.ilfordphoto.com/wheretobuy/bwprocessinglabs.asp

 

[sweathog]

Here you go. One suggestion; I have used them and will use them:

http://www.peak-imaging.com/

Hope it goes well.

I have used these. They did well IMO and are nearer you.

http://www.rapideye.uk.com/

Thanks, I've heard of Peak before so may well give them a try.
Looked at RapidEye but, my goodness, they aren't cheap, are they?

 

[sweathog]

Ilford are pretty good .

http://www.ilfordphoto.com/wheretobuy/bwprocessinglabs.asp

Cheers Michael. I tend to work mostly in colour but for BW I may return to look at Ilford.

 

[Brian Atherton]

For the past three years I've sent my 35mm and 120 black and white films to Birmingham-based Ag Photo Lab for processing and high res scans to CD.

They supply a post-free bag for sending your films to them, and they have been reliable; usually a seven working day turnaround, though after the New Year it was ten+ days but they were doing a price reduction promotion.

The odd film scan has had a little more dust than I've been happy with, but in general I've no complaints as I do my own post processing with Photoshop. Decent processing (with push/pull processing) and no films scratched or lost.

http://www.ag-photolab.co.uk/index.asp?function=CART

 

[citizen99]

I mostly use Club 35 for 120, not the most expensive, fast turn-around, and with your returned film they send you a Freepost envelope for your next film. They have a NORITSU KOKI QSS-32 33 scanner.

 

[sweathog]

Thanks Brian and citizen99, those both look like good options too, and very competitively priced too. There's so much more out there than I've managed to find on my own little research (A.K.A. a brief saunter down Google Lane).

 

[HHPhoto]

Apologies if this in the wrong place.
Yet again, as it seems to be a cyclical question; can anybody recommend a good place in the UK for 35mm and 120 developing, preferably a dev & scan service.
Mail order is fine, and price and quality are the feedback/recommendations I'm searching for.
Any thoughts everybody?

Also have a look here at this thread:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137289

There are some recommendations for UK labs as well, and most of them offer not only E6, but also C41 and BW.

Cheers, Jan

 

[horizonism]

For all your C-41 35mm, I can't recommend these guys highly enough:
http://www.photo-express.co.uk

They're great value, scans are consistently immaculate, and their turnaround is very fast. They're also nice people. I usually post my films on Monday and have them back on Wednesday morning (first class post is £1 per order).