Where do you get your pictures processed ?

[fredus]

Hi there,

After many months of 100% black and white, I think I'm ready to go back to color a bit. I used to send my rolls to A&I but I think I want to try something different ... Were do you get your rolls processed ? At your local Walgreens ? Costco ? Pro lab ?

Fred

 

[simonankor]

I get all mine done at a local pro lab, including my b/w. They always do a good job so I trust them. had to shop around a bit though.

 

[parks5920]

I really like the results that I have been getting with Fuji processing. I drop them off at Longs Drugs, to be sent in to Fuji. I have had good luck with the Fuji 1 hour processing too.

 

[Doug]

I can take my film to the local 1hr lab and ask for Pro processing, then they send it to their main facility 45 miles away, and it's then back at the local store two days later. The advantage is lab processing in a climate-controlled and filtered area, better quality control, and higher resolution in the lab scans. They use Agfa machinery.

 

[Nikon Bob]

I use the nearby A&P stores 1 hr lab to process the negs with not prints. They do a decent job and I scan and print at home.

Bob

 

[wierdcollector]

I are totally inept at Photo Shop etc. so I get all my shots processed as prints by the local A & P (Hi Bob), Walmart if I want prints and disk, occasionally Superstore/Shoppers Drug Mart/Zellers if I want a change of pace. Most one hour labs have been ok to me with Superstore being the only one to scratch 2 rolls of my negs. (from 2 different cameras brought in at the same time, so I know it wasn't the camera)

 

[peter_n]

Color goes to Motophoto, a one hour lab. I've tried them for B&W and they're terrible so B&W goes to a pro lab, Zona in Somerville, MA.

 

[dmr]

Were do you get your rolls processed ? At your local Walgreens ? Costco ? Pro lab ?

We have a local independent lab that does a great job, both for developing and scanning, but they are somewhat spendy, so I have most of my everyday stuff done at {blush} Wally World, but lately I've been taking more of my stuff to Walgreens, since I found one store that does a consistent job and I've now got them trained to do a DO-CD.

I used to take a bunch to Target'but they started scratching negs and were very nonchalant about it plus started doing a very nasty job on scans. 🙁

In short, the consumer places vary from quite good to quite yucky quality, and it seems to take time to find one place that does it consistently.

 

[SolaresLarrave]

My university has a E-6 professional lab (that may be closing in December... 🙁 ), and they usually do a very good job. The few times I shoot print film, I send it to Snapfish (good job, price and free online gallery).

I've been sending my Kodachrome to Dwayne's Photo, and they really do a good job.

 

[captainslack]

I send my slides toDale Labs in Florida. I've been getting my color negs done at Walgreens, but half the time the scans come back upside down! Wolf/Ritz Camera does a good job, but for the price they charge, you might as well sent them to a pro lab. I just sent my first set of color negs to Dale, so we'll see how they look.

From SL's recommendation, I think i'm going to give Dwayne's a try for a roll of Fuji Acros I've had sitting around for awhile. Might give Kodachrome another try, too.

 

[Fedzilla_Bob]

In San Diego we have a lab called Chrome. They process E6, C41 and B/W (about the same price as E6 for process only). Process only for color negs is only $3.20. I have not been let down once. The work is usually done on 2 hours. Often done in 20 minutes.

 

[hjfischer]

If you can survive the 10 day turn-around time, get a mailer from York Photo Labs and send your color film to them. Cost is $1.95 for 24 exposure rolls; $3.15 for 36 exposures and 4 X 6 prints. Add $1.00 for the optional contact sheet to locate the negs and $1.30 for postage.( A photo CD is $2.95 but I prefer to do my own scanning). I've tried several other processors mentioned, including Dale Labs which is excellent. But York is the least expensive and they do good, clean work. Highly recommended.

 

[tetrisattack]

There's an agfa installation near where I work (Crown Image in Everett, Washington) that's run by a few women, all of whom remind me of my mother. I love sending work their way 'cause they know my name, even though I only stop by so infrequently to do color work. The guy who owns the shop is a b&w enthusiast and keeps all of my favorite materials stocked; rodinal, ilford pearl, etc.

In a pinch though there's a Film Stop in Queen Anne in Seattle, which is very close to where I live, and they do excellent, honest work with a ridiculously short turnaround.

 

[Duncan Ross]

Hi there,

After many months of 100% black and white, I think I'm ready to go back to color a bit. I used to send my rolls to A&I but I think I want to try something different ... Were do you get your rolls processed ? At your local Walgreens ? Costco ? Pro lab ?

Fred

It's hands-up and admit time that I send my films to one of the main postal-order labs here in the UK. Things tend to be more expensive in the UK compared to the states so getting 24 exp film processed and printed for £2.99 incl. postage plus two free Kodak Gold 200 films is good going.

And the wait is exciting!

 

[kiev4a]

I shoot mostly color negative so I just drop it off at the local Wallgreen and have them just soup the film and sleeve the negs -- $2 a roll -- then I scan at home. It's tough to scew up the negative development unless the lab has a machine that cuts grooves in the emulsion. If I have soemthing really important I might have it developed and printed at a custom lab. Black and white I do at home.

 

[RObert Budding]

I use A&I mailers, even though the turn around time is 2-3 weeks. I do have one good local lab, but their hours are 9-5 M-F. I guess they don't want amateurs like me using their services.

I tried a local 1 hour with a Fuji Frontier (Cameras, Inc, in Arlington, MA). They claimed they could process 120 film, but it was a disaster. The prints with NPS had a green cast, including skin. I insisted on reprints, and the creased and scratched my negatives. But the reprints were terrible, too. I'll never buy anything from them again!

Robert

 

[Roger Hicks]

Do it yourself. Well worth it!

And with 86 rolls waiting (I got home from a 4-week trip yesterday) a lot cheaper too.

Cheers,

Roger (www.rogerandfrances.com)