problem child Loc: Kingman AZ

I know most of you have digital stuff. But if anyone out there still does film I'd like to know where you get it processed. All we have here is Walgreens. I've seen things like snapfish but don't know anything about them. I also shoot slide film, and medium format, and have to take it to Las Vegas ( poor me ) to get devepoled. I only live 100 miles from Vegas.
Walgreens is ok but I'd like some more ideas..

sparky192 Loc: Manitoba, Canada

try walmart, loblaws, safeway.....ask your local camera store.... google it - lots of labs online
Sparky

rocco_7155 Loc: Connecticut/Louisiana

If you have a Costco nearby, they do processing also... Its fast and very good.

Ljensen Loc: OKC

Film processing is tricky. Three big issues I've run into:

1. Quality of developing
2. Can they do slides, B/W (fewer and fewer do)
3. Quality of scanning negatives to digital

1. There's only one lab I know of in OKC that does film anymore. I gave them a roll of color slide film and it came back with a distinct blue cast. Thought it might be my camera, but subsequent developing by other labs has not shown that problem.

2. If you can find a lab that processes color film, *still* they may not do slides or B/W. There are B/W films that can be processed C41 (what most labs use for standard color film). I bought a few rolls, but haven't seen the results yet.

3. Scanning negatives to digital is another issue, quality can be variable. I'm visiting in Rochester NY right now and have tried a local photo store & Target. Both have given me digital photos that have lines across them, like dirt was on a roller or something. Also, image size is variable (like around 300kb from one place to several mb at another). Of course, perhaps incorrectly, I'm assuming the larger the scanned image, the better the quality I have to work with.

So,.... I've started sending my film to TheDarkRoom.com and so far am very pleased with the results. There are others, but I just semi-randomly chose this one. I just want my film processed and get back digital images. Then I decide what to print.

Anyway, good luck finding a place to process your film and give you results you are happy with. If you can find something local, you're fortunate. If not, don't despair, there are good mail-order labs out there.

flyingcrown1 Loc: Moravian Falls

Another very good one is Dale Labs...mail order. Good luck!

sparky192 Loc: Manitoba, Canada

A CAUTION!!!
When I take (or took) film to a new lab, (or my old one also) I watch the machine operators for a few minutes. If they are not wearing nice clean white gloves they dont get my film...... Fingerprints on emulsion is like losing virginity, it only takes once.
Sparky

problem child Loc: Kingman AZ

Thanks for the help guys. I'm gonnna look into the mail order ones. I'm getting a Canonscan 9000f to scan my negs. I have an old HP Photosmart film scanner that does a pretty good job for now. I will still take my slides to VEGAS! They still sell 35mm slide film and 120 for my Yashica medium format camera. They will also develope the mediuum format stuff. http://saharacameracenter.com/

franmcob Loc: San Diego, CA

i'm doing film here in san diego ca i have a place where i like to go but i'm going back to doing it myself as i did in class.
The photo you see is film done by candle light and if you look real close bottom left side you will see my face as well

hidden faces

franmcob Loc: San Diego, CA

scan film www.ion-audio.com this is not a fast way to do it but very good transfer to the computer second i have used scanners as well what i like most i picked the resalution the higher the better. if you do send it out to convert you want to know wat res will it be and format. If it isn't high enough such as kinko 72 dpi and jp as well I had to re-do my friend work before the party
When i scanned this was 600 dpi and as a tiff yes it is a very big file

franmcob Loc: San Diego, CA

to find a place is there a college class with film the students will tell you where they go that is how i found the one i use

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

dwaynes photo in kansas does film processing they were the last lab to process kodachrome. Another item of concern with cvs and wallgreens. back when everyone shot film, the chemicals in the 1 hour machines got changed often. Now that hardly anyone drops film off for development any more ( the words of the cvs and wallgreens photo clerks i talk to) the chemicals don't get changed which can effect print quality. another reason to shoot digital.

franmcob Loc: San Diego, CA

b/w they will not do many of the films ilford high end kodak if the film is a c-41 they will do it

MPratter Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

I used to have it developed at Ritz.

I shoot exclusively film and develop it all at home now. Color and black and white. I can make darkroom prints in black and white but can only can color at this time.

When you do it yourself it costs A LOT less, start up costs are one-time.
When you do it yourself, you have control over push and pull development
When you do it yourself, you can experiment with alternative processes
When you do it yourself, and this is most important, the kid at the lab never scratches it.

It's way easy, hell, even I can do it. And you get to play with chemicals and pretend you're a mad scientist.

franmcob Loc: San Diego, CA

i just added u to my flickr i like your b/w shots

flyingcrown1 Loc: Moravian Falls

Very interesting topic! I believe film will remain an art form and not die out completely if at all. Photo emulsion has no pixels. The point may become just rhetorical but I do believe film is THE preeminent photo medium for serious artists, and I shoot a lot of digital, so mine is not a strictly biased opinion. Comments anyone?