What mail order film service: do you guys use? I just bought a Pentax SF1n SLR, and an Agfa Optima .I have film for both b&w and color. Thank you annie...

OutdoorOldie

do you guys use? I just bought a Pentax SF1n SLR, and an Agfa Optima .I have film for both b&w and color.
Thank you
annie

Doc Barry Loc: Huntsville, Alabama USA

MPIX.com

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

Photo Labs
Bay Photo (California)
http://HollandPhoto.com (Austin, TX)
Laserlightprints.com (Santa Cruz, CA)
Meridian Pro lab (Parsons, KS)
Miller (Kansas)
Nations Photo Lab (Hunt Valley, MD)
www.prodpi.com (Minnesota)
TheDarkroom.com (San Clemente, CA)
TCR Imaging Center (Tempe, AZ)
whcc.com aka White House (Minnesota)
Whitewall.com (Germany)

OutdoorOldie

Thank you,Sir!!

BebuLamar

It would be difficult to have the lab print B&W.

Mombie Loc: Ohio

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f8lee Loc: New Mexico

rjaywallace wrote:

Photo Labs
Bay Photo (California)
http://HollandPhoto.com (Austin, TX)
Laserlightprints.com (Santa Cruz, CA)
Meridian Pro lab (Parsons, KS)
Miller (Kansas)
Nations Photo Lab (Hunt Valley, MD)
www.prodpi.com (Minnesota)
TheDarkroom.com (San Clemente, CA)
TCR Imaging Center (Tempe, AZ)
whcc.com aka White House (Minnesota)
Whitewall.com (Germany)

FYI, Laserlight (who I loved) has been bought by Bay Photo - I got an email from them to this effect a couple of months back. I wrot to ask if the quality would suffer and Erik Peterson of Bay responded saying that Bill used to buy his blank aluminum stock from Bay in the past few years. But the point is they are now the same company.

Bigmike1 Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.

I have a collection of film cameras, most in working order and several with film in them. Just how expensive is it to have a roll of film processed and printed?

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

OutdoorOldie wrote:

do you guys use? I just bought a Pentax SF1n SLR, and an Agfa Optima .I have film for both b&w and color.
Thank you
annie

I use Mike's camera in Boulder, Colo.
A tip. The charge to develope is a per roll. Try to buy 36 print film. Cut costs by one third. I generally pay I the neighborhood of $50 total per roll. That is acquisition and development.
Get a disc only, no prints and save more.
Enjoy it. Film is not dead. There is a pleasure in using these old cameras that is undefined. Plus you slow down and think.
Bill

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

Bigmike1 wrote:

I have a collection of film cameras, most in working order and several with film in them. Just how expensive is it to have a roll of film processed and printed?

Depending on age of film in camera, and if in doubt, I would not pay to have it processed. Get fresh film on line and get 36 shot per roll for reason stated earlier.
Keep film and batteries in a freezer to extend storage life. Warm before loading.
Bill

BebuLamar

newtoyou wrote:

Depending on age of film in camera, and if in doubt, I would not pay to have it processed. Get fresh film on line and get 36 shot per roll for reason stated earlier.
Keep film and batteries in a freezer to extend storage life. Warm before loading.
Bill

I would process film already exposed regardless how old. You would never know what on it. I would not use unexposed film pas their expiration date. Although film price is high now it's still not worth it to use expired film.

neh

I too have film cameras that I use occasionally. I also use both outdated and new film. I have yet to have a bad experience with either---the outdated film I get is generally not too outdated. I particularly like to use SLR film cameras with manual focus, but occasionally use rangefinders. I also use simple digital cameras, a DSLR camera, and a smartphone camera. All are fun.

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

BebuLamar wrote:

I would process film already exposed regardless how old. You would never know what on it. I would not use unexposed film pas their expiration date. Although film price is high now it's still not worth it to use expired film.

Perhaps you can clarify something. My impression was that film was realitivly stable until exposed. Once the shutter snaps there is a chemical reaction triggered that may be slowed but not stopped. I keep exposed film in the freezer till I have six rolls. Less per roll shipping. I bought many cameras with film in them. I saved it only to see how the mechanics of the camera worked. Never had a desire to see someone else's family photos. Or spend the money for processing. Now,would exposed film, regardless of content, deteriorate? In how long? Am I waiting too long to process?
Some of the higher end but discontinued film still goes for a premium and is ten years past the expired date or more. Is it worthwhile to purchase it?
Unanswered questions.
Bill

BebuLamar

newtoyou wrote:

Perhaps you can clarify something. My impression w... (show quote)

Both unexposed and exposed film deteriorate. Old exposed film may or may not be successfully developed. But to me there is nothing to lose except the cost to process it. I am curious to find what's on the film. For new pictures I wouldn't take the risk of expired film where the characteristic of the film has changed. When I shoot film I depend on a known characteristic of the film. I won't take any risk with the images I am going to take.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

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