Is there anyone who can recommend a shop that develops and scans B&W and color slide film, 35mm and 120, producing high resolution scans (>~15 Mpix)? I've decided to give film another go. I'd prefer a place in the Boston area, or at least on the east coast. I can find shops on Google of course, but here I'm asking for the experience of UHHers.
Hunts Photo & Video - huntspix.com is their photo service website.
McGreevy photo in Albany, NY. They’re very good.
Old School Photo (Photosmith) in Dover NH.
abc1234
Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois
I cannot understand why people want to shoot film just to scan it later. Why not stick to all digital? Or get an enlarger to print the negatives properly.
abc1234 wrote:
I cannot understand why people want to shoot film just to scan it later. Why not stick to all digital? Or get an enlarger to print the negatives properly.
Why does it matter that you don’t understand? Is someone making you shoot film?
abc1234
Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois
leftj wrote:
Why does it matter that you don’t understand? Is someone making you shoot film?
How about staying on topic?
if i was going to shoot films , i would do B/W and process them myself , not hard to do .on the other hand in color do slides , so you can view them on a viewer or projector . never tried to take a digital picture of a photo from a screen / projector .
Several sources were provided with a simple online search.
There are many more out there and a diligent online search will reveal them.
Stan
(Edited to remove invalid link)
I’m really looking for recommendations from people who have actually used such services (I can search the web myself).
The Darkroom. Good service, good prices and now, the only one I use.
TheDarkroom.com
AzGriz wrote:
The Darkroom. Good service, good prices and now, the only one I use.
TheDarkroom.com
Agree. The Darkroom is my go to lab but it’s in CA - and the OP requested East Coast labs which is why I recommended Old School Photo aka Photosmith. I have used both for C41 color, E6 color (slides) and B&W and both are very good. Do NOT use your local drug store (read Walgreens)— the scans are low def and they DO NOT return (read THEY TRASH) your negatives!
abc1234 wrote:
I cannot understand why people want to shoot film just to scan it later. Why not stick to all digital? Or get an enlarger to print the negatives properly.
Perhaps OP does not have a digital camera, and/or, does not have a facility to build a darkroom. I'm lucky, I have both, and use both. So , does that upset you also??
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