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Best place to Develop Film in US


NCPS gave me coiled up entire rolls of 120 and 35mm in drop-in continuous sleeves. No dust, no scratches through the 25-ish rolls. Perfect.
 
I am very blessed to have access to Rockbrook Camera here locally in Omaha. They are even on my way to work.
 


It used to be like that at Calypso Color Lab of Sunnyvale, CA. I loved that place. I'd drop off a box of provia in the morning, on my way to work and pick it up in the after noon. They had light tables that were the size of desks, did fantastic work and had very reasonable prices. It was a terrrible loss for me and the film community here in Silicon Valley when they closed. That was the beginning of the end of color for me....sigh.
 

Swan Photo...I've sent them a ton of B&W roll film (snap shots) for D&P. They are the "back end" company for the pre-paid B&W mailers sold by Freestyle. They do nice work and make machine prints on real photo paper. My only complaint with them is that their customer service people (whom ever answers the phone) seem pretty....ah, "uninformed" w.r.t. the services and processes the company offers.

EDIT:I suspect that Swan photo and TheDarkroom.com are one and the same comapny...if not, they are very closely coupled.
 
Dwayne's, The Darkroom, Old School Photo Labs are my three go-to labs states side.
 
Fixcinater said:
NCPS gave me coiled up entire rolls of 120 and 35mm in drop-in continuous sleeves. No dust, no scratches through the 25-ish rolls. Perfect.
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Awesome. I'm about to send a pile of portra their way.


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Ilford lab

Ilford now has a lab in the US. Has anyone tried it? The website says they do b&w primarily, but also c41 and e6.
 
37th Exposure said:
Ilford now has a lab in the US. Has anyone tried it? The website says they do b&w primarily, but also c41 and e6.
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I think they are using Swan/The Darkroom- same address. There may be some "special" Ilford component/features.

I've use The Darkroom- did a good job.
 
So - follow up. I mailed four rolls of 120 to NCP on tues (1 roll ektar, 2 portra 160, and 1 portra 400). I am now sitting at my computer scanning them. Yes. Out and back four days.

Negatives are lovely and clean, came dust-free, uncut, and tucked in the plastic wrap-around folders.

I am completely delighted. Total cost for mailing, processing, and return postage for 4 rolls was $30.95.

I will definitely be using them for all my colour film.


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I think you people should try millerslab.com. They only do C-41 (no E6, or BW). They charge 2$ a roll for 120, 4$ a roll for 136-36. They offer overnight to and fro shipping for $4. The minimum order amount is 10$. I have had very good experience with them.
 
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