Experiences with this lab?

[Mats_A]

My last attempt to get some advice on E6 labs bombed. So I try again. Does anyone of you have any experiences (good or bad) with Metrocolourlab (UK). They have decent prices for both development and scanning.

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Mats

 

[Ian Grant]

If you mean the UK lab they are OK, I've not used Peter Gaffney for about 20 years but he does the colour D&P and E6 for many shops in the Birmingham area as well as through mail order and the lab counter.

I never used him for E6 because he doesn't do large format, and I used a lab 5 minutes from him. I did use him for C41 snaps when he had a shop, and also bought an enlarger from him. He's been around a long time with a good reputation.

Ian.

 

[ozphoto]

When I worked as an assistant in London, a couple of the photographer's I worked with used Metro - they were very happy with the results and wouldn't dream of using anybody else.

 

[Mats_A]

Thank you. I will give them a try. Have a roll of Astia in the Rollei. It's actually cheaper for me to send this roll to UK for developing/scanning than to a lab in Finland. Crazy world this.

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Mats

 

[mablo]

Shimoda, have you tried "Who's Next Lab" in Helsinki, Sörnäisten Rantakatu 38 (I think). It's a regular place for art school students and other colour film connoisseurs. They do E6 and C41, all sizes. Cost for development is €6 for a roll (135/120). They don't do scanning unfortunately.

 

[Mats_A]

Shimoda, have you tried "Who's Next Lab" in Helsinki, Sörnäisten Rantakatu 38 (I think). It's a regular place for art school students and other colour film connoisseurs. They do E6 and C41, all sizes. Cost for development is €6 for a roll (135/120). They don't do scanning unfortunately.

I haven't tried them. I had one roll developed at Kuva-Paijula in Turku. Very good result and price is also good. Unfortunately their scanning prices for 120-films is too much (IMO).
Maybe I need to get myself a scanner. Or maybe a 6x6 projector. Or both.

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Mats

 

[Ian Grant]

When I worked as an assistant in London, a couple of the photographer's I worked with used Metro - they were very happy with the results and wouldn't dream of using anybody else.

A different lab Nannette. Metrocolour in Birmingham is more biased to amateur work while Metro in Clerkenwell, London is a high end pro lab. The prices will be quite different as well as the services offered.

Ian