For anyone looking to buy/process film in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City

I don't have affiliation with the shop. I just found this gem while in Saigon and thought it could be useful. The place is called Darkroom Cafe. It's not that far from the famous BenThanh market. 3 stories shop, ground floor and 2nd floor is coffee shop where all the local film shooters hang out. half of the 2nd floor is film store and 3rd floor is the lab, I think. Most of the folks chillin' in the cafe are smoker though, so be warned. The local film community is apparently alive and well, I wish I can speak Vietnamese.
Cafe itself is pretty interesting with old decor. I haven't checked their film variety since I had enough rolls at that time.

I've met the owner, who is very nice. There's actually two shops and the second one has quite a collection of cameras.

They should have plenty of 120 HP5 since I donated around 70 rolls when I switched to 4x5.

Cheers, James

Oh great! James, do you know if they normally stock 120? Who's the owner by the way?

I've thrown away his card, so I don't remember the owner’s name now. The other store is in Ward 7. He opened that store first and it was successful enough to allow him to open the other shop in district 1.

About 120, when I visited there, they had Tri-x 120 in stock. I didn't pay attention to anything else. Kodiak film seems to be easy to come by here, but not Ilford.

If you want to check out some film cameras for sale, look at the shops around Khanh Long’s in district 1. They only sell digital, but there are several shops along that street that have film cameras.

Cheers!

James Bleifus said:

I've thrown away his card, so I don't remember the owner’s name now. The other store is in Ward 7. He opened that store first and it was successful enough to allow him to open the other shop in district 1.

About 120, when I visited there, they had Tri-x 120 in stock. I didn't pay attention to anything else. Kodiak film seems to be easy to come by here, but not Ilford.

If you want to check out some film cameras for sale, look at the shops around Khanh Long’s in district 1. They only sell digital, but there are several shops along that street that have film cameras.

Cheers!

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Definitely going to check these shops! Actually I should've been there by now if it's not because of the virus.

Do they process film there as well? I'm looking for ways to buy and process film on location rather than to struggle with airport security.