re Berkeley, California:They also do E6. Prints are high-quality, if I am any judge. I have one of my best former students installed there. Owner Andrea is a sharp gal and has successfully managed her labs presence when so many were unable to keep the doors open.Photolab in Berkeley, California does a nice job for me. I only use them for processing black and white film. They do that well and consistently for me. I haven't had prints, scans or color processing done, just film processing.
Dale
Berkeley Mike - I know this is a stretch, but do you recall if Photolab still made large prints in the darkroom? I've stepped away from photography for about 3 years...and see most all of the Bay Area labs have closed up optical printing...re Berkeley, California:They also do E6. Prints are high-quality, if I am any judge. I have one of my best former students installed there. Owner Andrea is a sharp gal and has successfully managed her labs presence when so many were unable to keep the doors open.
Where are you located? If in the USA, I am very interested.I own my own lab where I process E-6, C-41 B&W and Scala film in sizes from miniature formats up to 12x16" sheet via dip and dunk.
I also hand print Ra-4 B&W, Ra-4 Reversal and Ilfochrome to mural sizes by hand. Can do film recording up to 8x10" and drum scan among other services.
These threads tend to be more useful in my opinion if an actual list is compiled at some point at the top of the thread...
But, I've been happy with mail order processing with North Coast Photo (http://www.northcoastphoto.com/) and Precision Camera (https://www.precision-camera.com/). Both do decent lab work for 35mm and 120.
North Coast Photo (NCPS) offers both budget and enhanced scans; I think the budget scans are pretty decent for the price. They end up being about $12/roll for development and 2000x3000 scans. Their 120 scans are a bit more stingy - 2k x 3k as well.
Precision Camera is offering developing and scanning for about $12/roll too, but they give you 4000x6000 scans on 35mm. For other formats, they are even bigger for the same price. I think I got back 12000 x 4000 for my XPan scans. If you use this link (Dead Link Removed) you can get the cheaper price. Also, they have been returning the negs cut to a length of your specification sleeved in high quality sleeves, the kind you might get from Archival Methods.
I have full rez samples online from both companies if anyone is interested.
I have a few different labs I've used over the years. All of these labs process E6, C41, B&W, in 35mm and 120. I have not checked for large format.
- Dwaynes Photo. I used them for Kodachrome (of course) and E6. I stopped using the when they damaged a few rolls of E6. https://www.dwaynesphoto.com/
- A&I. They were based in California. They are now closed. No issues and I was very happy with their results.
Flagstaff Camera. The past two years I've used them. I have been happy. https://www.flagstaffcamera.com/
I had an awful experience with Dwaynes photo last year. Stay away.
It took then TEN WEEKS to process and return our film. After the first 3 weeks had passed and we hadn't heard a peep from them, we contacted them and they said they had developed it and that they'd scan it "next week". The following week... crickets. For the following 7 weeks we get into a pattern in which we call them every 1-2 weeks, they say that they're almost done, that they'll scan it next week, that they'll do it tomorrow, that they are almost finished developing the film (yeah...), that just one more week... etc.
It should not take 2.5 months to do this. If they had a problem, instead of ghosting me they should have explained that they had a problem and explained what I can expect. I actually was convinced that they had lost my film and were lying about it.
Without any doubt, the worst part about the experience was not the 2.5 months, but them ghosting me for 2-3 weeks at a time and then claiming they were almost done and they'd do the scans "tomorrow" or whatnot. I understand that "sometimes stuff happens", but for me the way they treated me as a customer is what really crossed the line.
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