List of Mail Order Film Labs

brianmquinn

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When I am out with my film camera I hear the question, “Where to you get your film developed?” all too often. I would like to put together a list of mail order labs. Most of the population does not have a local lab just up the street any more.

In the Digital age people do not want to wait for their photos. To cut down in the time film is in the mail a closer lab may be better. I have listed labs by location. If you live in Maine it may be faster to ship your film to Connecticut then to LA. But not always. Some labs today might only run E6 or True B&W one day a week. Sending to a further away lab that still does daily runs maybe faster if you shoot E6 films.

If you know any other labs in the USA or overseas just list them. Comments on any lab are welcome.

I know many of you have a local chain stores that do send out work or maybe even has a one hour lab still. One problem with that is the one hour lab may be good on Monday when an employee you cares is working but VERY poor on Tuesday the other guy is running it. Big companies are always trying to cut costs and they often change who and how their send out film is developed. So good in December and bad in January when they change service is not uncommon. Big chains don’t care about your film they just mostly care about the other items you buy when you are in the store. A quality film developing lab will at least care enough to try to keep service high.

Arizona Tucson
Photographic Works
http://www.photographicworks.com/order.htm
California Carlsbad
North Coast Photographic Services
http://www.northcoastphoto.com/film_developing_scans.html
California Hollywood
Richard Photo Lab
http://www.richardphotolab.com/
California Huntington Beach
Bison Photo
http://www.bisonphoto.com/35mm_Film_developing.html
California Long Beach
Fromex Photo and Digital
http://fromex.com/mail-order-film-processing.html
California San Clemente
The Darkroom
http://thedarkroom.com/film-developing/
California San Clemente
Swan Photo Labs
http://www.swanphotolabs.com/swan08/services.php
California San Fancisco
SF Photoworks
http://www.photoworkssf.com/services-and-rates/film-processing
California San Rafael
Marin Filmworks
Dead Link Removed
Colorado Denver
Dr5 Chrome
http://www.dr5.com/
Colorado Denver
The Slide Printer
http://www.theslideprinter.com/e6-slide-developing-thank-you/
Connecticut Mystic
ABC Photo
http://abcphotolab.com/
Illinois Chicago
Gamma Imaging
http://gammaimaging.com/darkroom-printing/film-processing/e-6_c-41/
Kansas Overland Park
Process One
Dead Link Removed
Kansas Parsons
Dwayne's Photo
http://dwaynesphoto.com/
Kansas Pittsburg and Missouri Columbia.
MPIX
http://www.mpix.com/products/film/
Maryland Hampton Park
Clark Color Labs (Same company as York Photo)
http://www.clarkcolor.com/Content.aspx?Page=Order+Form+&+Mailing+Label#.UDEMrc_Xb_Y
Ohio Youngstown
The Photo Place
http://photoplaceonline.com/film-developing.html
Ohio Fairfield
The Darkroom Professional
http://www.thedarkroom.us/digital_servicesNew3.html
Oklahoma Tulsa
Apertures Photo, http://www.aperturesphoto.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40&Itemid=215
Oregon Portland
Blue Moon Camera and Machine (They do good work with 110 film)
http://www.bluemooncamera.com/send_film.php
Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Philadelphia Photographics
http://www.philadelphiaphotographics.com/
Vermont Bennington
Vermont Color
http://www.vermontcolor.com/index.asp?p=13010
 
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brianmquinn

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Some of the labs listed are current APUG advertisers.
If you need a lab to start with why not one of them?
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)
 

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Colourworks: http://colourworks.com/

They offer C-41 processing up to 11x14, E-6 and B&W up to 8x10
As well as optical RA-4 up to 30x40 and optical B&W up to 20x30
 

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brianmquinn said:
Some of the labs listed are current APUG advertisers.
If you need a lab to start with why not one of them?
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)
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Great idea. I've been using TheDarkroom, San Clemete CA, for the past year or so. Great service!

Thanks, Brian, for starting this thread; this has been very useful to me already!
 
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I'm about to give Praus Productions Inc. -- Dead Link Removed -- a try this week. I have several E6 rolls to send and I'm unhappy with the local lab (CRC/Vista). I'll post back in a week.
 
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brianmquinn

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Thanks for the post.
If you list a lab please note where it is located.
One of the reasons I started this is so people could find labs close to where they live.

Praus Productions is in:

New York - Rochester
 

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In St. Louis, Missouri: Allied Photocolor.

I use them for my B&W film development. They only use XTOL, in a "dip and dunk" process. I've been very happy with them; very consistent results.

http://www.alliedphotocolor.com/
 
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I just used The Darkroom for the first time and very impressed. Sent my film off on Monday and already have my scans viewable on the web tonight (Wednesday). Should have my CDs and prints on Friday. I used NCP prior to this and happy, but wanted to try a different lab. Might try Richard Photo next.
 
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brianmquinn

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bvy said:
Sticky?
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There actually is similar Sticky Thread under Product Availability titled, “Lab Services”

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

I posted this in the Color section because I do all my own B&W at home but mail in my color work.
I think this is common for many hobby photographers.
 
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brianmquinn

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The previous reply reminded me of another Texas Lab (Dallas if I recall correctly)
http://www.bwc.net/bwc/services.aspx
I have never used them but they have taken out full page ads in photo magazines in recent years.
Maybe since they can pay for ads they are doing good work.
 

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