Photo Labs in NYC

[MinoltaUser10]

Thank you Senjay Sen and frotog. I shoot 35mm. From what you wrote, it seems that you're recommending LT1 and Duggal as long as it's not LF. I see that you like the person in Rochester but I would not trust the mail. Having lost a roll of Kodachrome that I mailed for processing some years ago, I would not mail undeveloped film again.

Do you have an address or telephone number for LT1? I can't find them on a Google search, though I did find Duggal's address.

Thank you

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

I use Duggal for E-6, rollfilm and LF, and I think they've maintained standards pretty well.

For C-41, you have to be specific about requesting optical prints and proof sheets, if you want them. I realized this when I got some proof sheets and was surprised at how sharp they were for proofs made with the negs in file pages (the page border was visible), and then I checked with a loupe and realized they were scans output to RA-4, meaning they were sharpened.

I really prefer contact sheets to be contact sheets, with emulsion-to-emulsion contact so I can judge sharpness from the proof, without having to check the neg.

LTI's website is http://lti-lightside.com/lti-gallery.html

 

[Sanjay Sen]

Thank you Senjay Sen and frotog. I shoot 35mm. From what you wrote, it seems that you're recommending LT1 and Duggal as long as it's not LF. I see that you like the person in Rochester but I would not trust the mail. Having lost a roll of Kodachrome that I mailed for processing some years ago, I would not mail undeveloped film again.

Do you have an address or telephone number for LT1? I can't find them on a Google search, though I did find Duggal's address.

Thank you

I can understand that you've had a bad experience sending film by mail, but so far I've sent three batches of Kodachrome to Dwayne's and didn't have any problems.

My experience with LTI and LF film has been bad, but I'm sure others must have had good experiences. They have done a good job with 35mm and MF.

I've not had any negative experience with Duggal so far with their processing, scanning is another matter. Also, Duggal is a much larger shop and I don't get the impression that they care much about customers like me who go in once or twice a month with a few rolls / sheets. But they have always been polite.

David already mentioned LTI's website, but here it is again with their street address:

LTI Photographic Services
34 East 30th St
(Between Madison & Park Ave)
New York, NY 10016
212.685.6871
info@lti-lightside.com
http://www.ltiny.com

They are open Monday to Friday, from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM. They used to be open till 8:00 PM until a few months ago, and that was more convenient for me.

 

[MinoltaUser10]

Thank you David and Senjay for the additional information and addresess. The LT1 site has been compromised. When I went to it my security program caught a trojan trying to be loaded from it. While that does not reflect on their film processing, I just want to warn everyone not to go to the LT1 website.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

McAfee didn't give me any alerts for the LTI site. Are you sure you have the right site? It's LTI, not "LT1."

 

[MinoltaUser10]

Yes, I checked and it was LTI. Sorry I misspelled it with a "1" on my reply.

 

[MinoltaUser10]

Update:
I took the recommendation to use LTI and I was satisfied with them. They were friendly and helpful. I felt some prints came out overexposed and they re-did them without any hassle.

P.S. It seems that they fixed whatever the virus problem was on their website. I went on again a few days ago and the anti-virus software did not detect any problem.