Where to process disc film?

tendim · Apr 11, 2016

Hello group!

I am normally a B&W person so I really don't know where to go with this one... A family member found some old (15+ year) disc film, and they are wondering where/if it can be processed. We are located in Canada, so a Canadian outfit would be preferred, but can ship to the US as well.

I found some old posts on Photo.net from ~2013, but nothing fairly recent.

Any hints and/or tips on where/if this can be processed?

Cheers.
-10d

bsdunek · Apr 11, 2016

From Photo net, I found four labs that process disc film:
Rocky Mountain Photo Lab (http://www.rockymountainfilm.com/disc.htm)
Rapid Photo (http://www.rapidphoto.net/Disc_Film_Services.html)
Film Rescue International (Dead Link Removed)
Dwayne's Photo (http://www.dwaynesphoto.com/newsite2006/disc-126-film.html)

Certainly checking them out. I have purchased many old cameras for my collection, and sometimes they have film in them. Always interesting what the results are. The last purchase included a Starflash with a roll of Kodacolor that took C22 processing. I processed it as B&W as I couldn't find a price I was willing to pay for C22 processing. Got some good photos of the women I bought the cameras from when she was about 10 years old, of her with her Father and Mother, who are now both gone. She is probably about 70. She was so thrilled when I gave her the prints! Worth it!!!

MattKing · Apr 11, 2016

I would suggest contacting West Camera in Toronto and ask them.

If you are forced to go out of country, Dwayne's Photo does a lot of mail order work for Canadians.

Be cautious before sending anything to Rocky Mountain.

tendim · Apr 11, 2016

bsdunek said:
From Photo net, I found four labs that process disc film:
Rocky Mountain Photo Lab (http://www.rockymountainfilm.com/disc.htm)
Rapid Photo (http://www.rapidphoto.net/Disc_Film_Services.html)
Film Rescue International (Dead Link Removed)
Dwayne's Photo (http://www.dwaynesphoto.com/newsite2006/disc-126-film.html)

Yup, those are the same labs I found on photo.net, albeit from relatively older posts.

MattKing said:
Be cautious before sending anything to Rocky Mountain.

Exactly why I was looking for some more recent info. I'll swing by West Camera and ask around. My usual starting point is TIW, so hopefully between the two of them I can find something reliable.

Cheers.

captain ZZM · Apr 11, 2016

maybe it can be put in tank and not use reel？or a simple plan is to use developing tray in dark but it will difficult, considering the film is so old it should pushing many times.
The color disc film should all can use C41 to processing and l never seen a bw or slide disc film.

BAC1967 · Apr 11, 2016

Didn't Rocky Mountain Film Lab go out of business years ago?

David A. Goldfarb · Jan 24, 2020

I’m reviving this thread to ask who is processing disc film in 2020. My father-in-law found a disc camera that belonged to my wife and contains what looks to be an exposed disc of Kodacolor VR C-41A process film. She doesn’t remember using it, though the camera has a Dymo label with her name on it. I gather it’s not hard to process disc film in trays or a Paterson take without a reel, but I’m not processing color these days and would rather send it out.

Any current recommendations?

Oren Grad · Jan 24, 2020

FWIW, Dwayne's seems to still do disc:

https://www.dwaynesphoto.com/common/newforms/Disc_126_127_Film.pdf

David A. Goldfarb · Jan 25, 2020

Oren Grad said:
FWIW, Dwayne's seems to still do disc:

https://www.dwaynesphoto.com/common/newforms/Disc_126_127_Film.pdf

Thanks, Oren. I e-mailed them to be sure that was still current. I’ll report back if it is.

Helge · Jan 28, 2020

The real question is how do we produce new Disc film?
The obvious answer is to cut it from a 4x5 sheet (sacrilege I know) but it would be one laborious task and require a precise stencil to prepared in advance.
Has anyone found clever workarounds?
I’m thinking View Master like disc where you can insert slivers of film etc.

Adrian Bacon · Jan 28, 2020

David A. Goldfarb said:
I’m reviving this thread to ask who is processing disc film in 2020. My father-in-law found a disc camera that belonged to my wife and contains what looks to be an exposed disc of Kodacolor VR C-41A process film. She doesn’t remember using it, though the camera has a Dymo label with her name on it. I gather it’s not hard to process disc film in trays or a Paterson take without a reel, but I’m not processing color these days and would rather send it out.

Any current recommendations?

Dwaynes or thedarkroom.com. I could technically do it in my jobo with standard c-41 (I actually get a lot of people asking about it), but prefer not to.

David A. Goldfarb · Jan 28, 2020

Dwayne’s wrote back to confirm that they are still doing it, and their website forms and prices are up to date.

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