35mm developers

Grumbledook · 26 Sep 2006 at 22:04

Just wondered if anyone on here has sent away 35mm film to get developed.

Preferably in black and white and possibly blown up.

I heard a lot of photo labs can produce bad images, specially with B&W prints.

MacX · 27 Sep 2006 at 19:41

These guys might know what they're doing.

http://www.peak-imaging.com/

This page details the processing they do and that they DO know the difference between C41 process dye B&W and the traditional B&W process.

http://www.peak-imaging.com/htmls/iprocess.htm

Mohain · 27 Sep 2006 at 19:59

^^^ What he said. Probably the cheapest pro lab you'll find.

aztechnology · 29 Sep 2006 at 19:14

Grumbledook said:
Just wondered if anyone on here has sent away 35mm film to get developed.

Preferably in black and white and possibly blown up.

I heard a lot of photo labs can produce bad images, specially with B&W prints.

Developing the film should really be pretty staight forward for any lab. I guess what you are asking about is printing onto paper. There is a massive amount of leeway into what happens here, pehaps a local pro might be willing to help suggest someone...

Lostkat · 29 Sep 2006 at 20:16

Colab are pretty good

... I assume they still do film anyway. Not used them for a while.

[edit] Yep they do

Simian · 29 Sep 2006 at 22:24

I use C41 B&W film which can be developed on a Colour machine, which opens a whole load more places to get em developed!...

I just get em done at Asda, unless its an important set of prints then I go to a camera shop in town!..

But the 7x5's I get from Asda are very good!... Not had a bad one yet!.

TRiP · 29 Sep 2006 at 23:59

i use c-41 b+w film quite a lot now that i dont have darkroom use. try a roll of koday 400cn and take it into your local developers, unless theyre completely useless you should get good results.