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I have a 35mm film SLR camera that I a learning to use and have filled my first three rolls of film full of pictures. I need to have it processed - where would you recommend?
It's 24 exposure Fuji film Neopan 400 black & white film. Initial enquiries suggest it's going to cost me around £10 per film - I can't quite believe it's so expensive. Any help is appreciated.
google Peak Imaging and Leach Colour Group.
Both are Pro - Labs that should be able to help, if they are still processing B+W it will likely cost you much more than a tenner I afraid.......
Other option may be to check the small ads in the back of Amateur Photographr or Black and White Photographer magazines and see if there is a lab local to you and / or find your local camera club, join up to get help in learning (try and visit a couple of different ones first, they can be erm, intersting, groups of people.... look for a group thats about photography, not one thats about waving their latest new toy around....) and there'll likely be someone there who can show you how to do it yourself. its not hard, just takes patience.....
If you're in Lancashire look up Lancashire Monochrome - a group dedicated to the art of B+W - be it traditional or digital.
Have fun.....
That's about average nowadays. as Marsdenman says Peak Imaging are good. Snappy Snaps are OK if it's nothing too important. But you need to check what your local branch is like because they vary a lot. My local one is not too bad, Dev and put onto CD is about £10 and that's for a 1hr turnaround.
Thank you for the advice!
DIY - some chemicals, a a dark room and a devloping tank.
Second DIY.
processing the film is easy and cheap. Have a look on the web for a proccessing tube and a couple of spirals and a few bottles of processing chemicals (developer and fix) and away you go.
I go to a local college and use the darkroom that they have so i dont have to have my own for the printing of the pics but developing the film can be done in the airing cupboard (thats where i do mine). Once the film is in the bucket you can do the rest in the kitchen.
Really satisfying. And. You will get infinetly better results in my experience than what you will get having had the film and prints bashed through a machine. Your own printing will be so much better than the machine which before i did my own bashed out constantly over exposed prints.
Good luck
I did my own and it was great fun. To get the darkness I just used a proper black cloth bag for putting the film into the developing tank/tub thing instead of a dark room.