Fresh start, thinking about going large format.

[Joanna Carter]

... I guess you live in the North of England, I only know of one Lab in Leeds processing E6.

I use Leach Colour in Huddersfield; excellent quality and good prices with bulk discounts. £1.73+VAT for single sheets, down to £1.30+VAT for quantities greater than 20, and intermediate breaks.

I heard that there are none in Manchester now.
Just a thought

Unfortunately true; I used to use Pro2Col but, when they closed, I changed to Leach and found that I was not getting the same "underexposed" look as I was with Pro2Col

[FearZeus]

Fortunately there is an excellent lab right on my doorstep http://www.digitalab.co.uk/index.html

Regarding the differences between film (cost, waiting for results, etc) and digital, I think the final print quality of large format not to mention just how well the system lends itself to landscape photography justifies my decision. I have been there already in my 35mm film days and although I do find it a pain playing the waiting game I think I can adjust again. My funds won't allow the sort of digital setup that I would settle for anyway, sadly

[Joanna Carter]

Fortunately there is an excellent lab right on my doorstep http://www.digitalab.co.uk/index.html

Wow £3.25 per sheet for E6 4x5 !!! It must be my Yorkshire heritage but that's one heck of a price compared to either Leach Colour or Peak Imaging.

[arca andy]

I use Leach Colour in Huddersfield; excellent quality and good prices with bulk discounts. £1.73+VAT for single sheets, down to £1.30+VAT for quantities greater than 20, and intermediate breaks.


Unfortunately true; I used to use Pro2Col but, when they closed, I changed to Leach and found that I was not getting the same "underexposed" look as I was with Pro2Col

Wow that is a good price, I pay £3.60 per sheet, but then I do live down in the Smoke. Did you want the underexposed look?
Oh I feel a E6/lab/price thread coming on.

[Joanna Carter]

Did you want the underexposed look?

Not really. Pro2Col were only the second lab I had used after a disastrous episode with a lab in Liverpool that fogged 6 sheets of film I used to wonder why it was so difficult to scan the shadows in, what I thought were, properly exposed trannies; as soon as I got my first sheets back from Leach after Pro2Col had closed, I realised that there was a lot more detail in the shadows and they were a lot easier to scan.

[Joanna Carter]

Oh I feel a E6/lab/price thread coming on.

Well, you could always start that one in the UKLFPG groups, otherwise we'll only get those darn Yanks recommending labs in Birmingham, Alabama or somewhere

[jonsmith]

I would also suggest to spend your money on lenses over the fancy camera. When it's all said and done it's just a light-tight box.