So, I've used two different labs for bulk order prints or fun stuff like metal prints in the past few years, however the one that develops film is in California (bayphoto). I'm in Indiana. Has anyone had a good history with a lab in the Midwest/East Coast. BTW, I tried Gama in Chicago once. I'll never do that again!
first post knocking Gamma ,,,, nice
After reading the reviews in that link... I guess Gamma is having some customer service problems. That is too bad because good labs are going away faster and faster these days and not due to any customer service concerns... just the mass exodus to digital methods.Originally Posted by Eric James
I've never used them so I have no reason for any more comment.
But here in the East I use Tech Photo & Imaging in Fairfield, NJ.
Are they the best I've ever used?... don't know for sure but they are up there with my top 5. And their prices are actually too cheap in my opinion.
Used to be one could get MF/LF film processed in two or more places in every town and I had my favorites that were close by. Now TPI (for me) is the only lab anywhere nearby for E6. C-41 in small and MF I can still get done locally but that is it.
If you have to mail film anyway it would be worth giving them a try. contact info as follows:
Tech Photo & Imaging
1275 Bloomfield Avenue
Fairfield, NJ 07004
973 227-4646
www.technicalphoto.com
email: jcc@technicalphoto.com
John Castronovo
All natural images are analog. But the retina converts them to digital on their way to the brain.
You might consider West Coast Imaging:
http://www.westcoastimaging.com
I really like Pictage for all of my printing needs and well as proofing. Here's quick review that I wrote on my photography tutorials site: http://www.slrlounge.com/pictage-ver...anager-smugmug
Hope this helps!
samy's in Santa Barbara does great c-41 and e-6 work.
they get my business when I don't have the time do to it myself
www.samys805.com/film-processing/
never had a problem with them either.
they run a FULL DI/RO water system in their lab, SPOTLESS film!!!
not many labs do that, especially at their prices
-Dan
Burne Color Lab in Madison, WI.
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
How many of these labs also do full-service color printing?
I wish there was a place I could get color prints from 4x5 film, just as simple as it used to be to get minilab prints and enlargements from 35mm film. All the labs seem to sell film developing and scanning services and printing services separately. When I work in color, I have no interest in creative input beyond pressing the shutter button.
Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.
--A=B by Petkovšek et. al.
Try Edgar Praus in Rochester.
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