Color labs - Looking for suggestions

[ljsegil]

Phoenix Imaging, 2219 W. Grand Ave in Chicago.
LJS

[IanMazursky]

LTI in NYC is amazing. Ive worked with them for many years and they’re always helpful and their work is amazing.
They are a full service lab with D&D E6, C41 and B&W. Their traditional printers never cease to amaze me!

[Oren Grad]

http://www.colorservicesllc.com/

[Ben Syverson]

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...

Gamma is not a lab anymore. They're an office with a phone. They outsource everything.

Gamma's film processing is done by Phoenix Imaging on Grand Avenue. Phoenix is amazing, has great prices, and they're the nicest people in the world.

In NYC, I've used Primary, and they're also fantastic. Their lab is in-house as well.

[Jim Michael]

There is quite a bit of good info on color labs here. We were looking for a lab for my wife to send her film as well as to recommend to her customers (she is a fine art printer). The work from Praus came back flawless.

The main problem with the other labs she tried was dirt embedded in the emulsion most likely due to a failure to maintain the air filters in the drier.

Try Edgar Praus in Rochester.

[mrladewig]

If you consider Denver to be midwest, there are two good labs there. The Slideprinter (aka Denver Digital Imaging) does E-6 and C-41 up to 8X10 (though it is only listed up to 4X5 on the website) and they are very friendly. The other is Reed Photo Imaging who do C-41 and E-6 up to 4X5, slightly more expensive, but always very good quality. These are the only two I know of who actually process large film in Colorado. Photocraft now sends their film to Reed, though they list the service on their site.

[z_photo]

Nashville
http://www.chromatics.com/

[rycollier]

I started this post a while ago and went ahead and sent my pile of film to Bayphoto. I got an email today that said they wanted $10 a sheet for 4x5 c-41 dev only. $3 was the old price. I said, send it back mister. I really hope that they didn't get it confused and try to process it E-6... to be continued.

[roteague]

Try Edgar Praus in Rochester.

I've used Praus in the past. Excellent service, even for me; I live in Hawaii. I too use West Coast Imaging for printing. They do outstanding work.

[Kirk Gittings]

Try Edgar Praus in Rochester.

Ditto. real professionals.