Reliable C41 lab in Germany ?

**Matus Kalisky** · 22-Dec-2010, 06:09

I shoot both E6 and C41 in format from 35 mm to 4x5. I used to send all my films to http://kontrastlabor.de/ in Cologne, but over the last few month the quality of their service seemed to go down a bit - scratches or strange spots on films and such. In the mean time I found a very good smaller lab for E6 in Munich that does a very good job and is very easy to communicate with (http://www.dia-spezial.de/). But they do not do C41.

So - anybody has a recommendation for a good C41 (up to 4x5) lab in Germany that does a good job?

**Gudmundur Ingolfsson** · 22-Dec-2010, 06:34

Besonders zu Empfehlen ; http://www.hsldigital.de/

**sanchi heuser** · 22-Dec-2010, 06:34

Hi Matus,

I can recommend www.hsldigital.de in Düsseldorf.
They do E6, C41 and BW from 35mm to 8x10.
I had only good experiences there.

Andi

**Matus Kalisky** · 22-Dec-2010, 06:58

Thanks! I will give them a try.

EDIT: more questions about http://www.hsldigital.de/ :
- did you use more of their photo services (printing, scanning ..)
- they offer also light-jet prints I would like to try ...

**Sascha Welter** · 22-Dec-2010, 07:04

The classic: http://photostudio13.de/

**Gudmundur Ingolfsson** · 22-Dec-2010, 07:37

They have processed my 5X7" C-41 sheets now for seven years, since I found out that my own C-41 processing in a JOBO was a russian roulette . Last year they made two huge plexiglass laminated prints for me that were great. Note that I am in Iceland and they in Dusseldorf / Germany.