Where to process 8x10 color negative film in the USA?

[formanproject]

Hello everyone!

I will be getting my first 8x10 camera soon and was thinking about getting a box of Portra 400 for a series of portraits.

The only thing is, I have no idea where to process it. I've processed my own color negative film in the past, but at over 15 dollars a shot I don't really want to take that risk. The lab I use for my professional work (The Find Lab) caps out at 4x5 sheet film.


Anyone out there have any reccomendations?

-Tom

[formanproject]

Ok so I just did a bit more research and I see many people using Jobo or Cibachrome 8x10 drums for processing black and white. Would this be a viable option for color film as well if I were to self develop it using a Tetanal kit?

[Dhuiting]

Ok so I just did a bit more research and I see many people using Jobo or Cibachrome 8x10 drums for processing black and white. Would this be a viable option for color film as well if I were to self develop it using a Tetanal kit?

I do my own 8x10 c41 and E6 In a Jobo. I highly recommend it. Very easy and rewarding.


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[formanproject]

I do my own 8x10 c41 and E6 In a Jobo. I highly recommend it. Very easy and rewarding.


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Thanks for the reply! Do you use tetanal kits for your C41? Also, which Jobo tank would you reccomend?

[Dhuiting]

Thanks for the reply! Do you use tetanal kits for your C41? Also, which Jobo tank would you reccomend?

I use the Arista c41 kit from freestyle. It’s one gallon for $70. Pretty good deal.

For E6 I use the Fuji hunt 5L kit for $199. (There are definitely cheaper kits, but I’ve had weird things happen with the 3-bath E6 kit. )

For drums I use the Jobo expert drums (3010 for 4x5 And 3005 for 8x10)

For c41, Once in a while I get some spots on the film where it has stuck to the drum on the backside, and all that means is I need to re-fix for a minute or two in a tray, so I just collect the fixer from the drum in a tray and re-fix the ones that have some blue blotches of silver halide that was not removed from the places where it stuck to the back of the drum. It’s never ruined a negative.

Same goes for E6, but it happens less often with the Fuji hunt kits. But if you get yellow spots on the E6 film you just need to re-bleach for a little while and then re-fix.


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[profvandegraf]

Dodge-Chrome in DC area does C41,E-6 and BW up 8x10. https://www.dodgechrome.com/

full disclosure: I work there but not in film processing lab.

[rorye]

While I like Oscar's in SF apparently they only do E6 and b&w in 8"x10", however I have a lot of friends who swear by Dickerman's and they do 8"x10" in C41
https://www.dickermanprints.com/processing

[Mark Sampson]

Edgar Praus, of Praus Productions in Rochester. No one better.

[Jim Becia]

Edgar Praus, of Praus Productions in Rochester. No one better.

Highly recommended.

[ic-racer]

but at over 15 dollars a shot I don't really want to take that risk.

At $15 a sheet I'd not take the risk of anyone else handling the negatives...including postal workers...