Film Development. Where?

Dartz

I know it matters to some people, so,where can one go to get film developed these days?

The Camera Shop in Blanchardstown is where I got my last roll done, after the chemist stopped doing it.

It's grand because it's handy to me, but are there many other places that still process - or sell - film these days?


I only really use a film camera because using something so old is fascinating to me, but I know other people might rely on it and it's handy to know places just in case.

Bang Bang

The Camera Centre is very good for 35mm C41 processing and they have very good turnaround times. For traditional black & white and Medium Format developing and printing then John Gunns on Wexford Street are hard to beat.
Gunns also sell film as do Conns Cameras. The Photoshop.ie are very well priced for all formats of film and they post too.

fixXxer

Another voice in favor of John Gunns. Never had any of my films go wrong there, plus the people who run it are great and a fountain of knowledge. There's a place on Abbey street by the luas stop. Cant think of the name but any time I've used it I've been unhappy with the results.

DaireQuinlan

fixxxer wrote: »

Another voice in favor of John Gunns. Never had any of my films go wrong there, plus the people who run it are great and a fountain of knowledge. There's a place on Abbey street by the luas stop. Cant think of the name but any time I've used it I've been unhappy with the results.

That's fuji photocare, I have to say that's the only place bar Gunns where I've actually been HAPPY with the results. Haven't had to get a roll developed in a long while though. It's also the only place in the entire country that will still dev E6.

Effects

Are you still developing your own colour stuff Daire?

DaireQuinlan

Effects wrote: »

Are you still developing your own colour stuff Daire?

I am.

Effects

It's been a while since I've done any colour. Bit too much time involved and I found the 5 for €15 unicare deal a bit too easy to pass up.

Planning to get in to Platinum/Palladium printing this year though.

5rtytry56

Another voice for John Gunn from me: This establishment is the place to start one of the younger generation off on a starter film camera, like a "kodak brownie" back in it's heyday.

DaireQuinlan

Effects wrote: »

Planning to get in to Platinum/Palladium printing this year though.

There is a whole pile of funky stuff you can do once you have an 8x10 negative (or, in some cases, a positive) and a UV light source. This indirectly led to me getting an 8x10 camera, I didn't want to go down the route of printing out a digital negative, I feel it pollutes the whole process. I haven't really gotten around to doing anything other than scanning them yet though :-D

thebaz

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

I didn't want to go down the route of printing out a digital negative, I feel it pollutes the whole process. I haven't really gotten around to doing anything other than scanning them yet though :-D

Do you only shoot film Daire ?

I was with a bunch of photographers last night, they all for the most part just use film , I started film , after many years got back to photography with digital, then returned to film , and now returned back digital. I will return to film soon again.

on subject - another shout for Gunns, ther excellent & helpful too - and photocare are good too.

Dartz

I'll have to drop in to Gunns and see what it's like.

But on the other hand I'd be almost embarrassed.

DaireQuinlan

thebaz wrote: »

Do you only shoot film Daire ?

Pretty much, yeah. I have a little micro 4/3rds I picked up a while back as a holiday snapshotty carry around kind of affair but I've yet to warm to it. Otherwise film in all its different guises. My previous exposure to digital was about 12 years ago when I was travelling and got a fuji bridge cam, ruinously expensive at the time, along with a 1G compact flash which cost about €300 by itself. It had an EVF and I realised I was spending a considerable amount of time actually watching a digital facsimile of reality rather than actually looking at stuff. Pretty much stopped using it when I got back.

thebaz

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

It had an EVF and I realised I was spending a considerable amount of time actually watching a digital facsimile of reality rather than actually looking at stuff. Pretty much stopped using it when I got back.

I was one of the last of my friends to move to cd - in the mid 90's was still playing vinyl - after much slagging eventually moved and swore I'd never upgrade - vinyl is now deemed better - my son has my vinyl collection - and I'm left with a cd collection , that does have a digital hum.
I find with digital cameras they have very short shelf life , 2 years maybe - film cameras seam to last forever - just a new battery, dust down and off you go.

Dartz

Well, with film, all you need to do to have the best quality image sensor with all the latest technology and process improvements in it is put a higher quality roll of film in. The rest of the hardware is more or less timeless in that regard. It might have new features to make things easier or more automatic, but the actual mechanics remain the same.

With digitial, it's 'buy a new camera'.

Also, most people seem to get amused by it these days.... '

magicbastarder

thebaz wrote: »

I find with digital cameras they have very short shelf life , 2 years maybe

i bought by D300 (secondhand at the time) about 7 years ago i reckon. can see no reason to upgrade, it's still in as good nick as when i got it.

Effects

I'm hoping to use digital negatives to print from. Planning to shoot portraits with a 50mp Hasselblad and get those printed as large format transparencies, then make the platinum print from that. Think HP do rolls that are 36 inches wide. Obviously start small and work up to that size once I get the process sorted.

Deedeemazzy

I get my black and white (only) developed by a guy called Artur Sikora ..
He doesn't do color..
Great thing is he scanned them at high res tiff AND jpeg for you all for only 18 euro (but check with him for prices yourself)
http://www.artursikora.com/
I had a scanner myself before but honestly I had dust issues and cat hair issues so I rather to hand them over to Artur as he does such a good job.
He also does printing and is a film photographer himself so he's a total pro!

Bang Bang

Deedeemazzy wrote: »

I get my black and white (only) developed by a guy called Artur Sikora ..
He doesn't do color..
Great thing is he scanned them at high res tiff AND jpeg for you all for only 18 euro (but check with him for prices yourself)
http://www.artursikora.com/
I had a scanner myself before but honestly I had dust issues and cat hair issues so I rather to hand them over to Artur as he does such a good job.
He also does printing and is a film photographer himself so he's a total pro!

I can also vouch for the amazing work from Artur, developing and scanning of multiple formats in black & white, top class work. You can get prices and further information from http://www.darkroomservice.ie

Effects

I didn't know he did dev and scans. His photography work is really good.

amdgilmore

Folks, does anybody know what Gunn's charge for developing medium format black and white these days? (Development only, no scans or prints).

Just don't have time to do it myself lately.

Cheers