Cheap film develop and scan in Dublin?

lrem

It's been a few years since this has last been answered here...

Where would you recommend developing and scanning C41 film, preferably in Dublin, with a reasonable price? For reference, printpoint.ie charges 6€/roll, but that requires postage.

Heebie

There's a place on oconnell street with Fuji equipment, and another around the corner on Abbey Street.
I prefer scans done on Fuji gear over AGFA or Noritsu.
I'm not sure about pricing or resolution.

lrem

I've first went with the places most often mentioned in the Internet: Conns Cameras and John Gunn. Both do develop and scan for a total of 9€. Both use Fuji SP-3000 scanner setting it to about 3600x2400 resolution. The one significant difference is that CC shares the images over wetransfer, JG burns CDs. I wanted to attach example scans, but apparently it's forbidden for new users.

Effects

CDs! In this day and age!!!!

magicbastarder

the notion of people coming in with camera film sneering at such outdated formats as CDs. i'm going to ring joe duffy about it.

Heebie

magicbastarder wrote:

the notion of people coming in with camera film sneering at such outdated formats as CDs. i'm going to ring joe duffy about it.

Indeed! The nerve of not processing one's own film in private!

Effects

I bought a film scanner to save on the scanning fees. It paid for itself fairly quickly.
Except I haven't scanned anything in about two years. I've got them all processed, but that's about it. I shoot film infrequently these days so just drop them in to Conns individually.

lrem

I've went that route a long time ago (in fact there's still a Coolscan in some attic waiting for me), but that's a bit too painful from what I remember. With a single scan taking well over a minute and the process not being funny at all, it's effectively valuing my free time at below 10€/hour - not a good trade for an overworked parent.

I'm actually considering making my own DSLR-based rig. Chances are I won't use it, but tinkering is fun, unlike waiting for a noisy machine to do its thing.

Heebie

lrem wrote:

I've went that route a long time ago (in fact there's still a Coolscan in some attic waiting for me), but that's a bit too painful from what I remember. With a single scan taking well over a minute and the process not being funny at all, it's effectively valuing my free time at below 10€/hour - not a good trade for an overworked parent.

What CoolScan is it?

magicbastarder

An old coolscan may not work - driver issues etc.
Mine was retired after I had to retire my xp machine and move to win7. It was a SCSI one though.

Effects

magicbastarder wrote: »

An old coolscan may not work - driver issues etc.
Mine was retired after I had to retire my xp machine and move to win7. It was a SCSI one though.

You just need a scsi to usb 3 adapter. They’re easily available, right?

lrem

I believe it was LS-30. Memories of using that thing feed into my reluctance to ever consider doing my own scanning. While the results were not bad after some tweaking, it required multi-scan. For some reason the motorised film feed didn't work. So, it was a routine of "put the thing roughly in place, wait 20s for a preview scan, put the thing actually in correct place, wait 2 minutes for a full scan, go to next frame". Not something I would look forward to.