Slide developing (in various regions)

[menelajas]

Hello guys,

Because in my country (Lithuania) is only one place were I can develop slides (it cost about 10$ one 4x5). Here lab starts developing only when the certain amount of slides are presented to developement (one time per week).


I am wondering how much slide developing is in your country?

Maybe it's worth to send slides for developing to other place?

[Ian Grant]

The other option is get a kit and process your own, it's quite easy in a Jobo or similar tank.

E6 LF processing is getting expensive everywhere, many labs that processed continuously throughout the working day not process 2 or 3 times a week, others subcontract.

There are many good labs you could post your films to but you add more risks.

Ian

[Alexander Ghaffari]

Wow, and I thought the 3 hour development of 4x5 slides was expensive at my lab ($2.75 per E-6 4x5). They only process Monday through Friday. I can send 4x5 E-6 out to Denver by mail for $2 per E-6 4x5 with a 24 hour turnaround and free shipping both ways.

Personally, I would send film out, well I do that already, but I would especially if I had to pay those astronomical prices. Best of luck!

[menelajas]

You are lucky, Alexander. As I thought in USA is much cheaper...I think it would be cheaper to send...

What about prices in UK or Germany?

[Stephen Frizza]

I own and operate the Lighthouse lab in bondi N.S.W Australia. these are my prices for E-6 film processing

35mm 36exp $8.00 AU
120 $7.50 AU
4x5" $6.00 AU
8x10" $15 AU
clip test $5.00 AU
push/pull free


~Steve Frizza
The Lighthouse Lab

[BrianShaw]

($2.75 per E-6 4x5)

This is about what I pay here in Los Angeles, at a lab that does 2 (or is it 3) E-6 runs per day... 6 days per week. And, yes, I know how lucky I am!

[Chris Nielsen]

I own and operate the Lighthouse lab in bondi N.S.W Australia. these are my prices for E-6 film processing

35mm 36exp $8.00 AU
120 $7.50 AU
4x5" $6.00 AU
8x10" $15 AU
clip test $5.00 AU
push/pull free


~Steve Frizza
The Lighthouse Lab

Wow! Your price is about half what I pay locally (NZ) - you don't do international orders, do you? Can't cost that much to send film across the ditch, surely...

[Ian Grant]

My local lab in the UK no longer offers an E6 service, he'd been sending the work out to another lab in Birmingham for the past 3 or 4 years anyway. I mainly used the same Birmingham Lab for all my E6, since 1976, but that seems to have ceased trading recently.

Peak Imaging are always highly recommended in the UK and charge £2.04 per 5x4 E6 sheet (approx $3.00)

Ian

[menelajas]

It would be great if you could share labs coerdinates, which take international orders . I'm interested in Europe region (due to shipping issues).

[Ian Grant]

You would have to contact Peak Imaging direct, it's unusual to send processing abroad simply because it's usually easier to get it done locally. In your case it makes more sense though.

BTW quite a number of UK APUG members seem to use & recommend Peak Imaging, I've never used them myself.

Ian