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where to develop half frame pictures I have film taken with a Yashica Samurai X3.0 camera. Where can I get the film developed. It is half-frame. I have not been able to find anyplace to develop it. Would be thankful for any information yo can provide.
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John A. Lind |
If you're using color negative (C-41 process marked on the cannister), any lab should be able to develop the film, including one-hour labs. They may not be able to print it though. Any full-service pro lab should be able to print the negatives. In addition, Qualex (Kodak Premium Processing) should be able to print it. This is the "Kodak" overnight send-out service with drop boxes found in discount department stores, drugstores, grocery stores, etc You will end up paying more per roll of film . . . not for the film developing (which is the same for half or full frame), but for the printing because you will have twice as many prints per roll. If you use this method, be sure to mark it "35mm half-frame" in the special instructions box on the envelope. -- John
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Piper Lehman |
I was just about to ask about medium format processing, so I'll ask it here instead of starting a new thread. Where do most of you get your 120 neg and/or slide film developed? I'm currently using Adorama's mail-order labs to get my 35mm film done, but they don't do 120/220. Is there a good mail-order lab out there for MF besides Qualex (not crazy about the lovely scratches along my slides from Qualex---no dip and dunk apparently.) Thanks in advance!
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John A. Lind |
Piper, I send all my 120/220 to a pro lab in The Big City about 50 miles from me (I live in The Small Town). As with you, I'm not fond of how Qualex handled the first few rolls of medium format film I sent to them. They are OK with small format 35mm or APS. That is their "bread and butter" and they handle enormous volumes of it. By comparison, 120/220 MF roll film is such a miniscule percentage of overall film usage they don't handle it well, especially with very, very few 120/220 users sending any to them. Had one roll of chromes "lost" for several months and several more of negatives light fogged along the edges as it was unspooled for processing improperly. Originally thought it was faulty film inserts and was about to spend over $200 having three inserts overhauled. Then I tried a pro lab with about a half-dozen rolls of chrome and negative, some 120 and some 220 using all three inserts. As if by magic, there was no light-fogging. After that I stopped sending 120/220 to Qualex. -- John
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