Used one of these on holiday:
It is disposable.
Now looking to have the photos printed.
Haven't done this for years... Any idea where? High street preferred if not ridiculously expensive.
I think Snappy Snaps still do. On most high streets I think.
Your local Boots *might* have a photo mini-lab still in it, but they are slowly disappering. Other than that, there are still plenty of send-it-off dev labs.
The larger supermarkets may still have a machine. Though TBH I'd think I'd prefer to send it off to one of the bigger firms as they ought to have the throughput to keep the chemicals fresh. A supermarket or High Street shop may not have much throughput these days and wring the last bit out of the chemicals before (expensively) replacing them.
There's a local photographic dealer near me who not only has a 35mm minilab, but he can also cope with 120 rollfilm.
I live in the Potteries, but there are still a few proper camera shops dotted round the country.
that'll be the ones that Jessops didn't snap up (pun not intended!)
tim
I see Jessops are re-opening some branches.
I've seen large ADSA stores with film processors in the last year or so
Failing that
Never ever trust Max Spielmann
A bunch of lying incompetent cheating shysters who apparently derive pleasure by losing films shot by pensioners on their last ever holidays.
Try
My local Sainsbury's fairly recently revamped/expnded their store and has a "Photoshop" department that does proper chemical processes.
We also have an independent "camera shop" which does that sort of thing.
In fact, doesn't Jesse Boot still do processing? .
think my newmarket lab still does that if you are in west suffolk east cambs area.
Failing that they can scan it at high res and use their digital photo printer!
On 29/07/2013 23:02, The Other Mike wrote: ...
A trick I was taught in the 1960s was to make the first frame a picture of a sheet showing your name, address and telephone number. Films going missing is not a new phenomenon.
Colin Bignell
Used to do that with my glass plates... :-)
The "name" was rescued by Peter Jones.
Only a few stores will reopen
tim
I had one done over the counter at Boots about 6 months ago; can't remember the price but did do a bit of research first and they were best value I found IIRC. They just developed the film and provided a CD (ie no prints, althought they would have done if required).
David
Maybe not, as they use the same processor for both digital and film prints, so throughput will be roughly the same for the last 5 years.
I used to service these machines, and they were kept in very good condition generally, any deterioration of the chemicals showed in the print instantly, it is not a case of the chemicals being changed once a month or so, they are constantly being replenished, so the chemical should be at the same quality level for 6 months, when it becomes necessary to change all the internal rollers, as they get coated with black tar like substance, and if not changed, they put black tar marks on the prints. Again, it is instant that you see if you have this problem, so the operator would stop the processor, make a call to the service team, who would be there the next day to change the roller set.
Er . . as far as I know,they only process *digital* photos - which you have to upload to their website.
Bugger. Just realised the last time I used them for film was in 2009
Did a disposable camera for my son last year at the local Costco. If you can blag a membership their on-line service for digital prints is also really good and far cheaper than printing them out.
it's pennies for a 6" print
Pete@
Spoke to my local Snappy Snaps and they sill do them, so I'll pay them a visit tomorrow.
Thanks all for your advice.
Did that with my Dive Canmera ... still not come back though, last seen heading down on Shark & Jolanda Reef in Sharm el Sheikh.
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