Photo Labs N. California or South Oregon region

[astral]

<p>Can anyone recommend good 'affordable' photo labs in the Northen California or Southern Oregon region please? I may be visiting from the UK later in the year and will want to have 35mm and 120 color neg. and reversal films processed and scanned with a maximum 5 day turnaround.</p>

<p>I have been quoted prices of $28 (plus shipping) for unmounted E6+scan from a S.F. lab which I feel is somewhat outrageous for a 10 day turnaround - is this becoming the norm for the US?</p>

[john_shriver]

<p>The decline in slide film sales have been more precipitous in the US than Europe, so volumes at the labs are down, driving up costs and prices. Dip and dunk E-6 is closing in on $10 a roll without mounting.<br>

You might want to consider North Coast Photographic Services, which are warmly recommended by Ken Rockwell. But they are in Southern California, so you'll need a stable postal address.</p>

[astral]

<p>Thanks John - Ten bucks a roll would be fine, and I guess SoCal could be a possibility if the turnaround is fast. I'll be visiting a friend in southern OR for several weeks - it's a "stable" area (compared to S.F.) . . . But speaking as a lapsed geologist, a little 'instability' would be quite interesting . . . ;-)</p>

 

[leicaglow]

<p>PhotoVision in Salem, Oregon does a great job. They do up to 4x5" of E-6, C41, and I think B&W. They also do scanning.</p>

[ShunCheung]

<p>If labs in the Los Angeles area are acceptable, try A&I (Alexander and Ishihara): <a href="http://aandi.com/fp.html">http://aandi.com/fp.html</a></p>

<p>They are well known, but since I haven't shot film in several years, I haven't dealt with them lately. And unless you ship FedEx overnight, a 5-day turn around between Oregon and LA is optimistic.</p>

[richard__]

<p>The only <a href="http://www.lightwavesimaging.com/">lab</a> I am aware of in San Francisco that does E6 processing charges less than $10 a 35mm roll uncut. I don't have them scan it. They normally turn processing around on the same or next day depending on when it's dropped off.<br>

But lately I've been leery of handing them any critical color work, too much of it has come back dirty and a bit scratched up. I have enough trouble shooting 35mm film as it is, I don't need any more challenges on top of that.<br>

Of course years ago when I tied A&I, I wasn't too fond of their service quality either ...</p>

[astral]

<p>According to webwisdom it seems like Lightwaves Imaging gets the vote, though I'm no fan of dirty and scratched films. However, I may just bring the films back to the UK for processing. O tempora, O mores!</p>