LAB SERVICES
35mm & 120 Services
This shipping label or QR code is free, just add this item to your cart.
We’ll e-mail you a prepaid USPS Ground Advantage shipping label or QR code within 24hrs for you to send your negatives to our lab.
You have options:
USPS Shipping Label: prepaid label that you can print, attach to your box/envelope, and drop off at any USPS Blue Box postbox or in-person location. You can even schedule USPS to pick up your package from your home mailbox for free.
USPS QR Code: Use this if you don’t want to print your label, and would rather take your package to an in-person USPS location or self-serve kiosk for them to print for you.
We’ll ship you a box to send us your negatives in, as well as a prepaid USPS label for you to pack up, slap on, and send us your film. How convenient!
Box: 4”x4”x4” - 200lb test strength and enough room for 15+ rolls.
Postage: USPS Ground Advantage, prepaid to our lab. Just stick it on the box and drop it off at any USPS mailbox or in-person facility. USPS will even pick it up from your home mailbox for free.
DSLR scans only, does not include film development. Price is per roll of film, 35mm or 120.
If you’ve got mounted slides or only want a few images scanned, email us your project and we’ll price your project individually.
Our standard resolution for scans is comparable to other lab’s “XL+” size scans. We provide images at ~9000 × 6000px for 35mm and 6000 to 8500px on the long side for 120 format, depending on the format aspect ratio of your images.
EXPLANATION OF OPTIONS:
Post Processing:
Basic Scans - We DSLR scan the negative, then auto-convert it with software. We’ll perform some basic corrections to make sure your photos look great. This leaves some room for you to edit the photos yourself or can be shared as-is.
Premium Scan & Editing - We’ll spend significantly more time editing the photos to ensure better density, contrast, saturation, and color balance/consistency throughout the roll. If you’ve got a specific editing style you like, we’ll tune our editing to match your preferred style. Leave us some style references in the notes at checkout.
File Type:
JPEG - Standard high-quality JPEG files that provide enough data so you can still edit the files in post. ~9000 × 6000 pixels.
TIFF - These files are much larger and contain more data. Choose this if you’ve got big plans to edit these files significantly.
TIFF 4-Shot Pixel Shift - we’ll capture four consecutive RAW images and combine them into one image. In each of these photos, we capture full Red, Green, or Blue (RGB) data for every single pixel. Once we recombine the images in post, the resulting image is completely free of false (estimated) colors, color moiré, and represents a more accurate and robust set of color data to work with. Added bonus, it also more accurately renders film grain as it effectively bypasses the Bayer demosaicing filter.
Dust Removal:
Standard - We’ll digitally remove any large imperfections and do our best to reduce dust as much as possible, but you may find a few very small specs here and there to remove yourself in post for the photos you want to share or print. DSLR camera scanning does not have automated dust removal like other systems, but provides significantly better end image quality.
Professional - We give images a second pass and remove any and all dust/debris/imperfections by hand digitally. Images will be free and clear of all imperfections.
Film development only, does not include scans.
EXPLANATION OF OPTIONS:
Push / Pull Process:
No Push / Pull - We’ll develop normally. Choose this if you set your ISO on your camera to the ISO specified by the film manufacturer on your film canister / box.
Push Develop +1 Stop - We’ll extend the development cycle to counteract underexposure of the film. Choose this if you’ve intentionally or otherwise set the ISO on your camera to be one stop faster than recommended by the film manufacturer. For example, you’ve shot an 800 ISO film at a setting of 1600 ISO on your camera.
Push Develop +2 Stops - Same as above, but for +2 stops. For example, you’ve shot a 400 ISO film at a setting of 1600 ISO on your camera.
35mm Half-Frame Services
Shipping Add-ons
PLEASE NOTE:
Free inbound shipping label or QR code with your order if you purchase 3+ “Develop and Scan” rolls. Just add it to your cart and it will automatically apply the discount if you meet the 3-roll requirement.
Free negative return shipping if you spend over $65. We also always include a prepaid USPS label when we return your negatives, which you can use for your next order to send us your film for free. You can also reuse the box.
If it’s your first order, and you don’t have a box, you can purchase one with prepaid inbound shipping using our Inbound Film Mailer add-on.
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