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FilmDev with the small scans is still cheaper than Darkroom without though. £6 v £7.70.
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FilmDev with the small scans is still cheaper than Darkroom without though. £6 v £7.70.
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NiknTrik after exactly 3 weeks said processing was complete. They seem to have posted out the negatives within hours of completion. Only I haven't had a download link. There's nothing in the account area with the download information either. Completion email was lunchtime yesterday so I expected scans soon after.
I emailed them this morning and they said the scans had been sent a while ago but I've not had the link which is weird as normally wetransfer ones don't tend to go missing. They've emailed a link to the ECN2 films only and not the B & W. Scans are dated 7th so they have been done a while. So it's annoying the download email didn't arrive.
ECN2 look ok but they don't do any rotation which is a bit disappointing on the P17 as it means correcting a lot of them. The developing is much better and there aren't the weird marks like there were on the AW dev and scans.
They have been quick to re-send the missing ones so can't complain. Actual scan quality seems pretty good. I think without the wetransfer emails going missing it would have been a better experience so will definitely give them another go at some point.
Filmdev remain top of the tree. I never have to do anything at all. Just weed out the duffers and shove them on flickr.
I emailed them this morning and they said the scans had been sent a while ago but I've not had the link which is weird as normally wetransfer ones don't tend to go missing. They've emailed a link to the ECN2 films only and not the B & W. Scans are dated 7th so they have been done a while. So it's annoying the download email didn't arrive.
ECN2 look ok but they don't do any rotation which is a bit disappointing on the P17 as it means correcting a lot of them. The developing is much better and there aren't the weird marks like there were on the AW dev and scans.
They have been quick to re-send the missing ones so can't complain. Actual scan quality seems pretty good. I think without the wetransfer emails going missing it would have been a better experience so will definitely give them another go at some point.
Filmdev remain top of the tree. I never have to do anything at all. Just weed out the duffers and shove them on flickr.
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Althoiugh FD don't do dev only, their included basic scan at £6 still makes it great value.
I like have the basic scan as a We Transfer as it shortens the time between finishing the roll and the inevitable disappointment.
I like have the basic scan as a We Transfer as it shortens the time between finishing the roll and the inevitable disappointment.
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NiknTrick negs arrived ok today as they were sent out on Wednesday of this week. So that's good. I don't think I will use them again as the lack of rotation and B & W developing issues have put me off. Their standard scan looks the same resolution as the FilmDev medium. 3xxx by 2 xxx or so. Their own re-spool was 3xxx by 4xxx in the P17.
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Darkroom UK in Cheltenham do dev-only, in fact IMHO it's far too expensive to use them for scans. They are usually very quick, and have a Freepost label. Never had a problem with them. They use XTOL I believe. Last time I asked, Filmdev and AG used IlfoTec DD (commercial variant of DD-X).