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But knowing your tastes then it must be possible for someone else to implement them somehow?
One would think...
In practice, unfortunately, I haven't found anyone else to be quite as good or consistent.
But knowing your tastes then it must be possible for someone else to implement them somehow?
I will wait to see what they say about this courier.
My other concern is customs, which doesn't come into play for packages sent to Spain, but does for Canada. In theory, exposed film doesn't have any commercial value, but that doesn't mean that Canadian customs officers will necessarily see things that way when they spy a big bag of film coming through.
H'mm if they ditched all their customers in the UK for a better life in Canada why support them....they weren't forced to go.
Yikes, this sort of thinking frightens me, if I'm honest, Brian.
H'mm if they ditched all their customers in the UK for a better life in Canada why support them....they weren't forced to go.
Yeah, didn't they realise that they're not allowed their own life? Some people are just selfish [emoji15]
I probably should have said I was being sarcastic with my post but people are allowed to live wherever they like. They're not forcing anyone to send their film to Canada, just offering the service for their existing customer base in the U.K. and trying to help out with postal costs too. Surely that is good customer service as they haven't just stopped accepting uk orders.
Why do people move to Canada? Their family are there or for a better life or to make more money or to get a job. They might have put one or two guys out of work in the UK because of the move, yet expect\assume all their customers in the UK to be happy and send all their films to Canada...crazy IMO as the customer doesn't come first (in the Uk) but is subserviant to their business.
Well OK, but it is in our interest to keep labs going in the UK without sending films abroad..... surely. Also labs in the UK need supplies, electricity, deliveries etc etc and when a lab disappears that goes as well.
As I and a few others have said before, fair play to them for moving away to somewhere they both love and wanted to live, and are now continuing their passion for film and developing in their new home. I like them as people and as long as it is feasible, I will continue to send my film to them because their service is excellent and I really liked the results that I got from them. The costs will probably work out cheaper than Carmencita for me, even with the slightly higher postage, it just means I can't send single rolls for the price of a first class stamp as I used to when they were UK based.
Also, I know a few people who used RPL or Indie Film Lab, both of whom are U.S. based and their prices are way, way more expensive.
Oh and, if I could move to Canada, I would be there in a heartbeat.
What are they planning to do with any UK customers E6 they get? Have they shipped over a 20 foot long Refrema or are they going to send it back here?
You do know who used to do their E6 don't you.
Well I don't get it in that you are indirectly saying that there is no lab in the UK that can equal their results, service, prices or friendlyness...what an indictment of UK labs
As for moving to Canada..it might be a lovely place etc but I couldn't stand their winters and in some places it's snowing already...Asha is in a nice place, Portugal or Spain is nice for the weather...well anywhere it's not too cold.
Quick a rough maths says that with today's exchange rate, to send these 5x120 and 1x35mm to carmencita, it would be approx £72 including delivery. The same to CFL will be £67 including delivery.
According to the nifty price checker, and assuming those are C41 "medium resolution" scans you're after, 3 common labs in the UK would charge you around £100 for that, and only 3 are cheaper (though one would be £33 inc postage)... So, not too bad, if you can tolerate the turnaround (that was always the bugbear for me with UKFL).
According to the nifty price checker, and assuming those are C41 "medium resolution" scans you're after, 3 common labs in the UK would charge you around £100 for that, and only 3 are cheaper (though one would be £33 inc postage)... So, not too bad, if you can tolerate the turnaround (that was always the bugbear for me with UKFL).
HuH...I'm living in the 1960's or on a different planet How much does each winning shot cost (if you can get one) inc the cost of film or if you enjoy the process of using a camera at 1/250 sec how much does it cost per sec it's dearer than Andy downing a pint
Good to know, thanks Chris. Cheaper is good, but is everything else equal? Would be interested to know who the others are. As you said, that was for a medium sized scan
Good to know, thanks Chris. Cheaper is good, but is everything else equal? Would be interested to know who the others are. As you said, that was for a medium sized scan.
One would think...
In practice, unfortunately, I haven't found anyone else to be quite as good or consistent.
Have you tried Ilford? They do lab corrected scans. £12 a pop.
For black and white, I usually develop and print those rolls myself in the darkroom. I really only require development and scanning services for colour negative film.
They do colour C41 on 120 & 35mm negs too.
I actually have used Ilford Lab once before and wasn't even aware that they processed colour. Heck, their website is all in black and white tones, which doesn't do much to promote their colour capabilities...
Have you used them for colour?
CFL's site now has details of their shipping process with DHL. You might want to sit down. $29 to ship 1-5 rolls to them, which works out at £17.78. Granted it only takes 2-3 days, but that's a lot of money I think. I'd rather wait the 5-7 days and pay £9.70, or £5.10 if you don't want delivery confirmation. (there is a £3.85 option too, but it takes 42 days ), even if they did apply taxes at the other end, it would work out a lot less.
@gazmorton2000 have you heard if your fillum has arrived there yet?
CFL's site now has details of their shipping process with DHL. You might want to sit down. $29 to ship 1-5 rolls to them, which works out at £17.78. Granted it only takes 2-3 days, but that's a lot of money I think. I'd rather wait the 5-7 days and pay £9.70, or £5.10 if you don't want delivery confirmation. (there is a £3.85 option too, but it takes 42 days ), even if they did apply taxes at the other end, it would work out a lot less.
@gazmorton2000 have you heard if your fillum has arrived there yet?
I saw that this morning. Too expensive for me that option I'm afraid. I paid the £5.10 option but had no mail yet to see if it's arrived. [emoji21]
Clients who worked with us as UK Film Lab, prior to our move to Canada, may also use our ‘film forwarding’ service for orders of 10 rolls or less. We have trusted team members still based at our old UK HQ. They will receive your film, package it securely and send it on to us as part of a weekly shipment (every Thursday) via our DHL express service at no extra cost to you. This is likely to be a more cost-effective option for smaller orders.
Have you guys not seen the biggest news that they posted for their former customers in the UK? There will be a UK-based address option for us for small batches:
One would think...
In practice, unfortunately, I haven't found anyone else to be quite as good or consistent.
Have you guys not seen the biggest news that they posted for their former customers in the UK? There will be a UK-based address option for us for small batches:
We never made any secret of the fact that our E6 developing (not scanning) wasn't done by us- we even announced the fact openly when we launched our E6 service. As it happens, we were always happy with the E6 dev service we got from Peak, so it's been disappointing to see your unprofessional remarks throughout the thread. And to answer your question, we're not offering E6 at the moment; we're extremely busy with C41 and B&W, but if/when we feel there is enough demand for it then we'll look at options here, whether that be doing it ourselves or a similar solution to what we did in the UK. E6 was never a significant part of what we did as UKFL, but we offered it as a solution for a few photographers who shoot it occasionally and wanted our eye for colour and our attention to detail.What are they planning to do with any UK customers E6 they get? Have they shipped over a 20 foot long Refrema or are they going to send it back here?
You do know who used to do their E6 don't you.
In practice, there are no useful presets or settings that can be saved and called up. As skysh4rk mentioned, every single frame is scanned and edited by eye, from scratch. No doubt if Fuji and Noritsu had continued to make film scanners........
They do!....we have a new Noritsu S-1800 being delivered tomorrow, which has just been made for us in Japan. It will be tethered to a 37 series printer. This is the latest incarnation of this scanner from Noritsu, and will be operated with the latest version of Noritsu EZController software, all running through new hardware.
This is going to significantly increase our capacity. At the moment we have to run evening and weekend shifts in order to scan and print everything, but it's still tight. Having more capacity will make a huge difference.
This isn't really about presets as such. Sure, the article talks about the elements that can be controlled in a Noritsu (which I'm aware of as we also run an HS1800), but they're not presets that can be blindly applied from one frame to the next, or left to the scanner to apply as it sees fit. It basically comes down to there being more under your control when scanning on a Noritsu compared to a Frontier. That in itself makes it sound like the Noritsu is better, but it is most definitely not. The Noritsu delivers some scenes better than a Frontier, but equally the Frontier also delivers some scenes better than a Noritsu!AAMOI comparing Fuji Frontier to Noritsu http://carmencitafilmlab.com/new-film-scan-options-noritsu-hs-1800/
Have you guys not seen the biggest news that they posted for their former customers in the UK? There will be a UK-based address option for us for small batches: