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Our Services
Visit the lab during opening hours to place a processing order or mail in's are also welcome. Our turnaround time for general orders is 3-4 working days. We're a small scale lab focussed on quality. Our services are primarily developing and scanning, we don't offer printing.
Colour Negative (C-41)
Roll films are machine processed adhering to strictly controlled parameters. Control plots are monitored daily to ensure your film receives quality and consistent results. Sheets are rotary processed using one shot chemicals. We can push max +2 stops with a temperature based push.
Price includes cutting and sleeving as default
Black & White Negative
Hand wound onto spools then developed in a semi-automatic rotary processor. We use diluted Kodak D-76 as our default developer, other developers are also available.
Price includes cutting and sleeving as default
Other developers include Tmax +$5/roll, Rodinal +$5/roll, Xtol +$5/roll when available.
Service Extras
Archival Sleeving $2/ roll
Your roll hand cut and sleeved into archival safe, acid free negative sleeving for storing in ring binders.
Priority Order +50%
A fee total to 50% of the order, prioritised and bumped to the front of the queue ensuring a 24hr turn around.
Digital Contact Sheet $10/ roll
An overview of your roll highlighting all frames. Good for seeing exposure differences and camera malfunctions. Price includes archival sleeving.
Push Processing +$5 per roll per stop
Flextight Scanning
Imacon Flextight 848
"The last scan you'll ever need" Is how to best describe our Flextight service. Ultra-high resolution scans used for printing BIG. Huge amounts of detail can be captured through this scanner. Max resolution is 8000ppi. Average file size for RGB image is 300+MB
(for 35mm other frame sizes vary in size)
3F File p/frame $10
Images straight scanned and delivered in Flextight's FFF file format. A raw scan that can be edited in Flexcolor, a free software downloadable on Hasselblads website. Frames are dusted with compressed air prior to scanning.
Balanced TIFF $15
Your 3F file exported as a TIFF file with its histogram RGB balanced accordingly for work in Photoshop. No retouching added
Print Ready File $30
Your image file ready to go to straight to the printers. Colour grading adjustments and/or matching to previous scans, spotting and retouching of your files( max 10 min editing p/frame).
All prices inclusive of GST
Digital files
Once your order is completed, if you have ordered scans they will be delivered by your own special gallery where all of your ongoing orders will be uploaded into for easy access and archiving. All develop and scan orders are rotated, renamed with their order and roll number and retouched for any dust and spotting that might occur during the scanning process.
This is our job bag. For mail orders please click the image and print directly from your browser. If you cant print feel free to send us an email or accompany your films with a note and your required services.