On: Kodak says it’s bringing back Ektachrome film

[dharma1]

I wish there was a cheap, automated service where I could post rolls of film for developing, and would get high quality scanned TIFF download links in my email a couple of days later, with the developed negative/prints returned as an optional extra. I think most of the time I would just want the scans though.

I love shooting film but it is expensive, and slow.

[artursapek → dharma1]

Support your local photo shop, if you're lucky enough to have one. I've had good experiences at Luster in NYC[1]

[1] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Luster+Photo+%26+Digital+I...

[plg → dharma1]

Dunno if it qualifies as cheap or as automated, but Indie Film Lab is awesome:

http://indiefilmlab.com

Mail them your film and they send you a link to d/l the scans, with option to return your negs

[nathancahill → plg]

Second Indie Film Lab as being awesome. About as close to "automated" as you can get.

[skeletonjelly → dharma1]

There's a place near me that I'm about to try that does exactly that plus they have dropboxes in city areas

http://hillvale.com.au/dropbox-locations

They don't print, you just get an option of paying more for hi-res scans (though from the look of it, 5444px x 3649px .JPG @ 72 P.P.I for 35mm film)

[lightedman → dharma1]

Used to be you could take a roll of film to a kiosk at a grocery store, toss in a CF card, and you'd get scanned and processed digital negatives right to the card immediately. Of course, once film went away for the most part, so did those kiosks.