Question:
Can Walgreens/Walmart/Costco develop these films?
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2011-03-03 22:05:28 UTC
I'm getting the Diana Mini camera and I wanted to purchase some film to use with it.

http://usa.shop.lomography.com/films/35mm-film/35mm-colour-slide-film/lomography-x-pro-chrome-100-35mm-pack-of-3

http://usa.shop.lomography.com/films/35mm-film/35mm-colour-negative-film/lomography-color-negative-400-pack-of-3

http://usa.shop.lomography.com/lomography-redscale-100-pack-of-3

Can I bring these in to get developed at my local Walgreens or places like that?
Someone who has experience PLEASE answer. I know that they can develop 35mm film at those labs but I'm talking about the Slide film or the Color Negative stuff... someone please explain this all to me! I'm a lo-fi newbie here!
Thanks!
Six answers:
Johnny Martyr
2011-03-04 02:29:59 UTC
Hey Beth, good thing to consider where you're going to process before buying film. Many people seem to forget to do this! There are three kinds of film; C41 (reversal, or print film,) E6 (slide or positive film) and B&W film.



One hour minilabs only process C41 film which is the most common type of film. It is mostly color but there are two 400 speed b&w C41 films; Kodak CN400 and Ilford XP2. These films reverse the image, producing negatives. The chemicals and temperatures for all C41 films are uniform, there is really only one way (generally speaking) to proces C41 film properly. It can be processed at home but this is not as common as true b&w film.



B&W film also produces negatives, which are in reverse (blacks show up as clear on the negative and whites show up as black.) This type of film cannot be processed by a minilab and requires hand or specialized machine processing. B&W film can be processed with many different chemicals, at many different temperatures for many different amounts of tyme. It brings more creativity into the processing and can easily be done at home. You need a professional lab to do it if you're not going to.



E6 or Slide film produces positives, or slides. The images on the film are the same colours that they'd be on the final image. This film was made to be projected by a slide projector but is now mostly used to be scanned and is favoured for it's ultra fine grain and brilliant saturation. It requires a professional lab to process it or you can process at home but is more difficult than b&w.



Cross processing is popular in Lomography. This is where you process E6 film in C41 chemicals or the other way around.



All the places you listed will process C41 film but they would have to maile the other films out to Kodak or Fuji. It's generally better to find a local professional lab and eventually learn to do it at home.



The only problem you're going to have is that the Diana Mini takes half frame photos, meaning that the camera puts two images in the space where most cameras would only put one image (next to each other.) You may want to tell the lab this so they can either scan/print them as individual shots or scan/print them as pairs.



Here are some of my half frame photos:



http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnymartyr/sets/72157623435380969/



Btw, you may want to try buying Kodak, Fuji and Ilford films at Adorama.com. They are much cheaper and are usually the same films as the Lomo ones, but Lomo just repackages them and raises the price.



Good luck and have fun!
anonymous
2016-09-29 09:05:37 UTC
Costco Film Processing
mister-damus
2011-03-04 15:55:56 UTC
Question: "Can Walgreens/Walmart/Costco develop these films?"

Answer: call me crazy but why don't you ask them? I'm sure they would tell you.





Question: "I know that they can develop 35mm film at those labs but I'm talking about the Slide film or the Color Negative stuff"



Answer: 35mm film 'is' either negative or slide film (in fact, those are the only types of film, negative and slide). I recommend asking your parents to explain film to you, or getting a book from the library.



If the film you are using on your diana camera is 35mm film, then yes, those places can develop it. If the film you are using is medium format film (like 120 or 220 film), then probably not. But there are other places to develop it (don't think that drugstores are the only ones left who develop film).
slavick
2016-12-17 20:36:51 UTC
Costco Film
Alex Amedon
2011-03-03 22:22:51 UTC
You can get 35mm color negative film processed just about anywhere, including these places. Depending on where you are located, It will probably be much harder to find a lab that processes "chrome" or reversal film. Just make sure (check the box) the film is C-41 process, and you'll be fine.
EDWIN
2011-03-04 02:07:38 UTC
First, don't waste your money buying "special" lomography film - there's no such thing. Just buy regular store-brand film.



The only film that Walgreen's/Costo/Walmart develops is C-41 process film - either color or, if you want to shoot black & white, Ilford XP2 or Kodak BW400CN. They'll send out slide film for you or you can do that yourself by using Dwayne's Photo - http://www.dwaynesphoto.com


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