Re: Places to get slide film developed (was RE: [APML] Number of APML members?)

[ketelsen@as.arizona.edu]

A week and a half to get slide film back?!!!  I guess I'm spoiled living
in the big city (Tucson).  Normal turnaround at Photographic Works is 3
hours - I drop it off on the way to work and pick it up at lunch... 
Normally about $8/roll with push processing.

-Dean

> Hi Michael,
>
> Welcome to APML!  Glad to see another fellow LX90 user trying out film
> astrophotography.
>
> I'm in the same boat as you in that no one locally processes slide film.
> Surprisingly enough, I started taking my slide film to Wal-Mart and I've
> found their quality is consistently excellent.  I was told to make special
> mention of it by printing "SLIDE FILM" on the envelope when I drop it off.
>  They send it off and it takes about 1 to 1 1/2 weeks to come back.
> That's still quite a while to wait, so my wife and I are putting together
> a dark room (slowly).  But in the meantime, Wal-Mart works great.  They
> are also the cheapest around.  Definitely best bang for your buck.  If you
> don't have a local Wal-Mart, then you can buy mailers online from places
> like B&H Photo and send them off to be developed that way.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Jason
>
>

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