kdemas Posted April 7, 2009 Share #1 Posted April 7, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I popped by NewLab in San Francisco today to get some film developed and was sadly informed that they will be closing and are not accepting any more items for processing. It's really too bad, I have heard great things about them over the years and had experienced their E6 processing, which seemed very solid. The pro labs in general really seem to be having hard times. Time to hunt for another local lab. My previous favorite, Calypso, moved from Santa Clara to Santa Cruz. Kent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 7, 2009 Posted April 7, 2009 Hi kdemas, Take a look here Pro Lab "NewLab" in San Francisco to Close. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
mwalker649 Posted April 7, 2009 Share #2 Posted April 7, 2009 Bill Pyne PARIS PHOTO / richard photo lab 8016 melrose ave, los angeles, ca 90046 t 323.939.8893 c 213.210.6059 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfritze Posted April 7, 2009 Share #3 Posted April 7, 2009 PhotoLab in Berkeley? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger1g0 Posted April 8, 2009 Share #4 Posted April 8, 2009 Photoworks is still in business I believe. They are at Church and Market. Digital Photo Printing Bay Area Photography Services | Photoworks San Francisco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
square_one Posted April 8, 2009 Share #5 Posted April 8, 2009 Gamma Photo Lab, 445 Clementina St. Good Folks. Strictly darkroom stuff. Gamma Photographic Lab - Home Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobber Posted April 8, 2009 Share #6 Posted April 8, 2009 Action Photo, Concord CA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Albertson Posted April 8, 2009 Share #7 Posted April 8, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Buggah! I used to send Kodachrome to them in the 90's, when they had a K-14 line running. First-class processing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted April 9, 2009 Share #8 Posted April 9, 2009 When I lived in the area and needed a substitute for my own bw darkroom work, Gamma (as noted in another post) was great. They used hand processing and did careful work. Also, very nice to deal with. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaM Posted April 9, 2009 Share #9 Posted April 9, 2009 Hi, I thought I'd jump in here to confirm and add what I know about local Bay Area labs: For E6 try Lightwaves in San Francisco and (I think) Photoworks in S.F. New Lab themselves recommends A&I in LA. For black and white film processing and fiber based printing & toning: Photolab in Berkeley and Gamma in San Francisco. Also in San Francisco In Color 2 processes C41 and prints color film optically. True there are many good pro labs gone now. In fact, throughout the country most photo labs of any sort have closed. But eventually we get down to the number that can be supported by the remaining customers. In the Bay Area we are lucky to have quite a few labs left. There are still many photographers shooting film and printing prints. For example, my company, Photolab in Berkeley, receives black and white film for processing from all over the U.S. The remaining labs work together to support each other and have found ways to survive and thrive by becoming specialized in what is now a niche market. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Andrea McLaughlin, Berkeley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATB Posted April 10, 2009 Share #10 Posted April 10, 2009 This is sad news to me, as I send my E6 stuff to them by way of Keeble in Palo Alto. I develop BW in my bathroom, but I don't think I can do E6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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