The Deluxe bit is still there but even they outsource all the processing to essex or somewhere apparently. No London processing from them. I think soho images is still around too but now they just do telecine and will send you to deluxe for processing.
Yes but Stanleys are dodgy as hell as you must have worked out if you actually went into the "shop". Kinda time machine thing. Outside looks like a big shop, inside there is a small area for the customer to walk in and all these people and 70's looking furniture. Brown is the theme. Completely bizzare place. Kind of a cross between the movie Brazil, a warehouse, and something else I can't put my finger on right now.
I stood there while a guy was supposed to give me a quote. Giving me a quote involved ringing someone else up who wasn't really interested in giving a quote. I'm stood there while he is on hold for ages. A guy comes in and explains that he just bought a 100ft roll of Kodak film there but the seal is already broken on it. The guy I'm dealing with explains that it's probably just fine anyway. The customer then explains that it makes him feel uncomfortable as he can't be sure what has happened to it, eventually he has to point out that he would really like a replacement. This involves calling up someone else to go fetch a replacement. A replacement eventually comes with this guy from where-ever all the stuff is stored. Quite rightly the customer looks slightly narked that he has had to push so hard for a replacement but he has one and is happy and goes away. The guy I'm supposed to be dealing with then has a conversation with the guy from the other department as the other guy is a bit like "well what am I supposed to do with this" "just sell it to someone else" "but no-one is going to want this are they" my guy makes it clear it's not his problem.
Eventually my man at stanleys admits he isn't going to be able to give me a quote but he can phone me up with one. I suggest he can email me. I seems very reluctant at this idea. I give him my phone number and email and he seems happy. I leave after a very interesting experience.
I'd be careful about using Stanleys for the processing but on the upside they don't actually do it themselves! ;)
iRushes would probably cause too much confusion and might even get them sued! ;)
From what I can tell, it's an all in one service with processing and a one light direct to hard disk on their spirit. That's not clear from their website but that seems to be how it works. I think that's why they are called i-dailies because that is the concept.
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Hi Freya, I just came across this when I was browsing the site today.
Your post made me laugh because…. I was that customer!
Its a funny experience having it told from a third party point of view. I always try to be polite, however there was no way I was going to go away with a roll that might have been opened. I know all about Stanleys from years of experience, but I didn't have any choice as I needed some stock for the next day.
It had to be a slow daylight stock and it had to be in 100ft daylight loading rolls for my Bolex RX5.
I always used to get all my stock direct from the motion picture sales team at Kodak in Hemel Hempstead, they delivered it to my door, gave me a great discount, and were a pleasure to deal with. All that changed a few months ago, now they say they will only sell to companies and only for orders of £1,000 plus.
Of course there is Fuji, around the corner from Stanleys in Soho Square, but I had already been there on that day and they were all out of their 64D in 100ft rolls and the next shipment from Japan wasn't due for a month. And while I have used the 64D and it is a great stock, it is very different from 7203.
So, does anyone have any recommendations of where to get 100ft rolls of Kodak 7203 from? In London there is the Widescreen Centre and Stanleys and I think that is it. Both charge full price, no discount, which is a lot more than Kodak used to charge me.
Such a shame about Kodak, I have been buying stock from them for years and years, going back to the awesome 25ASA 16mm Kodachrome, and then 7245. Even back then everyone was telling me film was dead… never believed it, but now I am starting to wonder when even Kodak are losing interest.
Finally, to be fair to Stanleys, I think it was just that the sealing tab had come open, I don't think the can had been opened, but I didn't want to take the risk as I was filming something that I wouldn't be able to get again.
And in case you were wondering everything I shot with the other cans came out great!
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Hi Freya, I just came across this when I was browsing the site today.
Your post made me laugh because…. I was that customer!
Its a funny experience having it told from a third party point of view. I always try to be polite, however there was no way I was going to go away with a roll that might have been opened. I know all about Stanleys from years of experience, but I didn't have any choice as I needed some stock for the next day.
It had to be a slow daylight stock and it had to be in 100ft daylight loading rolls for my Bolex RX5.
I always used to get all my stock direct from the motion picture sales team at Kodak in Hemel Hempstead, they delivered it to my door, gave me a great discount, and were a pleasure to deal with. All that changed a few months ago, now they say they will only sell to companies and only for orders of £1,000 plus.
Of course there is Fuji, around the corner from Stanleys in Soho Square, but I had already been there on that day and they were all out of their 64D in 100ft rolls and the next shipment from Japan wasn't due for a month. And while I have used the 64D and it is a great stock, it is very different from 7203.
So, does anyone have any recommendations of where to get 100ft rolls of Kodak 7203 from? In London there is the Widescreen Centre and Stanleys and I think that is it. Both charge full price, no discount, which is a lot more than Kodak used to charge me.
Such a shame about Kodak, I have been buying stock from them for years and years, going back to the awesome 25ASA 16mm Kodachrome, and then 7245. Even back then everyone was telling me film was dead… never believed it, but now I am starting to wonder when even Kodak are losing interest.
Finally, to be fair to Stanleys, I think it was just that the sealing tab had come open, I don't think the can had been opened, but I didn't want to take the risk as I was filming something that I wouldn't be able to get again.
And in case you were wondering everything I shot with the other cans came out great!