Jarin Blaschke Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 (edited) I am shooting a black-and-white short in LA in a few months and am wondering if anyone has any experience with the black and white processing of any labs out there. There is also a chance that it may shoot here in New York and so I should invstigate labs here as well. The last time I shot monochrome, it was 7 years ago and I had used DuArt - both the negative and the print came to me still smelling of unwashed fixer. I am obviously reluctant to use them again. Which are the good, clean labs in each of these areas? Thanks. Jarin Edited February 11, 2005 by JarinBlaschke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Wells Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Hi - this is negative, right ? (assuming since you mention DuArt). If so, I had nice work done by Alpha Cine in Seattle but this was a decade ago. Also in Seattle is Forde Labs, who do very nice B&W reversal work, but I don't know about negative (Alpha actually referred me to Forde when they dropped Reversal processing from their services.) hmm, Just looked at Forde's web site, they are doing negative. I personally would give them a try, but I know them. Does FotoKem still do B&W neg ? But I never had B&W done from them (except for a custom hi-con soundtrack interneg) Test first in all cases. But you know that. -Sam p.s. I'm on the east coast but sent my stuff to Seattle anyway, sleepless or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Anthony Gonzales Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Hi Jarin: I am going to be shooting my first feature this summer on 35mm Double-X, so believe me, I've been doing my homework over the last couple of years. THE lab for B/W in L.A. was Franklin out in Upland. But unfortanely, they closed down. Fotokem does B/W at the same price as color, so that's definitely an option. Also, Cheshire in Burbank touts that it is the best place in town for B/W. It is a smaller lab, but sometimes, as was the case in Franklin, their B/W processing was a lot more controlled and on the money. Their prices are a few pennies more than Fotokem. Only thing is, Cheshire doesn't do any printing. So, if you need a workprint, I'd go with Fotokem for everything. If you are going to edit digital, you might want to take a look at Cheshire. Hope this helps, John G. I am shooting a black-and-white short in LA in a few months and am wondering if anyone has any experience with the black and white processing of any labs out there. There is also a chance that it may shoot here in New York and so I should invstigate labs here as well. The last time I shot monochrome, it was 7 years ago and I had used DuArt - both the negative and the print came to me still smelling of unwashed fixer. I am obviously reluctant to use them again. Which are the good, clean labs in each of these areas? Thanks. Jarin <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Honeycutt Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 hmm, Just looked at Forde's web site, they are doing negative. I personally would give them a try, but I know them. I second that. I have never had Forde screw up a roll of my film. Friendly folks that you can actually talk to. They processed some B&W 16mm Fomapan for me and it came out real nice. Forde is in Seattle. http://www.fordelabs.com/index.php jack in Portland, OR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarin Blaschke Posted February 11, 2005 Author Share Posted February 11, 2005 Hmmm, FomaPan. This may be my chance to test some of that out, along with my Plus-x vs. FP4 comparisons. Where does one get a hold of that stuff, and do they give out test rolls? Does it have much of a different look from the Kodak standbys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Honeycutt Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 Hmmm, FomaPan. This may be my chance to test some of that out, along with my Plus-x vs. FP4 comparisons. Where does one get a hold of that stuff, and do they give out test rolls? Does it have much of a different look from the Kodak standbys? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The best place to buy Fomapan is from John Schwind. He has it for $15.00 a roll. John is well know in the film community and you can trust him: http://members.aol.com/Super8mm/JohnSchwind.html Some say Fomapan has more silver in it, and so, looks like older Kodak B&W film stocks from the 1930's & 1940's. All I can say for sure is that it looks different. Shoot some and see what you think. Processing from Ford is less than $20.00 Here is a Fomapan data sheet: http://www.foma.cz/Upload/foma/prilohy/F_pan_R_en.pdf jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarin Blaschke Posted February 12, 2005 Author Share Posted February 12, 2005 Where would one obtain 35mm negative Fomapan black and white? Any retailers in the US? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Honeycutt Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Where would one obtain 35mm negative Fomapan black and white? Any retailers in the US? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You might try: http://www.foma.cz They have a english translation of their web page. It has many company email addresses & distributors listed. jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Sandstrom Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 ironically i think colorlab is the best black and white lab in new york. well, they're not in new york but they have offices and film drop off there. i haven't used them since a couple of years ago (i left new york for stockholm), but they were always really helpful, delivered great results, and at a very good price. /matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Jaquish Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 I'm looking for a good black and white lab on the east coast to handle 16mm black and white. I'm in Pittsburgh, so I'd be looking at New York/New England most likely. Someone mentioned Colorlab; are there any other recommendations for eastern labs? I'm also a student, so I'd be looking for a lab that's student friendly. Thanks in advance. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbie Pabst Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I'm looking for a good black and white lab on the east coast to handle 16mm black and white. I'm in Pittsburgh, so I'd be looking at New York/New England most likely. Someone mentioned Colorlab; are there any other recommendations for eastern labs? I'm also a student, so I'd be looking for a lab that's student friendly. Thanks in advance. John Try Cinelab in MA. cinelab.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted October 19, 2011 Site Sponsor Share Posted October 19, 2011 Hello from Cinelab... We have moved and our new facility is still being built out, as we speak there is a crew working on drywall for the darkroom for our B&W Neg and Print processor so we should be running B&W again by next week. We took the opportunity of our move to rebuild the B&W Neg and B&W Reversal machines while they were apart. We are currently running B&W Reversal in 8mm and 16mm and as of next week B&W Neg in 16mm & 35mm will be back and running. DuArt no longer processes film.... I got two of their film processors and the other two went to India. -Rob- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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