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Favorite Film Developing Lab and Scanning Services


Suzanne Friesen

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I'm not sure about the scope of your project, but since you're in Vancouver it might be worth looking into Niagara Custom Lab + Frame Discreet in Toronto. The added cost of shipping across the border and the .72 CAD/USD exchange rate are factors to consider.

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I would go with MELS Studios in Montreal, formerly called Vision Globale. I have used them since the last of Vancouver's labs closed. They scan film negative too.

 

http://mels-studios.com/en/post-production/laboratory/

 

I would not risk crossing the US border with undeveloped film. I actually had a long conversation about that very topic this week at a Vancouver Post-production house. I asked what the major Hollywood productions that still shoot film up in Vancouver do to process the negatives. It becomes a complicated process involving customs brokerages, insurance etc. and people with lots of past experience and trust with the border people to ensure that the film cans cross without being opened or x-rayed so they can get down to a lab in Los Angeles.

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