First roll from UK Film Lab

By Hamish Gill

Having become a touch disappointed with the inconsistency of colour work I have been getting back from my local D&P, I thought it about time I tried a pro-lab. Having done a bit of reading around the internet, not just reviews, but also the various ethos of different labs, UK Film Lab sounded like the one that would suit me best.

I shall no doubt compile some wider thoughts on their service at some point, but for now, in brief, I shall just say that my experience of their service was as good as I could have wished for.

After what I suppose could be called a consultation telephone meeting with Erica, I decided I would shoot a test roll for them to develop. These are the results of that test roll.

They were shot on Portra 400, with the Leica M-A, 50mm ‘cron and Voigtlander 28mm f1.9 Ultron. I instructed UK Film lab to provide me with straight large scans. Admittedly the content of the photos is nothing to get too excited about, but I am more than happy with the resulting photos.

I have actually had two other rolls back from them, some of which I shall be posting over the next day or so. Short of my sometimes-fishy exposure, they have definitely come back consistent. So far, so good, very happy with my first roll from UK Film Lab

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I’ve got stacks more photos back from UK film lab to post over the next few days, so if your interested, keep an eye out…

Cheers for reading

Hamish

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By Hamish Gill
I started taking photos at the age of 9. Since then I've taken photos for a hobby, sold cameras for a living, and for a little more than decade I've been a professional photographer and, of course, weekly contributor to 35mmc.
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tyler on First roll from UK Film Lab

Comment posted: 07/10/2017

Hamish, is there a lab that you use now, or are you doing everything at home/in-house? Just moved to the UK from the US and am having trouble finding a solid lab recommendation.
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Hamish Gill replied:

Comment posted: 07/10/2017

I use AG Photolab, but I'd also recommend http://www.filmdev.co.uk/ - they seem to get almost universally good reviews.

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david wooff on First roll from UK Film Lab

Comment posted: 20/07/2015

Hi Hamish,
I was interested in peoples' experiences with UK film lab but who else have you used who you would consider to be worth trying?

Thanks,
Dave
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Hamish Gill replied:

Comment posted: 20/07/2015

I'm currently giving AG photo lab a go, first results here - http://www.35mmc.com/20/07/2015/legoland-windsor-giving-ag-photo-lab-a-go/ Hope that helps :)

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Urban Hafner on First roll from UK Film Lab

Comment posted: 16/06/2015

They are doing are great job, don't they? If they weren't that expensive I'd send them all my color film.
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Hamish Gill replied:

Comment posted: 16/06/2015

... yeah, same here!

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