Update 09 – 2018-06-21: 334 labs / 56 countries
58 labs added, 32 updated and five new countries on the map. Special thanks to Tibo Alberny and John Whitmore for their help cleaning up all the submissions. More updates to come very soon!
With the help of some lovely folks from all over the internet, as well as a few of my own notes (kept on napkins and cigarette packets over the years), I present to you an in-exhaustive map of places you can get your film developed and scanned – worldwide.
Each of the labs you’ll see on the map below are real, active and have been used by yours truly, or members of the film photography community.
This is a living, breathing map and will be constantly updated with m
re detail – better information on services, film formats developed, scanning options, public darkroom facilities, wet printing (color and black and white) – everything we can get our hands on. Scroll to the bottom of this page to submit your own updates.
We started off with ~60 labs in 15 countries in September 2016 and at the time of the last update on June 21st 2018, now list 334 labs in 58 countries. More updates will be coming very soon as I clear out a bit of a backlog. Please contribute labs not yet covered, as well as details not yet currently included for existing listings.
In addition, if there’s some detail that you feel should be added to all of the listings (turnaround times?), please let me know either in the comments below.
If you’re having difficulty loading the map below, you can also view it directly on Google Maps here. You can also add this map as an overlay in your iOS or Android Google Maps app.
Can’t seem to search? No problem: click on the top right icon and you’ll be able to view the map in full screen and search away to your heart’s content.
Has someone been missed? Details incorrect? Want to contribute? Use the form below or this link to make a new submission, or to update an existing entry.
~ EM
Updates
Update 08 – 2017-09-07: 277 labs / 51 countries
19 labs added, 3 updated, two new countries on the map.
Update 07 – 2017-08-31: 258 labs / 49 countries
18 labs added and 2 updates to existing lab listings. Keep them coming.
Update 06 – 2017-08-09: 240 labs / streamlining submissions
We’ve just added another 7 labs and 5 new countries. The submission form has been tweaked a bit. More updates in the queue coming soon.
Update 05 – 2017-04-17: 233 labs / streamlining submissions
We’ve just added another 23 labs and 2 new countries. To help streamline the submission/update process, we’ve added a new Google Form to the foot of this page. Please send all updates via this form – it’ll help to make sure your submissions don’t get lost.
Update 04 – 2017-04-16: 210 labs now listed
Thanks to everyone for all the recent updates. There are still 30+ in the queue to add but thanks to your help, we’re now up to 210 verified labs listed here on the map!
Update 03 – 2016-10-23: 199 labs now listed
We’re just one shy of 200 labs listed but Africa still remains completely blank. Please help to share and spread the word. We’d love to see 250 by the end of 2017!
Update 02 – 2016-09-25: 181 labs now listed
Thanks to your support, we’re up to 181 labs – thank you! Please continue submitting and helping to fill in the areas marked “contribute”.
Update 01 – 2016-09-17: 154 labs now listed
Please help fill in the blanks by providing details for areas marked “contribute” in each map listing. We’ve also added scanner options, so let us know which scanners your favorite labs use.
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257 responses to “The EMULSIVE Global Film Lab Map (v9)”
So this is not maintained anymore? You need help with this?
How do you add labs to this maps?
@fotosintesislab check this out!
There are two in Egypt Cairo The Darkroom Cairo and CIC – Contemporary Image Collective
I just added more:
1. Graingrinlab in Bekasi, West Java (Jawa Barat)
2. LOMOLAB – Praga/Trayan Photo Jatiwaringin – in Jatiwaringin, Jakarta Timur, Jakarta
3. Metro Foto in Surabaya, East Java (Jawa Timur)
They are active film labs.
Will add more as I discover other new and surviving old film labs. Film is indeed still alive here.
I just added one more film lab namely, “Rawa Lab” in Jakarta, Indonesia. One of the few that can process 4×5 film. Still operating. Kindly add!
I’ve recently added a private film lab in Bekasi, West Java – Indonesia, namely hicreativefive. they’re on hiatus today but i believe they’ll start again soon. can scan and process 135 and 120, but can’t print. Will look for other old film lab that might survive in Jakarta.
Thanks a lot for that map.
Update for @statefilm in Louisville, KY, USA: Now has Frontier option for C-41 in addition to Noritsu
1.5
Unfortunately Alpine Film Lab in Provo, UT has closed. But Photo Collective Studios has a public darkroom at 850 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City
Also, there is Boutique Film Lab at 800 Tall Oak Trail, Mt. Juliet, TN
For Germany, I have a second one in Stuttgart:
ProLab
Rotebühlplatz 37
70178 Stuttgart
https://www.prolab.de/
https://www.facebook.com/ProlabFotofachlaborGmbh
I don’t know about the capital of Croatia (Zagreb) except that there are a quite a few photolabs there, but I can confirm that there are two labs in Osijek that are still developing film.
FOTOREKLAM d.o.o.
Kapucinska 39
Osijek, Croatia
They’re doing C-41 development. No cross-processing. Developing a roll costs 8 kunas per roll (1.08 Euros), and scanning costs 10 kunas per roll (1.5 Euros). The format is JPG, and the resolution is always 2400×1600, since it’s all done on an Agfa machine. Despite the JPG format and the resolution, the scans are detailed and good enough for web/insta services. They’re allegedly also developing b/w film, but unlike color ones which are done in 40-ish minutes, you’ll wait quite a bit for those.
Digital Foto Studio C
Županijska ul. 13
Osijek, Croatia
Also C-41 development, the same affordable prices as the studio above, but their scans come in a much higher resolution (3637×2433). I suspect that these guys are not using a drum scan since the scans lack fine detail – it’s probably interpolation, although good enough for most uses. Also, you’ll have to wait for a couple of hours for them to develop + scan your films.
Hope this helps.
p.s. Just saw the form, added them on the map!
Here are some more norwegian labs.
Studio Technica – http://bilder.as
Gøteborggata 27B
0566 Oslo
Norway
Telefon: 22 04 04 10
High END lab, with lots of artists as customers. Very friendly staff and FAST developing times.
Antonio Stasi – http://www.antoniostasi.com
Lille Øvregaten 4
5018 Bergen
Norway
Great place with an italian that has been running the shop for 20 years. Sells alot of old cameras as well as developing and reparing of old cameras.
Japan Photo – Byporten – http://support.japanphoto.no/fotobutikker/byporten/
Jernbanetorget 6, 0154 Oslo
Norway
Part of the Japan Photo chain. They all have starting selling film now. Have all their film developed in Germany. Ok selection of film.
For Portugal, I have a country wide directory somewhere that I can provide when I find it. Here are some of the most famous ones in Porto:
http://camarasecompanhia.com
http://www.colorfoto.pt/laboratorio-fotografia/
Added, thanks Miguel.
Hi,
you can add North Coast Photographic Services to the map.
5451 Avenida Encinas
Suite D
Carlsbad, CA 92008
(760) 931-6809
http://www.northcoastphoto.com/
Unfortunately Phototechnik Berlin (Eisenacher Str. 36, 10781 Berlin, Germany) has closed permanently and can be removed from the map.
Thanks for all the work!
Thanks Florian. I’ve added North Coast and tagged Phototechnik Berlin as closed. Thanks!
Great Idea! there is good one here in Gdańsk Poland http://projekt-m-fotolab.com
Added!
Please add. The Film Guy.
13 Silver Palm Estate
Florida Glen
Bergbron Dr,
Randburg,
1712
South Africa
Development: C-41
Scans: 135, ,120, APS, slides
Film sales: Various Films
Price List – Development,Scan to CD – R130
More info via http://www.thefilmguy.co.za
E6 development as well as black and white is now available.
Added!
PhotoQ in Kew, Melbourne, Australia.
http://www.photoq.com.au
Added, thanks Matt.
the best lab in Riga Latvia is Baltijas Foto Serviss, great prices and they even do E6: http://bfs.lv/
In Estonia there is the Photopoint chain with lab service in Tallinn and Tartu: https://www.photopoint.ee/
Added, Thank you, John.
Hello
We are a professional laboratory in Madrid (Spain)
We process and scan film from 35mm to 20x25cm. Process C-41, E-6 and b & n
We use rack processors, not continuous.
Our links:
https://www.facebook.com/interphoto
http://www.interphoto.es/
Thanks and good job
Javier
Added! Thank you, Javier.
Foto Görner in Dresden, Germany!
http://www.foto-goerner.de/
Added, thank you Sebastian!
There are ALOT of places in Berlin. I can fill in some new entries, but before I do.. Are there just a couple of entries on the map or have I missed something? (fotoimpex etc)
Here are two from Tallinn, Estonia, that a friend of mine from Helsinki (and probably many Finnish photographers because of low prices) is using: http://www.fotomeisterpluss.ee/en and http://digifoto.ee
Added, thanks Sam!
In Ulaanbaatar there’s a shop called “PhotoMan” that does C41 and scanning. Occasionally have a small stock of 35mm film for sale. It’s a blue shop west of the State Department store on the right side of the street. Unfortunately, they don’t have a website or FB. It’s quite cheap but the services aren’t anything special. Here’s a photo of the place to make it easy to find! http://imgur.com/a/rhP4F
Iain, are you able to get me an address? I should be able to add it then!