Buying and developing film in New York

(I accidentally posted this to the medium format group first, but
canceled it when I reslized my error.)


I'm coming to the US next month. I'll be carrying both a roll film and
35mm camera with me and would naturally like to expose as little
undeveloped film to x-ray machines as possible.

I'm going to come to New York first, then I'll be in Ithaca and
Niagara Falls, and then I'm going to be in New York again. So as I
come, I thought I'd only take a minimum of film with me and buy the
rest from New York, given the cheap dollar and great selection
available. I'm probably going to visit bhphotovideo anyway and seems
like I can be happy with their film selection, so I think I've got
that covered.

On my way back, I'd like to drop all my exposed color negatives and
slides (135 and 120 format) somewhere where they can be developed
quickly enough to be picked up the same day. I want my film to be cut
to length I specify (6 frames for 35mm, 2, 3 or 4 for roll film
depending on format) and placed in clear plastic sleeves; and to be
developed and handled with care. No dust, fingerprints or
anything. I'm sure such places exist in New York. I'll be living
in a hotel in Midtown near the UN headquarters, so somewhere in that
area would be ideal. Any suggestions?

For B&W film... I'll process it myself back at home.

Do they make you go through x-ray even in domestic flights? I'm going
to fly from Niagara Falls back to New York. I'm going the other direction
by bus.




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Toni Nikkanen wrote:
For B&W film... I'll process it myself back at home.

You may want to consider using chromogenic film in this case. It is
close enough to regular black and white film that you may decide the
risk of X-Ray exposure is high enough to live with the difference.

There are two kinds, one with an orange mask for printing on color paper,
and one with no mask for regular printing.

You also should think about trying to get the negatives cut the way you
want versus just leaving them uncut and returned to you rolled up again in
film cans. It will make it a lot easier to find a place to develop the film
and I think the negatives would be safer (although bulkier) in cans.

If the shots are once-in-a-lifetime ones, you probably should get them
scanned when they are developed.

Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:53:13 +0300, Toni Nikkanen
wrote:



Do they make you go through x-ray even in domestic flights? I'm going

YES!

I just came back from Europe two days ago. Only in the good ole USA
do you have to take your shoes off, etc.

Father Kodak

On 2008-07-16, Father Kodak wrote:

I just came back from Europe two days ago. Only in the good ole USA
do you have to take your shoes off, etc.

Unfortunately not true. On my last flight out of Newcastle I, and
several of my party, had feet that interested the security droids.

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savvo orig. invib. man

Wasn't it Toni Nikkanen who said...
Do they make you go through x-ray even in domestic flights?

Yes.

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Joe Pucillo
Baltimore, Maryland USA

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Thank you for all the suggestions. I think I'm not going to stress
myself about x-ray; I'll just put all my films in a clear plastic bag
and request hand inspection. And some x-ray probably won't be
noticeable anyway. And I'll be buying most of my film on the US side
just because it's cheaper there, so I'll only be going through x-ray
2-3 times (Niagara - NYC, then back to Europe via Iceland, I don't
know if there's any x-raying on transfer flights.)

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:08:21 +0100, savvo
wrote:

On 2008-07-16, Father Kodak wrote:

I just came back from Europe two days ago. Only in the good ole USA
do you have to take your shoes off, etc.

Unfortunately not true. On my last flight out of Newcastle I, and
several of my party, had feet that interested the security droids.

OK. But with all the nonsense at Heathrow and the super-restrictive
limits on carry-on, I simply did not even consider a Heathrow
transfer on my recent trip from the US to Eastern Europe.

Father Kodak

Look for a chain of grocery stores named Wegmans. I shop at them very often.
Clean, well run, and very nice people. They also have one hour processing. I
hope you enjoy your stay in the USA.

--
Christopher A. Young
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www.lds.org
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"Toni Nikkanen" wrote in message
...

(I accidentally posted this to the medium format group first, but
canceled it when I reslized my error.)


I'm coming to the US next month. I'll be carrying both a roll film and
35mm camera with me and would naturally like to expose as little
undeveloped film to x-ray machines as possible.

I'm going to come to New York first, then I'll be in Ithaca and
Niagara Falls, and then I'm going to be in New York again. So as I
come, I thought I'd only take a minimum of film with me and buy the
rest from New York, given the cheap dollar and great selection
available. I'm probably going to visit bhphotovideo anyway and seems
like I can be happy with their film selection, so I think I've got
that covered.

On my way back, I'd like to drop all my exposed color negatives and
slides (135 and 120 format) somewhere where they can be developed
quickly enough to be picked up the same day. I want my film to be cut
to length I specify (6 frames for 35mm, 2, 3 or 4 for roll film
depending on format) and placed in clear plastic sleeves; and to be
developed and handled with care. No dust, fingerprints or
anything. I'm sure such places exist in New York. I'll be living
in a hotel in Midtown near the UN headquarters, so somewhere in that
area would be ideal. Any suggestions?

For B&W film... I'll process it myself back at home.

Do they make you go through x-ray even in domestic flights? I'm going
to fly from Niagara Falls back to New York. I'm going the other direction
by bus.




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