Are you in the right place?
We’ve noticed that the word “develop” is often used to describe the service of printing and/or scanning negatives, when in the past it meant the chemical process to reveal the images on the film after having been exposed in the camera. Disc film developing is something we do but we also do Disc film scanning and Disc film printing. If your film looks like this…
…then you should be here…
Disc Film Scanning and Printing
If your film looks like this…
…then you’re in the right place but you can also find out more in depth details about our developing service here…
Old Photographic Film Processing
The challenges of processing disc film
Even in the most optimal situation, disc film wasn’t a very high quality format. The negatives are tiny and only intend for very small prints. 3.5 x 4.5 inches was pretty standard in the past for these films. Adding to this, the film hasn’t stood up very well over time undeveloped. This is due to the design of the cassette which is permeable to the elements and has thus oxidized more quickly than other formats. With roll film, the elements are displaced by the fact the film is tightly wound onto a spool and not as good but better than disc film, 35mm film is at least wound loosely on a spool and somewhat protected. Disc film is simply laying flat inside its cassette and well exposed to the elements. We do our best with these but it’s not unusual for the film to be in “poor” to “very poor” condition at this point. The quality is rarely better than “fair”.
See this link to understand our meaning of quality…