Places to Develop Film in Hong Kong
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Places to Develop Film in Hong Kong
Places to Develop Film in Hong Kong
If you are looking for reliable and high quality labs to begin your film journey or you would like to find a lab close to your place in Hong Kong. Here is a list of recommended film labs in Hong Kong by me. All of them offer services to develop Color Negative film, Black and white and Colour Positive film. If you would like to understand more about their quality, feel free to comment below.
1. Colorluxe Express
316B, G/F.,Jaffe Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Opening Hour : Mon to Fri 10AM – 8PM, Sat 10AM – 7PM, Sun Closed
Transport: Causeway Bay Station (5mins walk)
**Personal favourite of all time been using their service for the past 10 years!
Turnover time
Colour Negative: Within the day
Black and white film: 2 working days
Color Slide film: 2 working days
Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ColorluxeExpress/
I have been using colorluxe express as my main film process lab for the past 10 years because they produce very consistent results and they are very friendly and taught me so many things about film. I cannot find anywhere in Hong Kong better than colorluxe!
2. Classical Camera Shop
Flat 17, 13/F., Cosmopolitan Centre, 760 Nathan Road, Prince Edward, Kowloon, Hong Kong
(MTR Prince Edward Station, Exit B2)
Office hours: 2:00 – 8:00pm
Tuesday to Sunday, Monday CLOSED
**Great film selection especially self rolled Cine film such as Kodak Vision 3 5219 500T and they offer ECN development for Cine film.
Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800/Epson V850
Website: http://www.classicalcamerashop.hk/
3. Outputpro Lab (Out of Business)
612 1/F Reclamation Street; Mong Kok; Kowloon; Hong Kong
Opening Hour : Mon to Sat 12:30PM – 8PM, Sun Closed
Transport: Prince Edward Station (5mins walk)
Turnover time
Colour Negative: Within the day
Black and white film: 1 working days
Color Slide film: 2 working days
Scanner: Noritsu HS-1800
Website: http://www.outputprolab.com
4. Camera Film Photo
Gee Hing Chang Industrial Building, 16 Cheung Yue Street Unit A, 5/F, Cheung Sha Wan
Transport: Lai Chi Kok Station 2 mins walk
Office hours: 10:00am – 8:00pm
Saturday and Sunday: 12:00pm – 7:00pm
Website: camerafilmphoto.com
They offer wide range of film develop service and Printing too! They even offer option to get a contact sheet too.
5. Chapterlux
Unit 4, 8/F, Fu Lee Commercial Building,
14-20 Pilkem Street, Jordan, Hong Kong.
Transport: Jordan Station 2 mins walk
WhatsApp : (+852) 6464 9642
Website: http://www.chapterlux.com
Facebook : www.facebook.com/chapterlux
Instagram : chapterlux_co
Superb printing service and very knowledgable in different types of film and cameras.
6. Megatoni Production
G/F, 139 Ki Lung Street,
Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Transport: Prince Edward Exit D (5 mins) or Sham Shui Po Exit A2 (8 mins)
WhatsApp : (+852) 5984 9083
Website: http://www.megatoniproduction.com
Facebook : www.facebook.com/Megatoni Production
Very friendly staffs and best place to develop ECN-2 in Hong Kong if you shoot Cine film like Kodak Vision 3 250D, Kodak Vision 3 500T or you want better result on your Cinestill 800T
7. Dot Well Photo Workshop
G/F, 44 Carnarvon Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Transport: Tsim Sha Tsui Station Exit B (5 mins walk)
WhatsApp : (+852) 5544 0814
Website: http://www.dotwellphoto.com.hk
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/DotWellPhoto/
Great place to get your colour negative film processed in C41 within 15mins. They have a very nice selection of film stocks. You may find some interesting film brands. They also sell Kodak chemicals, my usual place to get Kodak fixer and D76 powder.
8. Photo Spectrum
Room 2105, Block B, New Trade Plaza
6 On Ping Street, Shek Mun
Sha Tin, New Territories
Hong Kong
WhatsApp : (+852) 9350 8201
Website: https://www.photo-spectrum.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/photospectrum_hk/
Super cosy place to get your film developed by the owner. High quality scans and probably one of the best labs in Hong Kong. You can also have them printed in contact sheet or having a colour darkroom print too. I have attended their colour printing workshop, sharing my experience here.
9. HK Camera
Shop K, G/F Burlington Arcade, 90-94 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
WhatsApp : (+852) 6823 2193
Website: https://hkcamera.net/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hk_camera/
Boss is super helpful and takes responsibility for all the film development and scanning. Highly recommended if you want your film to be properly taken care of – and he’s always sharing good tips on how to shoot it, too.
10. Filming Lab
18/F, Yeung Iu Chi Commercial Bldg, 462 Jaffe Rd, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
WhatsApp : (+852) 9746 1004
Website: https://www.hkfilminglab.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/filminglab/
Super helpful owner who really cares about the whole film processing experience.
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Thanks, very useful and neat!
唔該晒
Hello, I recently had two rolls of 120 developed and printed by Sxxxa. The results were utterly disappointing: they were ISO 200 films but the grains were the size of a sesame! They were visible on the digital picture and were even more pronounced on the prints! Hence my question: would you know of any shops that still do analog printing, not digital printing? Many thanks. Allen
How would you recommend classical camera shop? It’s the worst in Hong Kong. Very bad quality and bad attitude.
Hi Amy, so sorry to hear that. What happened?
Great, thank you for that!