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Alex Wilde - 06 Oct 2005 00:41 GMT

What is a good suggestion for a UK lab, that does real (not printed on
colour paper, or digitally), black & white 'd & p'?

I used to use Colab, but after their recent take-over, and some problems
with a previous order, never again. Though, having said that, the best
B&W results I've had have been from them.

Peak, who I use now for colour, only do 'digital' black and white, and
to be honest - it's crap.

If it makes any difference, I'm using Ilford PanF 50 Plus and various
speeds of Delta.

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Lofty - 08 Oct 2005 00:03 GMT

> What is a good suggestion for a UK lab, that does real (not printed on
> colour paper, or digitally), black & white 'd & p'?
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> If it makes any difference, I'm using Ilford PanF 50 Plus and various
> speeds of Delta.

For my very important work I always use Viva Imaging - Photographic House -
Northgate - New Basford - Nottingham - NG7 7BE
Phone Number 0115 9784527 they can do anything you want, and the results for
me have always been fabulous B&W OR Colour
Normally about 5 days turnround

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Alex Wilde - 10 Oct 2005 23:12 GMT

>For my very important work I always use Viva Imaging - Photographic House -
>Northgate - New Basford - Nottingham - NG7 7BE
>Phone Number 0115 9784527 they can do anything you want, and the results for
>me have always been fabulous B&W OR Colour
>Normally about 5 days turnround

Thanks Lofty. This is the URL, I take it:

http://www.vivaimaging.co.uk/

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Lofty - 12 Oct 2005 23:13 GMT

> >For my very important work I always use Viva Imaging - Photographic House -
> >Northgate - New Basford - Nottingham - NG7 7BE
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> http://www.vivaimaging.co.uk/

Thats the one m8

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Stephen - 10 Oct 2005 02:01 GMT

>What is a good suggestion for a UK lab, that does real (not printed on
>colour paper, or digitally), black & white 'd & p'?

Look in an issue of "Black & White Photography" magazine (the UK one, not
the US one with the same name).

I have tried a chap in Nottingham who trades as The White Room - sorry I
don't have the address to hand - decent prices for dev & contact and for
fibre prints, although when despatching one order he mixed up my stuff with
someone else's.

For serious work (ie when I an afford it) I like Robin Bell,
www.robinbell.com - if you look at his website you can see he has done some
very fine prints over the years. He does nice dev & contact work, returned
beautifully packaged, and his fibre prints are very good, although you need
to like wide borders or order a print centered on a larger sheet.

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Alex Wilde - 10 Oct 2005 23:23 GMT

>Look in an issue of "Black & White Photography" magazine (the UK one, not
>the US one with the same name).

Thanks for the 'heads up' on that.

>I have tried a chap in Nottingham who trades as The White Room - sorry I
>don't have the address to hand - decent prices for dev & contact and for
>fibre prints, although when despatching one order he mixed up my stuff with
>someone else's.

I can't find anything pertinent, on Google, with a combination of 'White
Room' & 'Nottingham'. Maybe he has an ad in the above magazine?

>For serious work (ie when I an afford it) I like Robin Bell,
>www.robinbell.com - if you look at his website you can see he has done some
>very fine prints over the years. He does nice dev & contact work, returned
>beautifully packaged, and his fibre prints are very good, although you need
>to like wide borders or order a print centered on a larger sheet.

I checked that site; impressive. I'm not looking at his (or your) level
of 'serious'(ness) - 135 format only.

Thanks anyway. I'll check the magazine you mention.

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