At Picture This Film Lab, your film doesn’t get lost in a huge production queue. We’re a small, specialist lab offering fast turnaround, meticulous quality, and truly personalised service from a team who live and breathe film photography.
Every roll is developed with care, scanned on a the best professional Noritsu scanner for beautiful colour and fine detail, and can be supplied as up to 16-bit TIFF files for maximum editing flexibility. Unlike most labs, we offer real C-type photographic prints - true darkroom-quality prints made from your negatives.

Whether you need one hour or same day scans, low-cost black & white processing, or the reassurance that every roll will be handled with care, we make sure your images get the attention they deserve.
Order online for mail-in processing or convenient 24/7 drop-off, or visit us in-store for walk-in service
Why Choose Us?
  • Fast turnaround - one hour, same day or next day available for both colour and black & white
  • Meticulous quality - handled start-to-finish by our small, experienced team
  • Personal Service - we're here to discuss your requirements and answer questions in person
  • Professional Noritsu scans - gorgeous quality scans available as up to 16-bit TIFFs
  • Real C-type photographic prints - outstanding photographic quality, not inkjet
  • Flexible delivery - receive your scans online, have negagtives posted, or leave them here for collection (ideal if you visit Brighton occasionally)
  • 6-Frame 35mm negative sleeving - we sleeve in 6-frame strips, not the 4-frame norm, for easier archiving
  • Low-cost black & white processing - our black and white processing costs are the same as C41
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  • When ordering 5 or more films to be developed and scanned or printed, a 10% discount will be applied at checkout, increasing to 15% for orders of 10 or more.

  • For mail order, select "Ship" at checkout. After entering your name and address details, you will have options to post back negatives and any prints ordered (this is Free for orders over £50).

    Alternatively, you can choose to have us store your negatives for collection for up to 3 months, which is free.

    If you don't need your negatives, select the option "Dispose of Negatives".

FAQ

  • We process C41 and Black & White film in 35mm and 120mm formats and Disposable Cameras. Occasionally, we develop E6 - please ask.

    We scan half frame and panoramic images. Please note, we scan half frame as individual images.

    Sorry, we're unable to process "souped" films, films with remjet, films marked "ECN2", or movie films.

  • Yes we process and recycle Disposable cameras. Use our online ordering or just bring your cameras to our shop

  • Yes - place your order online and then select "Ship" as the postage method. Select the turnaround time as required. The turnaround times starts when we receive your film.

    After entering your address, you'll have options to:

    1. Dispose of negatives. This is for when you just want digital images (scans) to be emailed to you.

    2. Keep your negatives for three months. FREE. We'll sleeve and store your negatives for collection when convenient.

    3. Post back your negatives and any prints.

    Return postage is free for order over £50.

  • We have a choice of turnaround times: One Hour, Same Day, Next Day, 3 Work Days or 7 Days.

    One Hour service is available daily except Sunday from 11 am to 4.30 pm.

  • Medium Jpeg

    3130 x 2175 px - File Size ~ 5 MB

    Suitable for web use and prints up to 10 x 8 inches

    High Jpeg

    6744 x 4492 px - File Size ~ 20 MB

    Suitable for high resolution purposes and prints up to 16 x 12 inches

    High 16 Bit TIFF

    6744 x 4492 px - File Size ~ 90 MB

    16 Bit TIFF files are recommended to capture the highest number of colours, which is necessary for quality printing. TIFF files are beneficial for editing and commercial purposes

  • The following are based on a 6 x 7 image. Proportions vary and will be larger/smaller depending on the size of image recorded on your film. For 120mm film, we always recommend High Jpeg or High TIFF.

    Medium Jpeg

    3149 × 2514 px - File Size ~ 6 MB

    Suitable for web use and prints up to 12 x 10 inches

    High Jpeg

    6298 × 5028 px - File Size ~ 25 MB

    Suitable for high resolution purposes and prints up to 16 x 12 inches

    High 16 Bit TIFF

    6298 × 5028 px - Size ~ 92 MB

    TIFF files preserve all information and contain 16 Bit colour depth. Suitable. for commercial use, printing and editing

  • We offer a local-area student discount for film developing. To have the discount applied, please show a student ID or Unidays

  • When ordering 5 or more films to be developed and scanned or printed, a 10% discount will be applied at checkout, increasing to 15% for orders of 10 or more