Everyday use
Medium JPEG scans
Detailed, ready-to-use digital images for phones, websites, sharing and ordinary printing. Each image is reviewed and adjusted for contrast where needed before delivery.
The technology behind Picture This Film Lab
The machines matter. So does the person using them.
Professional colour and black-and-white processing, Noritsu scanning and real photographic printing—all operated and checked in our Brighton lab.
Nothing is outsourced. Your film is processed, scanned, finished and—when requested—printed by the same local lab team.
Noritsu HS-1800
Professional 35mm and 120 film scanner
True 16-bit TIFF
High-bit-depth files available
Real C-Type prints
Fuji paper in traditional RA-4 chemistry
Colour + B&W
Both processed in-house
Noritsu HS-1800 scanning
The scanner that defines the look of film photography.
From the colours and highlight roll-off of Kodak Portra film to the shadow detail of Ilford HP5 and the grain of Kodak Tri-X, the character of the Noritsu HS-1800 is evident in every scan and every photographic print made from it. It is the default scanner relied upon by many of the world’s best professional film labs; combined with a skilled operator, it produces stunning colour and black-and-white images from film.
High resolution
Up to 6744 × 4492 pixels
High-resolution 35mm digital images are 6744 × 4492 pixels. For 120 film, output varies with frame shape: 6 × 6 is 5028 × 5028 pixels; a 6 × 9 frame at the same effective resolution corresponds to approximately 7542 × 5028 pixels.
Editing and archive
True 16-bit TIFF
Choose true 16-bit TIFF when you need greater tonal information for demanding editing, large output or an archival master.
Why Noritsu?
Noritsu is part of the visual language of film photography.
Picture This uses the HS-1800 for both everyday JPEG digital images and genuine 16-bit TIFF output.
The Noritsu look
A recognisable film-scan character
Noritsu scanners have helped define the visual language of modern film photography. The HS-1800 produces the colour rendering and tonal character associated with a professional Noritsu lab scan.
What we adjust
Contrast checked by the lab
We review each image and adjust contrast where needed. We do not manually alter colour: the colour rendering comes from the Noritsu scan workflow and the film itself.
Skilled operation
The scanner and operator work together
The HS-1800 establishes the unmistakable Noritsu character. Careful processing, handling and contrast control by an experienced operator ensure that colour and black-and-white film are shown at their best.
Genuine 16-bit TIFF
Why 16-bit TIFF gives you more than resolution.
Bit depth does not make the image larger in pixels. It preserves much finer tonal information within those pixels. TIFF does not automatically mean 16-bit; our Medium and High 16-bit TIFF options are genuine high-bit-depth scans.
Tonal precision
Up to 65,536 levels per channel
An 8-bit image can describe up to 256 tonal levels per channel; a 16-bit image can describe up to 65,536. That extra precision provides finer tonal transitions and substantially more editing headroom.
Black-and-white
Smoother shadow and midtone work
The additional tonal information is especially useful when lifting shadows or making stronger contrast adjustments to black-and-white photographs, where subtle transitions matter.
Editing flexibility
More room for substantial adjustments
JPEG is the practical choice for most customers. Choose 16-bit TIFF when you expect heavier editing, extensive tonal changes, large output or close technical inspection.
Archival master
Keep the fullest scan for the future
A genuine 16-bit TIFF preserves the maximum tonal information supplied by the scanner, making it the stronger master file for future editing, printing or reinterpretation.
Film processing
Colour and black-and-white developed under one roof.
Keeping processing in-house gives us direct control over chemistry, temperature, transport, washing, drying and inspection.
C-41 colour
Fuji FP232B processor
Colour negative film is developed in our dedicated Fuji laboratory processor with controlled temperature, replenishment, washing and drying.
Black-and-white
Dedicated Noritsu V-30 line
Black-and-white film is processed in-house in our dedicated Noritsu V-30 line using Ilford chemistry rather than being sent elsewhere.
Fast turnaround
One-hour colour and B&W
Because both processes are operated in Brighton, one-hour developing and scans are available on normal opening days for suitable work received by 4.30pm.
Real photographic printing
C-Type prints made with light and chemistry—not ink.
Our Noritsu QSS-3502 exposes Fuji Crystal Archive DP-II photographic paper, which is then developed in traditional RA-4 chemistry. The result is a genuine photographic print rather than an inkjet reproduction.
Technical questions
Film lab technology FAQ
What size are the high-resolution scans?
High-resolution 35mm digital images are 6744 × 4492 pixels. For 120 film, output varies with frame shape: 6 × 6 is 5028 × 5028 pixels; a 6 × 9 frame at the same effective resolution corresponds to approximately 7542 × 5028 pixels.
Are your 16-bit TIFF files genuinely 16-bit?
Yes. Both Medium and High 16-bit TIFF options supply genuine high-bit-depth digital images for editing and archival use.
Do you adjust the colour of scans?
No. The colour rendering comes from the Noritsu scan workflow and the film itself. We review each image and adjust contrast where needed before delivery.
Can the scanner remove dust?
Colour scans can use infrared dust management where the film type allows it. Traditional silver-based black-and-white film cannot use infrared correction in the same way, so careful processing and handling are especially important.
What is a C-Type print?
A C-Type is a real photographic print. Light exposes colour photographic paper and the image is developed in RA-4 chemistry.
Do you send black-and-white film elsewhere?
No. Both C-41 colour and black-and-white film are processed and scanned in the Brighton lab.
See the lab in person
Professional film processing in central Brighton.
Bring film into the shop without an appointment. We can show you sample scan sizes and explain JPEG, TIFF and print options.
Address
Picture This Film Lab67 Trafalgar Street
Brighton
BN1 4EB
Opening hours
Monday–Saturday
10.30am–5.30pm
Good to know
One minute from Brighton Station. One-hour work should normally be dropped off by 4.30pm.