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By *enatton2 OP Couple
over a year ago
West Midlands |
So we recently found two rolls of camera film, obviously from a long time ago. We know for a fact one has adult content of us, not sure about the other one. Now we’d love to get them both developed but we have questions….
1) Is there a discreet service that could do it for us?
2) Will the film even be ok to develop after such a long time?
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By *enatton2 OP Couple
over a year ago
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"In the "olden days" there used to be companies that would develop XXX pics, obviously you couldn't take them to Boots! An online search may help."
Yeah I remember the newspaper adverts for those services lol.
We sent one to Truprint by accident once, they did it no problems but I wouldn’t do it again, we were horrified lol |
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over a year ago
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The film may have gone off, but if you want to try getting them developed then there will be some small companies who will process them. How discreet they are is another thing
I had a friend who ran a processing factory which did the film for Boots and all the big chemists and camera shops. The staff saw so many private photos they never registered with them when they did the quality checks, they only picked up on photos that needed reporting to the police |
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Not sure how viable this option is for you guys but I believe you can pick up a machine that will scan your film and convert the pictures to a digital version which you can do whatever you want with. Have seen them on amazon for around £70 |
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"Not sure how viable this option is for you guys but I believe you can pick up a machine that will scan your film and convert the pictures to a digital version which you can do whatever you want with. Have seen them on amazon for around £70 "
This won't work unfortunately as the film has to be developed first. Shame though as it would save lots of blushes. |
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As far as I know, as long as there's nothing illegal in the photos then you're fine. There's still plenty of places to post film off to and get prints, or digital images on DVD, back. Just check their terms and conditions first.
As far as whether the film itself is okay....that's dependant on how it's been stored, length of time and all sorts of factors. It's a gamble with old film stock.
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Regarding content, unless it’s illegal the lab won’t give a damn about the content, and a mail order service is your best bet.
Regarding how well the film will have withstood the test of time is subject to many factors. The quality of the original film stock, the type of film, how well it’s been stored and even the format of the film itself.
Most likely it will be okay, with colour shifts and light leaks being the most obvious artefacts of degradation. |
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