A small but dedicated lab, our purpose is to offer tailored services to each individual client to fulfil their particular creative vision. As quality, reliability and close communication with the artist forms the foundation of our company, we treat every roll and print as if it were our own.

Every black and white film is individually hand processed to give full control over how the images turn out. All colour film is processed in our very own top of the range colour chemicals we make ourselves. We strive to make your negatives and prints the way you wanted them and ensure our customised service remains affordable at all times.

Zone Imaging Lab was founded and is run by James Lane, a photographer and darkroom printer for over 5 years. He has also a background in chemical engineering and experiments in making new developers and/or modifying existing ones as a hobby. He creates the lab’s very own colour developing chemicals that was the child from many months of research and testing.

Film Processing

When it comes to processing film, we stand out from the rest. We go beyond the other labs.

For our unique black and white services, every roll is individually hand developed in a range of developers that you can choose – please see the developers page for details on our developers. By offering this service, we can adapt to giving a personalised look for your negatives – there is a certain style you want your photos to look, we can provide it. If no preference of developer is stated, we will default to KodakKodak or its full name  – The Eastman Kodak Company is an American imaging company that began in the 19th century as an innovator of photography. Incorporated in New Jersey, the corporation was founded in 1888 by George Eastman in Rochester, New York, where its headquarters are still located today. More Xtol stock replenished.

For colour negative film, thanks to our technician’s advanced photo-chemistry skills and research, we process it in our very own lab-made developer, bleach and fixer that has received high acclaim to give not only give high-quality lab-grade results but has been commented on multiple times as being as good as KodakKodak or its full name  – The Eastman Kodak Company is an American imaging company that began in the 19th century as an innovator of photography. Incorporated in New Jersey, the corporation was founded in 1888 by George Eastman in Rochester, New York, where its headquarters are still located today. More Flexicolor. Unlike other labs, we use developer once then discard to give maximum quality – we prefer quality results over savings on some rawRAW is a file format that contains minimally processed data from the image sensor of a digital camera. RAW files are larger in size compared to JPEG files, as they retain all of the image data captured by the camera sensor without any compression. This allows for greater latitude in adjusting exposure, colour balance, and other image settings in post-processing, resulting in higher quality prints and digital images. One of the key advantages of shooting in RAW format is the ability to recover details in highlights and shadows that may be lost when shooting in JPEG format. Additionally, RAW files allow for non-destructive editing, meaning that changes can be made to the image without affecting the original image data. More material costs.

We do not charge extra for pushing or pulling.

All BnW film is fixed with Ilford’s Rapid Fixer, given an archival wash and then in distilled water with Ilfotol; C41 film is washed in Kodak’s final rinse to ensure maximum archivality.

Cutting and sleeving are included in the price. Proof sheets are done in the darkroom on 8×10 inch Ilford RC glossy paper.

Turn-around time is expected to be 3-4 working days plus shipping.

We can currently only develop 35mm and 120 film.

Film Digitisation

We offer digitisation of film as part of our services. We employ a custom made reproduction rig leading to incredibly high quality results comparable to a drum scanner. We use the very best negative carriers available to ensure maximum flatness and hence sharpness across the frame. We can digitise 35mm, 120 and 4×5 sheets.

Metadata of your shots e.g. camera model, lens used, film stock, ISOInternational Organization for Standardization represents the film’s (or sensors) sensitivity to the light. The higher the number, the more information will be captured. 400 ISO film is more sensitive to light than 200 ISO film by 1 stop. rating, date shot and developer used will be provided in the scans to help with your film scan organisation. This feature is also quite unique to us. This is not available for the RAWRAW is a file format that contains minimally processed data from the image sensor of a digital camera. RAW files are larger in size compared to JPEG files, as they retain all of the image data captured by the camera sensor without any compression. This allows for greater latitude in adjusting exposure, colour balance, and other image settings in post-processing, resulting in higher quality prints and digital images. One of the key advantages of shooting in RAW format is the ability to recover details in highlights and shadows that may be lost when shooting in JPEG format. Additionally, RAW files allow for non-destructive editing, meaning that changes can be made to the image without affecting the original image data. More scan option.

Scans are sent via WeTransfer in either JPEGJPEG is an acronym for Joint Photographic Experts Group and the standard format in which pictures are compressed. Due to this compression, JPEG files are smaller and carry less information. Sometimes also denoted as jpg or jpeg. More or TIFF files. We recommend TIFF files for further editing by the customer.

JPEGS are exported in the sRGBThe standard colour gamut for Windows operating systems. sRGB is also the "lowest common denominator" for colour standards, because it can be reproduced on the least expensive computer screens. Adobe RGB is a wider-gamut colour space and is preferred for those seeking higher accuracy in colour rendition. More colour space, TIFFs are exported in Adobe RGBA widely accepted color space that encompasses a wider range of color than the more commonly used sRGB color space. Adobe RGB is the preferred color space for images intended for prepress applications More but can be exported in the ProPhoto RGBRGB (Red Green Blue) is an additive colour model in which red, green and blue light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colours for representation and display as images on computers and other digital devices. More colour space upon request.