Keld, a film lab in Leeds. Develop and scan from £14 a roll.
Your film back in two working days, developed by hand and scanned at the size you choose.
Post your rolls or drop them in on Mabgate. We develop C-41, E-6 and black and white in small batches, scan every frame, and send a download link the evening it’s done.
- C-41, E-6 and black and white
- 35mm, 120 and 4×5 sheets
- Scans up to 6,774 × 4,492 px
Develop and scan, per roll
One price for 35mm and 120. Sheet film is priced per sheet. Every roll comes back cut and sleeved, with scans on a link that stays live for 30 days.
| Service | 35mm | 4×5, a sheet |
|---|---|---|
| Develop only, C-41Negatives cut and sleeved, no scans | £7 | £4 |
| Develop and scan, standard3,637 × 2,433 px JPEG, around 4 MB a frame | £14 | £9 |
| Develop and scan, large6,774 × 4,492 px JPEG, around 14 MB a frame | £19 | £13 |
| Develop and scan, E-6Slide film, mounted on request for £4 a roll | £21 | £15 |
| Develop and scan, black and whiteHand developed in small tanks | £15 | £10 |
| Scan only, standardBring us negatives or slides already developed | £9 | £6 |
| Push or pull, a stopUp to three stops; tell us on the order slip | £2 | £1 |
120 rolls cost the same as 35mm. 16-bit TIFF instead of JPEG is £3 a roll. Rush, back the next working day, is half as much again. Prices include VAT.
Film in the fridge
We keep our own house stocks at 4 °C, spooled in Leeds in short runs. Each one is the look you see at the top of this page, and we develop all of them here.
| Film | Type | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Linden 160 | Colour negative, daylight, fine grain | £11.50 |
| Tallow 400 | Colour negative, warm, forgiving | £12.50 |
| Harbour 100 | Colour negative, cool and quiet | £10.50 |
| Lantern 800 | Colour negative balanced for tungsten light | £14 |
| Harrow 400 | Black and white, pushes to 1600 happily | £8.50 |
| Cellar 200 | Colour negative, expired 2019, kept cold, sold as is | £6 |
| Kestrel 100 | Colour slide; we cross process it on request | £16 |
| Pitch 400 | Black and white, high contrast, deep shadows | £9 |
| Alder 50 | Colour negative, very fine grain, for bright days | £12 |
How we scan
Every frame is scanned flat, with no automatic colour correction, then balanced by a person against the film’s own base. We check each roll at 100% and spot dust by hand before it goes out.
Standard
Enough for a 30 × 20 cm print and anything on a screen. The default on every develop and scan order.
3,637 × 2,433 px for 35mm, 2,433 × 2,433 px for 6×6. JPEG, around 4 MB a frame.Large
For prints up to 60 × 40 cm and for anyone who crops. Grain is resolved, so push processed rolls look like film, not noise.
6,774 × 4,492 px. JPEG around 14 MB, 16-bit TIFF around 90 MB a frame.Sheet film
4×5 sheets are scanned one at a time on the flatbed with a wet mount, and delivered as TIFF only.
2,400 ppi, 9,600 × 12,000 px, about 690 MB a sheet.
C-41 runs at 37.8 °C for 3 minutes 15 seconds in a replenished line. We read a control strip every morning and hold density within 0.05 of the reference, so Tuesday’s rolls match Friday’s. E-6 is a six bath process at 38 °C with a 6 minute first developer.
Black and white is developed by hand in small tanks at 20 °C, with the developer and time chosen for the film and the push you asked for. Pushed rolls get a longer first wash and a second fix.
- Film in by
- 11 am, through the hatch or by post
- Scans back
- By 6 pm, two working days later
- Sheet film
- Four working days
- Download link
- Live for 30 days, then deleted
- Negatives
- Cut, sleeved, posted back or held for collection for 90 days
Visit, or post it
The lab is on Mabgate, ten minutes’ walk from Leeds station. Drop film through the hatch at any hour; it’s logged at 10 am and the clock starts then. If you’re further away, order a mailer.
Keld Film Lab, Unit 3, 41 Mabgate, Leeds LS9 7DR Tuesday to Saturday, 10 to 6 Collection and drop off at the hatch, 7 daysA mailer is £2
- A padded bag with a tracked, prepaid label, both ways
- Room for 12 rolls or 20 sheets, with an order slip
- The £2 comes off your first order