Target removed the Kodak processing machines from many of its stores and now offers a print-only photo center for those with digital files. Target film developing More on Target Photo Labs Walgreens film development cannot be ordered or purchased online. Using this service, Walgreens doesn’t return your negatives and it’s likely this 3rd party service destroys your negatives after scanning them. It’s been reported that Walgreens stopped film processing on April 16th of 2015 and is using a 3rd party service. Over 800 people a month Google “ does Walgreens develop film“. Walgreens film developing More on Walgreens Photo Lab Additionally, they don’t have in-store photo mailers and film development cannot be ordered or purchased online. In nearly all the stores, Sam’s Club stopped developing film in late 2013. Sam’s Club film developing More on Sam’s Club Photo Lab Many of the stores have completely stopped processing film and, like Costco, maybe in the process of phasing out film processing entirely. In researching, Walmart film developing services vary from each store or region and this may not be company-wide policy. Walmart is no longer returning negatives to save on postage costs and only providing customers scanned images on a CD. WalMart film developing More on Walmart Photo Lab Over a year ago, Kelvin Wang started a petition for Costco to start developing film again, but it hasn’t gotten much support. Costco doesn’t even develop film online through their Costco Photo Center website. We were told by a photo lab employee that “we recently pulled their film processing equipment out of every building”. In visiting our local Costco, we discovered that they’re no longer developing film. Retailers Who Develop Film and Who Returns NegativesĬostco film developing More on Costco Photo Lab A low-quality scan of something sentimental or of an important subject is not an adequate replacement to the original film or “file”. These mystery time capsules can potentially contain images with huge sentimental value. Negatives are the foundation of shooting film and an important part of the traditional printing process.
Discarding negatives may be okay for the person with disposable cameras, but is a major drawback for the film enthusiast or the “found film” people.įound film is actually a pretty big market for The Darkroom and its people finding an undeveloped roll of film in a drawer or the attic. Even more important, they no longer return the negatives, only providing your images as scans on a CD. Today, nearly all the big box stores send the film to third-party labs, with turnaround time ranging from three to five days at Walgreens and two to three weeks at CVS. Big-name drugstores like CVS and Walgreens still develop film, but the days of 1-hour photo processing are long gone.
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