Camera House · Lower Hutt
Your film, developed in our own lab.
35mm, 120, 110, APS and disposables — colour, black and white, slide, cross processed and cine film. Developed and scanned here in Lower Hutt, not couriered off to someone else's lab in another city.
Book your film in
One roll at a time · the price updates as you chooseAnswer the questions and we'll put the right thing in your cart. More than one roll? Run through it again — everything lands in the same cart.
What it costs
Developing prices, per roll
The order form works this out for you, but here it is laid out if you would rather just look. Every price is one roll, developed and scanned.
| Film | Process | Develop & scan | High-res JPG | TIFF | BMP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35mm | C-41 colour | $22 | $28 | $30 | $30 |
| 35mm | Black & white | $23 | $31 | $33 | $33 |
| 35mm | E-6 slide | $44 | $52 | $54 | $54 |
| 35mm | Cross process | $23 | $31 | $33 | $33 |
| 35mm | ECN-2 (cine) | $25 | $33 | $35 | $36 |
| 120 | C-41 colour | $24 | $24 | $34 | $34 |
| 120 | Black & white | $27 | $27 | $37 | $37 |
| 120 | Cross process | $27 | $27 | $37 | $37 |
| 110 | C-41 colour | $24 | — | — | — |
| 110 | Black & white | $27 | — | — | — |
| APS | C-41 colour | $24 | — | — | — |
| APS | Black & white | $27 | — | — | — |
Prints, negatives and develop-only
| Add-on | Price | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Develop only | $12 | No scan. 35mm, 110 or 120 — we develop the roll and you get the negatives. |
| Prints, one set | $10 | A print of every frame on the roll, gloss or matt. |
| Prints, two sets | $20 | Two prints of every frame. |
| Hold my negatives | $1.50 | We keep them at the counter for you to collect. |
| Post negatives back | $6.50 | Charged once for the order, not per roll. |
| Back with my other items | Free | Packed in with the rest of your order. |
Prices are per roll and include developing plus a standard scan. Choosing what happens to your negatives does not change the developing price. 110 and APS are scanned at standard resolution only.
From anywhere in New Zealand
Sending film to us
You don't have to be in Wellington. People post us film from all over the country — here's how to do it so nothing goes missing.
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Order it first
Run through the questions above and pay online. You'll get an order number in your confirmation email.
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Write the order number on the parcel
Inside, with your name, phone number and email. Film arrives here with no idea who it belongs to more often than you'd think.
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Pack it so it survives the trip
A padded bag or a small box. Rolls in their canisters if you still have them. Undeveloped film is fine going through the post — it's X-rays at airports you have to worry about, not couriers.
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We'll email when it's scanned
Scans go out as a download link. Negatives come back, get held here, or get binned — whichever you chose when you ordered.
Before you order
Common questions
How long will it take?
The number at the top of this page is live — it's the average time a roll has actually taken in our lab today, and over the last seven days. Colour 35mm is usually the quickest. Slide, cross processing and cine film take longer because they run less often.
What do the scans actually look like?
Standard is 3360 × 2240 px — plenty for a 6×4 print or anything on a screen. High resolution is 5400 × 3600 px, which gives you room to crop and to print big. TIFF and BMP are uncompressed if you want to edit properly; JPG is fine for everything else.
What happens to my negatives?
Your call, and you choose it in the order. We can hold them here and file them under your name, post them back to you, or bin them. Holding is the default for most people — they're safe here and you can ask for them any time.
Can I just hand you a disposable camera?
Yes — bring the whole thing. We open it in the darkroom and process the film inside. It's 35mm film, so it's priced the same as a 35mm roll.
My film is ancient / I don't know what's on it.
Bring it anyway. Old film usually still holds an image, though colour shifts and contrast go strange with age — that's part of the fun. If a roll comes out blank we'll tell you what we saw on it rather than just handing back nothing.
Can I get prints as well as scans?
Yes, add them in the order above — one set or two, gloss or matt. If you'd rather choose sizes and papers properly, order the scans now and take the files to our printing counter afterwards.
Camera House Lower Hutt
77 Queens Drive, Lower Hutt, WellingtonDrop-off hours
Open seven days — check current hours before a visit.