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Dominique De Bast
Film God

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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013

posted May 11, 2016 07:31 AM

Monday, I went to Color City to pick up three processed 9.5 films I shot in South America. I was lucky to be invited to see the developping machine. The lab is actually much bigger than it looks like from outside. It was not a guide tour so I could not take many pictures and I saw only a part of the place but I took these ones (I'm not as good as Steve for the comments, sorry) :

The name Ciné Dia still exists : Color City is now split in four different companies that have each a own activity and Ciné Dia is one of them.

The shop is no longer open full time for the public (due to the fact that still stock process and photo prints is, as we all know, reduced now).

The processing machine. One of the few left in the world.

The machine is capable of processing all the gauges.

Washing cuve.

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Dominique

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Graham Sinden
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Kent, UK
Registered: Aug 2005

posted May 11, 2016 04:04 PM

Excellent photos and report.
Thanks Dom.

Graham S

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Andrew Woodcock
Film God

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From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012

posted May 11, 2016 04:10 PM

fabulous post there Dominique!
Great to see you still have a laboratory available to you there. [Smile]

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"C'mon Baggy..Get with the beat"

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Clinton Hunt
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Waharoa,North Island,New Zealand
Registered: May 2010

posted May 11, 2016 06:29 PM

Great read Dominique and yes it's great to see you can still get films developed somewhere in the world!
Was it a reasonable cost?

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Cheers from me in New Zealand :-)

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Dominique De Bast
Film God

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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013

posted May 12, 2016 04:14 AM

Clinton, the 9.5 filmstock is sold process included. Due to the lack of 35 mm films, 9.5 is temporarily unaviable but if Ferrania will be able to provide large core film of unperfored 35mm at reasonable cost, then 9.5 will be available again from Color City, probably also with the process included.
Andrew, by "there", I presume you mean "on the continent" :-) Brussels is not far away from Paris but it is in another country, though :-)

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Dominique

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Luigi Castellitto
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Campobasso, Italy
Registered: Jun 2013

posted May 15, 2016 01:33 PM

Great, Dom!
I think the price of Color City for 9.5 mm very good, because it also included the development and shipments.
And they also provides the film already cut (8m-9m) for my Ercsam Camex.

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