Analogue Photography
Analogue (film) photography resources.
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Getting Started With Film Photography
Melbourne Silver Mine member Cameron Stephen has written a blog entry entitled Starting Out which explains how to get going with film photography.
We also have a Home Developing Guide if you're interested in learning how to develop your own film.
Film suppliers
35mm 35mm film is still readily available in most city and suburban photo labs. Chemists, supermarkets, 2-dollar shops also stock film and occasionally their own budget brand.
Melbourne CBD
- Ted's Camera Store (235 Elizabeth Street)
- Michael's (corner Elizabeth and Lonsdale)
Inner Suburbs
- Vanbar Photographics (Carlton)
- Bond Imaging (Richmond)
- Borge's Imaging (Port Melbourne)
Film Processing
Melbourne CBD
- Michael's C41, E6 & BW, all formats, now done in house. Only E6 & true B&W option in the CBD
- Elizabeth Photo Centre 7 Elizabeth Street
- Big W QV Building, Lonsdale Street.
Inner Suburbs
- Bond Imaging (Richmond)
- CPL Services (South Melbourne) (No E6, c41 and B&W only).
- Croydon Camera House (Croydon)
- L and D One Hour Photo (Collingwood)
- Light Leaks (St. Kilda).
- PEC Photovision (Bentleigh) C41 135 develop / scan only
- PhotoQ (Kew)
- Photo Color (Heidelberg)
- Photo Production House (South Yarra)
- Prism Imaging (North Melbourne)
- The Pro Lab (South Yarra)
- Red Flair (Balwyn).
- Vanbar Photographics (Carlton)
Outer Suburbs
- Mini Lab Photo First Springvale, 276 Springvale Rd, Springvale, VIC 3171, phone: (03) 95746118
Home Developing
You can get chemicals and other necessary equipment from:
- Vanbar Photographics (Carlton)
- Michael's (corner Elizabeth and Lonsdale)
- Borge's Imaging (Port Melbourne) still selling film, Holgas, chemicals and associated equipment
If you'd like to learn how to develop your own black & white film, see our Home Developing Guide.
Labs that have closed or no longer doing film The following stores have ceased trading or have reduced or eliminated analogue photo processing.
- Ted's Camera Store switched to digital only in early 2010, they do still stock film and other analogue photo accessories.
- Replace-a-Film (Knox Shopping Centre) has closed
- Elizabeth Camera Centre (Kodak store on the corner of Elizabeth & Little Bourke Street). Closed Feb 2011.
- Lab X (St. Kilda)
- Photo Factory (Burke Road, Camberwell) Closed September 2011
