Mail-in Film Developing from Chicago
How To Send Your Film Developing Order
Start by configuring your order. Select the services you need for the film you have. Add each configuration to the cart.
Select your Return Shipping options to receive your negatives back and check out. You’ll receive an email with instructions on shipping.
Write your order number down and include it in a package with your film. Use ample packing material or padding to keep your film safe. Ship to the address on our Contact page.
Await your film’s arrival at the lab, and look out for emails that will keep you updated on order status, scans, and shipping. Thanks for using Gelatin Labs!
Best Way To Develop Film: In Gelatin Labs We Trust
Go back to the pre-digital days, when photography was solely a physical process, from start to finish. You’d purchase your film at a brick-and-mortar shop, load up your camera, and document life without the modern distractions our digital devices bombard us with. A simpler and more magical experience.
Today, we can make a digital scan from your film photos, so you can bridge the gap from analog to digital.
About Gelatin Labs
Gelatin Labs is the best mail-in film developing service to ship to from Chicago, known for its top-notch customer service, quality processing, and love for all things film photography.
We are family-owned and photographer-operated, offering online film development services since 2018. Our community of film photographers is growing every day, with thousands of enthusiasts, professionals and the in-between sending film to Gelatin Labs from across the United States and Canada.
Frequently Asked Questions
Gelatin Labs develops:
35mm, 120, Advantix, and other sizes by request.
Color C-41, E-6, ECN-2 and Black and White film.
For most C-41 color-negative films, we process your film in an all-new, state-of-the-art Colenta roller transport machine. With the most pristine color accuracy and archival wash stages, your film is in the best of hands.
For expired film and disposables, we use a well-maintained Noritsu V-30 film processor.
Black and White is hand-developed using Ilford chemistry.
E-6 Color Positive slide film is developed using our handy Jobo ATL1000.
ECN-2 film is developed by the fine folks at Kodak Film Lab Atlanta, and scanned by Gelatin.
We use DNP commercial printers to make our amazing dye-sublimation prints.
Send film in a bubble mailer or a secure box via your trusted mail carrier. Use First Class Mail with tracking, or a faster service. We also have a shipping label available to add to your order.
*DO NOT* use postage stamps, envelopes, or any flimsy package that will easily be tampered with or come undone en route to the lab. Use extra tape where needed to ensure security.
Thanks for using Gelatin Labs! We’re excited to receive your film!