First-time customers
Your first roll
is on us.
$26off your first order of $75+ — usually a few rolls
We’re a family of photographers with labs in Maplewood, NJ and the East Village, trusted by shooters in all 50 states. Every roll is developed, scanned, and looked at by a person here — this is the easiest way to see what that does for your film.
Get your code
Drop your email and we’ll unlock it right here — and send a copy to your inbox so you don’t lose it.
One per customer. Unlocking adds you to our list — we send the code, and the occasional thing worth reading. Unsubscribe any time.
Here’s your code
We sent a copy to your inbox too.
Use it by
Start your orderApply it in the cart. Works on developing and scanning, orders of $75 or more — for most people that’s a few rolls.
- Developed & scanned in house
- Every order checked by a person
- Mail in or drop off
The lab
What happens to your film
Your negatives spend a few days with people who shoot film themselves. Here is what you get out of that.
Pick how it looks
Ten GelForms — our own scan styles. Choose one when you order and every frame comes back already looking that way. No editing required, no guessing what you will get.
Or start from flat
Editing them yourself? Pair Flat Earth with a TIFF scan and you get a clean, unpushed file with all the latitude still in it — a proper starting point rather than someone else’s grade.
Ask us anything
What stock suits what you are shooting, which scan tier you actually need, how a frame turned out the way it did. We shoot film too, and we are happy to talk about it.
Getting it to us is easy
Add a mailing label to any order and a prepaid one is ready to print. Same short routine every time you have rolls to send — or walk them into either shop.
Shot by the community
Real rolls, real people
A sampling of work from our clients. Shot on film and developed at Gelatin.
Try it yourself
Ten GelForms, one negative
GelForm is our own set of scan styles. The negative never changes — what changes is the color, the contrast, and how much of the film edge we leave in. Tap through and see.
Sample photos by Jakob Lilja-Ruiz. All the GelForms.
How it works
Three steps, no guesswork
Build your order
Most first orders are a few rolls. Drop the code in and $26 comes off — it works on developing and scanning, orders of $75 or more.
Get your film to us
Add a mailing label to that order and print it, from anywhere in the US or Canada — or walk your rolls into Maplewood, NJ or the East Village. How mailing in works.
Get your scans back
Downloads land in your account as soon as they’re ready. Want the negatives back? Add return shipping at checkout.
Photographers love working with us.
Don't just take our word for it — hear from the community that trusts Gelatin Labs with every roll.
July 2026
Staff is really friendly and helpful. Photos always come out great quality!
July 2026
My film came out great and I dropped it off in the box outside and it came pretty quick!! Thanks so much
July 2026
I always choose this place to develop my disposable cameras, just visited the maplewood store and they were so accommodating and kind!
May 2026
Gelatin is the best in the game! I love the flexibility their flat GelForm Style offers me, and there's simply no one else I would trust with my film.
May 2026
Absolutely the finest service I've ever experienced at a film lab from start to finish. Kindness, attentiveness, and thoroughness all come to mind each time I visit a location.
March 2026
One of the best in the world that I've used. Un-paralleled quality in scans so far. Incredible latitude in post for me, fast and friendly too!
March 2026
Gorgeous scans! So happy with all the images I have received 🙂
January 2026
Gelatin has scanned and developed more than 100 rolls of film for me and does consistently excellent work, can't recommend them enough.
That drawer probably has a few rolls in it.
Good — send them together. Most first orders are a few rolls, which covers the $75 minimum, and the code takes $26 off, about one roll’s developing and scanning. Every roll gets the same attention as the five hundredth.
Terms and conditions
The code applies $26 to a first order of $75 or more, roughly the value of one (1) developing-and-scanning service for 35mm color C-41 film at our standard scan size. It is valid on film services only, and not on physical goods including fresh film from the Film Shop. One per customer.
Orders placed with the same name, email, address, billing details or payment information as a previous order are not first orders. Orders that are not first orders may be invoiced by Gelatin Labs for the $26.
