Where to Ship
Our processing facility and lab are located at:
Photolab, 2235 Fifth Street, Berkeley, California USA 94710-2216
We are also open to the public if you are in the Bay Area. More about us...

We have seen no damage to exposed from either handling or radiation.

Safe Shipping
We asked Federal Express, United Parcel Service and the US Postal Service for advise on how to ship photographic film to us. Fed Ex specifically said they do not X-ray packages or use other equipment that will harm light sensitive materials. UPS said it was safe ship unprocessed photographic film in their system and recommended that the package be labeled "Photographic Film - Do Not X-ray". The USPS was less responsive but our local postal union official told us that unofficially it is safe to ship photographic film in the US mails. In fact, we receive shipments from all these plus Airborne Express and others.
 

Return Shipping
We use Priority Mail as our default shipping method. We can ship back using the above shippers if you request it. If you include your account number we will ship back to you using your account.

Ship Direct 
We noticed that pro photographers would like us to ship orders directly to their clients. Now we can do it!  We do not ship negs to clients (unless you instruct us in writing) and we do not bill them or include any billing information. Orders are triple checked for spotting and accuracy. We bill photographer for shipping (using Priorty Mail unless you specify otherwise) and a $3.95 - $5.95 per shipment handling fee. Price depends on size and weight of the final order. Please include all shipping info in writing with your order.

An easy way to avoid delays is to take an extra step to making a packing list. The packing list should include everything you are enclosing to us. Send us a copy.  That makes it easy for you to check yourself and easy for us to find everything.

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