My name is Daya Dodds. My primary motive for starting the lab is to help promote the continued use of super 8 as an artistic medium.
Giant Squid Film Lab is a small boutique lab based in London. We are focusing on small format processing and scanning. We want to provide services that are not currently offered in London.
COMING SOON
ECN2 COLOUR PROCESSING
FILM DEVELOPING
Developing Black and White Reversal and E6
Format SUPER 8
We plan to offer colour reversal processing (Ektachrome, Velvia) upon Kodak’s release of it.
COST OF PROCESSING:
£25 - SUPER 8 roll / 50ft
(excluding VAT + Reels + Postage)
FILM SCANNING
Scanning Super 8mm and 16mm
All scanning is done at 2K.
There is no practical reason to scan super 8 film at 4K. Super 8 is at best 720 lines of resolution. 2K is more then needed.
Formats
HARD DRIVE TRANSFER: 1080 25p / 1080 24p / 2k 25p / 2k 24p
VIDEO COMPRESSION: 4:2:2 YUV / 4:4:4 YUV
FILE FORMAT: ProRes (HQ) / DNxHD 36 / DNxHD 185 / DPX
COST OF SCANNING:
£25 - 50ft SUPER 8 / £25 - 100ft 16mm
(excluding VAT + Reels + Postage)
Important: Depending on the quality of the footage the price will change (cleaning). Price can go up to £30.- a roll. (Especially home movies)
COLOUR SERVICES
OUR OFFER
- Colour negative (35mm + 120)
- E6 colour slide (35mm + 120)
- Scanning
- Coming soon: Coffee developing / Eco.
COST OF PROCESSING:
£6 - E6 per roll
£6 - C41 per roll
£15 - scanning per roll
(excluding VAT + Reels + Postage)
ENQUIRY FOR QUOTE
Spec sheet
Please download spec sheet here. Fill in and send in with your film. If you are unsure what type of film you have please e-mail me or call me.
Turn around
The lab is set up to deal only with small amounts of film stock. Turn around time heavily depends on how much work the lab has. We do all processing by hand, which can take time.
Turn around time will vary between 2-10 days. Please contact the lab before sending film stock to us. If you have a very important deadline please contact me as soon as possible.
Film stock return
All film stock will be returned to you on a super 8 spool. Costs of spools and postage will be added to your invoice. Every package is sent via royal mail recorded.
File mail and Wetransfer
Files can be sent to client after payment of invoice.
Payment for information
Invoice will be sent via e-mail. Please pay via pay pal or bank transfer.
Disclaimer
All film sent into the lab will be treated with the up most care. However please bare in mind we cannot be held accountable to any loss or damage.
