Greetings Everyone
August is almost here, and that means it's time for our annual summer vacation. Every year we take a road trip, shoot lots of film, and enjoy some much-needed time away from the lab.

As always, we will do our best to complete as many orders as possible before we leave. However, with the number of orders already in the lab, it would be a challenge to finish every order before our vacation even if we didn't receive another package. Unfortunately, orders have continued arriving at a steady pace despite our advance notice, making it impossible to complete them all before we leave.

Film received on or before Saturday, August 1st will be checked in, and we will do our best to have it developed before we leave.

Film received after August 1st will most likely not be completed until after we reopen on August 18th.

We plan to continue developing film on August 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th. During that time, our focus will be on processing film, so email responses may be delayed. August 6th will be our final day open before we leave, and we will reopen on August 18th.

Our mail room will remain open throughout our vacation, so it is safe to send us small packages while we are away.

While we're on the road, you can follow our travels on Instagram @needfilmdeveloped, or download our Friends & Family Travel Guide by clicking HERE

It’s now July which means its Hot outside, Yesterday reached 104 degrees around Philadelphia PA where we are located. Our tap water is over 80 degrees after running for 5 minutes. Most film such as C-41, ECN-2 and E6 have no issues with the heat. However Black and White and any film made before 1995 which we also develop in black and white we stopped developing until the outside Temperature averages below 85 degrees which should provide tap water under 74 degrees.

However until around October All old film such as C-22, E4 and other film made before 1975 will have very long wait times until our tap water drops below 68 degrees which last year was mid October. It could take up to another months to clear the back log.

This notice does not apply to anyone shooting fresh color C-41 film, our Seattle Film Works Customers or the ECN-2 Cinema Film we develop in 35mm or 120. It Also does not apply to anyone getting color film developed made after 1995.

THANK YOU EVERYONE, We really appreciate your business!!
Keep Shooting Film.