Unable to process films: Not C41

Wings_of_Ambition

This isn't a computery-type question, more one for the photographers out there. I put several films in for processing at Asda and they returned them unprocessed saying they couldn't do it as the films were "not C41". Two questions:

1/ What does this mean?
2/ Are there places that will process these films relatively cheaply (as I don't even know if there's anything on them and would rather not pay £8 for a blank film!)?

Cheers

Wings

DCFC79

Is your camera an old style 1, jessops print photos, do you not have an independant camera shop which develop pictures

geewhiz

I think C41 is just the name given to all colour negatives, are these black & white that you have ?

Wings_of_Ambition

geewhiz wrote: »

I think C41 is just the name given to all colour negatives, are these black & white that you have ?

That's interesting. They may very well be black and white films from my school days. I never thought of that.... can't actually remember where the films are from!

isofa

C41 is the colour developing process, not the negative/positive name. So they may be a much older film type which cannot be developed and printed via C41, or just a specialist film type such as IR, or B+W, perhaps a specialist Ilford reel?

There must be a good colour lab in your town, even Jessops will be able to handle it.

What type of film is on the film canister? That will answer the question!

nomoneytoday

geewhiz wrote: »

I think C41 is just the name given to all colour negatives, are these black & white that you have ?

Many modern B&W films can be processed using C41 - I recently had some Ilford 35mm films that worked well that way

Truprint or a similar lab should be able to process your films, or on the High Street try Boots or Jessops

moneysaver

As Isofa says C41 is the process used for developing colour film. On the side of the canister it usually tells you what process is used for the developing. C41, E6 etc, have a look & see if there is anything like that on the side.


Moneysaver