Yesterday I passed by the newly opened Ajas’s Film Lab to check the place out. According to their bio, they’re meant to be the best place for all things film related but I don’t know how accurate that is. The store is small and fairly empty with mostly just a counter in the back and a small fridge filled with disposable cameras and some film. They had three kinds of film, one black and white, and two colored. The black and white is priced at 5KD while the colored were 8KD each. The disposable cameras were also 8KD.
Their main service though is developing films but turns out they don’t print them. They just develop your negative roll and then scan and email you the digital photos. The main reason I shoot film is so I can print film so it was disappointing they didn’t offer that service. The cost for developing and scanning your film is 5KD.
The place isn’t cheap but I think they’re trying to offer a nice trendy place for people to get their film developed. The developing and scanning cost is OK I guess at 5KD, there are cheaper places but not by much. When it comes to film rolls though I think they’re too expensive. I buy my color film rolls for 4KD from random studios around Salmiya where they still sell film (they aren’t expired), so I definitely wouldn’t pay 8KD.
If you want to check Ajas out, they’re on insta @ajasfilmlab and here is their location on Google Maps.
For a list of places that develop film, check out this link. For black and white film, Studio Khemia sell rolls starting at 3KD and also offer workshops where they teach you how to develop and print your black and white rolls, check them out on Insta @khemiae.darkroom
12 replies on “Ajas’s Film Lab”
Why do they keep those items in a fridge?
No idea I think it’s a just a way for them to display them in a cool way.
apparently, keeping them in a cool temperature slows down degradation of the film and improves its lifespan.
Source: google search
I’m sure that’s true but I’ve never bought film from a fridge ever (and I was around before digital cameras lol)
yeah, i didn’t even know this was a thing, I guess it doesn’t matter as long as your room temperature isn’t 40+ lol
So glad there’s finally a place to develop some of the film footage I shot in film school. Never felt right about sending it to Wisconsin or Illinois to get it developed.
Could you please let me know which place did u get film roll for cheap, I’m trying my hands on film camera. It is more organic than my A1 I believe
I went to a few photo shops in Block 10 and they all sold the same kodak film for 4kd.
who sells cameras u can put flim rolls in them and how much does it cost to develop a roll ? is this for the old konica point and shoot models? from the 1990’s
@Mark, What film camera gear do you use?
A Nikon FE with a 50mm lens. The camera belonged to my parents, we’ve had it since the early 80s.
That’s cool, I’ve had a Nikon FE and an F100 forever, I use a 50mm and 80-200 push-pull lens. I never bothered to sell it just for nostalgic reasons, it just lives in my cabinet.
It’s good to know that I can process the film rolls that I have with me.