![]() ![]() ![]() Overall, it cost me 15 dollars a roll and took about two weeks. I’m not sure about all Walgreens, but all my local ones outsource the film, which makes it very expensive and they destroy the negatives rather than sending them back. Back then I knew just about nothing about taking a picture in 35mm so with two rolls in hand, I went to my local Walgreens. Maggie L, Houston Texas – I fell in love with film about two years ago. Here’s my good friend Sarah from that first roll of film at Walgreens. Film seems more genuine to me and it makes me take my time to get a good picture instead of taking 30 on a DSLR and, hopefully, getting at least one good one. Personally, I only use film for important events that I want to be sure aren’t digital. Not getting the film back meant that any hope of getting new scans was lost and precious memories were no longer preserved in a photo. The problem with not getting my film back was that the scans weren’t very good. The worker told me that I would not get my film back, but I took the risk anyways. Stephanie C, Wilmington, DE – I had my film developed at Walgreens because they had a coupon for $5 processing. Rachel A, McAlester, Oklahoma – I used to get all my film developed at Walgreens Photo Center. They were quick and did a really good job, mostly because the people working it actually cared about photography. Here are some of the photos I developed with Walgreens. They charged $16 for my roll of film and it included a CD of my photos and printed photos, but I didn’t get my negatives back like i wanted. ![]() Joshua H, Seattle Washington – I had my film developed at a Walgreens photo center, it took about a week but i got them back. Tricia S, Findlay Ohio – Walgreens in Findlay Ohio doesn’t develop film in house, but they send out taking about a week. Zachary S, Buffalo Grove, IL – I send my film out through a Walgreens in Buffalo Grove, IL (northwest suburb of Chicago) and the scans they provide are low resolution, the prints are mediocre and they don’t give me back my negatives. It took a week because they had to send it out. Overall they came out pretty good for being a drug store development. The camera expired in 2002 so I figured it would only be worthy of a drug store development! I took it on a hike with my girlfriend and took some sweet shots and took the camera right to Walgreens when it was finished! The story gets hilarious when I get to the store because no one in the store was working the “photo” department and it was a bit of work to get help. Max J – I found a disposable Kodak easyshare camera under my bed and it still had 24 exposures left. Recently their quality declined with the prints, but the photo scans would usually be decent. Some were edited for readability, some grammar and brevity.Īshley M – I will typically use Walgreens because they were the only place who would offer one hour developing. A common complaint was quality, both in scanning and printing and very long turnaround times. Because most towns have a local Walmart, they’re convenient to use for prints and film developing.Ĭons – For Film Developing, Walgreens Photo Centers doesn’t return the negatives, and as Jake from Texas puts it “The negatives are the point!”. Pros – Ranked #1 photo printing service with TopTenReviews. Walgreens film developing cannot be ordered or purchased online. Walmart Photo Center and CVS Photo Center being the other two. For film developing, it’s been reported that Walgreens stopped film processing in house in 2015 and is now using a 3rd party service, one of the last three major retailers that even supports film developing. ![]() It’s not clear if it’s for their online or instore photo centers. For printing photos, Walgreens ranks as the #1 photo printing service of 2017 with TopTenReviews. Walgreens was very popular in our social media poll, but Google reports that online searches for Walgreens Photo Center was one of the lowest among the big box retailers. With around 6,363 Retail locations*, Walgreens Photo Centers are convenient and located in nearly every region. ![]()
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