ABOUT US

dr5-chrome® Lab Provids the best quality FILM PROCESSING services AVAILABLE. Producing the highest quality B&W transparency, E6-color transparency, B&W negative-processing & proofing, FILM RECORDING /DIGITAL TO FILM SERVICES & SCANNING.We hope you will find the dr5-lab like having your own private lab. dr5 has been offered publicly to photographers since 1998, but has enjoyed 16+ years of consistent image quality. Check out the;  FACT FILLED TECH PAGE.

OUR PROCESSING POLICY AND QUALITY GUARANTEE: The dr5 process is a highly customized process. Quality control is very tenuous and precise. We will not put our clients film in harms way, for any reason. We make every effort to meet deadlines, and we will bend over backwards to provide a required delivery. If by some circumstance our controls are off, QUALITY will reside over DELIVERY. This we feel sets us apart from any other lab. We will not run your film unless EVERYTHING in the production process is perfect. The same rules apply for our other services.

With the dr5-PROCESS, Imagine producing very high quality B&W finished art! Imagine not having to make contacts or prints for your clients. Imagine shooting archival, high-end B&W images 4 to 5x improved over the negative counterpart, providing the best B&W archival image ready to scan. The dr5 process turns almost any regular B&W negative film (including BETTER-SCALA PROCESSING) into an entirely new film line; archival B&W tranparencies.

dr5 is a process which produces not just B&W chromes, but images that are sharper, possessing more tonal range than any other means of film processing. dr5 was created to produce the highest quality B&W positives. For SCALA-FILM shooters; we will always be here for you! You don't have to be sad when SCALA film runs out, use almost any available B&W film.

dr5 can also be utilized for producing remarkable "INTERPOSITIVES" thus, preserving the existence of old negative libraries. Fine-art contact printers will also benefit from dr5-processed "ENLARGED NEGATIVES" made from the original negatives, siizes up to 11"x14". What is dr5? dr5 is a custom built, from the ground up process, designed from scratch. dr5 is not a generic run-of-the-mill reversal B&W process and was not referenced by any published recipe. It is not the Kodak kit or the AGFA SCALA process. INDUSTRY inquires and lab visits are welcome. dr5 benefits far outweigh the time you will take to discover the parameters [learning curve] of the process. The learning curve, in part, is learning how the process reacts to existing films. Other considerations are: film speed variables, contrast change, push & pull, and differences in film types.

We believe in close, personal customer-service with every order. Feel free to contact us anytime with any questions. We care greatly how your film looks. The dr5 process was designed to give the photographer the largest amount of variables, in essence, giving you the ability to put a B&W custom darkroom inside your camera! The photographer has the freedom to change the contrast, speed & tonal range at will, simply by either changing the ISO or selecting from over 25 different film types. dr5 also employs the use of "two" developers: a neutral developer (Developer 1), and sepia developer (Developer 2), the choice of either is yours at no extra charge.

DIGITAL READY; dr5 produces a very scanable image quality. One of dr5's perks is digital post. It reproduces photographically without any crossover. It is the perfect choice for graphic magazine production, archival stock, archiving old B&W negative libraries [INTERPOSITIVES] and as an original to produce enlarged negatives. We challenge ANY digital shooter to top our B&W quality! dr5 will surpass anything digitally shot.

Our dr5 equipment is a state of the art, one of a kind custom designed dip&dunk machine, specially engineered for dr5 by TECNOLAB. We also maintain a custom handline for those special runs. ALL 3 of our quality processors are made by TECNOLAB

As you would expect our E6 is like no other E6 in the country. E6 is a standard process. You would think E6 would be the same everywhere. This isn't always the case. You can expect only the best E6 control here. B&W-negative development is reserved only for labs that can deal with it's demands. We maintain a custom hand-line for unusual processing requests. Our B&W negative services are also like none other in the country. Our process incorporates a double-developer system, that has total manual control, producing a negative with increased dynamic range, contrast control and as much dynamic range as PYRO development.

Quality control is a #1 priority! dr5, E6 & our B&W Negative-lines are tested several times daily to assure consistent contrast and density. We do our best to remain competitive and go to extremes to provide the best quality. This EXTRA effort is reflected in our pricing for some services. We are also doing our best to keep our costs down in this very volatile photo-market.

INDUSTRY RETROSPECT: The photo industry is changing rapidly. In this ever-changing photo market we find it important to concentrate on one thing, and do it very well. Our speculation is "big labs" may soon be a thing of the past. We believe specialty labs are the future. dr5-chrome® Lab is dedicated to Film-Processing, OUR SPECIALTY, with only a few other related FILM services. Our lab also specializes in DIGITAL-to-FILM output, FILM RECORDING [NOTE: We can provide limited traditional B&W printing services, including; custom-fiber, upon client special request.]

After 2 years in NYC and 1-1/2 in Los Angeles, dr5 relocates to Denver CO.in mid '05, because of the NYC 911 photo industry collapse and the high-cost of RealEstate in NYC & LA. We have made our final move, to stabilize our operation expenses, we found it necessary to AGAIN relocate. We made this move for YOU, our clients. Further changes in the photo-industry made it necessary to make the move to Denver or raise our fee's substantially. This decision came down to finding a city that had cost effective Real Estate to stabalize our processing rates. dr5 . DENVER CO, 601 GALAPAGO ST. 80204. YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IS KEY TO OUR SUCCESS, THANKS ALWAYS.

We're certain the use of our service will benefit you greatly.