Good question.

We like film. No we LOVE film.

We like digital too but the idea of running a shop selling SD Cards just doesn’t make us smile. We also are film photographers first and foremost.

Firstly “hello, nice to meet you, are you well?”

Secondly congrats on trying something new. Film is a great way to take photographs and store memories.

We’ve got some guides here on our blog to help people in your shoes (not your actual shoes mind).

This is a tough one, because we have lots of respect for many of the other companies in this space. Many of them we’ve been customers of in the past.

Ultimatley what we think sets us apart is that we’re small and we’re new.

We don’t have a huge client base to lean on. Nor will we measure our success by the number of orders we ship out in a week. We want to get to know our customers, champion their work and be part of their creative process.

We want to inspire people who have never taken a photo on film, or never used a camera that couldn’t receive phone calls, to try it.

The day the last person picks up a camera for the first time, fires the shutter and catches light on an emulsion will be a deeply tragic day.

Also we have a dog call called Doris whos nickname is Dodo. We named the business after her.

You can get hold of us via this very website here.

You can slide into our DMs on Instagram here.

You can even email us at hello@dodofilms.co.uk

We’re a UK based business running out of our lab in (not always) sunny Cornwall in the South West.

We currently don’t offer walk in services, we’re strictly online only at the moment.

Yes!

Spend £50 and we’ll post your items out to you by Royal Mails Tracked 48 service. We’ll even do this the same day if you order before 4pm.

We can develop 35mm, 120, APS film formats in C41 colour, B&W, and E6 slide film. We cant currently offer ECN2 but are eagerly trying to offer this service soon.

If you order before 4pm Mon-Fri we will pack and dispatch your order that day. If you order after 4pm we will make every effort to carefully package your order that day but we cant make promises!

We are firm believers in common sense, so if you buy something and arent happy we offer a 30 day returns window.

You can read more about that here

We’ve thought long and hard about this but we just cant justify partaking in single use plastics.

So sorry no we don’t.

We do still process the film from them but if you’re looking at buying a camera can we suggest you look at affordable reusable cameras, such as the Kodak M35, or the Ektar H35.