This is a bit random!
What is the traditional analog photography hobby like in Latvia? I have been shooting traditional film photography using old film cameras on and off over the past decade and was wondering what is the availability of film and most crucially the availability of digitising services?
Can anyone point me in the direction of where to look for these kind of services and the approximate cost of digitising negatives and colour slides.
Thank you in advance 🩷
(10 points to anyone who recognises the Latvian location!)

by thestinkybeastman

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  3. Usually film stores do it for you when you go to develop the film. If you want something fancier, you could contact Latvian State Archive of Audiovisual Documents to use archive-grade film scanners (the service may not be available or be quite expensive). Other service providers on the internet from what I’ve seen are using cheap scanners with low DPI so it’s not worth the cost.

  4. BFS is really the go-to spot for all photography services.

  5. No clue about location, but regarding photo development – it depends on the process. For C41 (color negative) you can use pretty much every location labeled “Kodak Express” or similar. They do development, scanning and printing color negatives.
    If you mean the real *Traditional* photography (like in 120 B/W process) – then it’s [BFS](https://bfs.lv) (as u/C_Mouse already mentioned). There you can buy pretty much everything – film (sheet, 120, 135, color, slide, b/w, you name it), B/W photopaper, darkroom chemicals, photoenlargers, and other darkroom stuff. As well as cameras, lenses, filters, etcetc. Better to come there, because their website is not really up to date.

    Also, If you need to buy 120 film for your Isolette – I know only 2 more places where it’s sold: [MasterFoto](https://www.masterfoto.lv/en/392-photo-films) and [Pro-Mix](https://www.pro-mix.lv/en/foto/film/)

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