D & J One Hour Photo & Color Lab

I had six rolls of 120 mm color film developed and scanned. Turned out great, everything as expected, and quicker than I anticipated. Scans were nice 13mb TIFF files. Negatives looked clean and was very happy with the results. Compared to competition, I found his prices extremely reasonable. If you have the time and resources to scan yourself, you can save money and just have him develop (yay, shoot more film). As long as it’s C-​41 process (color film), you’re good! No b&w… Those have to be done elsewhere. Just communicate clearly what you want, and he will take care of you. I will be returning the next time I need film developed!

I just want to save you the time, trouble and stress associated with choosing to give this guy your business. The guy working here has a chip on his shoulder the size of New York City. I’m a 35 mm film photographer who works a lot and since I moved to LA last year, I’ve struggled so hard to find A) a film developer who was reliable with my film but more importantly someone i could B) build a relationship with because of how often I need the service done. After numerous attempts with this spot because its so close to my house, I had to give up. He’s angry, will not explain, adjust or discuss anything — just barks at you and gets angered very easily.
I don’t understand businesses that treat customers like they are doing them a favour.
My whole hearted vote goes to Nice Print 1 Hr Photo on Victory — cheaper than this dude (10 a roll), faster, and soooo sweet and nice and consistent!

Franklin is a super chill guy… He definitely means business when it comes to getting your roll of film done within a few hours or in a day. The shop is located across the street from LACC, no problem finding parking as there is a lot out front. Some reviews state that the lot is small; pace is limited BUT if you visit during off-​peak traffic hours, it should be fine. Plenty of empty spots both times I went. Also, he has a few pieces of décor inside — interesting to glance at while waiting for your turn in line. Decent prices, great olé chemical smell too! Mmmmm I love film shops.

This is kind of a bummer. I shot 5 rolls of color and 2 rolls of black and white 35 mm at a friend’s wedding and took it here for processing instead of a pro place like Freestyle or Samys or Icon because I felt like saving money.
The result, the b&w rolls I developed myself at home came out perfect, the color stuff is all about 3 stops darker than I remember shooting for (again my exposure calculations were perfect on the b&w and there was only a 1 stop rating difference between the film stocks) AND, unforgivably, there are a couple faint scratch lines through all 5 rolls… I’m assuming from whatever machine did the work. They only show up when scanning or looking at the negative closely in reflective light.
I have no idea what went wrong, but I’m definitely not gonna worry about saving a few dollars next time I have color film to process.

Very friendly owner, even gave me a partial refund without my asking when some of my photos weren’t able to be printed (I unknowingly used some over expired film). Prices for developing and prints seem competitive for the LA area, especially considering how few physical film developing locations are left. It’s nice to take your film somwhere where it’s developed in house and not sent away to a facility across the country (which is what CVS, Walmart, etc do now).
Only downside is the parking lot is tiny, and one day I accidentally went during street sweeping hours and had a very difficult time finding a spot anywhere. Regardless, I will most likely be back, but probably when I have more than one roll to develop so it’s more worth the trip.

I came in asking for the prices of development for film and was turned away because «the guy was busy and if I didn’t have business there I should leave» what a fuck boy

Love this place! Best price in town, the quality is always top notch + speedy delivery. Good to find a service that cares, rather than run-​of-​the-​mill that you get at Target or Costco. D&J is worth the drive, you will love the photos!

Photo quality is pretty good, but terrible costumer service. I have gone there three times because it is close to home, but every time the owner has been a nightmare. He can be extremely rude and jarring. He gets very frustrated when I ask any sort of question and treats customers like they are a burden. I’m giving up.

The complaints about the horrible customer service are TRUE. I went into this place for the first time today. The guy didn’t even turn around when I walked into his shop and said «hello» to him. I received NO hello back! I just wanted a b&w 8″ x 10″ print, and was asking him about gelatin paper. He never turned around, and barely acknowledged me. He reached around, and handed me a crumpled-​up old photograph to look at as an example (without turning around). The photo paper at Walgreens is better than what the jerk handed to me. I could barely even understand what he was mumbling at me. Oh, and the 1-​hour thing is BS. Today is Friday, and he said «finished Monday» — for 1 simple b&w photo. This guy is an asshole. Don’t waste your time.

I always take my photos here for printing.
Take your photos here to get them developed! DO IT NOW!
This place may look like a tiny unassuming shop in a little plaza but the print quality here is wonderful!
My photos always come out bright and in color and bursting with life. The blacks are nice and black but not harsh. Not like a few other places that I have taken my photos and they end up all washed out.
And if you are printing out a large photo ask the owner if you can get a little proof done first to look at the colors, he will usually do that first though and ask you if you want any adjustments made to the color. The owner knows what he is doing and will help your photos look their best! =D

First time getting some film developed here. Great experience. You can’t beat the prices. They’re the most competitive in LA. They’re quick and the scans were fantastic. Color looked great. I didn’t have to do a thing.
Owner was very nice and informative. Going to xpro some slide film with him next!
I also just waited 6 days to get film back from Richards Photo Lab. It was twice as much as D & J ! And took much longer. That was just for scans, over $ 20 a reel… And you can’t even get them the same day. And they don’t even use a Frontier! You have to wait 8 days for Frontier scans and they add $ 4 more.
D & J have a Frontier as their default. I like Richards for printing my digital prints. They look great and the pricing isn’t bad. But for film, I will be sticking with D & J.

This normally friendly guy turned really hostile to me today while I was checking out. One of my roles of film came out completely blank for the second time in the four rolls I’ve had developed here. In really the friendliest voice that I have, I asked what does he think is happening to cause them to come out blank and his face just fell. This normally very jolly guy suddenly freaked out on me. He became very hostile and patronizing, telling me that he’s been in business for 40 years and that I shouldn’t question him. He said that he doesn’t make mistakes and that I don’t know how to load a camera (I very well do know how to load a camera). He insulted me rather than me allow me to ask a friendly question. I was stunned. I told him, sir it is my duty to ask questions as a customer and as a human being it’s important to be able to communicate. He said «I don’t understand what you’re talking about» and turned his back on me. Turned his back! His behavior was so ugly.
I asked a pretty normal question and he exploded and turned his back on me. I had no other option but say, «well have a nice day,» and left.

I’m an avid film photographer and can say that this is one of the best places to go to for film processing. The prices here are inexpensive and this is one of the few places that still makes prints for slide film. The owner is friendly and very knowledgeable about his craft. He won’t mind imparting advice or answer questions to anyone who asks. The only negative about this place is that they don’t sell film or equipment. But other than that, I would highly reccomend.

I don’t know why people on Unilocal said the owner was rude. He was super nice and friendly! I think people should be a bit more patient and understanding. The shop is a one man show, you can obviously see that he’s busy most of the time. The photos turned out to be good quality and the scans are decent size (about 10m per photo I believe) and super affordable. Definitely the best in this neighborhood in terms of quality and price.

had to come here because it was conveniently close to lacc, but the gentleman running the place was multitasking and not really paying attention to me. I had to ask for help, and even then, he prioritized his other projects before fully assisting me. I will never come here again!

I wanted to like this place because it’s close to home but unfortunately they do not know how to treat their customers that aren’t experts at film processing. It’s bad business, simply put.
If you don’t have time to explain your services to your customers, you eventually won’t have any customers.

I was scared when I walked into this dingy storefront, but dang! Great price and they did a great job of my 15×10 prints for an exhibit that I needed in 30 minutes! I was in big trouble and this place saved me!

4.75÷5 stars
I am deducting like almost a half-​star because the man here uses Photoshop CS2, which is almost a decade old. But besides that, I really like this man and his photo printing shop!
Like everyone else who wrote a review here, ‘I am a professional photographer.’ HA! Okay, I am not sure what that really means but I’ve had my photos published on the newspaper, magazines, books and interwebz starting back in the days when I was an idealistic 20-​something photographer. And I have sold art photography at coffee shops and galleries. So ahem, yeah. I guess I AM a professional photographer. But I’d rather be an ‘unprofessional photographer’, sounds like there’s more ambition in that arena. And no I won’t take your picture because I don’t do head shots.
I have a four impressionistic 8×10 ambient photos that I needed printed here for an art show. I walk in. He was busy. So I came back about ten minutes later. Ten minutes later, I give him my CF card. He took the four photos I wanted printed. He took me behind the counter and I looked at the screen, which is the one that shows you what they look like when printed. They looked like how I wanted them to look. Good. But he went a step further and printed 4×6 matte photos for me to preview too. I didn’t ask him to do this, but appreciated it. They looked good. So he went to print the big 8×10s on matte paper and they were perfect. He took about 15 minutes and I was in and out.
It’s affordable and their printers and 8×10 matte paper are certainly better quality than those glossy 8×10s spewed at Walgreen’s. Am I stating the obvious?!

Great quality processing for a great price in LA.
Guy is friendly and quick service too. Highly recommend for good quality color process and scans for the best price I’ve found.

I’ve been a professional photographer for several years now. Film was always my first love and sadly I had them scanned at Costco. (As cheap as it gets.) What I ‘saved’ in money cost me a few rolls once and mediocre color correction.
The picture DVD were around 2 – 3 mb at Costco, here it’s a whooping 9 – 13 mb in the best format.
I couldn’t believe the quality of the scans and color correction especially at these prices.
Fast. Gorgeous color correction. Great service. Cheap.
Oh but heads up– he only develops Kodak and Fujicolor rolls. For other types have them developed at freestyle. (Pretty close by)
I wouldn’t pay for the cd conversion because all other places don’t match DJ’s eye for retaining true color. Just develop the roll elsewhere if not Kodak/​Fujicolor then bring it here for cheap and masterful color correction.