glenerrolrd
Workshop Member
This seems like an easy question to just Google ..but I have been having mixed results . I have been trying out B&W film processors so that I can settle on a combination of film stock and film processing . To do this I send a single roll of film to each film processor requesting development and the best scans they can provide .
In the past I always used film mailers and the postage was always 2 maybe 3 stamps . The weight of a single roll in a 3x5 padded envelop is 1.3 OZ .
I use 4 stamps and most of my packages have arrived without postage due . But to a single lab ...I just get the film back with a note that postage was due .
If I send the film as a package per the current USPS rates ...its $7.50 which seems excessive .
Some labs have prepaid mailers which are similar to what I use . I understand that the issue is the padded envelops will not go thru the sorting machines .
Seems like I should be able to send the film First Class mail for half the package rate .
Long term I don t expect an issue because I will try to send 6 rolls at a time and thats a fixed rate package .
In the past I always used film mailers and the postage was always 2 maybe 3 stamps . The weight of a single roll in a 3x5 padded envelop is 1.3 OZ .
I use 4 stamps and most of my packages have arrived without postage due . But to a single lab ...I just get the film back with a note that postage was due .
If I send the film as a package per the current USPS rates ...its $7.50 which seems excessive .
Some labs have prepaid mailers which are similar to what I use . I understand that the issue is the padded envelops will not go thru the sorting machines .
Seems like I should be able to send the film First Class mail for half the package rate .
Long term I don t expect an issue because I will try to send 6 rolls at a time and thats a fixed rate package .