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Camera Centre UK · Film Lab

Shoot it. Send it.
See it scanned.

Camera Centre UK develops, scans and print your film in Cardiff. Drop your rolls off in store or post them to us, then follow every step in your customer portal from arrival to a private online gallery.

NewPostal service now open — send your film in from anywhere in the UK.

Track every step

Received → developed → scanned → published. Watch your rolls move through the lab in real time.

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Private galleries

Download singles or the whole roll as a ZIP. Rename galleries however you like.

Lab services

Developing, ultra high res scanning, prints, disposable cameras and film sales from our Cardiff store.

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Keep them forever

Optional premium storage keeps your scans safe, sorted and shareable for the long haul.

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Postal service

Not in Cardiff? Send your film in.

Pay online, post your rolls, and we develop and scan at the same prices as over the counter.

How the postal service works →

Negatives back free with any print order

The lab processDrop off or postDevelopScanPublishYou view

Photo printing & restoration

Get your photos printed properly

Prints from your phone, your camera or your film scans, wallet size up to A2.

What you can print

  • Wallet size up to A2 enlargements
  • Canvas, framing and gifts
  • Restoration of faded family photos

From the community

Shot on film. Shared by our members.

A curated selection from Camera Centre UK shooters.

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Need film?

Fresh film.
Same great lab.

35mm and 120 film, single use cameras and starter bundles.

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Free UK delivery over £35Free collection, Morgan Arcade
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The Camera Centre UK shop in Morgan Arcade, Cardiff today
Morgan Arcade, today
Camera Centre UK staff behind the counter in the 1990s
The counter crew, 90s
Polaroid photo of three Camera Centre UK staff by the filter wall
Filter wall selfies
The Camera Centre shop window in the 1990s, full of film cameras
When it all took film
Forty odd years in one arcade

Our story, tipped out of the box

Camera Centre UK has been part of Cardiff since the 1980s. Shop windows have changed, the stock has changed, the staff have grown up behind that counter. Have a flick through our scrapbook of old shop photos, instax snaps of the team and four decades of film.

1980s
First shop
4
Generations
20+
Local staff
Read our story
Cash or part exchange

Turn old cameras and lenses into money

Sell outright for cash or trade against something new. Get a rough figure online in two minutes, then bring it into the shop for a final offer.

Honest prices
Quoted by people who shoot this gear.
No obligation
Walk away at any point — no pressure.
Checked in store
Valued in front of you, paid the same day.

35mm, 120, compacts and TLRs

SLRs, rangefinders, point-and-shoots and medium format. Working, sticky-shuttered or completely dead — we'll still look and tell you honestly what it's worth.

  • Canon AE-1
  • Olympus OM / Trip
  • Pentax K1000
  • Mamiya & Bronica
  • Yashica T-series
  1. Step 1

    Get an online estimate

    Pick your model and condition on Camera Centre Exchange.

  2. Step 2

    Bring it to Morgan Arcade

    We check it over with you and confirm the offer.

  3. Step 3

    Cash or part exchange

    Take the money, or put it towards your next camera.

Value your kit on Camera Centre ExchangeModel and condition in, rough figure out. No obligation.

Open a free account

Bring your film in, then follow it home.

Registering only takes a minute. When your film arrives at the shop, our team creates the order and attaches it to your account, nothing else for you to do.

  1. 01

    Create your account

    Free, under a minute, no card needed.

  2. 02

    Drop your film in

    Bring it to Morgan Arcade, or post it.

  3. 03

    Track it home

    Live status, gallery, download when ready.