Linhoff Photo Finishing

Well, this is the only place in Minneapolis left that does in-​house 35 mm film or 120 film development. Believe me, I’ve checked everywhere, and I can’t find any other place that does in-​house development.
It’s a tiny and humble shop on the corner of a semi-​busy street in Edina neighborhood. Quite inconvenient to get to if you don’t have a car. If only it were located downtown, uptown or northeast Minneapolis, sigh.
The staff are usually very friendly and helpful. Unlike other camera stores, they’re actually rather quite knowledgable about film development, photography, and camera and editing technology. Finally I can ask questions, and get an intelligent answer back, instead of an, «Uh…lemme check with the manager. Or… uh…we probably can’t do that» and other teenage-I-don’t-give-a-fuck-don’t-know-shit responses.
I’m glad they do the in-​house developing instead of sending it out. They require a 50% deposit or full payment for film development up front right away. This is a new procedure for them, as several years ago, you only paid after they’ve completed developing the film. I would guess too many customers left them hanging, thus the new payment requirement?
Usually, 35 mm film development is ready by next day. Sometimes it does take them up to 4 days –and when that happens, I wish they would offer discount for the extended delay. Back in the days, when Walmart or Target used to develop 35 mm film, they would lower the price based on how long it would take to do the film development.
But, I suppose since Linhoff is the only place left in Minneapolis that does this type of work, there’s not much one can do or complain about.
If I could figure out where to buy one of the photo development machines, I would just buy one of those and do it myself at home. If a dumb teenager at Target is trained on and able to work the machine, I’m sure it would be a breeze for me to do it myself.

I’ve been spending the entire summer trying to get some cool lomo cross processed photos and here is the place to take your film.
They have all the old processing machines that most places have gotten rid of and you can get your film processed & scanned for $ 10 a roll, all on a CD. I haven’t gotten anything printed here yet though. They can also do 120 film if you have a medium format camera, they dont have to send it out like most places.
*They don’t sell much film!!! which is a bummer because i have to go to National Camera Exchange to get my film, then back up to Linhoff to get it processed. National Camera Exchange cant cross process my slide film!
Linhoff prices were great, their hours are not. They are off the beaten path and are only open til 6.

My neighborhood photo shop, Linhoff has been around since the mid-​1950s, and has been doing amazing work with photography since then.
A small shop on the corner of 44^th and France in South Minneapolis, Linhoff specializes is printing photos, enlarging and scanning old photos and finishing photos. I’ve got to admit that my photography knowledge is pretty limited — I’ve only used Linhoff for enlargements and scans — but what they’ve done for us has been fabulous.
Our family has gone to Linhoff for about a decade now, using this photo shop and it’s friendly staff to make copies of old family photos, to scan and enlarge very small photos and to create family photo books that link us to our heritage.
I haven’t much appreciated this service until this past year, when I saw some of the old photographs I’d taken to Linhoff for my family. They were collected in a small book of photos put together to show the history of our family. The photos all looked original, and the book was an amazing look into our history.
Linhoff is one of a dying breed: photo shops like this one are going away as we transition more into a digital world. But, Linhoff still has a place in our community — and they’re still amongst the best.