Phoenix Photographic The Photo Shop of Rayleigh - Rayleigh

Kerry G. P.

I have been coming to this lovely shop for many years and they have always always been so helpful. I love coming in, the staff are all so friendly and knowledgeable, helpful and patient. I’m a local photographer but I use them for personal pics and recently they went above and beyond for me!
I was asked by a family friend to get some negatives made into digital images and old VHS transferred to digital.
I wanted to collect them Christmas Eve but I missed their notification! My fault entirely but they offered, on Christmas DAY to have the products available for me. Which was so kind!
I actually went to pick them up a few days later which was fine in the end, but the offer was there for us which I will always be grateful for.
I also used their service of scanning prints to digital, some having some enhancement work, which we are extremely satisfied with.
Thank you so much The Photo Shop! I will always send folk your way and continue to use your incredible service. Infinite Stars ✨ from me!

Steve J.

Recently had a batch of old family holiday cine films that were originally shot in the 60's & 70's transferred onto a digital memory stick. The team at here at Phoenix were great at advising and talking through the process, advising on which size memory stick would hold all the films I intended to transfer, although I wanted to trial a couple first to see the outcome. After the successful initial two, we had the rest transferred successfully as well, even a couple of dark films we had written off were also brought back to life!
Overall, very happy with the service received, the friendliness and knowledge of the team here. Highly recommended.
Thank you for bringing our family holiday memories back to life and preserving for the future, we will have many enjoyable hours showing these to family and friends.

Michelle J.

I left over 30 old video tapes with phoenix and they transferred all the footage onto one memory stick for me. No fuss, no dramas, just brilliant service. All done in just over a week. Hours of precious memories saved..

Ian G.

I went into the shop with two old photos that I needed to enhance and join together. The staff there were excellent. Hannah and Rosie did everything they could. The results were amazing. I cannot recommend them highly enough. Thank you…

hf3643

Can’t fault this place at all. I’ve had dozens of black and white film rolls developed here, and never had a problem once. Whether you’re looking for a frame for a print, a picture of your own on a canvas, or even some of the best restoration work I’ve ever seen, then this is the place! Thanks so much!

G H.

I highly recommend Phoenix Photographic, The Photo Shop in Rayleigh High Street. Not only are all the staff there so friendly and knowledgeable, they did a fantastic job for me too.

I had so many cine films to get transferred over to USB and I spent a long time researching online where to get this done.

Being local and having read other reviews of Phoenix Photographic The Photo Shop in Rayleigh, I thought I'd give them a go.

I had Cine films of all different sizes and makes and not knowing the quality of any of them as they were in my parents house of which I had to clear out, I wasn't expecting much at all.

Not only did they manage to find content on each reel, they transferred them all over individually as files and then put them on as one long film file of which is over 3 hours worth so I can leave it running if I so wish.

They gave me 2 copies on USB of everything, one of which was my own that I took in and left with them then kindly, within the price, they gave me another USB with all the files on too. Amazing!

They were very reasonably priced, and are very kind and thoughtful in there and they actually listen to your needs and wishes.

I only had to wait a week or so, I was in no rush anyway, but the turnaround was fantastic too. I'm so very grateful.

David even placed music over the long running 3 hour film for free too.

How amazing being able to actually support my local shop instead of risking sending them all away via post to somewhere I didn't know. This was what I was considering before reading the reviews as mentioned above for Phoenix Photographic The Photo Shop in Rayleigh and I'm so glad I put my trust in them.

I was worried initially about sending them all off via post as my Father has passed away and my Mother is in a care home and to lose all those memories would have been absolutely heart breaking.

A couple of months later after having collected everything, I found a rogue cine film in the loft that had escaped, so I took that in with my USB's as an additional and they kindly added this onto both USB's for me.

There were 2 cine reels that were audio which was some strange music I didn't like! So when I returned with the rogue reel, I asked David if this could be removed from the long running film and he did exactly that. Amazing service. Thank you!

Another thing to note is, having run each reel through, if they don't find anything on them, they do not charge you. They spend their time and resources doing this, bearing in mind I had about 20 plus reels and won't charge you anything if nothing is found.

When I went in to collect my USB's and my reels, they had packaged them all up neatly in a nice box for me to keep or do as I wished with them. I had taken them down in an old carrier bag!

I'm so very glad I took the chance of trying local and I am certainly not disappointed and would highly recommend anyone to put their trust in Phoenix Photographic The Photo Shop, in Rayleigh and take in your cine films or anything photographic you need doing.

I can now play the films to my Mum in her care home to hopefully stimulate her as she has Vascular dementia.

A very happy customer.

Thank you all so very, very much! Highly recommend!

Patricia B.

I had a family group photo where one child was covering his face.This great shop edited this perfectly. I am so pleased these people are so talented at how they can restore photography.
A big thank you,

Beryl B.

Five stars doesn’t seem adequate for the incredible work done on two photocopies of 1936 photographs that had been stretched and faded. The clarity of the pictures is so great now that even the fabric of my father’s overcoat can be seen. I highly recommend Phoenix Photographic The Photo Shop of Rayleigh if you want your old photos of loved ones resorted to perfection.