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Tom Gally's Reading Japanese with a Smile has a nice story in which the author
says:

> 父は、フィルムを現像に回すまで五年かかったのである。

I like the connotation of the rotation here because the film has to be
unfurled. However, would something like "フィルムを現像する” work just fine as well?
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What are acceptable ways of saying "to develop a photographic film"?
"回す" here has another meaning from "to rotate".

明鏡国語辞典（第二版・大修館書店）：

回す（廻す）：３、順に送り渡す。次に送る。特に、必要とする者のもとへさし向ける。「全員に杯を回す」「経理課に伝票を回す」「仕事を明日に回す」「迎えの車を回す」「社長室に電話を回す」

Normally you can't develop a photographic film by your own, so you give it to
a photo shop so they do the job. "回す" has this connotation.
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