film photography

MiNT InstantFlex TL70 Plus. N.B. The image doesn't do the frame full justice - but my scanner's ceased working, and I'll have to try my best until I've figured out how to replace it (or get it back to work). To all other afficionados: Please add your images as well! M.

I searched the forum for a similar thread, but most other threads, including some I started myself, deal with certain cameras, not with the phenomenon as a whole. So, here goes - add your own thoughts and observations on instant photography, exchange experiences and recommendations. In order to...

Apologies for posting here but I didn’t quite know where else to put it. At last I’ve earmarked some time early next year for digitising all the negatives from my film days. I’ve bought the Valoi 35mm system to use with my Oly EM5iii and 60mm macro lens. In theory this will work well with 35mm...

After years of mainly shooting just digital, I'm considering dipping my toes back in to the large and tumultuous ocean of film. Quick confession: I only shot film on Pentaxes (mainly MX's) for decades, way back in the dark analog ages. No rangefinders, I prefer SLRs. And I've come to like a few...

Now that my first batch of film is back and scanned, I'm able to see the results of some test shots. At shallow DoF, the 85 and 135 exhibit a strong vertical shadow on the right side of the developed image. This shadow thins and disappears by the time I get to the apertures I normally use for...

Just received my first rolls of developed film, one of which is the Elektra 100. Figured I'd share some thoughts and images. Anyone else shooting with this or any of the other Aerocolor IV respools (Santa Color 100, Luminaire 100, maybe some others I'm not aware of) who wants to contribute...

So, back in early September I placed an order for a Rollei 35AF. It arrived on Wednesday of this week, and was on its way back to Germany for a full refund by Friday. Why? Two fundamental reasons. First, build quality. There are two dials on the front panel, in classic Rollei 35 style. The one...

Short FYI and mini review for those who might be interested. This is a current repro of the Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim, lightweight plastic including lens. Near-disposable, inexpensive. I'd suggest keeping the camera in the included cloth sleeve when not in use, it'll help keep the lens from...

So I've heard various things about shooting expired film - Black & white - particularly ISO 400 or slower, ages pretty gracefully and assuming it wasn't stored terribly, can be shot at box speed Colour negative - should have exposure comp of +1EV for every decade, the faster the film, the...

The slightly more advanced version of the MZ-5 (well, it had higher shutter speeds is about the extent of it). I like the handling of these but dreading the inevitable plastic gear failure. I picked up another MZ-5 and its mirror mechanism started to seize up after 10m of testing; I'll keep the...

With Agfa CT Precisa 200. Very impressed with the metering, the entire roll came out properly exposed (my luck with slide-film is bad so I now only try and shoot it with something modern). A definitely blue cast in the scans but Photos cleaned that up by a simple tweak of the curves. Still has...

With some Ilford B&W film - I want to say it was Delta 100 or maybe XP2... I need to take better notes... regardless, more blurry shots than I would like... a quick 'Enhance' in Photos to make them a little punchier but otherwise left as is. I laughed a little at the backing paper dots coming...

... is not remembering the status of film rolls. I like to rewind film leaving the leader out, to make it easy to develop in my Lab-Box. But much of the time, there's not enough of a crimp left in the leader for me to know for sure that I've loaded & unloaded it in the past. So I stare at a roll...

The older slower sibling to the cult Olympus mju II / Stylus Epic - a slightly chonkier body and f3.5 lens instead of a 2.8. The mju II is amazingly much more svelte - goes to show what an extra few years does for component minitiarisation. Shots came out reasonably well, I blame some of the...

Super impressed by this. Light, compact, a little plasticy but nice heft without being heavy, and with great metering (I feel it'd actually do Velvia justice if I could afford to shoot it!) Great value too - I think these are pretty cheap compared to the single digit pro-line film Canons...

Not bad but I think mine might be a little faulty, I got a line/dark-band through some shots, maybe a sticky shutter? Nice camera to have to demonstrate the evolution of camera design but I think I'll leave mine on the shelf. My F100 is definitely the better general use AF film Nikon in all...

I am starting a scanning adventure on old photos and negatives, most of them I do not know much about. A quick description mentioned in the following: https://cameraderie.org/threads/gas-please-share-your-latest-acquisitions-big-and-small.37224/page-355#post-647676 TLDR; Got a SmallRig desktop...

Recently I've seen adverts for "refurbished" old film cameras in my Facebook feed. I took a closer look and found Olympus Trip 35 on sale at £155, the leatherette has been replaced with non-black colour. I've been messing around in photography for over 4 decades. In the early 90's I worked in a...

I am looking for a compact film camera with compact dimensions and a good lens. Compact; preferably jacket-pocketable A fast 35-40 mm lens, think sub-f/2 rangefinder preferably preferably good metering budget is no great concern We can extend the discussion to autofocusing models as well but...

Hi all, my name is André and I have been digitizing the past for some time now. If you are interested, I would like to present my project: "Past of a Stranger" - or: Photographic time travels into the past, captured by strangers. https://www.pastofastranger.com I have currently published...

I’m planning on picking up a Bronica for a project I have in mind. Is the ETRSi the way to go? I’ve never handled one, in fact the only medium format cameras I’ve used have been TLR, but I’m very familiar with SLR operation. I’m looking for as modern an experience as possible for this (I have my...

Found this on YT. I know film is expensive. This could be an answer:

Picked up this Victorian / Edwardian glass positive some years ago, scanned it, and this is it, warts and all. Im not sure if its the right way round as the glass is shiney on both sides, I'd love to know where this was taken but have no info whatsoever, I'm assuming it was somewhere in...

Despite heat and stuff, I was eager to let the recently finished roll of Washi X lay around. Loaded in the cylinder, everything ready to go. 3.75 minutes at 39C Cinestill C41 film dev, 8 minutes of blix afterwards. I'd already use the developer four times prior and it's been mixed in October...

This set was taken on an old Zeiss Nettar 120 folding camera, and the Chinese film home developed and scanned. The place is Harwich, North Essex, a short drive from my home, it's the birthplace of the Mayflower ship and the Captain, Christopher Jones. The town has quite a history but has seen...

I employed a technique I've used a couple of times in the past on an unidentified exposed roll of Superia 400 - I threw it in with Rodinal 1:100 for an hour. I didn't want to take this to a shop to be developed since I didn't know for sure that there would be anything on it. I couldn't identify...

This one took me a little by surprise. I've been watching the Pentax film project, but lost a bit of interest when it became evident the first camera is going to be half-frame. This new one from MiNT is looking interesting, looks like it might be coming available in a few more months. Not...

I have an extensive (to me) film camera collection (about 35+ film cameras or so) that I would like to start using for fun in my free time. I do have some old rolls of film. I wasn't sure, are you able to use film after the "expiration" date? If so will there be anything wrong with the prints...

The Pentax Spotmatic is a camera that is easy to find as many were made over a long time, is more reliable than other cameras from the 60s/70s, and can often be found for pocket-change. If you find an old one chances are it's shutter will work great, even the one-second speed, even though it has...

I loaded a roll into this the other day and started shooting with it. It is a Contax II with a serial number on it's top and inside the back of it's rear cover that starts with a "Q". It's chrome and finish on it's metal parts is noticeably rougher and cheaper looking than the pre-war Contax II...

Do any of you have a shoe mounted light meter? I am looking at the Keks KM02 OLED and the Keks KM-Q. I've been metering with my phone, which usually works out well, but it's kind of cumbersome to switch back and forth and I think I'd really prefer a camera mounted meter. I have several cameras...

I see the OM-3Ti crop up occasionally for sale (for crazy prices) but not the 3. But seeing this video I can see why - only made for 3 years and then almost a ten year gap to the release of the 3Ti (which continued to be made into this century). I have a fairly battered Champagne OM-4Ti which...

So I stumbled across this, which is wild - " Widelux Revival Project: Jeff and Susan Bridges & Silvergrain Classics Making a New 35mm Film Camera " And it was mentioned here -" What's it Like to Use the Horizon 202 Swing Lens Panoramic Camera? - Kamerastore " In NZ (where I live) the Widelux...

Overexposed it based on some reading I'd done. Seems to have been a mistake. There's not enough latitude and the hightlights are easily blown. Probably better to treat it like slide film rather than negative film in that regard. Still, here's some of what I got from roll one: Nikon F4...

So I had this old roll of Tri-X film in my fridge that I'd had for years. I wanted to test my Diafine and equipment before developing my good film. So I ran it through my Nikon F4 as an experiment, developed (hmm, negs look ... odd) and scanned it. I had not realized that back when I still lived...

Haven't seen this noted here so: https://casualphotophile.com/2023/12/01/harman-phoenix-200-the-review/ Harmon Technology, the parent company of Ilford, the famous producer of black and white film in the UK, has introduced a new color film Harmon Phoenix 200 is an ISO200 color film made in...

From Kodachromes to Velvia and from Ektachrome and Agfachrome to Sensia and Scala, post them all here. I'll go first - two pictures taken with Kodak Ektachrome Elite back in the 90s

I've been shooting more film again and wanting to find a somewhat more economical approach to it. I can develop at home easily enough with daylight tanks and D-76 and Diafine but scanning has always been the bugbear in the room. Flatbeds have never been worth much for 35mm and good dedicated...

Contaflex, Ilford Pan 400, Ilfosol-3, Adofix,

It's time to start shooting black and white with a bulk roll for developing and scanning at home. I've got those aspects decided upon. I'll be using either Diafine or D76 depending on the shoot and then scanning with my D810 and a rig for a macro lens. But which film to invest it? The film I...

So a dumb novice question about fixers. During development, are all fixers compatible with all developers, or are there some recommendations? In another words: my starter kit chemicals are Adonal and Adofix Plus for B&W. If I get myself Microphen, is it safe to fix with Adofix Plus? A more...

I am sure that Kodak Ultramax 400 is supposed to be way more saturated in color but how exactly can I tell what's the truth in a particular roll shot, developed, scanned, processed by myself?

Interesting if a little flawed (other still companies do make mechanical cameras so that annoyed me) but its an ad/promo so I'll let them off... what was most fascinating was that they grabbed a couple of ex old Olympus engineers to help... Still fairly limited for what it is... 'bright lens'...

My grandpa had given me a No. 2-C Brownie camera to play with about the time I learned to crawl. Never took a photo with it, it was just a baby toy that I still still have today. I can not remember if it was an uncle or my grandpa that gave me a 1953 copy of Kodak Master Photoguide in 1969 when...

During my multi-year scanning project I've run across images I hoped I would find a second, better image. Or might find the original negative later down the road. This is a great example (for me anyways) as to why. First shot is a flatbed scan from an 8x10-ish print, second shot from a...

(Mods - if this is the wrong place, move it if you need to or lock it and please point me where to repost.) As I continue the scanning project, I've run across a couple of images pointing me in the general direction of what my Dad has as a camera in the '50s and '60s. Looks like it was a...

Film Photography Revival You are invited to post any photo based on film !!!:friends: from an ongoing exploration Film: Ektachrome 100(outdated) run twice through the same camera Leicaflex SL 1st exposure with Leica R Super Angulon 4/21 2nd exposure with Leica R Elmarit 2,8/135 and a decent...

I'm wondering what they have cooking in that kitchen. And how long it's going to take to finish. :coffee-79:

After over thirty years away from film I have returned to my Nikon F4 and loaded a roll of Fomapan. It felt so good tor return to get back to the old ways of film. Bacon Butties and strong Italian coffee! Fomapan 200

Sorry for the long disquisition here, TL/DR: share your experience to help me choose a medium format folding camera. A random encounter in a camera shop recently with a Voigtländer Perkeo II, a 6x6 format, fixed lens, all manual, collapsing camera that takes 120 film, has sparked a minor...