A humbling return to film

[Pioneer]

Film can be so much fun, and definitely humbling.


Just finished developing a roll of Delta 3200 taken at a night football game using my Holga.


If it weren't for the stadium lights and the rebate printing I would have believed that I used fixer first instead of developer. 😀


Ah well, better luck next time.


BTW, I am working hard to get one keeper per month. And unlike John, sometimes I look back and realize it wasn't really a keeper after all.

 

[helen.HH]

Film can be so much fun, and definitely humbling.

Just finished developing a roll of Delta 3200 taken at a night football game using my Holga.

If it weren't for the stadium lights and the rebate printing I would have believed that I used fixer first instead of developer. 😀

haha, too funny Dan
I have done that ... fixer first, by accident reached for the wrong
pre measured funnel ... now I only fill one container at a time
btw, The Film came out blank. 🙄 :bang:

 

[Guth]

I've only now just discovered that there's actually a Gallery here where we can post images so I tried to add a couple. I now see where we enter our details such as camera and lens used. However, I'm not seeing where details like film type, etc. are added. Also does anyone know if we can edit the information once an image has been uploaded? (I'll be sufficiently embarrassed if this turns out to be something obvious, lol.) Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Malcolm M]

Guth- just click on...

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[cz23]

Guth, thanks for sharing your experience and observations. All the best with your film adventure.

This past summer I finished a one year return-to-film experiment and have concluded it's not for me. Achieving mastery of processing and scanning is just not where I want to focus my photography time and energy. I agree it's a humbling experience to strive for consistently high quality results. Hats off to the many members here who are able to do so.

John

 

[olifaunt]

Guth, thanks for sharing your experience and observations. All the best with your film adventure.

This past summer I finished a one year return-to-film experiment and have concluded it's not for me. Achieving mastery of processing and scanning is just not where I want to focus my photography time and energy. I agree it's a humbling experience to strive for consistently high quality results. Hats off to the many members here who are able to do so.

I can relate. Home development and scanning suck, so for me it wouldn't be worth the time and aggravation to develop or scan myself. However, it is worth it given access to a reasonably priced lab that gives excellent results on most scans, which I have found locally for color film. I have my own scanner for the odd scan they might get wrong, but I need it very infrequently.

Black and white is a different story; most small labs don't do it themselves and ones that do generally charge too much for it and/or do it badly; I want to do more B&W but for the moment have given up on it because of unaffordability. So just color for now.

 

[Solinar]

Home developing B&W is affordable

Home developing B&W is affordable

Once you've assembled your developing kit, home developing B&W is very reasonable.

At 1:100 a 500ml bottle of Rodinal is good to go for a 100 rolls of film. Alternatively, a bottle of HC110 used at dilution h will probably last a few hundred rolls of film.

Use water for a stop. Figure in the cost of fixer - and - you're looking at way less than a dollar a roll.

A compact developing kit with the necessary bottles and tank will fit in a 2 foot by 1 foot Rubbermaid plastic container that's less than a foot tall. Use the container for your water bath to temp the chemistry.

 

[Ted Striker]

I can relate. Home development and scanning suck, so for me it wouldn't be worth the time and aggravation to develop or scan myself. However, it is worth it given access to a reasonably priced lab that gives excellent results on most scans, which I have found locally for color film. I have my own scanner for the odd scan they might get wrong, but I need it very infrequently.

Black and white is a different story; most small labs don't do it themselves and ones that do generally charge too much for it and/or do it badly; I want to do more B&W but for the moment have given up on it because of unaffordability. So just color for now.

I can't begin to understand how home black and white developing can be considered unaffordable! Please explain!

 

[Filter Factor]

I can't begin to understand how home black and white developing can be considered unaffordable! Please explain!

He says its expensive because he's not doing it at home. IE, he's paying for the service at a pro lab. But I agree with the above posts: Home development of B&W costs just pennies a roll once you have a few items on hand; tank, reels, chemistry, etc.


Cheers, Robert

 

[Guth]

Guth- just click on...

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Ah, now I see it (of course). Thanks, much appreciated!

 

[Ted Striker]

He says its expensive because he's not doing it at home. IE, he's paying for the service at a pro lab. But I agree with the above posts: Home development of B&W costs just pennies a roll once you have a few items on hand; tank, reels, chemistry, etc.


Cheers, Robert

You are right! I read too far into the text and added words not there! Thank you for the correction.

 

[Guth]

Finished up my third role of film. This time I simply focused on shooting here in Portland. Viewing the city that I've grown so familiar with through my viewfinder turned out to be quite enjoyable. This time I felt good about a few shots as soon as I pressed the shutter release, hoping that I got the focus and exposure right. After what seemed like a really long wait I finally got my developed film back and was really glad to see that they came out okay.

Thanks to everyone for the supportive comments. I now find myself getting a bit more excited about future outings with the camera. If I stick with this then I'll need to figure out what all will be needed in order to start developing my own film at home.

By the way, what image size (largest dimension, be it height or width, in pixels) are most of you outputting your scanned files at for posting here?