I shot my first roll of film, ever

I shot my first roll of film, ever

  • 30s or before

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  • 50s

    Votes: 10 2.7%

  • 50s

    Votes: 18 4.9%

  • 60s

    Votes: 52 14.1%

  • 70s

    Votes: 76 20.5%

  • 80s

    Votes: 90 24.3%

  • 90s

    Votes: 47 12.7%

  • 00s

    Votes: 41 11.1%
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And I love it. I have owned digital point and shoot cameras exclusively up till now (not as old as some of the members here :)). It is so much fun to do something complete different. Old analog gear is really facinating. I guess we all have different starting points and reasons getting into film (or staying). For me, its the facination of old analog stuff and being able to stand out from everyone else these days who shoot digital P/S.

I bought myself an Oly 35RC and Konica S3. I was really execited about getting the first roll developed. When I took the roll out of the camera (after spending a lot of hours shooting it), I was convinced that I had screwed up, because the shining/glossy part of the film (which I THOUGHT was the emulsion side, DOH :p) was facing the pressure plate. But everything turned out just fine, and i've included some of the pictures to prove it :), from the Oly.

How does old glass compare to modern compact cameras? Apart from features like autofocus and IS, is 30-40 year old glass as sharp as modern glass? I know it depends on a lot of things, but in general, how do modern and old compare with regards to image quality?
 

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I was born in 1961, shot my first roll of film in 1968. 120 in a Diana. An original Diana. My dad helped me process it in the basement. He was a private investigator.
 
I think the fun you are talking about isn't so much about shooting a roll of film as it is shooting a film camera -- which, if you can find one with the same look and feel, shouldn't be that different from shooting a digital camera.

For me, a big part of the fun of shooting film is AFTER you have shot the roll of film, and go into the darkroom and develop that roll of film yourself.
 
I'm having trouble remembering exactly, but I reckon very early 80s, and it was definitely with my dad's Praktica slr. I bought my own camera (Minolta slr) by working on the photo counter at Boots the Chemists at weekends and in the school holidays.

I'm sure my first efforts weren't as good as yours though Morb1, I love the last one.
 
Morb1 said:
How does old glass compare to modern compact cameras?
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In my opinion, the combination of 1960s/1970s glass and 21st. century film is a sweet spot that is hard to match! Back in the mid 20th. century, films were much slower, and the major camera manufacturers did what they could to deliver lenses that allowed the use of these films under a variety of light.

Back in 1971, "High Speed" Ektachrome, the fastest color film there was, was ASA 160! Very slow by today's standards.

The 1970-ish lenses performed acceptably well when wide open at 1.8, 1.7, 1.4, or even 1.2, not to mention 0.95 :) and performed fantastically when stopped down to f4 or 5.6 or so.

Now add to that the modern films and ... :)

Apart from features like autofocus and IS, is 30-40 year old glass as sharp as modern glass?
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I think so, but the "newest" interchangeable lens I've bought new was in the 1980s.

The lens on my Olympus P&S is actually very sharp, in that I can make a very striking 11x14 or 13x19 from it which shows magnificent detail. However, it's not nearly as fast as the Pentax, Mamiya, or GIII lenses in my "real cameras". :)

I know it depends on a lot of things, but in general, how do modern and old compare with regards to image quality?
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I daresay that most observers, even those very familiar with photographic technology, would be very hard pressed to tell with any degree of authority whether a certain photo was shot with a 1970-ish SLR or rangefinder lens, or a 2000s vintage P&S lens!
 
Got my first camera from my oldest brother which was the Olmp.
Om-G w/50 mm lens. Have played w/digital cameras, but just don't
like idea of letting the camera do all the thinking so to speak. Really
like the musician image very much. BTW what was your film choice?
Nelson
 
photo4ls said:
Got my first camera from my oldest brother which was the Olmp.
Om-G w/50 mm lens. Have played w/digital cameras, but just don't
like idea of letting the camera do all the thinking so to speak. Really
like the musician image very much. BTW what was your film choice?
Nelson
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I know what you mean, about letting the camera do all the thinking. But I have to admit that I am glad that both rangefinders I own have a coupled light meter :). But still, its nice to be in complete control. I used tri-x, but I think it has a little bit too much grain, will try a C41 B/W next time.
 
Got my first camera in 1958. A Leica IIIa with Summar from my Granddad and have been shooting since..
 
I had a little brown 'brownie' when I was about 5. My father walked me up to Grennies drug store to drop it off for processing.
 
I used to take the 620 Tri-X from my Brownie Hawkeye to the PX for development when I was a kid. I've still got negatives of the San Antonio Zoo from 1968 or 9.
 
My first camera came in a Burger King kid's meal in the 80s. It was a little plastic box that would clip onto the middle of a 110 cartridge and had a pop up "sports finder". I've actually seen some like that in stores here in Japan. I'm tempted to get one but 110 is pretty expensive. After that I graduated to a real 110 camera with a flash and all. As a kid I would have enough money to buy film, but not get it developed. I must have a bunch of old undeveloped film sitting at my folks...I wonder if they might still have any images.
 
It was the late fifties or very early sixties ... it was a box brownie that had been kicking around the house for years!

Then I had a bit of a break and didn't shoot any film again until about three years ago and I'm now totally hooked. Somehow I wasted forty five years of my life! :p
 
In the Summer of 1975...most likely Kodak 126 film...
The latest three rolls were done last week...they're still hanging...I need to cut and file them...
 
The first camera I owned (as far as I recall) was some kind of little square snapshooter with a small flash reflector in one corner. Probably some kind of Kodak thingie. Early '60's, I think. I shot slides and they were square. Is that 126? I shot slides because my father shot slides in his Canon FTb. Dad's gone, but the Canon is on a shelf behind me.
 
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