found my old 35mm camera

[sawman]

So, my parents have been clearing out their attic. And have come across my old 35mm camera.

It's a yashica FXD that I bought in about 1982/3 after having saved for ages whilst I was at school, complete with standard and a sigma zoom lens. My initial reaction was to tell them to take it down to the charity shop, but they visited today and brought it with them. Amazingly it still seems to work (the last time it was used must be 12 years ago).

I am now thinking about getting some film and having a play with it - I tried to explain to the kids that you cant see the picture instantly - they looked at me like I was an alien!

Assuming I get some reasonable pics out of it, what the best way to get copies onto my mac? - I have a canon all in one printer/scanner - will that do the job?

[Martyn-123]

I would love to buy a old quality 35mm SLR off ebay but at a loss as to how to get the film developed cheaply/quickly.

A small machine with all those pre computer era mechanical working parts inside will probably be never made again, lovely bit of nostalgia to keep,


Martyn.

[Zad]

Get a black & white film from Boots and develop it yourself. That's what I am doing

Okay, so my dad has the developer tanks, and I have a scanner with light box that can do negatives, but it is worth considering.

[chris.mapey]

When you get the film developed get a copy of the photos on CD at the same time... Asda (no, really!) are great value for this.

[Pickled]

I take my films to my local snappy snaps, they give me the negs and put digital copies on a disc.

[sawman]

Cheers chaps, It didn't occur to me that the processors could put copies on a disc - I don't think such technology existed the last time I had a film processed!

I don't have any developing gear, but would quite like to dabble in black and white - is it still possible to get these processed?

[shielsy]

I struggled to find anyone local who does.

I wanted a pro job on a roll I had and used http://www.blackandwhitefilmprocessing.co.uk/

They are happy to push/pull and the final product was great quality

[Simpo Two]

Process your own B/W surely? All part of the fun/pain of doing it the old way.

[tog]

Complete darkroom kit only £45 on eBay here. Job jobbed!

[Upatdawn]

my 35mm history.... a Zenit B, a Zenit E, Prakita LLC an Olympus OM1 and finally a Nikon F55

and a 5-7 day wait for the prints hoping they dong get lost in the post or dont turn out

[shielsy]

Simpo Two said:

Process your own B/W surely? All part of the fun/pain of doing it the old way.

I had a roll of some photos I *really* didn't want to mess up, and I didn't trust in my (lack of) ability.

[allen l]

I love shooting black and white and developping myself. It's very easy to do.
Quality film is not cheap nowadays, but unless you want to shoot ten rolls a day you won't get bankrupt. Chasing the latest digital cameras is a much more expensive hobby me thinks...

[chris.mapey]

allen l said:

Quality film is not cheap nowadays, but unless you want to shoot ten rolls a day you won't get bankrupt.

Have to say I disagree.

Fomapan 100 is a stunning film. Very fine grain, and a really good 'smooth' looking emulsion - only £2.54 per 36 exp roll.

Develops really well in 1:1 ID-11 and can be pushed to ISO 200 with no problems...

How much cheaper do you want ;-)

[BlimeyCharlie]

shielsy said:

I had a roll of some photos I *really* didn't want to mess up, and I didn't trust in my (lack of) ability.

Hmm I stopped using colour film in 2008 as got fed up of various oafs scratching the film when being processed. This would be basically any lab as just staffed with 'normal' people who didn't have a clue what they were doing.

Black and white I'd do myself, just be methodical and not get distracted if possible.

I bought a Nikon Super Coolscan in 2002 that cost a lot of money then, but scanned 35mm to 67mb files, which is huge of course.
I'm guessing this technology is better and cheaper now.

Now winter is here you can soon get a little system together of scanning away on these dark nights.

[allen l]

Chris, that indeed isn't expensive. I normally buy loads of HP5+ and stash that in a fridge.

Use color as well, but I can't develop it myself. Getting fed up with scratches I switched to a specialized company that also works with artists.
Never had a scratch since, although development cost me almost three times as much.

[Martyn-123]

Prompted by this topic,

Many years ago i was the owner of a Ricoh KR10 when first released and traded it in for a compact which didn't last long.

I have just taken the plunge and bought on ebay a immaculate Nikon FM2n body, it will be my xmas present to me from my wife (she does not know yet), i need to buy a suitable lens now and quite excited,


Martyn....

[chris.mapey]

allen l said:

Chris, that indeed isn't expensive. I normally buy loads of HP5+ and stash that in a fridge.

Use color as well, but I can't develop it myself. Getting fed up with scratches I switched to a specialized company that also works with artists.
Never had a scratch since, although development cost me almost three times as much.

I'm rather fortunate - I'm doing a degree in Photography so have access to the uni dark rooms / kit etc.

Very lucky that we have free of charge colour negative developing by one of the lab techs, B&W I do myself...

I'm a ham fisted SOB at the best of times, but even with my fingers of butter I've not (so far) scratched any negatives... (17 rolls developed since late Sept!)

[anonymous-user]

I replied to a post on this thread at 8'30 this morning from a guy who works here... http://www.ag-photographic.co.uk/ ..I presume my reply and the original post has been removed for infringing the advertising rules or something. However, I was very interested to see that they sell this film.. http://www.ag-photographic.co.uk/adox-film-11-c.as... .. which I've never heard of, anyone used it or know anything about it?

[matt5791]

Hi - thought my post might get removed!

That is a totally new film from the German manufacturer, Adox. It's a replacement for a film they used to sell which was made for them by a company in Croatia, Fotokemika. That company closed it's doors very suddenly last year and so the new film is made in Germany.

Adox are a great company and deserve support. The specialise in only analogue photo products. The new CHS film will be available eventually in 35mm, 120, 4x5", 5x7", 10x8" and some oddball ultra large format sizes too.

Matt.

[anonymous-user]

Can you develop it? I haven't got any darkroom gear any more alas.