Returning to 35mm ...
Mar 20, 2015 08:19:08 #
boberic wrote:
If you are interested in more gear I have a Canon F-1 with a power winder, a 35mm a 50 1.4 and a 135mm 1-a Skylight filter on each lens a CPL and 2 focusing screens, Let me know If $150 for the whole thing is OK. All the lenses are canon FD (ssc) lenses
Hi. If you still have the Canon F-1 equipment, I would be interested in buying it
Mar 20, 2015 08:38:55 #
ralphc4176
Loc: Conyers, GA
Wow. If everything, or most of the stuff, works properly, you got a great deal. As far as the expired film, toss it. Several years ago I found some expired film in a camera case. It had always been stored indoors, never subjected to temperature extremes. I shot both rolls and had them developed. The prints were worthless.
Mar 20, 2015 09:11:04 #
If you thought to check, or can call the seller, ask him if the expired film was refrigerated. I shoot expired film all the time, some expired in the late 90's and early 2000's. Refrigerating and freezing color film inhibits the color shift that takes place. If the film is black and white, the corruption is somewhat less severe, and even older refrigerated film will give good results.
It's true that film left in the closet, or left unrefrigerated for some time after expiration will give poor results.
Want to have some fun..... research on the internet for caffenol. Processing with Folgers Instant coffee, Vitamin C and Washing Soda (not baking soda) is a "kick". You don't need a darkroom. Daylight processing equipment works just fine. Just need a darkened closet or bathroom to load the film in the reels and close them in the development tank.
It's true that film left in the closet, or left unrefrigerated for some time after expiration will give poor results.
Want to have some fun..... research on the internet for caffenol. Processing with Folgers Instant coffee, Vitamin C and Washing Soda (not baking soda) is a "kick". You don't need a darkroom. Daylight processing equipment works just fine. Just need a darkened closet or bathroom to load the film in the reels and close them in the development tank.
Mar 20, 2015 09:23:19 #
You likely reached $100 in value on ONE body and the 50 f1.8 lens, if in good, operable condition, and if the battery compartments were clean, meter functioning.
Mar 20, 2015 09:50:34 #
RLSeipleSr wrote:
After reading many, many 35mm posts I decided to t... (show quote)
Isn't it amazing, what a few days (actually years), and new technology makes!
Mar 20, 2015 11:50:20 #
Great buy. Agfa film? WOW! I'd love to get my hands on some of that.
Mar 20, 2015 12:19:06 #
RLSeipleSr wrote:
SS, I'm keeping one body, the 50mm lens and the 35... (show quote)
Bob, there are some serious pros that shoot with expired film. They like the old-time unpredictable look they can get and its a potpourri of surprises. I was just warning that you just can't predict what you will get!! Which is the sorta beauty of it!
Send it to Kuzano!!! :lol: .lol:
SS
Mar 20, 2015 12:47:45 #
SharpShooter wrote:
Bob, there are some serious pros that shoot with expired film. They like the old-time unpredictable look they can get and its a potpourri of surprises. I was just warning that you just can't predict what you will get!! Which is the sorta beauty of it!
Send it to Kuzano!!! :lol: .lol:
SS
Send it to Kuzano!!! :lol: .lol:
SS
Yes, by all means... send it to me. There are still a few spots open in my film fridge...probably 75% expired. Have about 140 sheets of Easyload and Readyload 4X5, which cost me less than $1 a sheet/envelope.
Right now Fuji Quickload in current date, on eBay is $6 per sheet.
:roll: ;-)
Mar 20, 2015 12:56:11 #
RLSeipleSr wrote:
After reading many, many 35mm posts I decided to t... (show quote)
Excellent purchase!
Mar 20, 2015 13:08:28 #
RLSeipleSr wrote:
The 13 rolls of old film is all color (various speeds) and I think I will just toss them all, I don't see a reason for even trying them, probably more expense and effort than they are worth ...
I will give you a reason not to toss them just yet: they may be just fine. Much depends on how they were stored. If they've been kept in a cool basement, film can still be near perfect even a decade after the expiration date! Just run through 2 or 3 rolls and look at the results. High ASA film such as 800 usually deteriorates at a faster pace, but something like ASA 100 is less prone to deterioration. Black and white film especially holds up pretty well to the passing of time, as you obviously won't be dealing with potentiial color shifts at all; usually an additional stop of exposure will give you identical results to fresh film.
Mar 20, 2015 16:45:17 #
Mar 20, 2015 17:08:27 #
pj81156
Loc: St. Petersburg, FL
We are leaving for Florida next week and my only camera will be my Olympus OM4ti. For me, my digital slr took all the fun out of photography. I am very computer and technically savy, but I choose to shoot film--not because the results are any better, but because I have to make fewer decisions. I can concentrate more on the subject and the composition and the exposure with a film camera. But, that's me.
Mar 21, 2015 10:01:26 #
Please use out of date 35mm color film to experiment with. Those of you new or returning to film find plenty of stock on ebay or Amazon, fresh or out of date. Get quality processing is another story. I have used film that's out of date with no worry.
Mar 22, 2015 21:44:09 #
Mud2 wrote:
'Hope you have a good, well equipped darkroom, and lots of time!
Interesting you say that. I have NO problem finding film processing for 35mm in my town. It's not really more expensive than a few years ago, particularly if you just get a CD with scanned images and bypass scanning cost. I never buy prints and just get the CD.
When I do get prints, I go back to the same place where the processing is done. It's far cheaper to get good prints for just the images you want than it is to support the costs of your own inkjet printer,,, I got a 24X36 inch print from Fred Meyer photo section for $19.99. I had three 8X33 inch panorama's replicated on the one poster, so final cost on each pano was just under $7. Try that on your home printer.
Processing is still fairly readily available for 35mm film for both color and B&W.
Mar 23, 2015 00:48:26 #
Kuzano wrote:
Interesting you say that. I have NO problem findin... (show quote)
Yeah, quite a few processing labs around me too. Perhaps not as many as there used to be, but one reliable lab with skilled technicians is all is all that is really needed.
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