06-05-2019, 06:09 AM
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Re: 35mm film - a question for people who know about film.
Just done some googling...... Photoexpress will develop/scan to CD a 24 frame film for £5.50, and develop and print for £6.50.Compared with the prices of yesteryear, that doesn't seem too bad, especially for just getting one rogue film developed.
It does concentrate the mind onto the photos one is taking, though! No more point and shoot and hope for the best!
06-05-2019, 06:28 AM
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Re: 35mm film - a question for people who know about film.
Originally Posted by Pyxell
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It does concentrate the mind onto the photos one is taking, though! No more point and shoot and hope for the best!
06-05-2019, 07:31 AM
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Re: 35mm film - a question for people who know about film.
Originally Posted by Besoeker
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Yes. After I went digital, it took me a while to get out of that mindset.
I kept forgetting it had a screen!
06-05-2019, 09:53 AM
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Re: 35mm film - a question for people who know about film.
Originally Posted by Pyxell
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My main difficulty was getting out of the habit of holding the camera up to my eyeball!I kept forgetting it had a screen!
06-05-2019, 10:21 AM
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Re: 35mm film - a question for people who know about film.
Originally Posted by d00d
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I've got three cameras, all with tilt up screens, and wrist straps instead of neck straps. I shoot from the hip.
06-05-2019, 10:24 AM
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Re: 35mm film - a question for people who know about film.
Originally Posted by TessA
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Some colleges still teach film developing, I believe.You could ask around if they'd like the films or could practice developing.
However, if the half-used film comes out ok, I might hang onto them.
(I've kept all my old mobile phones, so the camera and films could be part of my antique collection!
I have my dad's old box camera too. No film for it, though!)
06-05-2019, 12:57 PM
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Re: 35mm film - a question for people who know about film.
Originally Posted by Pyxell
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I have my dad's old box camera too. No film for it, though!)
06-05-2019, 01:12 PM
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Re: 35mm film - a question for people who know about film.
Slightly off topic... I have about 7 or 8 of those throw away cameras that I gave my daughter through the years when she was younger. (She's 31 now)She went to various places with junior and senior school and with a club she was in.
They ended up being forgotten about.
When I moved here 8 yrs ago, I came across them when packing. I took a couple to Tesco's for developing. They came out well enough but didn't really contain anything of interest and so the rest are just lying in the wardrobe.
I feel I want to take them in for development, but I just keep forgetting. I don't want to throw them away, it's her past on there - interesting pictures or not
06-05-2019, 02:03 PM
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Re: 35mm film - a question for people who know about film.
Originally Posted by Pyxell
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Going through a drawer of stuff, I found my old 35mm camera, (with a roll of film still in it!), and about 15 rolls of 35mm film, 24 exposures each, unused. (Truprint).I can't remember how old they are, but I had a stack of Truprint envelopes with them, for sending off for development, now defunct, of course.
I can't remember when I bought my first digital camera, which superseded this one. Probably around 10 years ago, but might be a bit longer.
Anyway, two questions:
1) Would this film still be ok to use, or does it deteriorate?
2) Plus, some of them are loose, but in little black canisters, and about 4 are still in the sealed foil pouches they came in. I have put the lot in a plastic tub.
Is that ok to store them in?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Oh, by the way, the lithium battery in the 35mm camera has run out. It's a strange looking battery. What are the chances of being able to buy a new one?
It's sort of like a double battery cartridge.
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