Who's shooting with film these days?

12 years 10 months ago #97033 by Rob pix4u2
I tied the T-Max 3200 and wasn't satisfied with the grain ( shooting hockey ) but used slower 100 and 400 outdoors and was happier with the performance of the film. Thanks for your input as I still have film in the fridge and freezer that I want to use

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12 years 10 months ago #97083 by Oscar Cohen

Rob pix4u2 wrote: I tied the T-Max 3200 and wasn't satisfied with the grain ( shooting hockey ) but used slower 100 and 400 outdoors and was happier with the performance of the film. Thanks for your input as I still have film in the fridge and freezer that I want to use


Literally in the fridge and freezer??


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12 years 10 months ago #97089 by Rob pix4u2
Film stored in the freezer is one of the ways to keep the film fresh even after the expiration date - just defrost for a few hours before you go to use it

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12 years 10 months ago #97123 by Henry Peach
I finally cleared out my freezer stash a few months ago, and gave it all away. I decided it better get used by someone before the cosmic rays got it. :)
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12 years 10 months ago - 12 years 10 months ago #97327 by icepics
I've bought film from Freestyle, they do have a nice selection of hard-to-find photo supplies. I got some Rollei/Agfa 127 size film from them.

I've also gotten film thru Lomography - usa.shop.lomography.com . They carry some well-known brands as well as some oddities and specials on expired films etc.They have their own film which I tried (in a retro plastic camera) and got some good pictures (in the so-called 'lo-fi' style). They started in Europe but have a location in NYC and ship fast, I get it w/in 3-4 days usually.

Central Camera in Chicago has some odd-sized film too. Film for Classics stopped selling their film directly but they still re-spool film and sell it thru B&H and Adorama. Then there's
still Kodak at the drugstore, at least in my area.

For fun you might enjoy junkstorecameras.com - you click on the picture of any camera to see pictures taken w/it. Here's a photo of one of my box Brownies (which I've used) taken w/the Pop 9, and some old photo paper that originally came from Central Camera, and for fun the LOL cam.

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12 years 10 months ago #97939 by Superman
Film would be fun, how much does film cost these days?

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12 years 10 months ago #98019 by icepics
A basic Kodak 4 pack of color film is under $15. B&W Kodak Tri-X or T-Max and some of the Ilford films are under $5 per roll. There are some more unusual films that are cheaper and some that cost more.

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12 years 10 months ago #98513 by Village Clown

icepics wrote: A basic Kodak 4 pack of color film is under $15. B&W Kodak Tri-X or T-Max and some of the Ilford films are under $5 per roll. There are some more unusual films that are cheaper and some that cost more.


What about developing it? Or do you develop your own film?


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12 years 10 months ago #98521 by Rob pix4u2
Walgreens or Walmart, Costco all offer film developing still

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12 years 10 months ago #98539 by mlj
I still use film these days, have three SLR camera, two thanks to my son. Use Costco for developing I found them to be the most reasonable, just not ready to give up film yet :)


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12 years 10 months ago #99073 by JoAnne Muzila
I have a old 35mm film camera in box in the garage somewhere :whistle: I haven't used that camera in years!


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12 years 10 months ago #99089 by Henry Peach

Village Clown wrote: What about developing it? Or do you develop your own film?


If I were going to go to the trouble of shooting film I'd take/send it to a lab I trusted. A full service lab staffed with folks who know what they are doing is only going to charge a few bucks more for development than the big box store labs. Up until a few weeks ago I could have developed my own BW, but now everything is finally packed up and stashed in the garage, and my wife would kill me if I started dragging it all out again. :nunu:
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12 years 10 months ago - 12 years 10 months ago #99805 by icepics
In my area it used to be around $10/roll for color film, now it's getting closer to $15 at the regional chain of photo stores near me. B&W costs more, they have to set up the machine for it (and they probably have less of that coming in).

I sometimes just get film developed, maybe a proof sheet/index print, sometimes a CD. I was doing my own B&W prints but the darkroom at our local university got phased out so now I've been collecting equipment to set up my own darkroom eventually.

Sharon
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