I broke out a film camera this weekend

The lab said I should see photos Thursday or Friday. Today’s Thursday, right? 

In reply to David S. Wallens :

Yup!!!!

In reply to dean1484 :

No link yet....

The lab sends over a link to a WeTransfer account. 

It must be time for a new hobby...

Or maybe that's just an extension of a current hobby.

In reply to Toyman! :

Slippery but fun slope, that.

In reply to BoxheadTim :

We had a lab in high school we could use for personal photos. I'm 100% certain I would have to learn everything from scratch. That was 40 years ago. 

Yeah, we also had darkrooms in high school and college. Growing up, my dad had one in the basement.

Today, though, not as interested. For one, don’t really have a suitable place to put it all. 

In reply to David S. Wallens :

They do eat up some space. 

Toyman! said:

In reply to David S. Wallens :

They do eat up some space. 

And, ideally, require a dark room. 

David S. Wallens said:

Today, though, not as interested. For one, don’t really have a suitable place to put it all. 

Same here, but mainly because I'm too scared of messing up my photos and I'm not sure I have the patience.

You’d do fine and, to be honest, in all my years of darkroom work I lost very, very few negatives. Once you learn how to load the reels, the rest is easy. 

I’d like to get back in a darkroom but am less interest in having one here at the house. I need to look into that, though. 

Also very tempting: Crealdé Darkroom Usage and Rental.

I still have my negs from school. 

Got my scans back late on Friday. Soft and moody with a story to tell. That’s Arianna, by the way, and she’s all kinds of awesome. 

Started to wonder why so distressed looking, and then I checked the box: The film expired a few years ago. 

I have one roll left from this stash. Might save it for a special occasion. 

And broke out this one today and ran a roll of Tri-X through it. 

Found this tucked away in my office as well: Kodak BW400CN, black and white film designed for C41 processing. 

Guess it’s been sitting for a little while.

In reply to David S. Wallens :

Have you read this article on shooting the Daytona 500 on expired film? Could be fun to see what results you get with that film. 

In reply to Chris Tropea :

I hadn’t–thanks–and will check it out.

I have some other expiring film that likely dates back to the ’90s–mostly loose rolls, though, so no expiration date marked. 

David S. Wallens said:

Once you learn how to load the reels, the rest is easy. 

 

Easy he says.

In pitch black dark, in a blackout bag just in case. It was a real PITA when you can't feel in one hand.  

I haven’t rolled film onto spools in years. At a recent camera swap meet, someone had some spools and film sitting on their table. I could still do it. :) 

And I wouldn’t mind getting back into a darkroom. I just don’t have the setup here. 

I also have more film to drop off....

New camera straps arrived today. One for my X-Pro3 and then for the A-1 and F-1. Not sure which goes where. All, as usual, from Couch: vegan and made in California. 

Picked up some more Glen E. Friedman books, too, so doing some reading (and learning) on this rainy evening. 

I have a couple couch straps and even a wallet, really nice, but I found myself preferring the thin straps on my camera so it doesn't get used. :( 

In reply to aw614 :

I have a thin Couch strap on my X100V and do like it. But I also like the standard ones. 

Film dropped off, more film picked up.

I want to run some normal, fresh film through the cameras, so I picked up a three-pack of Fujifilm 400. The Superia I had been using has been discontinued, but let’s see how it compares. 

And to try something different, Reformed Day Shots from Reformed Film Lab, our local lab. It’s based on Kodak Vision 3 5207 movie film. 

Why this one? I thought that the sample photos just looked warm and stunning. 

(It thundered earlier, so someone had a bad afternoon despite wearing her ThunderShirt.)