-Official FILM Thread-

^great stuff!

shot with CVS 400 film...randomly bought a 4 pack of 24 exposure rolls and i kinda like the colors

^ Good stuff guys

My C-41 home developing chemicals came in today and I have 4 rolls of exposed Portra sitting at home Never self-developed color before

Ev- your film shots are coming along quite nicely!

im almost done with my first of 4 rolls of expired film. hopefully ill have something worth sharing in a few

Hey Evan, you develop some of your stuff at Sammy's, right? How much do they charge?

Originally Posted by Wes

Hey Evan, you develop some of your stuff at Sammy's, right? How much do they charge?

ive only gotten one roll of B/W developed at samys...i believe it was like $9 just to have them scan them onto a CD at their lowest res scan option. theyre still decent size around like 3000x2000 give or take. it gets more expensive the larger res you want. i dont think color was that much more expensive...

That's outrageous. They charge more for clicking a button to get higher resolution?

Originally Posted by e46stallion

ive only gotten one roll of B/W developed at samys...i believe it was like $9 just to have them scan them onto a CD at their lowest res scan option. theyre still decent size around like 3000x2000 give or take. it gets more expensive the larger res you want. i dont think color was that much more expensive...

Not bad. I think I'm going to buy a film scanner and start scanning myself. It wont be long before I make my money back on the scanner. I have a bunch of undeveloped rolls sitting on my shelf...

Originally Posted by cowmoo32

That's outrageous. They charge more for clicking a button to get higher resolution?

There's more to it than just pressing a button.

I would imagine when determining resolution on a scanner it can't be more than selecting it from a menu. Enlighten me.

Originally Posted by cowmoo32

I would imagine when determining resolution on a scanner it can't be more than selecting it from a menu. Enlighten me.

I can't speak for Samy's specifically, but a good photo lab will have different types of scanners. To get really high quality, high res scans, they need to be done on a drum scanner rather than the much more common CCD scanners. Drum scanners are huge and cost a fortune so chances are, photo labs (the good ones) only have one or two. That's one reason for an increased price.

On CCD scanners, it can take as long as 10x more time to scan the negatives at a high resolution vs lower resolutions. That extra time could be used to scan other negatives for other people - it's called opportunity cost. That's another reason for an increased price.

That extra time could be used to scan other negatives for other people - it's called opportunity cost. That's another reason for an increased price.

That makes sense.

just picked up this baby for 100 ))))0

nice pick up dude! i love that second shot

just turned in my first roll of portra 400 in... cannot wait for the results ^.^

^ That dog's face/expression has an almost human quality LOL.


Spent a few days in NYC last week with a Mamiya 6. The 1st is expired Portra 160VC (2005) pushed to 400. The 2nd is Ilford Delta 400:

arent mamiya 6's like the best film cameras ever? sooo lucky nice

some portra 400/gold 200 film

i still suck at shooting with film but i am in love with it and its super fun and thats all that matters

Originally Posted by poorkid650

arent mamiya 6's like the best film cameras ever? sooo lucky nice

some portra 400/gold 200 film

i still suck at shooting with film but i am in love with it and its super fun and thats all that matters

I'm loving the Mamiya so far. I'd never shot with a proper rangefinder before...it's awesome!

^ Those portraits are nice!

I've found a local shop that has TONS of old film cameras for sale. Any suggestions on what to look for? I think I want something essentially all manual short of the light meter.