Analog film photography and cameras

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mi7rennie

So my first 2 films have been developed, printed and scanned by Snaps Photo Service in Bournemouth (great service) and some of them are goodish.... although I'll let you judge that for yourselves. Shot with my friends Minolta Dynax 7000i.

Waiting by Michael M Rennie, on Flickr

Heelund Coo by Michael M Rennie, on Flickr

Swinging by Michael M Rennie, on Flickr

Also any recommendations for some colour film and stockists?

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platypus in reply to @mi7rennie
Nice photos, especially the last one!

As for colour film you have basically three options:
1. Cheap: Agfa Vista from Poundland - £1
2. Medium: Kodak Colourplus/Gold from anywhere, but I'd recommend Macodirect.de - £2.20ish
3. Expensive: Kodak Portra 400 - now ridiculously expensive but still easily the best. Upwards of £5.

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mi7rennie in reply to @platypus

Thanks @Vesalius and @platypus, I was glad the panning shot on the swing came out :)

Will try some of that colour stock and post my results.

My wife thinks I'm mental, playing with £13 film camera's and getting all excited when I have a newish OM-D E-M1 to play with....
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salad in reply to @platypus

As for colour film you have basically three options

I can also recommend Vista, it's good for a cheap film. Not good for skin tones though.

Luckily, there are still more than three options still!
Portra 160 (a little bit cheaper), then Ektar 100 (very vivid), Fuji Pro 400H (cooler palette), CineStill 50D / 800T...
I guess you'll have to order most of these online if you don't have a proper analogue shop nearby, but that's how it is.
Speaking of which, I've heard really good things about Kodak ProImage - a "consumer" film, but a very good one - this is apparently not being sold in the EU, I have seen reasonable offerings (including shipping) from Thailand on eBay.
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mi7rennie in reply to @platypus

So I splashed out on 5 rolls of Portra 400.

Really nice stuff, thanks for the advise.

Lana likes it too!
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mi7rennie in reply to @platypus

First Portra 400 developed.

Really like it! Cheers for the advise.

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