Analog film photography and cameras

It does seem a little pointless to spend 400 notes on that Contax and then skimp on the scanner. But, if you haven't got the funds and won't really be printing them do you really need a full on scanner.

defo not printing and skint coz of spening 350 notes ; ) I guess I will be upgrading soon, will be on the look out on ebay.

I have no experience of using any scanner for film but my two pence nonetheless...

Flatbeds are supposed to be fiddly/a pain in the arse. If you were shooting rolls and rolls of film every week or had a massive backlog to deal with then, unless you really hate yourself, I wouldn't do it. But you're just starting out. You'll also only be shooting black and white so you'll be honing your workflow for a small range of films instead of experimenting with everything the film world has to offer. Presumably so anyway. In any case, I'd read more reviews to make sure. If I had the money now I'd buy it. But I have other things I need to spend money on right now. I also need to shoot more film. Haha.

I'm looking into developing my own colour film. It appeals to me as a scientist, as well as appearing to be the cheapest way of doing things. My plan is to buy a reeI and sealed pot and the chemicals and I reckon I can scavenge a few containers and tubs to use but does anyone have a link to a detailed description of the process?

As far as I understand it I need 3 chemicals - the developer, the stop, and the fixer to be used in that order, but what are the timings and concentrations? I take it they're specific to each set of chemicals?

If you're just doing C41 then the likelihood is that it won't be the cheapest way of doing things. Also, temperature control is infinitely more important than with B+W as far as i know.
I'm sure someone on here has tried it, let us know how you get on.

I've been weighing it up. Over a few years I reckon the cost of sending off all my films, 2 or 3 at a time to have them developed and scanned to CD will be more expensive than developing them myself and scanning with a cheap scanner from Maplin as mentioned above.

I've been weighing it up. Over a few years I reckon the cost of sending off all my films, 2 or 3 at a time to have them developed and scanned to CD will be more expensive than developing them myself and scanning with a cheap scanner from Maplin as mentioned above.

My long term plan is to do bw dev at home, send off for c41 + e6, then scan at home with dedicated scanner. It seems to be the sweet spot of cost, convenience and quality.

My long term plan is to do bw dev at home, send off for c41 + e6, then scan at home with dedicated scanner. It seems to be the sweet spot of cost, convenience and quality.

I don't shoot much b&w myself but this is my contention as well.

I just can't justify the cost of a scanner at the moment. I'm thinking I'll probably go all out when I do though - something that can scan medium format like the Coolscan 9000. It'll set me back at least £1000 (if I'm lucky) but the way I see it, that's the same as a decent DSLR so it's not actually that ridiculous.

one of my friends has some B+W developing equipment that he might sell me, so I think that will be my plan. B+W myself, colour via a lab

Don't do colour at home, unless you have proper machines and know really well what you're doing.
A 'reel & sealed pot' method won't get you anywhere with C41.

B&W at home is not much of a problem, and it's rather cheap, yes.
But if there's a place nearby that offers a deal on dev + scans I'd go that route.
It's convenient, developement is perfect / consistent, and in the end you have both,
neatly bagged negs, as well as neat scans.
It really does save a lot of time (& energy / nerves).

I'm after a manual 50mm 1.4/1.8 for Nikon if anybody has anything, want to shoot some more 35mm.

Not sure if this is of interest to anyone, cheap negative scanner:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/maplin-5mp-compact-film-slide-scanner-14-99-delivered-pickup-from-store-1447634

For £15, it might be worth it

Just tried out one of these Maplin scanners and as I half-expected the quality is really poor. I'll be taking it back for a refund

can you post results here?

I'm after a manual 50mm 1.4/1.8 for Nikon if anybody has anything, want to shoot some more 35mm.

This plus an adapter? Linky.

If Branwen doesn't take it that is...

Bargain, think it's safe to assume that has gone.

Ta though

can you post results here?

it gave OK results with very well lit photos, but anything taken in low light comes out appalling. For example:

Scanned by Snappy Snaps:

http://imageshack.us/a/img842/7262/000332a.jpg

Scanned using 'Maplin Compact Digital Film Scanner':

http://imageshack.us/a/img838/9773/201301183.jpg

Sorry they're not the same size. I can't get imageshack to do what I want

Jeez, what on earth is that any good for? Makes you wonder why they made it at all.

Thanks for the heads up Stu...

fuckin hell, that's shit

I should stress that the other few scans I did were considerably better than the one above, I suppose because the photos were taken outside in daylight, but because I like taking photos at night and at parties this scanner is pretty much useless

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUL6MBVKVLI

^Thanks for that. Great video, and a great photographer.

Finally some new stuff up. Got the first rolls back shot with the Contax T2. Really enjoy shooting with it, and the results are good too. First time I've used Kodak Portra 400 as well, like it so far.

Much more here: http://do.kallelind.com/