landscapes + more in 35mm

kts

i picked up a Canon AE-1 from a friend with a few lenses for $50. just got my first few rolls back from it.

Fuji 400 they sell at Costco for $1/roll and some Kodak C-41 B&W stuff. w/ the FD 50mm f/1.8









killing time before a meeting at one of my favorite local abandonments








kinda meh on the Fuji. i liked the Kodak B&W, going to try some Ilford C-41 B&W and some 'better' color film next. still getting the hang of the AE-1. it's fun but i still like digital a lot better.

schmoo

Awesome! I've been wanting to tinker around with film again, despite the annoyance of having to develop them. I still think that there's a certain je ne sais quois about even a simple snapshot with a film camera - and certainly the potential for a lot of happy accidents.

euchretobin

BW of the shifter has a great, classic look. Try shooting some slides and projecting them - wow ! I sold my AE-1 in December, but you might have convinced me to run some film through my A1. Did Costco develop and scan these?

-Paul

kts

schmoo wrote:

Awesome! I've been wanting to tinker around with film again, despite the annoyance of having to develop them. I still think that there's a certain je ne sais quois about even a simple snapshot with a film camera - and certainly the potential for a lot of happy accidents.

yea something about film. i still have 15+ rolls of Holga stuff I need to scan in and look at, and another 6+ rolls of 120 that I now need to get developed as well. If only the place I went to didn't charge $texas to scan 120.

euchretobin wrote:

BW of the shifter has a great, classic look. Try shooting some slides and projecting them - wow ! I sold my AE-1 in December, but you might have convinced me to run some film through my A1. Did Costco develop and scan these?

yea I was really happy with how the shifter shot came out. it's funny since it was the last shot on the roll, was just looking for something somewhat interesting to use up the roll with.

yes, i went to costco for the developing and scanning. so far they haven't let me down, but their scans end up only being ~2mb. fine for web work and smaller prints (gotten a few 8x10s and 5x7s from the scanned JPGs done) but i wish they would crank up the quality a bit. i have my own scanner but it's slow and a pain to use.

Dixie

Excellent shots.

I still have my AE-1 and my A-1 and various lenses bought back in the late 70's just after the A-1 was introduced. Maybe I need to dust them off.