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Bought my first analog/film camera (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by vaderaj@lemmy.world to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world

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My dad gave me his DSLR but I would never look at the photos I took or cared for it.

Now that the number of photos I can take are limited I can't wait to develop those photos and actually feel it.

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[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you want a little extra fun project, try using black & white film (e.g. Ilford HP5) and learning to develop it at home.

It’s surprisingly easy, especially if you use stand development. Technology Connections did a video on it that got me interested, and it’s truly a little bit of magic to see your own photos appear in your own kitchen.

[–] vaderaj@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Thanks a ton 😊

Edit: From pipe pipe share option

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Beat you. I got my first 110 in 1977. 1 cube, 4 flashes.

[–] vaderaj@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Damn I was born in 1997. I am so jealous of you guys (in a good way), my next post will probably be about developing a black and white. I am moving to India for a few days, don't know if I will be able to get the supplies but hell yeah I will try once for sure

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 6 days ago

Oh, boy, 110 with cube flash!

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Right? I bought my LAST analogue camera twenty years before they got their first.

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I still have the Kodak Brownie box camera that took the very earliest photos of me. I think there are still one or two surviving black and white photos yet. My father had a lower-end Pentax 35mm that I still have as well. And there were a goodly number of Christmas gift cameras I received growing up.

The problem with film cameras was remembering to take them in to get developed. So much undeveloped film... And if you did develop them, well, there was only one photo that you really wanted anyway, and that one was blurry because you were shaking too much.

Paul Simon said it best.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

My first was a Pentax K1000, for high school photography classes in 1982. I still have it. It only has a simple light meter, but I got the best exposures out of that camera, better than the Canon AE-1 I borrowed from my dad on occasion. I had a home darkroom set up in my bathroom with an enlarger with a color head. I only tried color a couple of times, though. Color is more finicky and expensive. I thought I was going to be a professional photographer, and I almost was, but the need to support myself got in the way.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 6 days ago

Technology Connections did an episode on how these old light meters worked.

Brilliantly simple tech.

[–] accideath@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nice. Have fun! When you reach the point where a point n shoot feels like it’s limiting you, there’s a huge amount of really great cameras like SLRs out there that cost less than some rolls of film.

[–] vaderaj@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Woow, that's interesting to hear. What's the tech behind Leica analogue and why do they cost a fortune?

[–] accideath@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

Part of it is that they’re (mostly) very precisely machined fully mechanical cameras.
Part of it is, that there is a selection of some of the highest quality lenses available for the cameras.
But to an extent you also just pay for the name.

There are tons of cameras that cost a tiny fraction of a Leica but work just as well and have their own selection of tack sharp lenses.
You wouldn’t notice a difference in the results without a direct comparison.

[–] Quokka@quokk.au 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is that a modern analog? It looks so clean.

I bought myself a Konica a4 because I fell in love with the look of it. Really need to actually develop some of the photos one day.

[–] vaderaj@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Yes it is a modern analogue camera. It has an in built LED screen and auto reel roll function as well

[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 1 points 6 days ago

I prefer 110 cameras, but harder to get developed.

[–] lath@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I would've loved a polaroid or the equivalent. Instant physical photos are an amazing invention in my book.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Instax is the modern equivalent of Polaroid - cameras that spit out real instant photos there on the spot. Not great image quality, and somewhat pricey per shot, but good fun. And yes, it’s proper instant film with chemistry, so you can watch the image develop right there in your hands.

Caveats/gotchas: IIRC the Instax line also includes hybrid cameras which are basically just digital cameras with built-in printers. Still neat, but less cool than the standard line in my opinion. Also, Polaroid do still exist in zombie corp fashion, but they mostly just make digital cameras/printers and the film for their old cameras is crazy expensive. Unless you’re deeply committed to using an old Polaroid camera, it’s not worth it compared to Instax.

[–] vaderaj@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

The salesman was super cool to be honest. It was between this and instax hybrid model (which costs more) but he understood my needs and suggested this.

What got me more exciting is that I only have 36 photos per film roll so have to be very conscious of what I choose to capture