What film to choose???

[yohzzz]

Hi, wanna try out Holga 135BC and Recesky TLS Camera. But too confuse with the film in the market and the develop process.
There are too many type of 35mm film in the market currently. Some 3bucks for one and some 5 to 8bucks for one. May I know how to choose which film to buy?
And wad is the number appear on the film box (e.g 200) means? And how to differentiate the film?
And for Processing, What's the difference between the differences type?

[Octarine]

Happy reading: Photographic film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For ISO you can also read up the basics of digital photography, it's the same concept.

[yohzzz]

Thanks! For ISO in digital photography I understand. Juz that now got problem understanding the film coz I nv use before. Will read up the web! Thanks a lot!

[archiesc]

You choose the film you want based on where you are shooting and when you are shooting. Different film have different effect, you can check out local lomography store to see what kind of effect each film will give. They usually have samples. Ask the shopkeeper for assistance.

The number on the box eg 200 mean ASA200 or ISO200.

If you are willing to spend try Provia 400 and cross process it. the film can cost $11.50 and cross processing will cost around $9. Its one of my favourite film to use when shooting with slides

[yohzzz]

Oh, so the number is the ISO.. If I am going ard street to do street photography in the day wad type of film should I use? And can I use color film to process Black and white photo? Or I can only use B&W film for black and white?

[Octarine]

Oh, so the number is the ISO.. If I am going ard street to do street photography in the day wad type of film should I use? And can I use color film to process Black and white photo? Or I can only use B&W film for black and white?

The film is predefined to be either B/W or colour. Also, the ISO is FIX for the entire roll and cannot be changed (irregardless of any manual adjustments that some cameras offer). It is the same as if you use your digital cam and set the ISO fix (e.g. to ISO200) and set the Image Style to 'Monochrome'. The resulting jpg image will be B/W - and no colours can be recovered.
The processing is done in the lab, according the film type (print or slide). I'm not sure whether a B/W print can be made from a colour print film.
You can try the cheap Lucky film (comes in Colour and B/W), especially if you are unsure about camera settings and resulting exposure. Maybe it's good to make notes along the way so that you can recall and compare your settings with the results. You can also have a look at the Sunny16 rule and guideline.

[archiesc]

After you develop the film you can request to print in BnW i think. Thats what I do in darkroom and I am sure photolabs will be able to print in in BnW using their machine also

[ndroo]

Oh, so the number is the ISO.. If I am going ard street to do street photography in the day wad type of film should I use? And can I use color film to process Black and white photo? Or I can only use B&W film for black and white?

You have to understand a little on the basics first. If you are okay with ISO settings on digital, the same applies for film. Yeah ... you don't get to change the ISO like in digital. So for your question about street photography in the day ... it depends on the lighting too. If on a hot sunny day, you might wanna go for ISO100 film but for cloudy days ... ISO400 and above might work better. B&w film ... definitely for black & white. For color film ... if you wanna turn it into black & white ... guess the lab has to scan it and then Photoshop it to black & white before printing. But then ... why bother doing that?

[yohzzz]

Ok, so when I ask them to develop with the cheapest Lucky colour film, I should develop a basic develop? There are too many different type of development in the shop. Any website got show picture on the differences?

[Octarine]

Ok, so when I ask them to develop with the cheapest Lucky colour film, I should develop a basic develop? There are too many different type of development in the shop. Any website got show picture on the differences?

There are 2 common types for colour films: E41 processing for colour print film, E6 for colour slides. Your colour Lucky will get E41 treatment as standard. Only if you want cross-processing then you need to ask specifically for that. But I suggest you go with the standard since you are not sure about the basic exposure.
B/W has many options, starting from standard in the shop down to home-brew chemicals and coffee

[yohzzz]

So when I go to the shop, I just need to tell them to develop with E41 processing?

[Octarine]

So when I go to the shop, I just need to tell them to develop with E41 processing?

They will know .. it's printed on the film roll.

[yohzzz]

I notice some of you talking abt expired film. Expired film still can be use? Wad's the diff compare to others film?

[Octarine]

I notice some of you talking abt expired film. Expired film still can be use? Wad's the diff compare to others film?

Well.. it's normal film, just beyond expiry date. All films have such date; the manufacturer basically guarantees colour accuracy up to this point in time. After this date, colour might stat shifting. How much will finally depend on storage conditions. Film is best kept cool, some people have a fridge only for films Google for expired film, you'll see the difference. But results are rather random, prediction of results is rather done with tea leaves

[frederickykfoo]

Have some expired film. PM me if interested.

[WoodenRoller]

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone can help me by telling me how much it would cost to develop analogue photographs from 35mm film and where I could get this done? Also, is it worth it to go back to cameras that use film?

Thank You!!

[frederickykfoo]

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone can help me by telling me how much it would cost to develop analogue photographs from 35mm film and where I could get this done? Also, is it worth it to go back to cameras that use film?

Thank You!!

Processing of film negative is about S$ 3.50 typically, depends on the shop.
Per print of 4R size will be from 25 cents onwards depends on shop.
Total about S$ 13 onwards for 36 exposure of film and prints.
It does not include cost of film that is about S$ 5/- for 36 expoure of colour negataive film.


Is it worth to go to film ........................... Very much on individual.
Film have low start up cost but high running cost.
Digital have high start up cost but low/no running cost.

Films now are not like the old days where many different type and ranges of film are available
Now they are limited and price is not cheap either and hard to film processing shop. Good luck

[Octarine]

I was wondering if anyone can help me by telling me how much it would cost to develop analogue photographs from 35mm film and where I could get this done? Also, is it worth it to go back to cameras that use film?

The processing itself is not the point, even the cheap neighbourhood shops can do that. The question is rather: what's next? Do you want simple paper prints where the shop decides about the print results based on some generic rules, similar to holiday snaps? Which also means: whatever they consider as failure they will skip, regardless whether it was intended by you or not. Or do you want to scan the negatives (or slides) and do your own image processing? Then you can post them online for sharing and learning. Some shops offer scanning also, but again: they just do a mass job. Might work well for you, for others it does not because they want to play with the scan parameters.
If you want to scan on your own then costs for equipment (flatbed scanner with film option, maybe better computer / display) also come in. Ponder about these details and check the costs.

[yohzzz]

Should I store the film in freezer or chiller?

[Octarine]

Fridge is enough. no need to freeze.