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I have a bottle of Rodinal which I think is from the early 80s, so it's probably about the same age as me. I ran a test film through my camera just now, and used my usual 1:25 dilution in my Rondinax tank, 6 mins and 5 min fix, then wash. As you can see, it's come out perfectly fine. There's a...

I’m using a bottle of Rodinal from the 80s

That’s cool but I don’t have a DSLR, I only like obsolete and impractical cameras

Whoops I forgot to add text! Here’s my Primefilm 7600pro munching through a roll. It takes 1.5hrs for a 24exp roll at full resolution with a pre scan and autofocus for each frame. Really not bad especially as it does it all itself. No alignment issues at all, it just works. Typical result:

My new Aires 35-IIIc. The lens is fantastic and the camera is smooth and solid. I shot a test roll yesterday - just stuff around the house.

I think film cameras are lovely to use but the developing/scanning/printing I guess can be a faff. I’ve never tried printing and have recently sorted a very easy and fast developing and batch scanning system which makes it all very easy. For those of us who didn't grow up with it, I think it’s a...

Thanks. I watched it the other day and quite enjoyed it. Maybe it's just me but I find these amateur documentaries frustrating too because of the lack of an overall narrative and seemingly random flow, and lots of repetition. The music was frequently too loud over the dialogue, too. But what am...

I’ve just got back into film. I stopped due to hating scanning but I had another crack at it and I’ve got a Primefilm 3600pro which does a whole roll in one go and seems pretty decent. Very happy, looking forward to getting stuck in again and not having to worry about manually scanning and using...

I’ve been getting back into film and recently sent a test roll to Photohippo. Not bad, but the scans were very contrasty. Ive since picked up a batch scanner which has already proven better and I haven't experimented with it yet.

I'm really happy with how they turned out. The 50mm Quinon lens is great, very sharp indeed and has nice contrast. I think the slower speeds came out slightly darker than expected, possibly the speeds are a little fast (although don't they normally go slow?) or (more likely) the built in...

AH OK thanks!! Well you asked for it! This was just to test the 135mm lens