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I have a roll of undeveloped film in the fridge, must have been in there for about a year now. I know what is on there, photos I took while out and about with the missus. I used my old Nikon F60 and the Nikon 50mm 1.8D.

I already have the same style of photos of the missus posing near the docks, only difference I used digital. Just that I can't get round to getting them developed, but at the same time I don't want to bin the film.

I think I may be feeling a little stingy also, by spending just to see the images. The images that may be on the film, feel a little more intriguing somehow.
 
jonbeeza said:
I have a roll of undeveloped film in the fridge, must have been in there for about a year now. I know what is on there, photos I took while out and about with the missus. I used my old Nikon F60 and the Nikon 50mm 1.8D.

I already have the same style of photos of the missus posing near the docks, only difference I used digital. Just that I can't get round to getting them developed, but at the same time I don't want to bin the film.

I think I may be feeling a little stingy also, by spending just to see the images. The images that may be on the film, feel a little more intriguing somehow.
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Hands out of pocket time. If its C41 process take it to Tesco or Asda for cheap process and scan to CD. Tesco charge under £3. Then your curiosity will be satisfied. You never know it might encourage you to shoot more Fillum !
 
Have your film dev at Asda or simular they print a postcard with images and supply a DVD
and it does.nt cost the earth.
 
Exposed film should be developed as soon as possible after exposure - get it done!
 
After the effort of shooting them, paying for the film, loading and unloading the film and the cost of keeping it in the fridge, it seems a massive waste to just let those undeveloped pictures deteriorate.
 
steveo_mcg said:
Depends if your wife complains about the film space and the beer space!!
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I was about to say film is neatly tucked away at the back of the fridge, but it's not it's just there in the door compartment. So it may be ruined now, as when I open the door and decide what I am going to have to eat, the fridge temperature will be up and down. So as I said the film might be knackered now!

Oh well I will probably give it a go and get it developed next week, or next year ;)

I did try a field of view comparison with the film F60 camera and the D80, with the Nikon 50mm 1.8D lens. Brilliant field of view with the old F60, I could use that lens and body in my living room. This almost makes me want to start using it again :)
 
Jon, it's well worth a punt on Asda process and scan, it's only a couple of quid per film. They only scan at 1200 dpi (plenty for posting on TP), and quality's a bit variable from store to store, but given you're not too worried, go on, give it a go!

Oh, and after all this, please post at least one pic here!
 
ChrisR said:
Jon, it's well worth a punt on Asda process and scan, it's only a couple of quid per film. They only scan at 1200 dpi (plenty for posting on TP), and quality's a bit variable from store to store, but given you're not too worried, go on, give it a go!

Oh, and after all this, please post at least one pic here!
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Hey Chris I did get some done at max spielmann and Asda, I think it was sometime last year. I did make a post on this forum regarding the quality. Don't know if you saw the post, I was complaining about the prints looking a bit iffy.

But I will probably have another bash at film, and see what I come up with :)
 
I didn't get any prints done at Asda, just process and scan. TBH it wasn't the best. Normally I use Photo Express at Hull, who do process and medium res scan (2000 dpi, and a good scan, too) for £4 a film (inc 50p discount for TP members) plus 50p for postage. Need 2 or more films to take advantage of that 50p discount, as their minimum order is £5. The most annoying thing is that posting a film costs a minimum of £2.20 these days; I use first class at £2.70 and most of the time I can post Monday afternoon, and get back negs and a CD on Wednesday.
 
jonbeeza said:
I was about to say film is neatly tucked away at the back of the fridge, but it's not it's just there in the door compartment. So it may be ruined now, as when I open the door and decide what I am going to have to eat, the fridge temperature will be up and down. So as I said the film might be knackered now!
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It will be fine. Most consumer print film like that can take a lot of abuse - if it's been refrigerated with only tiny amounts of temperature change, I'm pretty sure it'll be absolutely fine (unless you spend 4 hours choosing what you want to eat, and test everything you might want to eat in a hot oven, you'll be fine).
 
ChrisR said:
I didn't get any prints done at Asda, just process and scan. TBH it wasn't the best. Normally I use Photo Express at Hull, who do process and medium res scan (2000 dpi, and a good scan, too) for £4 a film (inc 50p discount for TP members) plus 50p for postage. Need 2 or more films to take advantage of that 50p discount, as their minimum order is £5. The most annoying thing is that posting a film costs a minimum of £2.20 these days; I use first class at £2.70 and most of the time I can post Monday afternoon, and get back negs and a CD on Wednesday.
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Thanks for that bit of info, that's worth knowing. I was going to check out http://www.mpsimaging.co.uk/ as they are not far from me.
 
freecom2 said:
It will be fine. Most consumer print film like that can take a lot of abuse - if it's been refrigerated with only tiny amounts of temperature change, I'm pretty sure it'll be absolutely fine (unless you spend 4 hours choosing what you want to eat, and test everything you might want to eat in a hot oven, you'll be fine).
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I have been know to stand in the kitchen with the fridge door wide open, just staring into the fridge just wondering what to have for a good five minutes. I will go back into the living room and say to the missus, what do you fancy. She will say anything, I will go back into the kitchen and repeat the process ;)
 
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Shut that door. :)
 
jonbeeza said:
I have a roll of undeveloped film in the fridge, must have been in there for about a year now. I know what is on there, photos I took while out and about with the missus. I used my old Nikon F60 and the Nikon 50mm 1.8D.

I already have the same style of photos of the missus posing near the docks, only difference I used digital. Just that I can't get round to getting them developed, but at the same time I don't want to bin the film.

I think I may be feeling a little stingy also, by spending just to see the images. The images that may be on the film, feel a little more intriguing somehow.
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OK, I have finally got round to getting my last roll of film developed. When I say my last roll, I am not 100% sure it will be my last roll :thinking:

When I took the roll in this morning, I must admit I did get the same sort of feeling I got years ago. Just wondering and anticipating how the photos will turn out. It was a lovely feeling and a feeling I certainly don't get with digital. But as soon as the feeling subsided, practicality kicked in. The photos turned out great, much better than I anticipated. The Nikon F60 fitted with Nikon 50mm 1.8D, it would seem is a pretty good combination.

Viewing the photos I wanted to zoom in, as I could not make something out, but of course I could not! I was just trying to remember what settings I had used, I was simply going to look in the exif, until I remembered it was not digital! I am now thinking where am I going to store them :thinking:

I did have an hour of a lovely excited feeling this morning, but I have a feeling practicality may just win.
 
jonbeeza said:
OK, I have finally got round to getting my last roll of film developed. When I say my last roll, I am not 100% sure it will be my last roll :thinking:

When I took the roll in this morning, I must admit I did get the same sort of feeling I got years ago. Just wondering and anticipating how the photos will turn out. It was a lovely feeling and a feeling I certainly don't get with digital. But as soon as the feeling subsided, practicality kicked in. The photos turned out great, much better than I anticipated. The Nikon F60 fitted with Nikon 50mm 1.8D, it would seem is a pretty good combination.

Viewing the photos I wanted to zoom in, as I could not make something out, but of course I could not! I was just trying to remember what settings I had used, I was simply going to look in the exif, until I remembered it was not digital! I am now thinking where am I going to store them :thinking:

I did have an hour of a lovely excited feeling this morning, but I have a feeling practicality may just win.
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If you have the JPG from the CD why can't you zoom in on that :shrug:
 
excalibur2 said:
If you have the JPG from the CD why can't you zoom in on that :shrug:
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That's just it, if I had a JPG that is what I would have done ;) , but I have not yet scanned them to PC. I did not get a disc, only prints :)
 
jonbeeza said:
That's just it, if I had a JPG that is what I would have done ;) , but I have not yet scanned them to PC. I did not get a disc, only prints :)
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Ah best to get scanned to CD only, cos if you are like me, I only have a few winners per roll on average which would mean most of the prints would be thrown away :)
 
If you ask nicely at a Tesco or Adsa that still do film developing they will probably scan them for you for not much money, they did some for me before I got my own scanner about 5 years ago.
 
On the rare occasions that I shoot film, I get them scanned during D&P, the lo-res files (from Boots) are the right size for posting here with no further work and while the scans aren't ideal, they are a useful guide to which negs (or slides) might be worth scanning here for decent size files.
 
jonbeeza said:
That's exactly what I tried to do this morning, I pulled in the fuel lane intending to fill up with Diesel. But I forgot, the Asda I was trying to fill up at does not take cash, cards only as it's not a manned/ womaned / Attended one ! :(
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It looks like more garages are doing card only (Esso near me) because of drive-a ways and not paying.
 
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jonbeeza said:
hmm good tip , thanks :)
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Just remembered at Asda they have one of those digital machine thingies for prints, I guess you put your camera card in and get prints......well after getting your film shots on CD, there must be a way of putting your winning JPG shots into the machine for some 6X4s...maybe the girl would use your CD for a few selected prints :shrug:.....all saves money being wasted. :thumbs:
 
excalibur2 said:
Just remembered at Asda they have one of those digital machine thingies for prints, I guess you put your camera card in and get prints......well after getting your film shots on CD, there must be a way of putting your winning JPG shots into the machine for some 6X4s...maybe the girl would use your CD for a few selected prints :shrug:.....all saves money being wasted. :thumbs:
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I have often thought that method was rather strange, making the effort and expense of using film, only to have it converted to digital images :thinking:

I suppose that's why I was not too fussed, when I got my prints and no CD with digital images. If I was going to get digital images from the film, I may as well of used my digital camera instead :)
 
donutagain said:
i must get out more ,( well to petrol stations anyway ) i didnt realise you could pay at the pumps ,,,mind you it will only stop drives off's if you have to pre-pay for the fuel ,,
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You have to pre-pay, it'll authorise up to £99 in one transaction but of course you only pay for the fuel you take. I use those pumps a lot when I'm on a bike as it means I don't have to take my helmet off in the shop, which more and more stations are insisting on due to ride-offs and fears of robbery.
 
jonbeeza said:
I have often thought that method was rather strange, making the effort and expense of using film, only to have it converted to digital images :thinking:

I suppose that's why I was not too fussed, when I got my prints and no CD with digital images. If I was going to get digital images from the film, I may as well of used my digital camera instead :)
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Of course you have a point, but with film you get less problems of quicker transition to blown out highlights etc that digital users complain about, then you can enjoy home B\W dev and printing.
But I suppose any digital user that is trying film and can't see any difference in the results, then there is no point using film.
 
donutagain said:
i must get out more ,( well to petrol stations anyway ) i didnt realise you could pay at the pumps ,,,mind you it will only stop drives off's if you have to pre-pay for the fuel ,,
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You do (at least, you do at our Tesco). You put your card in first to have it authorised, remove card then get fuel.

Ours will also authorise for fuel if there is no money in my account (Barclays). Useful if pay day is a few days away!


Steve.
 
excalibur2 said:
Of course you have a point, but with film you get less problems of quicker transition to blown out highlights etc that digital users complain about, then you can enjoy home B\W dev and printing.
But I suppose any digital user that is trying film and can't see any difference in the results, then there is no point using film.
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Just had another good look at the photos, and I must say I am pleased with the results. I took a roll of 24 frames and they all turned out, and turned out pretty well. I wonder if I had of taken 24 digital images, would they have all turned out properly exposed :thinking: Using film I realised it was costing me money, so I thought about each photo before I took it. At times while composing for a shot, deciding against it, and waiting for what I thought may be a better photo opportunity. So using film does make me think more.

I do still have a roll of unused film in the fridge, been in there years. I will at some point use it up, just don't know when :)
 
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