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Was looking at getting a 2nd hand BRONICA ETRS ,,, price was sound,,, then looked at price to get 120 film developed ... £64 ,,, was i on the vino too much or is that the price ?
 
Where from? Mine costs me £4.44 a roll...
 
Just a shot in the dark, but was that price from oldfilmprocessing? Their well known for having exorbitantly inflated prices for developing, scanning etc that competitiors usually charge about 20% of. (e.g 110 film dev, prints and scans, they charge £34.99 + postage, I usually get the same thing for £10 + postage from another place!)
 
I pay £2.29, or £2.79 incl. VAT from Genie Imaging, processing only. Wouldn't pay more than a fiver for any 35mm/120 developing, there are plenty of competent and well regarded labs that will do it for that cost.
 
64 quid... that seems a bit steep if you were bulk ordering ten processes... jeez.
 
oldfilmprocessing,,, thats the one ,,, offft so theres cheaper and quality out there

Now i know

is a BRONICA ETRS WITH 75mm F2.8 EII LENS ,,, going to be worth my start in the film world ?
 
Old film processing specialise in custom developments for films that have unique or discontinued processing, they have to make the chemicals for each development either from scratch or from limited stocks, hence the price.

The ETRS would probably be a good start for you, I personally couldn't stand my ETRS as it just didn't feel nice in my hand. However we all have different tastes so you might as well go for it.
 
robhooley167 said:
Old film processing specialise in custom developments for films that have unique or discontinued processing, they have to make the chemicals for each development either from scratch or from limited stocks, hence the price.
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I still don't get how they can justify charging their prices though for standard process C-41, E-6 etc films as they certainly don't have to custom mix anything for them!
 
s162216 said:
I still don't get how they can justify charging their prices though for standard process C-41, E-6 etc films as they certainly don't have to custom mix anything for them!
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I didn't know they did C-41 and E-6, but if they're charging those prices then they need to wake up.
 
by the sound of it ,,, i was going to get mugged ,,,
 
robhooley167 said:
I didn't know they did C-41 and E-6, but if they're charging those prices then they need to wake up.
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For new 120 and 35mm they do charge less as they have another site for that, but its like with the 110 example I gave above (or indeed 126 or 127 etc), I could get a brand new Lomo colour 110 C-41 cartridge for instance but they would still charge the same £34.99 as if I was giving them a much older C-22 version (not for 110 obviously as that was only ever produced in C-41).
 
Great to get all feed back ,,, is it really that complicated going to film ?

Advice welcomed
 
amfoto said:
Great to get all feed back ,,, is it really that complicated going to film ?

Advice welcomed
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No not really.

You just need to remember that there are many film sizes and processes that have gone out of production and you don't need to worry about them.
You'll need 120 film for the ETRS, once you've picked a film we can help you find a developer for it :thumbs:
 
Was the person who quoted you sixty odd quid wearing a mask?!

Before I did my own, the most I ever paid was £7.99 dev only from the only lab in town that does 120 processing on site and I thought that was exorbitant!
 
whats a 127 ???

looks like ill be sticking to digital lol
 
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amfoto said:
whats a 127 ???

looks like ill be sticking to digital lol
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As I understand it, Kodak always allocated a number to each of their film formats.

120 and 135 (35mm film) are a couple of common examples, but there are many others including 127, 620, etc.

There's more information here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_format


Most of this won't really be relevant to you though. Just get the camera, some 120 film and enjoy! Shooting film is great!
 
amfoto said:
looks like ill be sticking to digital lol
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It really isn't that complicated tbh... If you got a specific camera, you only need to know about the specific film format it takes and the developing for said film. You get a medium format, it'll take 120 film. 120 film is a unique standard and can't be confused with anything else. The format of the film makes no difference to the chemical process used to develop it. sheet film, 120, 127, 620, 135 etc etc - if it's colour negative then it'll be processed in C41 chemicals. If you can get your head round that, there really is nothing more complicated you need to know unless you actively want to know more.
 
.....and film must be simple as Kodak once said "you press the button.We do the rest" :)
 
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