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Today, I sent off a slide film to Peak Imaging for a dev and scan service. It is the first slide film ive shot in about 17 years, so im quite excited about what will come back. The shots ive taken arent exactly going to be inspirational (this time ;)), as it was more of an experiment than anything. Hoping that the results inspire me to stock the fridge up :)

Ive always enjoyed getting films back from developing, as an end to the suspense, but for some reason, ive always found slide film to be that little bit more ....special? Not sure why, and maybe its me thats 'special'. Anyone else out there as sad as me? :D
 
Guilty as charged, grade A saddo here!
 
I love Slide fim after shooting some expired stuff in error a few months back the colours just blow you away.
I have started ordering slide film in to back fill my film stash.

I also use Peak there are great

proper excited for you :-)

here is the pic i took on 120 slide film that just knocked me for six

 
There's a huge amount of excitement and anticipation when the box of slides drops through the letterbox, for me it's one of the joys of slide photography.
 
Oh I agree, nothing like the anticipation of waiting for your negs to come back. Thats one of the reasons I prefer film to digital, its useful to see the image immediately but its not so much fun. We do seem to live in a now, now, now society, I liked the good old days (whenever they were?).

Andy
 
For me at the moment only with slide film do I feel that I really see what my gear & especially lenses are capable of. Prints from C41 D&P are mostly average. Often coming back fuzzy (over-sharpened during scanning I guess?) with colours that don't seem right. Grass is a particular niggle. Always comes back very yellowish green no matter where I try locally.

I get a buzz from holding a slide up the light & seeing the sharpness & the colours.
 
Kodachrome was something special. I used to love the smell from a freshly opened pot. Much nicer smelling that a Fuji whatever. Just lovely stuff all round & sadly missed.
 
DNH said:
Kodachrome was something special. I used to love the smell from a freshly opened pot. Much nicer smelling that a Fuji whatever. Just lovely stuff all round & sadly missed.
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Nice one i remember that smell as well (y)
 
simonblue said:
Yep the best used it for years always exposed at 80asa,had a good relationship with Kodak who used to supply me with a few free rolls a year :)
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No wonder the film ended up being financially unviable :p
 
Slide is alien to me but just the whole 'waiting' i feel your excitement! looking forward to seeing the resuts:D
 
Nikon_Nick said:
ive always found slide film to be that little bit more ....special?
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Same for me. It's a bit like the excitement of doing the lottery and getting numbers somewhere near... 'Ooooh, I almost exposed that one right'...

I'm still waiting to win the lottery. I'm also still waiting to expose a frame of E6 correctly...

That aside I get a weird childish excitement every single time devved film of any kind drops through my letterbox, I look forward to that moment from the very second I stick it in the postbox. I'm a massive geek and proud of it! :D
 
PMN said:
Same for me. It's a bit like the excitement of doing the lottery and getting numbers somewhere near... 'Ooooh, I almost exposed that one right'...

I'm still waiting to win the lottery. I'm also still waiting to expose a frame of E6 correctly...

That aside I get a weird childish excitement every single time devved film of any kind drops through my letterbox, I look forward to that moment from the very second I stick it in the postbox. I'm a massive geek and proud of it! :D
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And here you are geeking it up :-) @PMN

 
Cg_Girl said:
Slide is alien to me but just the whole 'waiting' i feel your excitement! looking forward to seeing the resuts:D
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just get a role shoot it normal but it loves daylight and get the results back !
 
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