anyone bought film from quicksilver photo lab from bellingham? Their prices are quite attractive. $4.30 for tmax 24 and 4.85 for 36.

bringing back from the dead. Rcubed and I have been getting back into Film. I just got a Nikon FE with a bunch of gear given to me and I've been shooting with that. Anyone else still shooting film?

Whats "film?"

its what I shoot "boudoir " with

Thought you used pinhole camera for that...

meeting at 11am outside Roundhouse Community Centre. Hope to see you guys there!

Been shooting with an Olympus XA for a couple months now and considering finally getting a Leica M6. I'm also not sure if I'll be getting a .72 or a .85 probably will be getting a 50mm first and then possibly a 90mm

What should I look out for when buying it used? I saw one on fredmiranda selling for $1100 locally but the meter was broken, they were however including a VC Meter II.

What are some good but not too expensive lenses I could pair with it? I was thinking of looking for a voigtlander 50mm

Other than doing it yourself and The Lab, are there any other good places to get film developed? There are a few London Drugs that I think still do it but I'm a bit skeptical.
I shot several rolls with a 1960's Russian rangefinder and I don't trust it to be spot on, however, I'm interested to see the results.
I usually drop my stuff off at The Lab but I'm curious to know if there's any other place out there that still develops 35mm

Where do you guys go?

Any recommendations on a film camera? Looking for something around the $100+/- range, unless there is significant value in upping the budget to $200.

I get my film developed through kerrisdale cameras who use The Lab, then I scan it in with my film scanner that can do a whole roll in about 3mins.

Canon AE-1 is a popular choice for a good film camera, also pentax spotmatic is good too. I have about 7-8 film cameras...I've lost count

When I went to Kerrisdale they said that only their black/white was developed at The Lab and their colour inhouse?

I go to The Lab now as it's way closer to me than kerrisdale. Although colour was only $5 instead of the $7 at The Lab

What about a more compact 35mm camera? I checked out the Canon AE-1 but its bigger than I'd like to carry around.

most 35mm film cameras are about the same size. Unless you want to get a point and shoot. The decent point and shoots can be upwards of $100+

Ah, maybe that's what I should have said in the beginning. Looking for a point and shoot with a form factor such as an Olympus XA or similar. Mainly wanted to play around with one while I'm out with my mirrorless camera.

Where do you guys typically buy your film locally?

I'm out of portra and ordered it while I was in the US last time. I may put in an order at BH (no duties it seems) if anyone else wants to do a group buy.

Don't think I need $99 worth of film just yet lol

rcubed and I stocked up, we bought off ebay and old stock off collectors in FB film groups. I still have a ton of rolls in the freezer

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I buy all my rolls from Beau Photo. They have everything. Atleast everything that I like (Porta, TriX, TMAX, HP5, Ektar)

I finally got around to developing some old rolls I shot with that Russian range finder and I have to say, not bad. Maybe I'll scan a few.

How much does a roll of Portra or TriX usually go for at Beau? If it's not that much of a difference I'd rather support local than getting it off BH.

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I think it was around $10 a roll. Possibly a tad cheaper.

That's not bad I'll probably head over there sometime and check it out.

Also has anyone done the BW workshop over at Beau? Thinking of trying my hand at developing my own film and seems like $50 isn't too bad for a 2 hour 1:1 workshop

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I might do it when I get some time. I could use a refresher as I haven't developed film since 92. But there are a lot of decent sources online on how to develop colour and B&W so that same $50 could be used for more developing materials.

Either way.... RS Beau Photo Group workshop?
Maybe Jason can give us a discount? :considered:

Beau Photo is such a sweet store, I love going in there and just staring at everything.

developing is quite easy, just mix 1:50 rodinal r09 with water and pour the stuff in. Rotate every minute for 12 mins and pour out. Pour in a stop of some sort (vinegar/water solution) for another minute rotation, pour out and pour in a fixer solution, rotate every minute for 5 minutes. Then rinse with water and hang the film.

r09 mixture and development times vary with the effects you want and which film. General rule is the stronger the solution or the longer the development time will give a more contrasty negative.

I have a rig setup to use my DSLR and macro lens to photograph the negatives directly into capture one. DSLR scanning gives much higher resolutions than any commercial scanners out there (it's also free) but it's quite a bit of work to clone out the dust particles. For medium format film, you can create a MASSIVE file. Put on a close focus adapter for the macro lens and you can get it to focus with the lens literally touching the negative. Stitch together 9 shots of 5dsR files of a 120 film and you can get like 300mp file lol.

Looks like Beau is only going to be doing the workshop until the end of September and starting again in December, they said they won't be doing any during Oct/Nov because of their move.

I'm going to take the plunge and try my hand at developing myself.

I'm planning on getting the Paterson tank and change bag.

Does it matter if I buy powder or liquid for the developer and fixer? Thinking of getting D76 or the r09 you suggested. D76 comes in powder and r09 liquid

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MOVING?! Where is Beau moving to?

Not 100% sure if they're just moving their darkroom or their whole store actually this is what she said to me in the email:

I ended up ordering all of the stuff from BH last night and was about $100USD~, only need to develop 20 rolls of BW to pay for itself haha.