Bob Michaels
nobody special
From around 2000 to around 2010, I bought 135-36 rolls of Fuji Neopan 400, HP5, and Tri-X for $3 a roll. Now sometimes it had the Freestyle house brand label but the edge markings showed what it was. My 35mm color film was Fuji Astia which was also $3 rebranded from Freestyle. I just bought 50-100 rolls at a time to keep the freight costs down. I forget the price of 120 Neopan 400 but it was not expensive. My color 120 film was Fujichrome, also $5 a roll and developing $5 a roll from Dwayne's.
Now I am back to shooting 120 b&w in a Holga. Film is a bit more, paying $6 a roll for Formapan. But only a minimal costs in what I pay for all the film I use. Actually, dirt cheap compared to what I see others pay to upgrade their DSLR from a model IV to a model V.
Bob Michaels
nobody special
When I was in High School, the two yearbook photographers used Argus C-3 but no one else has a camera.
My first darkroom experience was in the mid 1970's at an adult education night class using the darkroom at Hoover Junior High School in Brevard county Florida. As I remember it had 8-10 enlargers for the students to use.
My first darkroom experience was in the mid 1970's at an adult education night class using the darkroom at Hoover Junior High School in Brevard county Florida. As I remember it had 8-10 enlargers for the students to use.
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Mentor
Dad's cameras in the 70s were the Minolta SR-T and the Pentax ME. We treated them like they were made of gold, and today, they are in pristine condition. I believe he bought the Pentax secondhand from a friend, and the Minolta was a gift from his father. These threads gives an idea of how much Minolta and Pentax cost in the 60s and 70s:
Price of SRT-101??
Does anyone remember what the MSRP of the Minolta SRT-101, body only, was back in the late 60's- early 70's?? I would like to see if camera prices have really gone up in relation with inflation.
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Pentax SLR prices in the last 60 years? - PentaxForums.com
Just a post to satisfy the curiosity of my young self (I'm in my early 30s). Dad bought his first camera (SL) in 1969. He said as a new journo grad in
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Leica prices in 1986:
Leica prices from 25 years ago - Leica Rumors
I came across an old issue of Modern Photography from December of 1986. Here are some Leica prices from 25 years ago: 50mm f/1.4: $725 50mm f/1 Noctilux: $1149 Leica M6 body: $1695 (today on eBay, a Leica M6 in a good shape costs pretty much the same) More Leica listings from 1986: No related […]
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I learned how to hold, focus and compose with the Minolta and Pentax, but I never took them out of the house as they were so valuable to us. The only time we used the Pentax ME out of the house/family was on a trip to America in 1988! How times have changed, now paying thousands of dollars for cameras and lenses and using them almost every day in any situation.
Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
Reports say over 3,000,000.
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I wish I could find the Kodak disc camera! There's still a disc of Fuji film which hasn't been developed, but I don't know whether it has been used. The disc is currently in the freezer in a ziplock bag.
Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
Is the box containing the disc opened? If it’s opened, my bet is that the film was exposed and then put back into the box.
I‘m also assuming there is foil packaging inside the box that would be opened as well.
What you have is Schrödinger‘s disc - it is in a quantum superposition of being simultaneously in an exposed and unexposed state. Only when the film is developed will the wave function collapse and then you will know whether images on the film exist or not.
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Out of curiosity, I did some googling and looked at the disc in the freezer. This article says that discs had numbers in a window to indicate how many exposures had been taken:
Kodak Disc Film, better than you think, or worse? - Photo Jottings
Today I have a few Kodak Disc negatives to share. This small format film (about 1/10 the size of 135 format) has been widely ridiculed since it came out in the early 1980s, and it continues to this day, but is Disc film really that bad, and will it even make a decent small print? Each Disc...
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Upon examining the disc, the white numbers read 15. So there are potentially 15 images from the mid 80s which have yet to be recovered from this film! They are most likely images from school or home back then, which makes this rather thrilling. But Schroedinger's Disc still exists - it remains to be seen if recoverable images are on it or not. I've never tried Film Rescue before, but they seem to have good reviews and they painstakingly explain their processes and methods, so fingers crossed for a positive (pun intended) result.
Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
There are numerous places that will still develop disc film - it may help to shop around.
lxmike
M2 fan.
I mailny shot Ilford fp4 and hp5 back then, it was reasonably cheap in the UK back then.
lxmike
M2 fan.
will be interesting to see what is on itOut of curiosity, I did some googling and looked at the disc in the freezer. This article says that discs had numbers in a window to indicate how many exposures had been taken:
Kodak Disc Film, better than you think, or worse? - Photo Jottings
Today I have a few Kodak Disc negatives to share. This small format film (about 1/10 the size of 135 format) has been widely ridiculed since it came out in the early 1980s, and it continues to this day, but is Disc film really that bad, and will it even make a decent small print? Each Disc...
Upon examining the disc, the white numbers read 15. So there are potentially 15 images from the mid 80s which have yet to be recovered from this film! They are most likely images from school or home back then, which makes this rather thrilling. But Schroedinger's Disc still exists - it remains to be seen if recoverable images are on it or not. I've never tried Film Rescue before, but they seem to have good reviews and they painstakingly explain their processes and methods, so fingers crossed for a positive (pun intended) result.
lxmike
M2 fan.
wise words regarding film v the upgrade merry go round
lxmike
M2 fan.
The good old Argus Brick, a workhorse of a camera used by thousands of budding photographers
lxmike
M2 fan.
Thats amazing
The Spastic Image
Established
How much did Paul's work cost? I have a Retina IIa which is like yours is. Works like I do, sort of works!Dear lxmike,
I have 2 Ebay Retina IIa's. They both work to varying degrees, but I will soon send them to Paul Barden to get one fully functional one back. A restored IIa and my Retina IIIC that Paul did for me a few months ago will serve me well until I expire.
Regards,
Tim Murphy
Harrisburg PA
qqphotos
Established
I've had Paul do some work on my Retina IIa and I felt like I wanted to tell him to charge more. Especially after having any work done on Leicas by other repairers, it was very, very affordable. My IIa works 100% now with no issues at all.
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
I sent Paul my IIa for a CLA and check out why it would not produce images in focus...he found that the rear set of glass wasn't for the Xenon lens it has...
He replaced it with a correct set...all in all it was around $190...
Camera works fine and produces very sharp images...decent turnaround time...very happy with his work.
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nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
Found these four receipts:
7/12/1980 --- 1 Black Pentax MX Body $188.00
1/19/1979 --- 1 Black Pentax MX Body $194.00
11/19/1979 --- 1Pentax MX Winder $99.95
2/26/1981 --- 1 Pentax MX Winder $91.44
...still have both cameras with winders.
7/12/1980 --- 1 Black Pentax MX Body $188.00
1/19/1979 --- 1 Black Pentax MX Body $194.00
11/19/1979 --- 1Pentax MX Winder $99.95
2/26/1981 --- 1 Pentax MX Winder $91.44
...still have both cameras with winders.
The Spastic Image
Established
My first serious camera was the year I graduated High School. Late 1930's Baby Rolleiflex, uncoated Tessar. Oak Ridge Art Center Flea Market, $3. 1985. Started my love of photography. Kodacolor 200, sunny 16, on film box. Jammed second roll. Took great pictures that one roll.
