2 More Rolls
April 12th, 2008 | Published in Photography, Rants | 4 Comments
Today I took 2 rolls of 120 and 1 roll of 35mm into the lab to have the negatives developed. With the Canon 8800F that arrived this week, my plan was to get the negatives and start scanning rather than have the lab place any images on a CD or even print them. Below the fold is the result…
So take a close look at the 2 rolls of film here. Let’s have a little pop quiz, folks. After you take a good look at the negatives, can you tell me what is missing?
If you said the pictures I took were missing from the negatives you win! The fim, Ilford Delta 400 b&w was dropped off at the lab. Rather than look into the film labels or call me, they assumed it was 120 C-41, which it was not. This was a crash course for me as well today, but pay close attention. There is a difference between 120 and 120 C-41 and that difference also dictates the chemicals and process used to develop the negatives. What the lab did was assume it was C-41 and when they did so, they applied some chemicals which basically gave me two shiny rolls of plastic that you see here. Nice, huh? Thankfully my roll of 35mm was given to me at no charge (I still need to setup the Canon in order to see what exactly is on that roll).
So here is a lesson people, for those of you out there who are anything like me and just getting their feet wet with medium format photography, be sure to ask specific questions of your lab. Asking “do you develop 120 film” is clearly not enough.
For those of you who shoot 120 film, where do you buy your film from?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:33 am (#)
Hey, I bought some 120 at a local camera store and have yet to load it up and shoot, I just can’t, I guess I am a part of the 00’s ADD world now. I would be happy to send you the rolls , shoot me an email.
Actually believe it or not, you could probably develop the 120 either b&w or c41 yourself very inexpensively, and it is really allot of fun to do it your self.
Terry
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April 21st, 2008 at 5:35 am (#)
Terry - I would love the film! What kind is it?
April 25th, 2008 at 5:42 pm (#)
crap man. i would be pissed. thats why i shoot mostly digital now. if something goes wrong, which it rarely does, i dont have to deal with a silly lab.
May 5th, 2008 at 5:42 pm (#)
Jason,
You know what it is easier than you think,to develop the 120 at home.
I used to do it when my kids, were little.
You just need to be careful with the chemicals.
What you do is get a changing bag, then you put all the stuff inside, and the bag has openings for your hands, that are light tight, you roll them film into the canister, and once the canister is closed, you can take it out of the bag and do everything else in the kitchen. You ought to try it at least once since there is nothing better than taking the negs out and looking at them, it is like magic!
I think you could probably find that stuff on ebay, and some of the chemicals are a one shot deal, so that means you just dump them out when you are done, so your kids can’t get to them. It is cool now since you could scan them and make them digital right out of the gate, in the old days, you had to have a darkroom , enlarger and the whole setup.
I have shipped your package, I could only find one 120 roll(it is kodak portia 160), since I think my wife may have thrown the rest away since it was in the freezer for like three years.
Anyway, all I ask is you write about it , give me some links, sign up at kachoozie.net, and let any model types or other photographers for that matter know about the site, ok? I sent you some cards for kachoozie.net
Have a great day!-ter
Terry
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