8 Ways to Save Money on Film Photography
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มิ.ย. 2024
- This video presents 8 tips for saving money on film photography. With the constantly rising prices of film and related gear, I hope that there is something in this video that you can employ to save a bit of money and keep the process financially sustainable!
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Video Chapter Markers:
00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Avoid short rolls
01:31 - Patience/wastage
02:07 - Find the right lab
02:54 - Buy in bulk
04:08 - Process your own film
04:55 - Scan your own film
05:40 - Take advantage of sales and discounts
06:00 - My Black Friday 2021 sales guide
06:28 - Consolidate your gear
07:35 - Conclusion
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Bulk loading and home developing has been my favorite way to save money on black and white film. So easy! 🙏🏾
Agreed!
I regret selling my Pen FT so bad, lol. 72 shots per roll sounds like a godsend these days.
Expired film is always a great way to save money, also the risk of getting a bad roll is not that big if it's black and white film
Making sure when you bulk order you’re above the threshold for free postage, so all your money is spent on film
What CLUTCH video, I was just about to give up after the rising prices on film
What a helpful video!!! Great work Hashem ❤️
Thanks for this video. One tip I'd add for American viewers is that if you are ordering something photo and/or non related from your favorite online photo store (not going to mention any names as there are several), but if you are just short of a few dollars to qualify for free shipping, you can add a roll or two of cheap film practically for free. This might not be the film of your choice, but it could be a fun film to try out or gift to a fellow photo film enthusiast as a thoughtful gift. I'm not sure if this applies on your side of the world.
That's a good one! When they do offer free shipping I personally always try to qualify, if I can make use of the extra items sooner or later 🙂
Thank you, enjoyed the video and the tips.
WOW I never knew that developing/scanning process in europe/america is that expensive. Here in S.Korea usually 1 roll of 35mm dev/scan(approx. 2400x3600 size) costs $3~5, 120 film(4800x5900 for 67) costs $6~9. I would not start shooting film if developing costs that much(as shown in this video)...
Yes, and the you scan it and end up with a digital file anyway so what's the point? Skip the film and go straight to digital, especially these days with all the film simulations available.
@@nocommentnoname1111 I don't think anybody shooting film is doing it for reasons of cost effectiveness or convenience. If either of those are the most important factors to you, then sure, analog probably isn't your thing. But digital has its limitations too, and while I use a digital camera for 90% of my work, the remaining 10% couldn't be reproduced in any available digital format, at least not affordably. And that 10% of my images which aren't digital are almost never digitally scanned, as doing so would only reduce the quality, and I don't need digital copies to produce prints in my darkroom. So while sticking to digital may make the most sense for you, it certainly doesn't for everyone.
Great Video Hashem, Lots of wonderfull tips.. As you know I live in the bush and postage is the killer for me.. But all worth it for the love of film :)
Great video! I either have to quit photography or find ways to do it cheaper. Thanks!
Dang...that AgfaVista box bringing back memories.. that stuff was discontinued years ago and I loved it since it was basically just repackaged Fujfilm..lol..
Agfa vista, I didn’t think it was still available, have a few left in my fridge from the good old Poundland days. Ahh good times…….
I love my local lab, but $10-20 for developing a roll adds up fast, so I buy my chemicals and film from them.
I might be one of the weird ones here that actually prefers to shoot 24 exposure rolls. I love having variety and I feel like leaving my camera alone if I have a 36 exposure roll loaded especially Ektar or some slide film. Plus loading 24 exposure rolls is so much easier on a patterson reel especially if developing tons of rolls at once and loading with wet/ damp reels.
Also daaaayyumm look atchu 😱😍🔥
I shoot short rolls but only because I develop myself
Good tips, and common sense here. However, I have a whole bunch of Gold 200-24 that I got on sale a few months ago. I’ll be swimming in that stuff for a while..
Another tip you missed - Buy a half frame camera.
Can you do a video of how you are developing your Kodak Vision3?
Hey, I'll add that to my list, I've had a few requests now :-)
There seem to be many black and white shooters in this comments section - love it!
Hashem I still have Kodak Gold 100 and 200 in 12 shot rolls, and some Kodak Gold 100, and Kodak Royal Gold 1000 Select in 24 shot rolls in my fridge....lol, about 20 of each left. I should send you a couple of rolls. Also, depending on the lab you get them developed at, at least here with the labs I deal with, I can get 3 rolls of 12 developed at the same cost as a 36 shot roll, or one 24 plus one 12 shot developed for the same cost as a 36. Ultimately you need to develop a rapport or connection with the lab you work with, working in the positive opens a relationship that is more amiable for all, this too could help save you money.
Very nice! I'm pretty sure none of the labs here would do such a deal haha, since they price quite competitively against each other already. Also the fact that they'd still have to load and run three individual 12 shot rolls through the roller-transport machine and/or scanners... I came across 12 shot rolls once, and used them for testing and home-dev. I do agree though that developing a good rapport with the lab is always a good thing!
Almost forgot to ask you, have you used Adox Scala 50, which is a reversal type black and white slide film.
I haven't used that one :-) It does look interesting.
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Film developing at home can have environmental impact as well as lead to issues in your home. Study before developing or making a darkroom for prints.
Home with well water and septic system:
Ph levels in developer and stop bath can change your ph levels in your well water. The acidic levels in stop bath can actually lower a ph in your well and affect the water that goes into your well, over time.
This can lead to low ph on your home, which will damage and erode copper piping and lead to leaks in the house, and a rusted water heater. Eroding pipes can put metals in your drinking water, not safe.
Septic systems themselves can also be damaged with film developing and darkroom printing . Most film companies advise against processing at home with a septic system.
The running of water for long period for rinsing film and especially fiber prints can over flood your septic and cause major issues with your leaching fields and ecosystem of your septic tank.
The chemistry itself can also kill enzymes in your system and cause septic back up and even tank damage.
Please study the risks before processing and printing at home. If you have a well, or your neighbors have wells, and a septic system, digital is probably the way to go. There may also be laws in your neighborhood or state that prohibit film developing at home. Be advised.
Go to the thrift store buy a:15 or $20 Canon point and shoot junk camera. Set the image quality on 1600x1200 lower the exposure put the camera on Vivid and the pictures will look just about as good as any typical film camera once you get to the point where you print it out which I have done thousands of times for both film and digital cameras it's the only way you can really make a fair comparison. Looking on TH-cam and Instagram or your smartphone is kind of irrelevant. And I hope you're sitting down because when we scan our film and we put it on a computer screen everything becomes a digital image anyway. New digital cameras are becoming to good you have to lower the resolution to try to get more of a film look in most cases. The original Canon 5D is better than even medium format film when you get to the end and you actually print something out and make a comparison if you know what the heck you're doing.
Certain photographers already spending thousands of dollars for film cameras and lenses. A little price bump for film is nothing for them.
The ones who will be affected the worst are newcomers and financially struggling photographers.
Another tip would be buying expired film
Particularly expired bulk rolls.
Where though? It's sometimes even more expensive then fresh film is you're looking on Ebay or Etsy
I find mine at a local shop. Doesn't happen often though.
That depends on how it was stored and how long past the expiry date.
Tip #1: Go digital. Like the device you are reading this on. Nuff Sed. 👍👍👍