Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
Good luck with it! Looking forward to seeing the shots 
Edinburgh calling
- Thread starter Rob MacKillop
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Thomas brookes
RPF Chief iPhone app Reviewer
hi rob !! late to the show here, but welcome never the less. looking forward to seeing these shots.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Well...here's how the day went.
I put in cheap colour film, just to see if the camera works. Seemed to go OK until I wound the film forward after about the tenth shot, not realising my left-hand thumb was pressed against the film winder on the left hand side. I heard the film rip a little. Oh bu~~er. But...it seemed OK after I took up the slack. Hope that makes sense. So, I kept shooting.
Went to Boots for the 1 hour development, only to be told their equipment had broken. Went to Jessops and they took it. I had an hour to wait, so put in another film and went to the graveyard for some shots. Did the whole film, and returned to Jessops. To cut short what is probably a boring post (!) both films actually turned out OK!
Hey, my first film shots!
I went back to the counter and asked them to put the shots on disc. The bored teenager said, 'If you had paid for them when buying the prints, it would have cost you £2. Now it will cost you £10 per film'. !!! So, I don't have them on disc. I do have a scanner, but not a specialist photo one. I'll give it a try later.
I'm happy with some of them - out of 50 shots, maybe five are what I would consider good for me. That's not bad. I could do with better film, but the main thing today was just checking everything works.
The ABSOLUTELY BEST THING about today, was just looking at scenes I had walked by every day suddenly has Zen-like interest. Enjoyed myself!
I put in cheap colour film, just to see if the camera works. Seemed to go OK until I wound the film forward after about the tenth shot, not realising my left-hand thumb was pressed against the film winder on the left hand side. I heard the film rip a little. Oh bu~~er. But...it seemed OK after I took up the slack. Hope that makes sense. So, I kept shooting.
Went to Boots for the 1 hour development, only to be told their equipment had broken. Went to Jessops and they took it. I had an hour to wait, so put in another film and went to the graveyard for some shots. Did the whole film, and returned to Jessops. To cut short what is probably a boring post (!) both films actually turned out OK!
Hey, my first film shots!
I went back to the counter and asked them to put the shots on disc. The bored teenager said, 'If you had paid for them when buying the prints, it would have cost you £2. Now it will cost you £10 per film'. !!! So, I don't have them on disc. I do have a scanner, but not a specialist photo one. I'll give it a try later.
I'm happy with some of them - out of 50 shots, maybe five are what I would consider good for me. That's not bad. I could do with better film, but the main thing today was just checking everything works.
The ABSOLUTELY BEST THING about today, was just looking at scenes I had walked by every day suddenly has Zen-like interest. Enjoyed myself!
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Hmm...the most boring post ever - twice!
Brian Moore
Moderator
Not boring in the least. Not boring in the least. 
I find the film scanner I bought a while back to be the best thing since sliced bread, Rob. Especially when you start to develop your own film. Glad to hear that the camera's working. I think your yield of 5 good 'uns ain't bad at all. If I get five I like out of a roll I consider that a success!
I find the film scanner I bought a while back to be the best thing since sliced bread, Rob. Especially when you start to develop your own film. Glad to hear that the camera's working. I think your yield of 5 good 'uns ain't bad at all. If I get five I like out of a roll I consider that a success!
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Well, my standards are lower!
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
I've not much money, so an expensive film scanner is out of the question. What to you think of this?
TeckNet 5M/10M Slide, Negative and Black: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
TeckNet 5M/10M Slide, Negative and Black: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
dont buy that!
It will probably be crap...
I cant even begin to imagine how many time i have given people this same advice
buy an epson flat bed with neg scanning ability!
you can get a v330 for about £80ish now ...
a s/h one would be cheaper ...
even a 300, 200 etc etc s/h would be better than what you posted in my experience of that sort of thing!
the 330 with a yeah manufactueres gtee is, imo, the way to go!
Epson Perfection V330 LED Photo Scanner (4800dpi): Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
It will probably be crap...
I cant even begin to imagine how many time i have given people this same advice
buy an epson flat bed with neg scanning ability!
you can get a v330 for about £80ish now ...
a s/h one would be cheaper ...
even a 300, 200 etc etc s/h would be better than what you posted in my experience of that sort of thing!
the 330 with a yeah manufactueres gtee is, imo, the way to go!
Epson Perfection V330 LED Photo Scanner (4800dpi): Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Well, I have an HP Photosmart flatbed scanner and printer. Would that make sense of negatives? I could give it a try, but it's bed time...zzzzz
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
maybe ...
If it does you will have a special holder for the negs.
The white spongy bit under the lid will also clip off to reveal a strip light used to back illuminate the negs
If it does you will have a special holder for the negs.
The white spongy bit under the lid will also clip off to reveal a strip light used to back illuminate the negs
