So last week I posted about how I’d dug out my old 35mm camera bodies. I handed inn my first roll of Kodak 400 TX today and couldn’t resist getting a few new rolls to experiment with. The Lomography Babylon film has only done 4 exposures so far, as I haven’t had a tripod at my disposal.

I’d seen some cool creepy shots online of statues using a high grain film, and thought I’d attempt something similar, so I got Ilford Delta 3200 for that. I’ll have to shoot in the late evening considering my shutter speed tops out at 1/2000.

Also been watching a few videos about the Phoenix colour film, and decided to give that a try, along with a roll of Kodak Gold.

My biggest challenge right now is which one to load up first. That got me wondering, how many cameras do people here operate at a time? Do you have several cameras with different kind of film loaded, or do you stick to 1 type of roll at a time?

I intend to start developing my B&W film myself soon, but I need to get paid at the end of the month before I start investing in the gear to do so. Until then Oslo Foto near where I live have quite a good reputation, and the price isn’t bad considering I’ll be scanning them myself.

Here’s hoping I actually remembered to take the lens cap off my camera when I was shooting the Kodak 400 TX!

[Edit] I should probably emphasise. This isn’t my first roll ever, as I did do film photography about 15 years ago. This is however my first roll now that I’ve renewed my interest.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    Understand, I’m not, nor ever have been pro. Not even a very serious hobbyist.

    But, when I was out and about, I’d keep two in my bag.

    One was a more automatic job with higher speed film (say 800+) for shots that I couldn’t set up because they were unexpected, and my oldest manual camera for dialing in exact shots that was loaded with a slower iso film, maybe 200 or lower. Fuji was what I usually went for.

    I was usually either taking landscapes or other relatively static nature pics, or pics of animals (pets, livestock, or wild), so I never managed to be fully happy with all the pictures on a roll if I didn’t have two set up.

    If I could only carry one, it would be the autofocus one, but loaded with a 400 ish fuji or Kodak (pretty much the only two brands I could guarantee finding without ordering stuff).

    But I was not a regular b&w user, and it’s my understanding that those films don’t perform exactly the same at a given iso in every lighting condition.

    But, yeah, two cameras was my default if I was going out specifically to take pictures.