Questions tagged [35mm]
35mm is a common film format that was popular before the dominance of digital photography
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How to digitize film on a budget?
Recently I have been shooting and developing some 35mm film. A few days ago I thought of scanning the film but it looked like my canon TR7550 does not support scanning film. The white part of the ...
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Are most (if not all) lenses' focal length described as the 35mm equivalent? [duplicate]
2 thoughts made me ask this question:
Different lens looks different on the different-sized sensor and has a different 35mm equivalent
Many normal and wide-angle lenses' optical center is not ...
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What is causing these horizontal lines on developed photos (35mm)?
I recently started using my friend's mom's old Canon 35mm film camera. I was a bit annoyed when having the film developed by a lab, and copied to standard photo paper - there is a single horizontal ...
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What would cause part of this exposure to be blank?
I have some Kodak Gold 200 shot on a Canon AV-1 where one exposure in the middle of the roll (#17) has a portion of the exposure missing with sharp line. None of the other exposured (on this or any ...
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Some of my images come out with a black mark in the centre
Was hoping someone could help me identify what im doing wrong here. Just bought a new film camera, minolta x300. And a few of the shots came out with a black mark in the middle. I'll add examples. Any ...
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Any idea why my point and shoot camera photos turn out blurry?
I just got my film camera (olympus mju ii 80) a few months back, and I've already used about 2 rolls of film.
I've always taken my pictures with two hands so that the picture would come out steady. ...
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Avoiding blurry edges with slide duplicator + macro lens
I have just bought a Kaiser Digital Slide Duplicator in order to digitise 35mm slides (mostly positives), since this is something I need to do fairly often.
In general, I have seen lots of people ...
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Why are there lines in my film photos?
I just recently got my film developed and there are these lines in some of my photos. Is it my camera's fault, or there were some mistakes/errors in the developing process?
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List of film camera simulation presets in Lightroom [closed]
Could someone list the presets and menus in Lightroom of all vintage film cameras that Lightroom can emulate the color profile of? Specific make and model number is ideal, e.g. Fuji Velvia 100, Kodak ...
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Need help identifying film type
Hello fellow photographers! I'm hoping the group here can help me with a mystery. I recently bought a bulk loader for 35mm film from eBay. When it came, I noticed that it already had film in it. ...
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Is my roll completely ruined
I have a Minolta supreme freedom zoom elite. Was looking at my camera and noticed the counter was at 1 when I know I’ve taken at least 3 or 4 pictures and remember it being at that number. So my guess ...
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Will hardener help prevent emulsion wash-off during development, 35mm B&W (ADOX CHS 25)
Background:
I am developing some old film, exposed sometime in 2008-2011 that was somehow overlooked. It would have been in date at the time it was exposed, so it's old but not ancient. Storage ...
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I used a roll with 36 exposures, but I was only able to get 26. Does anyone here knows what happened?
Okay, so I bought two rolls of Kodak Gold 200 to try the Vivitar PS33 film camera that I found on my closet (I don’t know if my memory serves me right but I think it was my mother’s camera back in the ...
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top right side of my film photos have some sort of light leaks
The right side of the image has some sort of obvious light leak I'm unsure what is causing it, e.g. the lens, the camera etc. I have checked for leaks and I don't think I found any.
The camera is a ...
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Canon AE-1 mirror stuck but can wind film and take photos
My Canon AE-1 camera's mirror is getting stuck in the up position after taking a photo. I can wind the film with the lever and the mirror goes back down but once I take a photo, the mirror stays in ...
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Traveling/airport security with 35mm film [duplicate]
I am planning to travel with a few rolls of 35 mm film (unused on the way there and exposed but undeveloped on the way home), however, I have heard about how airport security scanners can completely ...
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1920s Photography 35mm Printing
I am researching for a historical fiction novel. Background is 1921, United States. Using an American Tourist Multiple camera.American Tourist I am trying to figure out making prints, what type of ...
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How should I affix 35mm film inside a picture frame?
I recently bought a few strips of tidbits from a movie, on 35mm film. (17 strips of 6 frames each, about 11x3.5cm a strip)
I know this isn't "photography" per se, but I think it still counts ...
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How to achieve a normal 50mm look with a Nikon APS-C camera?
I have an APS-C camera and want a lens that will achieve a normal 50mm look. Do I buy a DX 50 mm or get the FX 35mm? Will they have the same effect?
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I accidentally dropped my kodak m35 camera and the film count reset to S again
I own a kodak m35 camera and I accidentally dropped it. The film count reset to S again. I already took pics beforehand. Will I lose the pictures I’ve taken? or Do I need to rewind the film and send ...
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How can I tell if I've broken the rewind button on my AE-1?
I recently bought a canon AE-1. After finishing my first roll of film I went unload it and forgot to press the rewind button on the bottom before winding the rewind crank. I know… I should’ve reread ...
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Do I have to shoot a whole film roll on the same ISO?
I am new to film photography and I really don’t get it.
Say I am shooting a roll of film, the box says ISO 400, do I have to shoot the whole roll on that ISO?
I have shot a whole roll changing the ISO ...
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Should I shoot color or black and white 35mm film to learn photography fundamentals?
I want to practice composition, or the basics of photography in reality. From what I've read, some people say shoot color, or only shoot black and white to learn composition right.
From my personal ...
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Film photography - what causes the following effect/error on a single frame of a developed roll of film?
I shot the following picture with a Canon AE-1 Program on a roll of Ilford HP5 400 (I pushed the roll to 800). I developed it using Ilfosol 3 and scanned it with Epson scanner V370. As you can see, ...
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Consistent black horizontal lines on colour negatives
I just received negatives back, and on the last 10 or so exposures there is a constant black horizontal line on the bottom left of the image. Does anyone know what it is? Thanks in advance!
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Calibrating the Shutter Speed/ISO Dial on Film Camera?
The camera is a Bell & Howell Auto 35 Reflex (Model 237), aka the Canon EXEE.
How does one calibrate/set the position of this shutter speed + ASA dial (lifting the dial's outer ring adjusts the ...
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I got my roll from studio and my last frame had a certain black spot in the left upper corner.Any idea what it can be ? The rest of frames were fine
I got my roll from studio and my last frame had a certain black spot in the left upper corner.Any idea what it can be ? The rest of them were fine.
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Potential causes to bad quality of this 35mm film results
today I got the scans of my Lomography 400 roll, as you can see the quality of these is quite terrible. While I think it's not a lab error but it's how I handled this roll, I'm not quite sure about ...
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How to preserve undeveloped film as a legacy gift
I am new to film photography; however, I recently had this strange little idea to take some photos and just leave them undeveloped until I am nearing the end or my family is looking at them after my ...
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Error message on Canon Sureshot
I’ve just gone to use my Canon Sureshot zoom 70 for the first time, the film loaded ok and the flash seemed to be working but when I pressed the shutter button the picture didn’t take and an E came ...
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Aligning multiple exposures
I'm mostly using a Minolta X300 for multi-exposures work.
My process is as follows:
I make sure the camera's crank is winded;
I insert the film into the cylinder making sure the cylinder doesn't ...
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Mystery Scale on Hanimex Zoom Lens
I’m a bit of a newbie, and I’ve just bought a zoom lens for my OM10. It's a Hanimex One-Touch Zoom Lens 80-200mm F4.5 Macro
It’s arrived and I’m trying to understand the scales on the lens.
I can ...
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How to calculate under or over exposure using these values TTL meter (Lux), Shutter speed and ISO/ASA
I would like to get into film photography as a hobby, I own two 35mm film Cameras which both have broken TTL meters, they are common Fujica bodies and I would like to replace the (battery damaged) TTL ...
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Analog film camera not taking multiple pictures
I have recently purchased a Canon Sure Shot AF-7 which appears to be in excellent condition. However, when I do not have film in it the shutter, flash etc. works perfectly well but after loading the ...
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Help: only 1 out of 36 exposure 35mm film was developed
I am a complete beginner film photographer.
I just sent my 35mm film to be developed and only 1 picture was returned to me.
Whilst I am a beginner, the camera is half automatic and a green light ...
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The film in my film camera won't rewind. 31 frame flashes intermittently
I'm new to film photography. I recently tried to use the old film camera I had lying around the house, a Kodak S1100 Xl. I shot 31 pictures but couldn't proceed to shoot more as the LCD display showed ...
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Pinholes in 35 mm slides
While scanning many 35 mm slides (mostly Kodachrome and its successors, i.e. Kodachrome II and 64), I noticed what appear to be pinholes in the emulsion, perhaps on the order of 10 or 100 microns. The ...
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How can I accelerate a film's expiration date?
Recently I saw expired film photos and I liked them a lot. I've been shooting on film for a year and a half now and I feel like trying new things.
I want to try this thing myself, but before I do, I ...
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Sticky expired film
I have recently (2-3 weeks ago) bought a lot of expired films and they stayed in my bag since then.
I wanted to use one of them (color plus 2007/2008), but the film was very sticky and almost all ...
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Printing negatives: from scans or direct?
Is there a fundamental difference between legacy printers that print from negatives, versus trendy-film shops that print from scans?
I'm just surprised that my printed 35mm film photos aren't ...
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Why did my 35mm scans come out with this white grain?
So I recently found my Grandfather's old Pentax ME, I just finished my first roll and noticed that the scans came out very white/grainy. I am wondering if this could be an exposure issue, it was new ...
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Light leaks all over the photos
It is my first time using a film camera and I've developed my first roll of film, Lomography CN 400. The camera is a Fujifilm MDL-9.
I know that my problem is light leaks and it's coming from the ...
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How to coax 8-sec shutter on aperture prio film cam?
Camera: Yashica Electro 35 cc
Hi guys!
Multiple records about my camera model indicate that it has a shutter speed range of 1/250 to 8sec.
However, I recently tried to photograph an orange streelit ...
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Replace a broken SLR mirror with a cut HDD?
I love film cameras and repairing them.
However, I often encounter cameras with broken and scratched mirrors.
Is it possible to use some old HDDs and cut them to replace those mirrors ?
I want to ...
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35mm or 50mm for full body portraits for Nikon DX camera?
I have the Nikon D7500 which comes with the two kit lenses. I found that I did not get satisfactory bokeh when shooting full body images outside. My main aim is to be able to shoot full body portraits ...
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Accidentally rewound the film the wrong way
I am a total film shooting newbie and while winding my film back up in the canister I did not notice that i was accidentally turning in the opposite direction of the arrow.
I then opened my camera and ...
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I accidentally opened the back of an automatic wind unwind point and shoot camera
I'm not sure how many shots i have shot about 10 and i dont rememeber if it unwinds or winds after i closed it back. Will my film roll stay on the unexposed or it will go back to the first frame? My ...
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What went wrong during development?
I've been developing my own film for a month now and never had that issue before. I use Patterson developpment tank.
I did fill the tank with 300ml of chemicals as usual, agitate, washed for 10 ...
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Batch Scanning / iPhone apps?
I'm a photo editor that's been employed to work on the archive of an American music photographer from the 1960s.
My first task is to deal with over 20,000 35mm negatives.
The plan is to scan them all ...
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How do I check if a Canon IIIa is still in working condition?
I've never used a film camera before and don't know much about cameras in general so I wouldn't know how to check or anything.
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