Shooting film - Canon A-1 35mm SLR
Well I have been waiting to get my film from my Canon A-1 Film SLR camera developed. This camera was released in 1978 and my mom bought one and used it through my childhood. When I started becoming interested she gave me the camera. Some people ask Brian why do you like shooting film. I get greater satisfaction out of how my photos turn out with film vs digital. My main camera will still be my Canon 350d EOS DLSR however I still want to shoot film for scenery architecture and portraits. With film you have to know what you are doing to get your photo. I know because the majority of the photos that I took did not turnout the way I wanted them to do. When a photo turns out it I get a greater joy and satisfaction out of the photo.
This is why I am going to continue my photography adventures with my Canon A-1 and continue to take pictures. My next project is going to be black and white architecture pictures. I am going to search for some moderately inexpensive but good B& W film. From what I have been reading film B&W in most cases still has a better result with film. I originally was going to get my film developed and have prints done and then I was going to scan the 4×6 photos into my computer. However after reading I can just get the film processed negatives from target for $1 and I can add a target cd that has 1500×1000 jpegs on it for only $1.99. The target cd has a better resolution of photos than the $3.99 kodak cd. See some of the photos I took with the A-1 bellow.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Awesome photos. I’m browsing around trying to find some good info about shooting with a film SLR, because that’s what I have. So often I feel like my shots are washed out. I wonder if that’s because I get them developed at CVS…?
June 6th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
I never have gotten mine done at cvs however I did adjust the vibrancy to get the normal color back on the two of my dog. I think it mainly was washed out from the flash. However the one of my wife is not adjusted. I am very pleased with the job they did. Go in ask for negatives to be developed and say you want the images to be put on cd no prints. It will cost ~$3 a roll. I will always go back and use them. Plus you can send photos there straight from flickr