Konstantin's Adventures

Well it appears that Polaroid was just playing possum.  They have decided to bring back their lines of instant films.  They have struck a 5 year licensing deal.

Long live the Polaroid format!
Follow the link to read the whole press release.
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Don’t throw away that disposable camera, you can reload it!

The process:

1. Make sure the film in the disposable camera is used.
2. Tear the covering off of the disposable camera exposing the plastic body.
3. Take the flathead screwdriver and pop open the bottom of the camera.  The back should swing off.
4. Take out the used exposed film.  Don’t lose the takeup spool from the disposable camera and make a note of which way it was situated in the camera.
5. Now comes the fun part.  Get a new roll of film.  Go into a completely dark room or put everything into a changebag.
6. In complete darkness, completely unwind the roll of film.  As you’re unwinding it, start winding it on the takeup spool.  Just make sure that the spool is facing the right way.  Make sure to wind it up really tightly on the spool.
7. Now put the spool back full of film in the original place.
8. Place the film canister with the film attached from the spool to its original place.
9. Carefully snap the cover back on.
10. Take it out of the dark room or the changebag and you’re ready to go!!

Have fun using your incredibly cheap camera over and over again.

So I’ve been on a real film kick lately. Having finished my first roll of film, I’m now excited to develop it next weekend. That should be interesting to say the least, considering that the last time I developed film was years ago as a sophomore in high school. I have all of the necessary equipment waiting for me at home to be used in my makeshift darkroom (read: laundry room or bathroom). I’m going to outline the whole process after I finish it, so that anyone that wants to develop their own film can simply follow my guide.

I just ordered all of the necessary equipment to develop black & white film. I recently bought a Rebel G and have been using it very sparsely just to try out the whole “film thing”. Well I’m now coming to the end of my first roll of film and will have to develop it. I figured that if I’m going to be consistently doing this for any period of time, I will save money in the long run by developing the film myself.

So, I finally got my new (old) camera yesterday. It’s a Canon Rebel G. Picked it up for about $30 on ebay (love that site), and another $30 for a lens (EF 35 – 80 f4). I decided that I wanted to shoot some film to see what the buzz is all about. I’ll be sure to post some pics after I finish my first roll, develop it, and figure out a way to scan the negatives.

I’ll also put up another picture later today after I get out of work.