I think I'm done with analogue photography. So, at least for me the use of negative films is over.

We now pay prices between 9 and 10 euros per roll for the Kodak Gold 200. And that was originally some kind of a #cheapfilm for which I only paid €8 or €9 in a pack of 3 three to four years ago (at drugstores, discounters etc.)!

Sure, everything will be more expensive But I see these price increases as just greed for money, and I don't support that sort of thing.

Similarly, I will only take photos of the remaining 30 or 40 rolls that still waiting in my fridge.

I think I switch to instant film then for experimental playing or special occasions. Everything else, including the daily snapshots, from now on I'll do digitally only.

It's a shame that the desire for profit is once again triumphing over a creative hobby. I don't feel like doing this.

@jon_ellis

Paradies 400 (cheap drug store film?)


Yes, the #Paradies400 has been a #drugstorefilm / #cheapfilm of #DMDrogerieMarkt, a bigger #drugstorediscounter here in germany. #FotoParadies, #Paradiso etc. were the own brands of #DM for re-labeled (cheap) films of brands like Fujifilm or Kodak that were available as negative and slide films.

This is now long gone: I was able to buy my last, already expired #Paradiso100 slide film at a reduced price in 2007 or 2008. 😁

Playing around testing a roll of #CheapFilm from Shanghai. It doesn't look bad, but somehow the spool is wound loosely enough that it was hard to not get a fat roll in the film back yet also tight enough that the negative was so curly it was hard to get into the scan carrier. Also super thin. 5 rolls for $35. I'll save the other 4 for testing cameras or experimentation.

📷 #Mamiya #RB67
🎞️ #ShanghaiGP3 100
🧪 #Rodinal

#FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #BelieveInFilm #DevelopYourOwn

"Das alte Schulauer Fährhaus ('Classics' 2006) - sah damals ganz anders aus."
('Former Schulauer Faehrhaus', Elbe River, 2006)

😎🤭 When you try to use the very last negative of the roll:



Camera: #AgfaOptima200Sensor (1971's model)
Film: #KodakVR200 expired #135Film #VeryLastOfTheRoll


#BelieveInFilm #35mm #KodakVR200plus #KodakVRplus #SchulauerFährhaus #ElbeRiver #AgfaOptima200 #SchulauerFaehrhaus #Elbe AgfaOptima200s #lastoftheroll #shotonfilm #filmisnotdead #grainisgood #expiredfilm #CheapFilm #DrugstoreFilm #Analogfotografie #analogphotography #ishootfilm #schleswigholstein
"Lass mich noch einmal in die Ferne" - analog fotografiert auf lange überlagertem DM CN100 Farbdiafilm. Wäre dieser herrliche Diafilm noch erhältlich, ich würde ihn sofort wieder kaufen - trotz (oder gerade wegen) seiner manchmal schwierigen Farbwiedergabe. 😉



Camera: Minolta #Dynax500si slr
Film: #veryexpired #DMFotoparadies #CN100 #SlideFilm


#KielerFörde #BalticSea #Ostsee #ColorSlide #CheapFilm #DrugstoreFilm #shotonfilm #FotoParadiesCN100 #Diafilm #Farbdia #MinoltaDynax500si #buyfilmnotmegapixels #135film #35mmphotography #believeinfilm #ishootfilm #lifeisanalog #Ostseeliebe #filmisnotdead #35mmnature #beniceshootfilm #Kiel #Kleinbildfilm #SchleswigHolstein #landzwischendenmeeren #amWasser
Shanghai film is an interesting beast. Sometimes it can give you nice blacks and good tones then sometimes the backing paper fuses to the film and you have the frame numbers and wording all over your images. 😅
#shanghaifilm #filmphotography #rb67 #mamiya #photo #cheapfilm #bwfilm