Film Swap

dazftw

Just an idea if anyone wants to take part!?

How it works:

We both shoot a roll of 35mm film and wind them back to the point where it can be loaded back into the camera. Swap film by post/person. Re-use it and get the film developed.

Some examples

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25thc/4636323979/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexlowman/4467734181/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25thc/4357263384/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dreifachzucker/4350772490/

Im going to Barcelona next week so we could some nice looking results.

artyeva

i'd be up for that.

barcelona, eh? you lucky dawg. lived there for a while - nicest city i've ever been to.

dazftw

artyeva wrote: »

i'd be up for that.

barcelona, eh? you lucky dawg. lived there for a while - nicest city i've ever been to.

Yeah I was there last year and going again this time with the GF!

Sure if you shoot a roll and have it to me by this Friday ill bring it with me. Leaving on Monday!

artyeva

will recently expired fuji 200 do? i *ahem* have a roll or two lying around...

ellieswellies

I'd love to try but all my film cameras are full of....well, film at the mo! I would defo be on for giving it a whirl in the future!

dazftw

artyeva wrote: »

will recently expired fuji 200 do? i *ahem* have a roll or two lying around...

Yeah any color film will do. Don't let me know what you've shot either that way I won't think about it when i'm using it.

Fajitas!

The slower the speed the better tbh. I've some Kodachrome 64 120 about which could be fun.

dazftw

Fajitas! wrote: »

The slower the speed the better tbh. I've some Kodachrome 64 120 about which could be fun.

Can you put 120 back in? Is it just a case where it will come out backwards? I never really thought about 120..

humberklog

Ooooh I do love double exposures. I'm in.

DaireQuinlan

dazftw wrote: »

Can you put 120 back in? Is it just a case where it will come out backwards? I never really thought about 120..

From personal experience (doh !), no. When you put the roll through the first time there's a handy bit of sticky tape that sticks the start of the film to the backing (you always have to rip this off when you're loading the film onto reels for development, often with some cool fireworks). If you run a roll and then just pop it in the other way round the end of the film is now loose, and (in my case at least) catches on the rollers of the back you're trying to load, causing all sorts of mess and eventually necessitating use of a scissors. :eek:

You could, I guess, respool it back onto another spool but I reckon that'd be a PITA because I bet the backing paper and film end wouldn't line up properly anymore and you'd have to unstick and re-stick it or something. In the dark.

artyeva

ok, i'm about to pop out and shoot a roll, dazftw, i've pm'd you to get your address.

am i right in thinking that as the film is iso 200, i set the iso on my camera to 400? or have i got that backwards?!

i'd be up for another one, so fajitas or humberklog, any takers? i have LOTS of free time....

dazftw

I'll reply to you now..

I'll take a few more rolls to bring to Barcelona if anyone wants to send me down some.

When i'm there ill shoot some of my own stuff which ill then send to you guys to re-use when I get back.

humberklog

artyeva wrote: »

ok, i'm about to pop out and shoot a roll, dazftw, i've pm'd you to get your address.

am i right in thinking that as the film is iso 200, i set the iso on my camera to 400? or have i got that backwards?!

i'd be up for another one, so fajitas or humberklog, any takers? i have LOTS of free time....

I'll run a few shots off down the front of my pants this week and post in onto you. I'll shoot mostly in low Ap (high number) so you can open it up brighter for your shots.
Hey I'll even put the pic in the post too:pac:. Really...I will.

artyeva

right, film will be on its way to dazftw tomorrow as i forgot the post leaves here at 2pm. you should still get it by friday though!! i shot the 200 film in 400 btw.

humberklog wrote: »

I'll run a few shots off down the front of my pants this week and post in onto you. I'll shoot mostly in low Ap (high number) so you can open it up brighter for your shots.
Hey I'll even put the pic in the post too:pac:. Really...I will.

wooooohooooo!!!!! i shall look forward to shots of down the front of your pants with eager anticipation.... or is that trepidation?

theboat

This sounds like fun!
Question though, why do you have to change the iso setting?

Ghost Train

theboat wrote: »

This sounds like fun!
Question though, why do you have to change the iso setting?

you're exposing twice so if you double the iso you should end up with the right exposure after the two shots

theboat

Ah. Cool, thanks

artyeva

theboat wrote: »

This sounds like fun!
Question though, why do you have to change the iso setting?

to underexpose the film by a few stops so that after it's been through a camera twice, it should add up to a normal amount of exposure. in or around a normal amount, at any rate. that's the fun part of the unpredictability of double exposures!!

edit: duh : crosspost!!!:p

ender ender

Check out the Tale of Two Cities group on Flickr. I've sent stuff to people in the UK and the States with sometimes fantastic and sometimes rubbish results