Types of film
Sun, Sep 6, 2009
In a series of new introductory articles on film, we’ve decided to introduce film photography slowly, not that we’re leaving digital photography. I realized that there’s a myth among users of our time, the Digital generation, which thinks that film photography is hard, that if you use a film SLR, you’re a Pro. And to some extent I did believe that, until I did my own research.
So here I am sharing my passion to you guys out there, just to clear out that film and digital are not separate, but should be considered as a whole.
With that, I’ll start off with introducing you guys to the types of 35mm film available:
Colour Negatives:
Your usual run of the mill camera film widely used by our parents not to long ago. When developed, the image on film strips is in a form of a negative. Go and scourge for your old negatives if you don’t believe me. Processing is by the form of C-41 processing.
Colour slide film:
An opposite of negatives, sometimes referred to as “positives” (em..). As the name indicates, the developed image on the film strip is a positive image, full colour as we took the picture. When mounted can be used to display photos through a slide projector. Slides are known for their saturated colors out of all the types of 35mm film. Kodachrome being one of them. Processed by E-6 colour processing.
Black and White film:
Quite simply, black and white. Need I say more?
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September 8th, 2009 at 9:18 AM
having an slr doesnt make u a pro photographer
but it makes u an slr owner.
btw the development of the photog film is quite same
love learning it, thanks for sharing~
September 8th, 2009 at 12:15 PM
haha yea it makes u an owner i guess ; ) apparently black and white is the easiest to develop using 3 chemicals, then colour negative ad tambah chem lg sket but kena constant temp so agak susah, then paling ssh nk develop ialah colour slide film with bnyk gle chem 5 or more i think AND kena constant temp thru out. Susah tuu, no wonder x bnyk kedai cuci slide film( E-6) processing
September 8th, 2009 at 2:03 PM
but u shud know better since As pun develop film for work kot ; p
December 9th, 2009 at 4:39 AM
dh seminggu htr slide film utk dicuci, x siap2 agi…huhu…masa mula2 dgr pekedai tu kata x leh cuci express sbb kena guna lab lain, diri rasa mcm blurr2 agi…apb dia kata nk ltk x frame pd slide, btmbh2 la blurr…end up kata "if it is free, i will take it"…naifnya time tue…blik umah, google and O_o slide film or E-6 itu bukan film biasa yg leh cuci jadi gmbr pd kertas… aduhai…skrg tgh pk camner nk transfer slide film into digital… kalo colour film leh la juga scan guna scanner… any tips?
p.s: baru bebaik semula dgn film camera stelah tinggalkan ia 7 tahun yg lalu…
December 21st, 2009 at 11:43 PM
hi PhotoAddicts! sorry for the late reply! been away for quite some time ; )
most shops have film scanner services. it’ll cost somewhat around 5 pound. have u got a flickr account? wud love to see pics once developed!
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:11 PM
I would like to read more about this