Help!! Lomo camera questions?
If i buy a diana F+ edelweiss i will have to buy 120 film for it and it's a bit harder to develop, im from puerto rico and i don't think there are many places who still develop film, since everything is digital now and the diana mini uses 35mm film which is a bit less expensive but im still at the same place for developing the pictures. Maybe walgreens still develops film? i dunno plz help me out :D
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Walgreens, Osco, Kmart, WalMart, Target, CVS, Costco, Sams Club, etc all still develop film including 35mm. They just dont develop 120 film which the diana F+ edelweiss you want uses.
Search online for "120 film processing". If you cant find anything locally youll have to send it out for processing
I think you just answered your own question. That is who is going to develop the film.
Your could try asking Kodak where you can buy the film, and develop it. You might have to send your film from Puerto Rico to some place in the U.S.A. for developing.
For Buying film B&H Photo may be able to sell it to you and ship out of U.S.A
www.kodak.com 1-888-368-6600 (where to buy film)
www.bhphotovideo.com 1-800-854-5575 (may have film and know where to develop it.
www.porters.com 1-800-553-2001(may have film and know where to develop it.
I'm not sure of the lab situation in Puerto Rico, but finding a 1-hour lab that will process 35mm film is probably much easier than finding a lab that does 120 film.
Why? They are cheaper and simpler cameras. If you get one of these cameras, it keeps the cost of exploring lo-fi photography on the cheaper side. You won't get quite the same look with the 35mm film, but it is so much easier to learn with and it's lower cost of camera and film will help you figure out if this works for you.
35mm film is much cheaper, easier to find and easier to get processed at your local 1-hour lab.
If it turns out that toy camera photography is your passion, then you can explore getting the larger format 120 cameras.
Take a look at one of these 35mm cameras:
Holga 135 or 135BC Similar cheap lens and operation as the Holga 120 cameras. 1 aperture setting (yes, the camera has 2 settings, but they are identical), 2 shutter settings, N (1/100 sec) and B (Bulb setting) tripod mount, cable release socket If you want the corner vignetting like on the larger format camera, get the Holga 135BC.
Sample photos: http://www.flickr.com/groups/holga135bc/
Superheadz Black Slim Devil
This is a clone based on the popular vintage Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim. It has no exposure controls and no flash option, but with it's wider than normal lens (22mm) it is capable of taking some outstanding photos.
Sample photos: There really isn't a good Flickr group for these cameras yet, so the sample photos are from the Vivitar UWS http://www.flickr.com/groups/57074580@N00/
The Diana Mini
Lomography took the Diana camera, and shrunk it down to 35mm format. The Mini, while it lacks the interchangeable lenses of the full sized Lomography Diana+, is still a feature packed camera (at least compared to the Holga and Black Slim Devil). The frame format is unusual. They stuck with the square format of the Diana camera, but it is centered on a standard 35mm frame. The reason for floating the square on the 35mm frame is that be using a standard 35mm format, most 1-hour labs will be able to more easily deal with making scans or prints, since they are set up for regular 35mm film. You can also set the camera to half-frame 35mm, which is 2 vertical 24mm x 17mm images. This translates to 2 images on a standard 35mm frame. Currently a favorite of mine, it lives in my camera bag so it is handy where ever I go. 2 aperture settings, 2 shutter settings, N (1/100 sec) and B (Bulb setting) tripod mount, cable release socket This camera is unusual in that it offers square format,24x24mm on a standard 35mm frame (24x36mm). It also offers a half frame option, 17x24mm frames (it doubles the number of exposures you get on a roll of film)
Diana Mini sample photos: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1232275@N22/
The Superheadz Slim camera is a good choice, if you like wide angle shots and a fairly sharp lens. The Diana Mini photos are a little more impressionistic, especially when shooting landscapes, meaning that they tend to be very soft focus and even a little blurry. The images taken with the Mini are sharpest when the subject is close. I like both cameras, but not for every situation. To see what I'm talking about ,see the above links for samples from each camera.
Whichever camera you choose, remember that the point of lo-fi photography is to have fun and don't sweat the details!
For Holga tips, check out this website:
http://goholga.com/
Then there's my own website for lo-fi photography:
http://www.dianacamera.com/
For how-to videos for Holgas and Diana cameras, check out my youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/kaituba