Getting photos developed

[Trickyvee]

One film. 24 precious snaps. No idea how they will turn out.

In this digital age it is hard to imagine that this was what we were dealing with not so long ago. Cut off heads, exposed films, faulty wind-ons. Disaster was never far away.

Sometimes you'd get random photos of unknown people in with yours after they'd been developed. We had one of a bloke sitting in a garden who looked like Brian Cant. Weirdly we never chucked him out. He stayed in the pile for years like an old friend. Never did find out who he was.

[Richard1978]

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I remember until 10 years ago the papers always seemed to have those envelopes in for you to send your film off in to Truprint Bonusprint etc.

The results could be mixed, my parents have some late 1970s photos that have faded badly, while others from that time could have been taken yesterday.

A few of the last photos I took on film had white spots due to some processing fault.

[memoman]

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I haven't used negative film for years.My camera bag gathers dust.I appreciate the gains from digital technology,however it just is not the same.

[Trickyvee]

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I remember when they started sticking peel-off advice labels on the pictures that didn't come out. 'The lens appears to be obstructed' stuck on a big pink finger close up with a cm squared of scenery in the corner. You don't say, lol.

[vanhelsing]

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I use my PDA's built in camera for pictures/videos now.

[vanhelsing]

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At least in those days, a lot of hard work whent into photography as a hobby and deloping them in a darkroom was all part of the fun.

[Marine Boy]

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It's true that the expectancy of what you'd get back from the developers was all part of the experience. I was still using an old camera and sending off the film well into the era of the digital camera. I've always been a bit late when it comes to changing to new technology - but these days, I wouldn't be without my little digital canon powershot.

[airfix]

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Thanks to my dad, we kids were all budding little amateur photographers, each touting a succession of cameras from Box Brownies up to the more sophisticated SLRs but as a consequence we all have huge numbers of prints and negatives from that era. Storing them properly is very space-hungry and viewing them is an event that needs careful planning! One day I'll get around to scanning the negs into digital format but with several thousand to do I think that might be later rather than sooner!

[Sly]

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Last year the local developer in the arcade near us shut down due to digital technology. It tried to move on by offering stuff like digital printing and items such as mouse mats (something else which is becoming a bit of a relic), tshirts and cups. I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did, I bet the owners are kicking themselves as it used to be a chemist/photography place before they shifted solely to developing.

[Trickyvee]

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Yes a lot of photo shops must have closed with the digital onslaught. It is a bit of a shame that old style photography will be lost as a hobby. I got to do a bit of it at school and quite enjoyed having a go at developing photos in the little dark room under the glow of a red bulb. It was also fun fumbling around trying to take a film out of a camera inside one of those funny things shaped like a mini T-shirt so you wouldn't expose it to the light.

[HG]

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Yes a lot of photo shops must have closed with the digital onslaught. It is a bit of a shame that old style photography will be lost as a hobby. I got to do a bit of it at school and quite enjoyed having a go at developing photos in the little dark room under the glow of a red bulb. It was also fun fumbling around trying to take a film out of a camera inside one of those funny things shaped like a mini T-shirt so you wouldn't expose it to the light.

I enjoyed that at school too, there was something satisfying about taking and then developing your own photos.