camera play

I don't know why I didn't do this earlier. A while back I had come across a plethora of old camera antiquities. One of them was a 35MM Praktica MTL3. I took it to work one day to have one of our photographers look at it and let me know what they thought. And I guess he took some photos with it using black and white film. For some reason, I completely forgot about that, and didn't even remember seeing the resulting roll of film.

Just the other night we were digging through boxes of photos trying to find one printed photo of Kaitlyn as a flower girl (for show and tell at school), and we came across those photos. And wow! They looked really good!

So I got the old gal out of the attic this morning, and we hit Wal-Mart. No luck in black/white film, so I just bought a pack of Fuji 400. I figured that would be better than nothing, and to even see if the time spent in the attic had damaged it even more.

Luckily, it seems as though it didn't! I took one roll and we had it developed today, and it didn't look too bad. The lenses are very, very dirty, so I spent some time cleaning those (best I could at least). And then it also helps out if you know what the heck the dials are for on it! haha

So I hit the ol' Google and bingo! Found a PDF of the old user manual (and even found one for .99 Canadian on eBay! haha... So now that I know how to adjust the shutter speed and ASA for the film, then I think this next roll might even turn out better! It has been a lot of fun using it though.

There is still one camera in the box that I haven't played with yet. It is a 3D camera though, and both the film and the development is very, very hard to find. So I am still trying to decide if I want to try that or not.

But the funniest is taking the kids pictures, and then having to explain why they can't see the photos yet! haha.. Having to tell them that the photos don't show up on a screen, that you have to take them to the store and have them print them to see them. Funny how quickly technology changes our world!