There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
Waiting to get prints back is like waiting for Christmas morning! I had a lot of fun with this and really like how some of the images came out.
Getting this one roll of film developed and printed cost ~$19. I would really like to explore this more, but this could get pricey pretty quickly. I looked into negative scanners and ended up buying one because it had a 4.5 star rating and was under $100.
I scanned my negatives and noticed a lot of variance in how they were scanning. Here's an example with one of the images from above. Comparing all of these, the print version is my favorite.
I'm just getting started and I have a bunch of questions:
- Do you have any tips/tricks/hacks for shooting film on a budget?
- Would love to hear your experience with negative scanners. Did I make a crappy impulse buy? Am I using it wrong? Is there one that you like that is tried & true?
- Are there services online that you like where you can mail film in to get it developed? If you've used any of these services, I'd love to hear about your experience.
Please feel free to share any other tips you think may be useful!