Thursday, April 24, 2025

A Treat Find

There's nothing like getting old rolls of film developed. It's like a "Time Capsule" honestly. 
Sadly, the shop I was taking the film to, decided that they were going to be scumbags.  They refused to develop a roll of film, claiming "It's got some kind of chemicals, or fluids, on it"... When I do not do that kind of photography, and I even inspected the roll in complete darkness (pulled it out, and felt for any residues).  If anyone knows films that have accidentally been exposed to moisture, then dried, it's not coming out of the can. No matter how hard you try, it's not coming out, or it'll stick, and bind, and just be a complete mess.

Well, that was not the case. Was a clean roll of film.

Because of that, and I couldn't get into the city to collect the film back, it ended up being tossed into the garbage.

I don't usually call out places, but if you are thinking of visiting "GRAINATION" in Toronto, think again. There are better, more reputable shops, that will happily take your business.

It started out lovely with GRAINATION on Spadina Ave in Toronto, but then they showed their true colours, and I won't deal with them again, and put the word out, for anyone thinking about it, think again.
Downtown Camera is a fine choice of location to drop off your film, their kind, courteous, and knowledgeable staff (Yeah Stan, you may be a d1ck in store, but I know you're a softee outside of the store).

All that said, however, back to the film, it truly is remarkable how much of a time machine they can actually become.  What a treat!  This is Kodak Gold, run through my Spotmatic, with a SMC 50mm 1.4 Lens.







All the problems I had with this car, yet I really do miss driving it. The amount of space inside the
wagon was remarkable!  I'm definitely going to be replacing the current car (Nissan Juke) with another
wagon in the near future.


I just have to find a local shop that'll develop, and nicely scan, my film for a reasonable price, and hopefully I can get thru the small backlog I still have.

Until next time guys,
Keep those shutters firing!

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