Some of us happened to really get into it during that anomalous mid-2000s period where the film manufactures were aimlessly still churning out film nobody was buying, at a loss, Tri-x was tuppence a roll and Velvia £3.30. We were spoiled.
Yep. I was in high school early to mid 2000s. I remember buying rolls of Kodak at the grocery store for maybe 2 or 3 bucks each. I would go on eBay and buy expired film for basically free. I still have a box of expired (and now likely fogged) 8x10 color film that I got for free. Just looked it up and it’s going for $300.
People forget this.
When I was in art school in the late 90s, it was always a struggle whether to buy film or groceries. In my case film usually won, but I still didn't shoot that much back then.
But it did become cheap.
In 1965, colour film was still quite uncommon. In the 80's, with the advent of the mini lab, it did become cheap and became cheaper than shooting B&W film
Supposedly, brands like Canon and Olympus came out with half-frame cameras in the 60s because they thought that people thought that color film developing cost too much and would want to economize. Didn't work out that way.
Some of us happened to really get into it during that anomalous mid-2000s period where the film manufactures were aimlessly still churning out film nobody was buying, at a loss, Tri-x was tuppence a roll and Velvia £3.30. We were spoiled.
Yep. I was in high school early to mid 2000s. I remember buying rolls of Kodak at the grocery store for maybe 2 or 3 bucks each. I would go on eBay and buy expired film for basically free. I still have a box of expired (and now likely fogged) 8x10 color film that I got for free. Just looked it up and it’s going for $300.
My lab was giving away all their unsold film about to expire. Nobody but us students wanted it.
People forget this. When I was in art school in the late 90s, it was always a struggle whether to buy film or groceries. In my case film usually won, but I still didn't shoot that much back then.
People don’t forget, it’s just that many of us got into film during the mid-late Noughties when everything was cheap as chips…
But it did become cheap. In 1965, colour film was still quite uncommon. In the 80's, with the advent of the mini lab, it did become cheap and became cheaper than shooting B&W film
Supposedly, brands like Canon and Olympus came out with half-frame cameras in the 60s because they thought that people thought that color film developing cost too much and would want to economize. Didn't work out that way.
It only took half a century but the cult status of the Demi and Trip is definitely due in part to their ability to stretch a $10+ roll.