1. I need to find some place to scan my film. Walmart was fine but now that I'm getting better with film the discs I'm getting from them just aren't cutting it. I want some better quality scans.
So please give me recommendations! Now that I'm past that stage of "Where's the preview screen on this old camera so I can see what I just took" and I've gotten better with working with the medium I want to move past "I use it because it's cheap" stage.
I scan my own. I have a Epson flat bed that will also do both 35mm and 120 formats, scan and straight into photoshop. II realise its not necessarily for everyone but for me over time it has worked out on a par or cheaper than getting disks done.
Scanning your own might end up being more cost effective in the long run. You can get a decent 35/120 scanner for $200-300.
Personally, I send out my film to Dwayne's Photo http://dwaynesphoto.com/ for processing and scanning, but their scans suck! I shoot a lot of slide film, so I bought a lightbox and I photograph the slides with my DSLR... but I hate doing that, it seems so unpure (and the DSLR cannot replicate the colors of slide film as nicely).
If you don't mind ordering online, www.bhphotovideo.com has a huge film selection, with usually the cheapest prices around. www.freestylephoto.biz also has a great selection and great prices. I order my film, because I shoot a lot of 120, and local places just want too much money.
I bought an Epson v330 scanner to scan my film in. Work great for 30 shots until I blew my power supply (I live in Australia and bought it in the US... note to self, check power output next time...). On Amazon the scanner was only about $95 and it does a decent job.
Snapfish is hella inexpensive. i used them when i wanted a bunch of my folks old slides scanned and put on a disk for me. cost me less than $50. bout to use them again for some more slides i came across.
Put an advert on freecycle for old cameras and unwanted, unexposed film. Between October and January I got 3 shopping bags full of cameras and 30 rolls of film.
Expired film on eBay, goes for about $20 for 10 rolls.
Cameras on ebay if you wanna try something new, try a TLR like a Lubitell 166 universal, this takes 35mm or 120 roll film which are both readily available and easy to develop. You could also try a Holga which is very cheap on eBay and can be converted from 120 to 35mm. Just be careful some dick doesn't sell you anything obsolete like 126, 127, 110, APS, polaroid Land camera.
If you wanna practice with instant look at Denises (above) project, she has a Fuji instax 100 and the film is cheap, avoid polaroid. This camera on ebay is only about $40. Check out the tag film-challenge2012 and see that everyone labelled their photos with the camera and film so you can see what looks good. If you wanna try lomo effects use the lomography website for ideas but only buy off eBay. The same cameras are 20% of the price. I use the same film as you, fuji 400, its good.
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Personally, I send out my film to Dwayne's Photo http://dwaynesphoto.com/ for processing and scanning, but their scans suck! I shoot a lot of slide film, so I bought a lightbox and I photograph the slides with my DSLR... but I hate doing that, it seems so unpure (and the DSLR cannot replicate the colors of slide film as nicely).
If you don't mind ordering online, www.bhphotovideo.com has a huge film selection, with usually the cheapest prices around. www.freestylephoto.biz also has a great selection and great prices. I order my film, because I shoot a lot of 120, and local places just want too much money.
Hope that helps!
The 8800f has been replaced by the 9000f, and is a little pricy, but I believe it's worth it.
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-CanoScan-9000F-Color-Scanner/dp/B003JQLHEA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330754342&sr=8-1
they scan negatives of film, too, respectively.
here's the link:
http://www5.snapfish.com/snapfish/scancafe
Expired film on eBay, goes for about $20 for 10 rolls.
Cameras on ebay if you wanna try something new, try a TLR like a Lubitell 166 universal, this takes 35mm or 120 roll film which are both readily available and easy to develop. You could also try a Holga which is very cheap on eBay and can be converted from 120 to 35mm. Just be careful some dick doesn't sell you anything obsolete like 126, 127, 110, APS, polaroid Land camera.
If you wanna practice with instant look at Denises (above) project, she has a Fuji instax 100 and the film is cheap, avoid polaroid. This camera on ebay is only about $40. Check out the tag film-challenge2012 and see that everyone labelled their photos with the camera and film so you can see what looks good. If you wanna try lomo effects use the lomography website for ideas but only buy off eBay. The same cameras are 20% of the price. I use the same film as you, fuji 400, its good.