My first foray into film

A year or two ago my father in law gave me a film camera that he had bought in a charity shop (it was one of the lenses and the bag that he was after).  It had  film in and I took a few shots, but lost interest.  I then invested the princely sum of £30 in a Holga (some would consider this a waste of money and plastic, but more later).  A couple of 120 films later and I finally finished off the 35mm film and decided to develop it.  However, this was also my first attempt at developing and so, although I won’t readily admit it, I am actually pleased that something came out of the developing tank, even though the results leave a lot to be desired.  (I also discovered a requirement to purchase a new scanner as well, although a darkroom is on the cards.)

Anyhows, the film was a 36 exposure (bit of an error there) Ilford FP4.  I did the developing with the prerequisite chemicals, although, they were admittedly suffering from cold as it was Winter (despite sitting in the house all day – the water came from the tap!!).  So, whilst pleased that I have actually developed a film, I am a little disappointed in the results, but as they were of steps, I thought I would put them on anyway.  I now have to work out whether the issue is the camera (it isn’t the lens because it was my favourite 50mm lens) although there isn’t much to go wrong, the age of the film and the fact that it has been sitting around for ages, or my developing.  I am placing my bets on the last two, and, so have loaded the camera in the last week and am going to attempt to take 36 shots and develop the film in the next week or so.