Jordan
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Post by Jordan on Mar 2, 2004 17:59:44 GMT -5
How many rolls of film would you bring for a 9 week trip?
Say around 15-20 cities. I will be seeing a bunch of family that I've never met before so that's bound to take up a lot of film. One of my big fears is that I'll be trying to conserve film & regret not having pictures of things. I've heard that film is expensive there so I definetly don't want to have to buy more.
So let's say 24 exposures on each roll, how many would you bring?
Thanks guys!
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Post by LHR02 on Mar 2, 2004 18:19:07 GMT -5
That is just so hard to say. I took 22 rolls this last trip of 4 weeks....17 the trip before of 3 1/2 weeks...57 on my 17 weeks....but I take a lot of pictures. To some that will seem excessive, to others not enough. ;D I generally figure for myself on a roll every day and a half or so. Some days, depending on where I am or what I am doing I take less (like full travel train days) and others I take a couple of rolls or more a day. I continue to try and disavow this 'high' cost of film though. Yep, if you are buying film at some joint at the foot of the Eifel Tower....expect to pay out the rear! If you get out of toursit land and go to a 'regular' store that the locals use it's not actually that much higher than at home. A bit, yes, but nothing to lose sleep over. In Paris I went to FNAC and bought a 6 pack of Fuji for about 1.50 more than I would pay in Jacksonville. Bottom line, take what you think you may need but don't worry about taking every bit you could possibly use....it is not that prohibitive if you take the time to search out the locals shops. BTW....started out with 26 rolls on the long trip....so ended up buying 31 rolls while there....hardly a ripple in my overall budget.  Oh...and I never take 24 exposure on a trip....go for 36! You know you will use them and it makes for fewer rolls, both exposed and not, that you are trying to keep track of. |
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Post by SaraBeth on Mar 2, 2004 18:46:52 GMT -5
I agree with dustoffmom... you want lots of memories from your trip. So don't skimp on film.
I have another suggestion. Whenever I travel, I take a second camera and keep it loaded with black and white film. You will see some awesome things, and black and white pictures are really good for capturing things like architecture. If you don't have a second camera, Kodak makes disposable black and white cameras. Take a few of these along. You won't use them as much as your color film, but a few black and white shots from each city will make your photo album complete!
Sara Beth
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Post by jennifer on Mar 2, 2004 19:17:45 GMT -5
Yup, bring as many as you think, but then don't hesitate to go out and buy some, your memories will fade but your pictures will last!
Black and white is a great idea!
I did 20 films on my 60 day trip, and that's because I stayed with people so I stayed in the same little city for about 2 weeks, so if I would have travelled around I would have taken 10 more film rolls!
Once thing about 36 exposure though, I don't know if in the USA it's the same, but here they are way more expensive to process. About 13$ a film with doubles, when a 24 is always on special or nearly and it's about 6-7 dollars with doubles!! It's a big difference if you end up taking the same amount of film, but 36 exp! What I did is I bought processing included film one at a time a few months before leaving, I stored them and then i had 20 by the time I left. It cuts down the cost of processing when you come back, and trust me, at about 6 t 10$ a film, it hurts when you have 30 when you come back! May as well plan in advance, it's better on budget!
Well...!
xoxo
jen
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Post by LHR02 on Mar 2, 2004 19:22:31 GMT -5
Sara, being a great fan of B&W I took a few more rolls of that than color this past trip.....problem was I rarely knew what the day would produce and oftentimes (ie Rennaissance parade in Florence) ended up with b&w loaded up when color would have been much better. However......my Nikon65 is MY camera so a second disposable just would never do. ;D But this is a great idea....now, if I could just figure out how to tote two camera with me at all times I would be set! |
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Post by LHR02 on Mar 2, 2004 19:26:59 GMT -5
Sams Club or WalMart! $4.75 single prints roll of 36. Why would you pay for doubles nowadays? You can scan them in for free and send/make all the copies you want.  It's been years since I have paid for doubles...no one I can think of would ever want a copy of every single pic I took! And if they do...hell, I can scan them for free here at home!  |
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Post by jennifer on Mar 2, 2004 19:30:29 GMT -5
Sams Club doesn't exist where I come from!
WalMart does but $4.75 is american dollars and they don't have such a good price where I come from. The quality of walmart is not that great here.
Why would you pay for doubles nowadays? Yes, I can scan them, but then I can't print them cause I don't have a great printer.... for 99cents for doubles, it comes out cheaper to order them. reprints are 49cents each, so for 2 reprints, I got my moneys worth! It might be just me, but I always get doubles, cause I frame up so many it would be more expensive to scan,print, reprint them!
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on Mar 2, 2004 19:33:44 GMT -5
That's why having digital prints sometimes is better... When I take my memory stick to Costco, I just put it in the machine, and I can see little thumbnails of every picture I took, and I can choose how many of each I want. So if I only want one print of a certain picture, but three of another, then I can!! Saves me money, and time!
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Post by jennifer on Mar 2, 2004 19:45:05 GMT -5
But does it save that much money? I just got a digital camera and found out it's 39cents a print and 15c for a double. it comes out to about the same price for the single print and way more expensive for doubles. I imagine that because you see the pictures you waste a lot less! I'll get used to it one day! |
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Post by LHR02 on Mar 2, 2004 19:54:37 GMT -5
Michelle, Sams/Costco...about the same. And I will allow that the last trip's pics I paid to have put on CD for me when processing...2.79 each. Saved me hours scanning them all in. ;D Still, that averages about 7.50 a roll, and with the disc I can save, adjust, alter, send and print any of them for a fraction of the cost of reprints. I still say.....why would anyone pay for doubles these days?  |
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on Mar 2, 2004 20:10:33 GMT -5
Yeah, I find Costco to be the most cost-effective route to develop pictures, and they actually turn out really nice. Some places, especially Wal Mart here develop pics so crappy!
Jen- I find digital saves me money because I don't spend money on a developing a whole roll of film, which in turn may provide me with only 10 great prints out of 24. It always happens that your roll of film doesn't turn out what you hoped for! With digital, at least you can re-take the picture right away if it turns out bad, that way you aren't disappointed when you find out a certain picture didn't turn out, and you had such high hopes for it! So even though it costs just about the same to develop digital (maybe a few bucks more in the end of the day), I'm ALWAYS satisfied with my prints, because I know what I'm paying for...
That said, there still is that small bit of anticipation and excitement waiting to see how your film turns out! But sometimes more disappointment than satisfaction...
So I'll stick with digital.. Unless I take black & whites with my SLR, and I develop the film and make prints myself in the darkroom, because that is lots of fun!
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Post by jennifer on Mar 3, 2004 9:07:14 GMT -5
Oh you lucky gal! I'M a black and white dark room fan! I used to do that all the time! but not the space is just laking, I can't even do it in my bathroom, it's too small!
You mentionning it made me remember how fun it was to do it myself!
xoxo
Jen
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Oh...and I never take 24 exposure on a trip....go for 36! You know you will use them and it makes for fewer rolls, both exposed and not, that you are trying to keep track of. 
It's been years since I have paid for doubles...no one I can think of would ever want a copy of every single pic I took! And if they do...hell, I can scan them for free here at home! 
