My Own Found Film - this roll of forgotten 35mm slide film spent over 12 years in my Lomo LC-A!

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
  • I recently found a roll of 35mm Lomography Xpro slide film in my Lomo LC-A that I forgot I'd started over 12 years ago! I opened up the back of the camera and was amazed to see it there.
    So what does 12+ year old expired film look like? The results probably weren't helped by the fact I exposed the last few frames. I'd love to know what you think. Also tell me in the comments if you've left a roll of film in a film camera for years!
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Комментарии • 23

  • @renemies78
    @renemies78 7 месяцев назад +1

    Really sweet pictures! I'm glad you didn't throw away the roll! I had a similar experience. I started to take photography classes in 1998 at a community college and had a horrible experience with a professor who got off making fun of you and your pictures in front of the class and he got physical with me once and I dropped the class. I had two rolls of Ilford HP4 Plus black and white that I took and completely forgot about. I found them in 2022 and these were the first rolls I home developed and was expecting nothing to come out and to my shock, all pictures came out like I had just taken them in 2022. The rolls had pictures of pets that had died and pictures of my mom who sadly died that same year when I developed them. So, my advice is never throw away your old rolls. Have them developed or develop them yourself. It's worth it. Great video like always.

    • @MattLovesCameras
      @MattLovesCameras  7 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks so much! I’m sorry to hear about the professor, it’s incredible how a teacher can either be a huge encouragement or completely undermine you 😢 that’s so amazing you salvaged the pics! I’m sorry to hear about your Mom and your pets, that would’ve been so good to see them again on film though! 🥰

  • @Minolta_Gal
    @Minolta_Gal 7 месяцев назад

    I was in the same boat a few years ago, found a bunch of disposables, sent them off and they ended up being a ton of family photos. So glad the lab was able to produce photos.

    • @MattLovesCameras
      @MattLovesCameras  7 месяцев назад

      Oh amazing, glad to hear they turned out Christina! I’ve actually found an old waterproof disposable from years ago and I’m wondering what’s on it now 😂

  • @mixschrecks3839
    @mixschrecks3839 7 месяцев назад

    Great story. Thanks for sharing.

    • @MattLovesCameras
      @MattLovesCameras  7 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks so much for watching! Appreciate it 😊 🙏

  • @NPJensen
    @NPJensen 7 месяцев назад

    Pure gold!
    Finding "lost" photos of your kids like that must be a wonderful feeling.
    Your development from film to digital to Polaroid and back to film sounds very familiar. I just went full circle back to digital/digicams afterwards. I do still use my film gear - I just have challenges due to the lack of labs around here, and I don't feel comfortable developing myself because I don't have a good way to store the chemicals.

    • @MattLovesCameras
      @MattLovesCameras  7 месяцев назад

      Yes! Same here NP, I’ve got into digicams and new digital camera post pandemic! 🥳

  • @sarasnyder1086
    @sarasnyder1086 7 месяцев назад

    Same thing happened to me! The LC-A had been in the car for 7 years before I remembered there was film in it! I truly miss Lomo XPro 200 film; I had loads of fun with that back in the day.

    • @MattLovesCameras
      @MattLovesCameras  7 месяцев назад

      No way ha ha! Yes I tried to find more of that xpro slide film back in 2019 but I gave up 😭 I have a few rolls of made in Japan Agfa precisa though. Thanks so much for watching! Appreciate it 😊 🙏

  • @photography_jsk
    @photography_jsk 7 месяцев назад

    In 2020, during a pandemic-fueled resurgence in my interest in film, I took out my Superheadz wide and slim camera (successor to the Vivitar and predecessor to the Reto) to take pics of my then-5-year-old and I found a used roll in it. Lo and behold it had pics of her when she was around 9 months old. Glad I found that roll.

    • @MattLovesCameras
      @MattLovesCameras  7 месяцев назад

      Wow yes for sure! That must've been special. That's one of my favourite cameras! I have the pink version of the Superheadz UWS and I also tracked down an original Vivitar version AND I bought a blue Reto version ha ha! I love Superheadz cameras, I also have the Blackbird fly and the Golden half! Thanks for watching!

  • @haydenrandomantes4580
    @haydenrandomantes4580 7 месяцев назад

    I once found an undeveloped roll of C-41 film in an antique store. It was labeled “Mystic Color 200” which was probably a local brand of film as I live near Mystic, Connecticut in the US. I got them developed, there was a very strong blue-green cast but I did get back 3 panoramic shots of possibly New London, CT, sometime in the 80s or 90s. It was an interesting find.

    • @MattLovesCameras
      @MattLovesCameras  7 месяцев назад

      Oh wow super cool! I have a couple rolls I found in other cameras that I must get developed!

  • @MeasuredLight
    @MeasuredLight 7 месяцев назад

    Aha, I remember you mentioning this roll a few years ago 🤣🤣 So good! So glad you didn't throw it out!!

    • @MattLovesCameras
      @MattLovesCameras  7 месяцев назад

      Yes! Finally got around to doing a video about it ha ha

  • @KarySchump
    @KarySchump 7 месяцев назад

    What a great find and lovely storytelling!! It was also fun to hear a little bit of your camera history and timeline!!

    • @MattLovesCameras
      @MattLovesCameras  7 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks so much Kary! In recent years I’ve bought some of those cameras again with a view to doing reviews of them 😊

    • @KarySchump
      @KarySchump 7 месяцев назад

      @@MattLovesCameras Looking forward to those videos!! I got a Pentax wr90 a couple years ago and quite like it!

    • @MattLovesCameras
      @MattLovesCameras  7 месяцев назад +1

      @@KarySchump amazing! Does your infrared remote work Kary? I bought 3 of them but none of the remotes work anymore, even with fresh batteries 😭

    • @KarySchump
      @KarySchump 7 месяцев назад

      ⁠​⁠@@MattLovesCamerasThat’s too bad. You know, I haven’t checked! I’ll let you know.

  • @inkaststudio
    @inkaststudio 7 месяцев назад

    Haha what a find. Funny enough, I bought that same camera that same year and shot a bunch of rolls on vacay in Miami. I’d shoot from the hip back then lol

    • @MattLovesCameras
      @MattLovesCameras  7 месяцев назад +1

      No way ha ha! Miami would’ve looked great on the LC-A! Sometimes I forget to change the distance setting but I’m trying to remember ha ha. Thanks for watching 😊