With no new film being manufactured in 126 cartridge format, Michael Raso reviews the three current options in January 2024. Option 3: filmphotograph...
How wonderful! I've known about this adapter for years from your podcasts, but decided to wait and see if it was a proven device. Looks like it is! I will give it a go.
Thanks for watching. Be sure to check our list to see if you have a Fan-Compatible camera. filmphotographystore.com/products/film-adapter-fakmatic-35mm-to-126-adapter
I have found that it only works when re-loading using backing paper. Still tricky! After taking the shot, hold the shutter button down and advance. - Mike
Like older 110 cartridges, which Kodak would call a 'Kodak' here and there, most older 126 cartridges have film that will not develop at all or barely, as I discovered a few years ago and I tried several brands. I got some results form a 3m/Ferrania color cartridge, but others from Fuji, Kodak, 3M and Agfa were sadly duds and from more than one source. Try black and white if you can find them cheap.
This is not necessarily true. You have to understand how to shoot expired film in the right conditions to not underexpose it. and there are methods to getting as much of the image as possible. There are a couple labs like blue moon camera that know how to do this properly.
@@loganburde2838 Well I know storage is a factor and you never know how something was stored, but I did shoot them as well as possible, and still had blanks. Hardly anything even showed over or underexposure. Some film just goes bad, esp. Konica/Minolta. The lab who did them could not find anything on any of them either.
@@nicholassheffo5723 Are you sure they were c-41 and not c-22? There are many old 126 film that were developed using c-22 which was a completely different developing method.
@@loganburde2838 They were C-41 and is it is probably because of the way they were stored. I also bought them from a reputable dealer on eBay who I had good results from otherwise. It included Kodak, 3M and Agfa. I did have some success with a 3M relabel, though all the images were reddish, a flaw the company knew about for many years and did not owe up to for a while. Just a fluke maybe.
A 126 camera was my mom's first camera as a kid.
I would know, I've got it.
How wonderful! I've known about this adapter for years from your podcasts, but decided to wait and see if it was a proven device. Looks like it is! I will give it a go.
Thanks for watching. Be sure to check our list to see if you have a Fan-Compatible camera. filmphotographystore.com/products/film-adapter-fakmatic-35mm-to-126-adapter
@@FilmPhotographyProjectWill do!
I kinda want one of canons instantamatic cameras. It’s cool that something exists like that and I just can’t resist that sorta thing
When you load 35mm in to isntamatic 100 to 104 it gets jammed
I have found that it only works when re-loading using backing paper. Still tricky! After taking the shot, hold the shutter button down and advance. - Mike
So it's the backing paper, not the sprockets getting caught?. If I add the paper should I use half a roll of 24 film or 36?
Very true. My instamatic 104 won’t advance the film with this device. Sadly I can only shoot one frame. That’s it!!
Like older 110 cartridges, which Kodak would call a 'Kodak' here and there, most older 126 cartridges have film that will not develop at all or barely, as I discovered a few years ago and I tried several brands. I got some results form a 3m/Ferrania color cartridge, but others from Fuji, Kodak, 3M and Agfa were sadly duds and from more than one source. Try black and white if you can find them cheap.
This is not necessarily true. You have to understand how to shoot expired film in the right conditions to not underexpose it. and there are methods to getting as much of the image as possible. There are a couple labs like blue moon camera that know how to do this properly.
@@loganburde2838 Well I know storage is a factor and you never know how something was stored, but I did shoot them as well as possible, and still had blanks. Hardly anything even showed over or underexposure. Some film just goes bad, esp. Konica/Minolta. The lab who did them could not find anything on any of them either.
@@nicholassheffo5723 That's so weird. I have never had anything like that ever happen. Even with those brands.
@@nicholassheffo5723 Are you sure they were c-41 and not c-22? There are many old 126 film that were developed using c-22 which was a completely different developing method.
@@loganburde2838 They were C-41 and is it is probably because of the way they were stored. I also bought them from a reputable dealer on eBay who I had good results from otherwise. It included Kodak, 3M and Agfa. I did have some success with a 3M relabel, though all the images were reddish, a flaw the company knew about for many years and did not owe up to for a while. Just a fluke maybe.