Six years ago, I wrote, “…this camera is truly crap. This is now the third one I have tried and no more.” Well, famous last words, because here I am, and I find myself with another and IT WORKS!!
Well, it did for this roll, and to be fair, I shot it twice. That means this fourth example of the Pronea worked for two rolls. Every other one I have tried, three, died before the end of the roll. So, I have no doubts that this one will die very soon, maybe on my very next roll of APS.
Recently, I have been enjoying film swaps with friends. We shoot something and then pass the film/camera on so they can make double exposures. APS film makes this very easy due to the loading system. You shoot the roll, rewind it, and reset the symbol to 1. This fools the camera into thinking the film is fresh, and you can reshoot it. The magnetic strip on the film means the shots are always lined up.
This film I did myself, though, both shots in different places. The first layer was completed in my local park and at a poppy field, so lots of flowers. The second layer was shot in London during and after I watched the Lionesses parade.
Here are my results from an expired roll of Nexia 200.
I love them. I have to point out the Leonardo drawing. I hadn’t noticed the placement of the pylon until a friend pointed it out. It was totally random as I didn’t take any notes of what I had shot on the first pass. It is perfect though!
Where is the Phoenix I mentioned in the title??
Well, at the parade I loaded a Pentax Espio 170SL and stood right by the barrier. I got up at 6 am and drove to London, especially to see the double winners. This tournament has been magnificent, nail-biting, exhilarating, and I cried when we won it twice. How could I not go to the parade? As I am not working at the moment, I am free to wander wherever. So here are some shots from that roll, too.
Of course, I took more than that, but I will insert them in another post. BUT look at the improvement in the reds, the halation is soooo much better.
The Phoenix II shots look more expired than the APS film! I use the Nikon Pronea 6 and love it (have tons of expired APS film in all sorts of condition) — I can adjust the ISO to compensate for the old film, and the camera is essentially a first-gen Nikon DSLR — and I can use all sorts of F-mount lenses.
Every once in a while I get an APS roll that looks 90% fresh, and the grain/colors are great for an APS-sized negative….
I agree. The phoenix ii isn’t perfect, but way better. I did have an aps camera that could alter the iso, but as I rarely shot the film…I gave it away.
The two Canon APS SLRs can adjust the ISO also — I am not sure about the Minolta APS SLRs — and of course most of the APS Point & Shoots cannot. It’s a shame that the APS film format is so different from current film stocks, there’s pretty much no way to ‘shoe horn’ another film into the APS cartridges to allow shooting ‘fresh’ — and many folks sell the expired APS film at silly prices….
Mine was a canon ix?? Yes about APS prices…so you might like my next post 😀