Traditional
Photography
Developing tank
Spiral/Reel
Funnel
Column
Lid
Equipment for developing film
How you develop your film:
100ASA = 8 minutes
400ASA = 11 minutes
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Film developer chemical
STOP reuse (90 seconds)
FIX reuse (7 minutes)
Wash - running water (20-30 minutes)
DRY
SLR film cameras (Single lens reflex camera):
Lens:
To take the lens off, you have to push the button near the lens and then the lens comes off. To reattach the lens, there is a red dot on the lens and where the lens goes, you have to align both dots so that they will be touching.
There are different mm camera lens. The standard lens is a 50mm lens which is your own vision. A 24mm camera lens is a wider angle view. The lower the number, the wider the angle of view and the higher the number, the more narrow the field of view is.
Focusing and aperture ring:
The numbers on the rings are called f-stops, for example, f22. The higher the number, the narrower the shutter is. For example, F22 has a small opening which means it has a deep depth of field.
Depth of field:
F22 has a small opening which means it has a deep depth of field. Therefore more of the picture is in focus.
F1.7 has a large opening meaning a shallow depth of field, so not a lot of the picture is in focus.
Camera body:
The mirror, which is inside the camera works by having light transferred to the viewfinder so that you can see the image. You can see the mirror inside when you take the lens off.
On the right hand side of the camera, is a shutter release button and a film advanced lever. There is also a shutter speed dial on top of the camera body which works by allowing you to control how much light comes into the camera through the shutter. Also on the right hand side next to the shutter release button is the rewind crank that moves the film on so that you can take another picture.
Inside is the film plane where the film sits. To open up the back you have to pull the rewind crank up until it rises and then pull again until you hear a click and then the back of the camera will open.
Using the shutter speed dial, if you turn the dial to 1 then you have a long shutter speed which means that the film has had a longer exposure to light. Therefore the image developed will be clearer. This is the aims for a fast shutter speed, it captures the image which is still clear.
Dial:
The dial changes the shutter speed.
Different selection of shutter speeds will yield different kind of visual effect on a final photograph. Generally, a fast shutter speed can freeze action while slow speed can blur your image. A faster/more sensitive shutter speed is 400.
Film speed is an ASA/ISO (American/International standard).
Where it says on the picture to your right, 100 ASA. This determines how fast the film reacts to light/responds to light.
Weather:
If it is really bright weather then the film reacts at a normal speed.
If the weather is gloomy and dark then the film reacts quicker meaning that it is more sensitive.
If the weather is just light then it makes the film quality poor.
The film is made up of photographic film that is a sheet of transparent plastic film base coated with gelatine emulsion on one side which contains microscopically small light sensitive halide silver crystals. The size of the crystals depends on the sensitivity, contrast and resolution of the film.
The difference between 400ASA and 100ASA:
400ASA:
Grain size is bigger/larger
More sensitive
Faster
100ASA:
Grain size is smaller
Better quality of image
Slower
The more you compress into the space, the more your picture will be sharper/clearer
SLR film camera have a built in light metre, whereas on a digital camera you have you use extra lights.
Some images of the developed film pictures:
