A few months ago I was digging around under my bed just to see what I could find (and maybe get rid of some junk). Deep in one of the boxes I found a disposable camera! Lucky me, since I have started film development.
It only had five or six shots left so I hung on to it for a "special" occasion. But it was also 14 years past the process by date so I didn't want to wait too long. So I took it to work to recreate the photos I took with the crappy Five Below camera a couple months back.
I knew it had Fujifilm in it, but nowhere on the package did it list an ISO, so I had no idea what to expect. In general the higher the ISO the more the film degrades over time and the more one needs to adjust in taking the shot. I couldn't adjust at all in a disposable camera so I decided to adjust in development by pushing (overdeveloping) one stop.
It turned out to be 400 ISO, so it fairs better than the 800 I tried the other week.
So how did they come out?
Not bad if I do say so myself. Those were the shots I took at work. It's the first time I haven't completely screwed up loading the reel for a 35mm roll.
Now, what was on the rest of the roll? Turns out it was photos from a Disney vacation my ex's aunt went on with her daughter. It's kinda cool to see photos that have literally never been seen before because they were sitting as latent images in a disposable camera for 15 years. I won't post any photos of her daughter, but here's one of the park:
And as a surprise I found a few photos of my daughter as a baby. She was adorable!
And post edited, a bit more pixelated, maybe I should rescan?:
All in all, pretty cool to find these gems and bring them to life. I guess I'll have to email my ex's aunt and pass on her vacation photos....
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