Report - Grays Scrapyard on 35mm film, Norfolk : November 2024

[JakeV50]

It was a great wander! Here's some shots I took on FlicFilm Elektra 100 with my Pentax P30.

I forgot to get any photos in the caravans! Glad you managed to get some though

 

[slayaaaa]

Yea that's great not heard of that film before. I haven't shot 35mm for a while it's so expensive. I've managed to snag a few bulk lots of 120 on eBay for cheap recently. But the 35mm seems to go for silly money.

I have some crazy Italian 35mm rolls somewhere that went out of date in the 70s. Had @tarkovsky Dev a few rolls for me because the process they used was obsolete and the results were wild. I'll see if I can find my shots. And if I can find the rest of the film I have ill give you some at the next meet up!

 

[dais]

Yea that's great not heard of that film before. I haven't shot 35mm for a while it's so expensive. I've managed to snag a few bulk lots of 120 on eBay for cheap recently. But the 35mm seems to go for silly money.

I have some crazy Italian 35mm rolls somewhere that went out of date in the 70s. Had @tarkovsky Dev a few rolls for me because the process they used was obsolete and the results were wild. I'll see if I can find my shots. And if I can find the rest of the film I have ill give you some at the next meet up!

I hadn't heard of it either but it came up on sale at analogue wonderland so gave it a try! FlicFilm seem to be a pretty small company still but they've got lots of reasonably priced and unique film. Elektra does give some gorgeous warm colours so I recommend if that's what you like.

35mm has had a pretty massive revival recently so it's more readily available but has also hiked the prices up sadly.

I'd be curious to see some crazy Italian rolls if you've got the shots!

 

[slayaaaa]

I hadn't heard of it either but it came up on sale at analogue wonderland so gave it a try! FlicFilm seem to be a pretty small company still but they've got lots of reasonably priced and unique film. Elektra does give some gorgeous warm colours so I recommend if that's what you like.

35mm has had a pretty massive revival recently so it's more readily available but has also hiked the prices up sadly.

I'd be curious to see some crazy Italian rolls if you've got the shots!

They're pretty wild I'll post em up in a bit when I'm home from the pub.

Interesting I'll check them out. A lot of smaller companies use Fuji or Kodak as a base film and tune it to their own preferences..I wonder if that's the case here. I'll see if I can find some cheap 35mm on eBay and get back to it.

 

[dais]

They're pretty wild I'll post em up in a bit when I'm home from the pub.

Interesting I'll check them out. A lot of smaller companies use Fuji or Kodak as a base film and tune it to their own preferences..I wonder if that's the case here. I'll see if I can find some cheap 35mm on eBay and get back to it.

That is indeed the case, but I couldn't tell you what the base film is! I know it's Kodak and that's all.

I've seen a few pop up recently from 70s/80s and been tempted. Surprisingly vinted is quite good for 35mm film too!

 

[slayaaaa]

Yeah it's a bit of a rabbit hole and you have to overexpose your shots (one stop for ever decade out of date I usually do) but the results are great fun. Super grainy haha

 

[dais]

Yeah it's a bit of a rabbit hole and you have to overexpose your shots (one stop for ever decade out of date I usually do) but the results are great fun. Super grainy haha

Ah thank you! I've seen the over exposing mentioned a few times but wasn't sure how accurate it was. I've got a roll of Kodak Gold 100 from I think the early 90s which I'm looking forward to trying soon!

 

[slayaaaa]

Ah thank you! I've seen the over exposing mentioned a few times but wasn't sure how accurate it was. I've got a roll of Kodak Gold 100 from I think the early 90s which I'm looking forward to trying soon!

I've found you almost can't expose old film enough. But it's totally trial and error. I like to overexpose a lot anyway to be fair as I usually shoot in low light. It's great fun, if a bit expensive haha

 

[dansgas1000]

Great set of images. This place does really suit the style of film and I think you've nailed it.

 

[Wastelandr]

"Grays is one of them local places that you're always drawn back to" - a scentence nobody from Essex has said before.

Lovely shots it looks really cool this place the more I see it. The cars are getting overtaken by nature in some very aesthetic ways.

I quite like Ultramax but in response to @slayaaaa, I've noticed the colour cast to be quite unpredictable. Most film stocks seem to have a recognisable tone but Ultramax I've developed several different rolls and thought each one was on different filmstocks. I think the lighting has a lot to do with it, I found it comes out with a warmer tone in the sun, but Im still figuring out what the deal is with it really. I've been really pleased with ultramax for night street photography though.

 

[Bugsuperstar]

I ended up using ultramax as my go to 35mm purely because my local supplier here charges mad money for portra400 (standard practice I’d say).

Like others have said I’ve had varied results depending on the conditions. I’ve always found the colours very pleasing regardless but the last few rolls I’ve had through my camera I pushed quite hard in low light and the results were just “ok” I found.

In my opinion though film is just incomparable to digital on every level. It’s a totally different thing.

 

[JakeV50]

Great set of images. This place does really suit the style of film and I think you've nailed it.

A very pleasant comment! Thank you.

 

[JakeV50]

"Grays is one of them local places that you're always drawn back to" - a scentence nobody from Essex has said before.

Lovely shots it looks really cool this place the more I see it. The cars are getting overtaken by nature in some very aesthetic ways.

I quite like Ultramax but in response to @slayaaaa, I've noticed the colour cast to be quite unpredictable. Most film stocks seem to have a recognisable tone but Ultramax I've developed several different rolls and thought each one was on different filmstocks. I think the lighting has a lot to do with it, I found it comes out with a warmer tone in the sun, but Im still figuring out what the deal is with it really. I've been really pleased with ultramax for night street photography though.

I forgot about that grays. Certainly not a tourist hotspot.

Thanks! Even in the two years since my first visit, it's overgrown so much more, and the cars really are starting to come apart now due to the corrosion.

 

[slayaaaa]

So this was taken on 3m c41 film that expired in 1978. I managed to buy a few rolls on eBay from someone that found a crate of it rotting in an old factory in Italy.

Huge exposure, I think it was like 2 minutes or something on f1.8 and it really wasn't that dark.

These following ones were developed by Tarkovsky, they're shot on 3m "E4" film which had expired in 1978 as well. I think this was the predecessor to E6 slide film. He found a way to bring the pictures out of them but it meant stripping back soke of the colour layers. The grain is so intense it doesn't look like the pictures were taken in focus but I swear they were haha. Pretty wild looking film and definitely not for the purists!

 

[slayaaaa]

There's a few for sale currently on eBay but they're black and white rolls.

5 x 3M Film Black & White 35 mm 12 Exp ASA 80 | eBay

5 x 3M FILM BLACK & WHITE 35MM 12 EXP ASA 80 Expires 08/1979 New. Seal yourself.

www.ebay.co.uk