If I never used this camera and lens again, this one off set of photographs cost me around £21.īut of course we don’t buy a camera to just use once, and the ones we enjoy we use time and time again. Processing was done at my local supermarket lab (Asda), developing and scan to CD only, and works out at under £3.50 a roll if you have a few done at a time and scanned to the same CD. It’s sumptuous stuff, and my favourite emulsion. The film used here is expired Fuji Superia 100 which I got a bulk batch of and worked out about £2.50 a roll.
Other shots on this roll were comparably pleasing. The Minolta Rokkor and MD lenses are really special, and the main reason for buying any Minolta body is to use this still underrated glass. Together they cost a few pence under £15, and both were in great condition. The above photograph for example was made with a Minolta X-300 SLR, with Minolta MD 50/1.7 lens. Since I was gifted my first film camera in mid 2012, I’ve been playing with all kinds of 35mm cameras, most of which I’ve paid less for than the price of a couple of posh coffees for. Thankfully, in film photography, one can have the financial benefits of being a cheapskate without being frustrated with second or third rate kit.
So the life of a cheapskate might not be a particularly happy one if you were only ever using poor products that were likely to implode at any time. Plus, surely going for the cheapest nearly always means settling for the poorest quality ? Being a cheapskate generally means buying the least expensive option available.
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