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Portra 160
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Canon EOS 3
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Lab developed by Harman
Polaroid High definition 100 ISO. This film - where to start. Bought a couple of years ago in a job lot on eBay, it’s been sat on my shelf since. It’s expired (obviously) and from what I can gather form online searches it dates form the early 2000s.
With only 12 shots on the roll it’s a surreal experience for anyone used to shooting 24 or 36 exposure rolls. It makes you stop and think in a 120 medium format film kind of way - you have 12 shots and you don’t want to waste them.
Popped the Tamron fisheye lens on the Canon and headed down to Calshot beach on an overcast morning. I love fisheye lenses with buildings (totally obsessed after watching Poor things) so I thought I’d give it a go on the beachhuts.
I should point out that I had no idea this was a 100 ISO film, I hadn’t been able to find out much about it online beforehand so in hindsight I should have waited for a sunnier day.
I sent this roll off to Harman Lab to develop. Harman have a really fast turnaround time at this time of year, I sent the film off in the mail on Monday morning and it came back developed on the Thursday. At £7 per. roll for developing it’s one of the more affordable places I’ve been able to find online too. They are super helpful too, I often send them lon expired rolls of film, once a pre-exposed roll from 1975 and they managed to get that developed perfectly.
I had no idea what to expect from this roll so imagine my delight when the strangely framed negatives (thanks to the fish eye lens) came back from the lab and I started to scan them in! I’ll be adding this film to my eBay watchlist.
