I thought I would answer a question I have been getting a lot lately. This blog is mostly film photography on vintage/old and toy cameras, although the more I shoot the more I am finding that I enjoy using vintage cameras, cameras that are over 20 years old.
Back to the question. No shooting film is not expensive. Most people who have old cameras classify them as junk now that they use digital. So this means there are lots of vintage cameras out there for sale. Last week I bought a 1976 Praktica 35mm camera with four lenses for 35 bucks!
I usually take my film to Shoppers. I find they are just as good as any other lab and most likely the cheapest, and it keeps me out of Walmart, which is always a good thing. To develop a roll of film and get the shots put on cd-rom costs me three dollars. Yes I said three dollars. As for the film itself I can get 3 rolls of 24 exposure for 10 bucks at Shoppers so thats roughly 3 bucks a roll, but I have been buying rolls of expired Agfa iso 200 for 2 dollars a roll from my local camera shop.
So as a hobby I think its safe to say that film photography is cheap and is also 10x more fun then digital!
