Film cameras and dolls.

I will take a bite at this one. I had to look that Canon up. It should be very good for talking photos with. Its a basic camera from the end of film. 35mm film is going to give you more detail than just about any current Digital SLR. The big issue is going to be processing and learning how to use it. I used a Nikon film camera for a while right at the end of film and it was much less forgiving than the Digital is. Remember every time you snap a shutter its going to cost you 35 cents to get a negative or small print from that camera. Fuji film is probably one of the best to start with. I would start with the camera fully automatic and take that roll of 800 out in the sun for best effect. I was using Sams and Wallmart for low cost developing at the end and then would take those negatives for enlargement if any of them were worth while. You might use that for special photos. A film camera is a lot of fun, but not as practical as a Digital SLR. If you have any questions on it, I will try to help.

Bobby

 

That's a pretty decent film camera. You should be able to get some nice doll photos with it. The really cool thing about that camera is if you have any Canon EF lenses they will work on both your film and digital Canon camera. Canon is still using the EF lens mount for their full frame digital cameras today.

I work a lot in film and I really love it. I would definitely at least shoot the roll of 800 film. You should be able to use 800 speed film inside with good results. I would just recommend watching your light meter carefully (I'm pretty sure that camera has a built in light meter). With film you really have to learn to use the light meter well, because you can't take a picture and check how it looks like you can with digital.

If you don't have a transparency scanner then I would recommend having the negatives scanned and put on a CD when you get the film developed. I like to clean up my negatives a little bit in Photoshop and share them on Flickr/Facebook/etc.

I assume the roll of film you have is color, but if you really enjoy it I would recommend learning to develop your own film, because it can really cut down the cost. Black and white film is easier to develop than color and there are fewer steps, so I would suggest starting there.

I usually use Ilford brand film. Ilford Delta 100 is probably my favorite film. It tends to be a little more pricey (about $6 a roll), so for just starting out Ilford HP5 Plus is really great because it's a good quality film and only runs about $4 a roll. You can get cheaper film. Kentmere sells some of their film for about $2.99 a roll. I shot a couple rolls of that, but I wasn't too pleased with the results. The film seems to be more grainy than Ilford's film.

One thing that is really nice about film is that unless your digital camera has a really high number of megapixels, there will actually be more information in 35mm negatives than in digital photos. So, you can really pull a lot of information from the shadows and highlights of a negative that would just not be there in a digital photo.

I hope this is helpful! If you have any more questions or would like more information about film photography I would be happy to help! ^^