Astia 100 in 8x10 I need a camera :)

[Terry Breedlove]

So I just received a box of Astia 100 in 8x10 for free from a guy cleaning out his old film and papers trays etc. The film was kept in the freezer he said. I am thinking about getting a 8x10 pinhole camera and I am wondering where I might find those at. Not really sure what to do with this film but I don't want to waste maybe 50 sheets of it. The box feels full and it is a 50 sheet box but it has been opened in the past so I am not sure if any was shot or how much if so.

 

[ciniframe]

Do you have have a 8X10 film holder? No matter, you should consider building the pinhole camera yourself. Have you considered how you will get this processed? A plywood box with cleats to hold the film and a 240mm FL sounds about right. You would need to make a light box and the pinhole. I would suggest a .6mm pinhole working at f400 would give you an exposure of about 7 seconds in bright sunlight. You can also buy a ready made 8X10 pinhole camera that uses 8x10 film holders but that would be a very big expense for only 50 sheets although when you finish the Fujichrome you could switch to photo paper.

B&H Photo has a wood 8X10 pinhole camera for $160 and of course you would still need to obtain a film holder for it, about $60 to $100 used on ebay.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

Production of 8x10 pinhole cameras is under way at ZeroImage (a HK-based pinhole camera manufacturer).
These cameras are works of art and sometimes pricey. Beautiful stuff all the same. I think two versions will be offered: the "natural" look and the time-honoured multicoated teak and brass.

http://zeroimage.com/Pinhole_Camera_810_2015.html

 

[Terry Breedlove]

Oh I need to look at that BH pinhole. I have two pinholes I bought one for my Mamiya RB67 and one for my Nikon. I was thinking about building a camera and using one of those. Not sure how that would work though. I would send the film to the darkroom.com for processing they have processed film for me many times and do a good job. I have already been looking on eBay for old film holders. I was already thinking of an 8x10 pinhole but I wanted B&W negative film for contact salt prints so this film I guess would need to be scanned. A bummer but it is free.

 

[Terry Breedlove]

That zero image camera might be pretty cool. I will need to keep an eye on it as they develop it.

 

[ciniframe]

Terry, if you do obtain a 8x10 pinhole and a couple of holders then even after you use some of the Fuji material you can also use 8x10 photo paper. This can be very inexpensive to use and it's dead simple to process at home. All you need is a dark space, running water, a safelight, 3 trays and 3 quart bottles for the dev/stop/fix. I've been using Oriental Seagull grade 2 RC paper that is $45 for 100 8x10 sheets from B&H. To get free shipping you will have to spend an extra $5, not hard to do and worth it. This paper has an effective ISO of about 12, or 3 stops slower than your Fuji material. You will get a negative that can be contact printed for a total cost of about $1 per print once you get the exposure worked so that you get repeatable results. For bottles go to the dollar store and get 1 quart bottles (they are brown plastic) of H2O2, empty the contents and rinse well, then make up your chems. Cheapest source of brown plastic bottles I know of. Even if you had to buy all the paper and processing stuff from scratch from B&H you would only need to spend about $100 to get set up and started. I use Ilford paper dev and rapid fix made up from liquid concentrate and stop is just white vinegar from the dollar store cut in half with water.

 

[Terry Breedlove]

I was already wanting to do 8x10 paper negative pinholes in fact I was just going to piece together a cheap camera real quick and give it a go. Then this film fell into my lap.

 

[Ces1um]

So I just received a box of Astia 100 in 8x10 for free from a guy cleaning out his old film and papers trays etc. The film was kept in the freezer he said. I am thinking about getting a 8x10 pinhole camera and I am wondering where I might find those at. Not really sure what to do with this film but I don't want to waste maybe 50 sheets of it. The box feels full and it is a 50 sheet box but it has been opened in the past so I am not sure if any was shot or how much if so.

Have you considered a Harman titan 8x10 pinhole camera? I own the 4x5 and it's a very nicely put together pinhole camera. A little on the pricier side, but depending upon what you're after it may be something to consider. Also, you could look a the intrepid 8x10 camera with their pinhole lens board. That way if you wanted to go all in with regards to large format you'd have the option of just buying a lens. This would be a good way of keeping your options open.

 

[ic-racer]

You might consider selling the film. 8x10 transparency film is expensive and not that easy to obtain. You could buy some 8x10 x-ray film (that you can process in trays under the safelight, just like paper) and an 8x10 pinhole camera by selling the film. Fresh Fujichrome is $25 /per sheet.

Fuji 8x10 B&W X-ray film 100/sheets (zzmedical) = $32
8x10 Pinhole Camera (ebay) = $39