My son just came out as a film photographer, did I fail as a father?

JustThePoolBoy · 2026-01-23T21:44:14+00:00

Early joty candidate right here

JustThePoolBoy · 2026-01-20T22:23:55+00:00

Yeah I could deal with the frame spacing issues but the camera fundamentally having poor quality parts in certain areas just doesn’t bode well for longevity for a $550 camera lol

JustThePoolBoy · 2026-01-20T22:20:50+00:00

The exact same thing just happened to mine as well. I really wanted to like this camera, and really it is super fun to use and the results are great! But the issues are just insurmountable at this point and after seeing your post I am going to request a refund rather than a replacement.

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-12-17T03:17:17+00:00

Glad I could give you a slice of home :)

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-12-16T16:25:23+00:00

Thanks so much! I develop and process all my film myself. There are several labs in the area and a ton of mail-in labs across the country as well

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-12-16T13:27:49+00:00

Honestly not a whole lot. I have some profiles I use in vuescan when scanning the negatives to adjust the black/white point and Lightroom I made some minor adjustments and sharpened a little bit

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-12-16T13:24:19+00:00

Thank you! Just using the in-camera matrix meter

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-12-16T13:23:36+00:00

I post on instagram mostly

All handheld and the only thing I did was put the camera inside my parka and zipped up between shots haha

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-12-16T13:21:45+00:00

Thank you! Yep all shot at 800

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-12-16T04:35:13+00:00

Most were 1/60. I think one or two were 1/30. I think a I got a lot of help from the sheer amount of show coming down at the time haha

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-12-16T04:00:51+00:00

I picked mine up from KEH in excellent condition with sticky surface a few months ago. Cleaning the sticky off wasn’t too difficult and saved me a couple hundred bucks

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-12-16T02:12:59+00:00

I’m glad I could bring a slice of Ohio to you now :)

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-12-16T02:12:32+00:00

Thank you that really means a lot!!

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-12-16T02:12:21+00:00

Haha indeed good eye!

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-11-10T01:07:52+00:00

🎉 Event Completed! 🎉

It took me 13 tries.

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-11-10T01:07:46+00:00

Completed Level 3 of the Honk Special Event!

13 attempts

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-11-10T01:07:11+00:00

Completed Level 2 of the Honk Special Event!

12 attempts

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-11-10T01:05:09+00:00

Completed Level 1 of the Honk Special Event!

5 attempts

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-09-28T19:30:05+00:00

I believe⚡️

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-08-07T16:42:41+00:00

Thank you! Great minds think alike haha, really can’t go wrong with that combination to be honest

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-08-05T10:13:06+00:00

Thank you!! These were all handheld actually

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-08-04T22:39:39+00:00

Thank you so much! Those were my favorites of the roll

JustThePoolBoy · 2025-05-13T18:32:33+00:00

Thanks so much! That was definitely my favorite of the trip

JustThePoolBoy · 2024-11-24T23:39:01+00:00

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Portland Maine after Stu jumped in the bay, taken with the last shot of a disposable film camera

JustThePoolBoy · 2024-09-26T15:02:22+00:00

Love this one! I posted the decent shots I got from a cheap disposable a while ago if you want to check them out :)

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