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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Canon T70 - w/ Kodak Ultramax 400 Film

Done with this.... Canon T70 ( 1985 )... Weston super Mare, May 2025.

I love doing film photography. It's so expensive, though, that I can only do it sparingly. £10 - £12 for the film. Then £14.50 to develop, print, and return postage from photo lab, plus the £3.50 to send it to them in the first place. Almost eye-watering. I bought a T70 when they were first released in 1985. I'd been using a Nikon L35AF compact, and underestimated how bulky to lug around an SLR could be. So, ultimately, the T70 didn't receive too much use. And I soon disposed of it. Interesting, though, that so many Nikon L35's have succumbed to age, electro-mechanical, and lens issues. Whereas, these Canon T70's seem to be just about bomb-proof. I bought several about 6 years ago, cheap as chips, from £10 - £25. They've all worked. They're still cheap now. And the Canon FD lenses are top notch. You just have to be OK with doing manual focusing. Having said that, the split prism focusing aid in the viewfinder almost does the job for you. Lens here is the 35-70mm zoom lens that most T70's came with.