AW Christmas Gift Guide: Find The Perfect Gift For The Film Shooter In Your Life

Oh No, you just realised that you need to buy a really amazing gift for your film photographer friend or relative and you have NO IDEA where to start. Don't worry! I am here to help. ✨ 🎁

Best For Wannabe 35mm Film Shooters 

This person probably doesn't have a camera yet, that's ok, we have lots of cameras to suit many budgets. To make it even easier for you we have put together a few bundles:

🎁 Pentax 17 Camera Bundle with 4 FREE Films!

This is a premium film camera bundle; The Pentax 17 is a brand new film camera, released in 2024 with a 2 year warranty. The build quality and results you get are AMAZING. Super worth the money but at £450 its on the higher end budget.

🎁 The Perfect Gift: Film Photography Beginner Bundle

A bundle that comes with EVERYTHING they need to start their film photography journey. They get a fantastic camera, some film, a little case to store the film in, pre-paid lab processing with our lab, and a metal pin. This covers everything, all they need to do is load the film and start shooting. When the film is shot, they can send it off to the lab with no extra cost - they will get their digital scans a few weeks later. Hurrah! This bundle has more in it but the camera isn't as premium as the Pentax 17. For sub £150 its a great deal!

🎁 The Complete 35mm Film Gift Bundle

Need a gift for under £100? But still need a camera? We got you! This bundle chops out some of the accessories from The Perfect Gift Bundle and leaves you with the necessary equipment for making images. In this bundle you will get a camera, a roll of film, and pre-paid processing for that roll. Simple.

🎁 Beginner's Film Photography Bundle

And finally, if you need something even simpler this bundle should help. The camera is super compact and cute, the lens on it is brilliant for the price point, this was a favourite in the summer of 2022. I think EVERYONE wanted one. It's still a great starter camera in 2024, which is why we made this bundle. You also get a roll of film included. You get no accessories or pre-paid lab processing, but this helps bring the price down to under £50. A great gift for anyone wanting to take their first steps in film photography.

Best For 35mm Film Shooters (who already have a camera)

Next we have some recommendations for people who already have a 35mm camera. The Christmas Cracker Bundles are all pre-wrapped in our exclusive Christmas cracker gift wrap for free - so thats another thing of your list! Nobody enjoys wrapping up loads of tiny 35mm film boxes!  

🎞️ Colour 35mm Film Christmas Cracker Bundle

Five rolls of our bestselling colour 35mm films! You cannot go wrong with these and are great for shooters of all experience levels.

🎞️ B&W 35mm Film Christmas Cracker Bundle

Some photographers only shoot B&W and this bundle is for them. It contains a nice variety of Black & White 35mm films.

NB: Any bundle at £50 or more will also have free tracked UK shipping included.

If you're not sold on any of these bundles or are looking for something specific, check out all our 35mm films here. If you want us to gift wrap them for you, all you need to do is add the gift wrap option from the cart view - its an extra £2.50 but it saves you having to do it!

Gift Wrap Option at cart is available for £2.50. We will pack your items into the best fitting wrap; box, cracker or, red and white stripe paper. 

Best for Medium Format lovers

Your film photographer friend/relative/person may have said to you, 'please could you get me some 120 film' - this list is for you! Whether they requested 'Medium Format' or '120 film' (its the same thing), here is a list to help you out.

🎁 Mixed 120 film Christmas Cracker Bundle

This bundle has five lovely 120 films inside it. We picked out 3 colour films and 2 B&W films - its a nice variety of very well known and lesser known films - maybe the recipient will find a new film to love!

If you want to buy them 5 of exactly the same films because they ONLY shoot that 1 type of film, no problem, here is our range of 120 films for you to dig through. And remember, once you add them to your cart, you can choose gift wrap and message there - so again, if you don't want to wrap it yourself or you want to send the gift straight to them, this is a handy option for an additional £2.50.

Stocking Fillers! 

Finally you say, the section of gifts under £10 to stuff into Christmas socks. We made this collection that automatically pulls in anything from our shop priced at £10 or under. However, I would recommend some of the following items (some might be more than £10 but they are cool! Forgive me for trying....)

🤶 Kodak Film Case

Everyone that sees and touches this loves it. I have personally witnessed crowds coming towards this case with their hands outstretched. Its a really nice metal case to keep film safe inside.

🤶 Reference Manual for Shooting Film

Another drool worthy item - this book draws crowds. Its really lovely, the size, the look, the information contained within it. Its the kind of book you buy because it looks nice, but then you realise it also has so much information inside you can't help but get absorbed in the pages.

🤶 Straps and Bags

We have a really nice selection of bags here - this is where you will find the Long Weekend bags - super popular, super pretty, super useful, and just super.

Well thats the end now, but that doesn't mean there aren't any more amazing brilliant gifts to browse through. Have a look at our gift collection and deals on film, there are so many things on our site to satisfy your film photography gift needs.

Merry Christmas!