The Analogue WonderBox - Film Subscription Box

This was my 1st roll of this film, I knew to expect dark, moody pics ( if required of course) so I thought I would play a bit, I popped it into my Olympus Trip 35, set to Auto, took it to the woods, beach & conservatory, so quite a few light variations, then I developed it at home using ID11 1+1, , really pleased with the results, it pretty much does what it says on the tin ( cliche I know but it fits), try it, you will love it !!!

I got this film in the wonderbox. I was really pleased with the lovely, grainy, retro aesthetic of this film and the colour grading has a slightly ‘Soviet’ film look, which I really love. I shot it through a Nikon FM2 with Nikkor 50 1.8.

I had decided to try film again after about 20 years, so found an old Pentax MZN SLR which I purchased for £10 of ebay. Add £6 for battery, £8 for postage, £10 for a UV filter and £12 for a strap and it was still a bargain. My original one cost over £450 back in the day.
Anyway then to find film, and I came across these slightly wacky people at AW and ordered the Wonderland Box. 6 films come every 2 months, a mixture of B&W and Colour, some off the wall (wound the wrong way, additional effects already on the film etc) including one very out of date film (Fujifilm Superia) and some cine / Infra red / Ortho along with standard names like FP5 etc.
I started with the Fujifilm expired film and submitted one of the images, which won the November competition much to my surprise! Check out the YouTube channel / see image attached. Since then I've shot Street Candy MTN 100 and Wolfman 35 (waiting to be processed) and I have Revolog Snovlox (which adds snow to each image) and Lomography Redscale loaded into my 2 Pentaxes (yes I bought another).
As an extra, AW also process films and scan them for you - good price which includes postage. I'll be sending them all 4 very soon.
I'm hooked. Initially I thought I'd never get through 3 films a month but you definitely will. But in addition the folk at AW are helpful and fully into what they are doing, so if you have any queries they answer straight away. Take the plunge, you won't regret it. Not everything has to be Digital.

Each time a box arrives it's always full of interesting and varied films. The introduction videos are really valuable too especially if it's a film you are not familiar with. It is a treat that gives back in making you think about new and different ways to shoot.

In my first Wonder box Subscription, I got some great looking films. For various reasons, the only one I’ve developed yet was the Babylon 13 by Lomography. I put this in my Olympus Pen F because I thought the low ISO would make for clearer pictures given it is a half-frame camera. It does need a lot of light, this film and it is dark. I even had to lighten a little a few of the scans (expertly developed and scanned by Wonder Lab!) in Lightroom because they were so dark, even though my light meter said they were exposed properly. I was experimenting both with the camera and the film so a lot either weren’t very inspired or didn’t turn out well because I wasn’t steady enough for the slow shutter speeds needed. I do like the ones that did turn out though. This film’s got a really authentic, 1930s B&W movie quality to it. I really want to try it on my Nikon FM2 at some point and see how it looks now I know what to expect. I’d love to do some portraits of people at a really bright window with this film, for some reason… Also some street shots in really bright light.