Ricoh 35 ZF – forgotten 35mm Film Roll

A few months ago while cleaning our room, I chanced upon a roll of undeveloped 35mm film. It’s been a long time since I’ve shot film so I had a hard time remembering what’s in it. Weeks after weeks the curiosity began to build. Ironically, this feeling reminded me why I loved shooting film, the anticipation of how your photos will come out is priceless. Well, with the rising price of film I don’t know if I can still call it priceless. Anyway, to cut it short, I had the film developed and as always seeing the photos never disappoints.

Oh, by the way. These photos are taken with a Ricoh 35 ZF on an expired Fujicolor 200 film.

Unfortunately, the Ricoh is no longer in my possession. I have this habit of buying film cameras and impulsively selling them. How I wish I kept several of my film cameras. The Ricoh in particular is one of my favorite because despite being cheap and small, it gives you some manual controls like setting your aperture and zone focus.

If you’re wondering, once I saw the photos I did remember when I took them. It was during a short bike ride along C6 in Taguig, I even vlogged that day. I tend to multitask when going on rides so that I get to exercise my body and “eyes” at the same time.

Although nothing really stands out about this set, I think most will agree that there is always “something” special with film. In a world where photos are made to look their finest technically and technology often dictates what’s best, one can always benefit in simplicity, where imperfections are part of what makes us beautiful. I also feel more freedom when shooting film because of it’s limitation. The less distraction a camera have, the more I feel one with my camera.

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