(Digital) photos from Mbale on Flickr; film, not yet

My post about the trip is about half-written, I'm still polishing it up, but it should be up later tonight. In the mean time, here are all of the pictures from the trip I took on my iPhone. Now, there are probably 40 or so on film (and I've gotten it developed), but they will be a pain to scan, so I'll only do a few of the better ones, when I get a chance. They are a bit grainier than they should be, and the color isn't excellent, which makes me think the film is rather old. This is unfortunate, since I've got another three or four rolls of it, but am not sure how I feel about using them except maybe for effect.

I might see if I can get more here (I'm sure I can, and maybe even cheaper than in the States). If it's available and affordable, I think I'll spring for 800, since 400 is a bit inconvenient indoors and I didn't bring my flash, nor do I really know how to use it; as it's an older camera its synchronization isn't very fast, so you need to use slow shutter speeds (no faster than 60, and slower than 60 sort of defeats the purpose) and do a lot of manual correction in the aperture to get an acceptable exposure, and I've never learned the technique. Also, it's rather bulky.

Anyway, I also got the roll of color-process (C41) black and white film developed that had been in the camera for (I think) a couple of years or so. It has some very, very nice pictures on it, some of which I may scan and put on Flickr at some point. Of course, since it uses color chemicals it doesn't have the extreme sharpness of real black and white film, but (especially compared to the deteriorated color film) it looks quite sharp, although the color (or lack thereof) isn't totally consistent. Some have a cooler, subtly bluish cast, whereas others tend toward sepia. This may be a printing issue, though, I'm not sure. In any case, I'm happy with the results.