Family Dollar Film

This is the store brand for the Family Dollar chain of stores.

A little toy Volkswagen van that looked cool enough I just had to photograph it. Camera: Minolta X-370 No. 2 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5, @70mm 1:4 macro Film: Family Dollar Color Print Film 400 (expired on 12/2006 and shot @50 ISO) Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: f/22 Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb) 17 seconds Date: March 26th, 2024, 11.25 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Minolta X-370-3 Family Dollar 2024 22fff

As the sun was nearing totality for the Eclipse on April 8th, 2024, I got this shot with one of my newer Minolta film cameras. Camera: Minolta X-370 No. 2 Lens: Auto Sears MC Zoom 100-300mm, @300mm Tele-Converter: Soligor Auto Tele Converter 2X Film: Family Dollar Color Print Film 400 (expired on 12/2006 and shot @50 ISO) Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: f/32 Shutter Speed: 1/1000 of a sec. Date: April 8th, 2024, 12.48 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Minolta X-370-3 Family Dollar 2024 23ef