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{2017} Junkyard Film

June 22, 2019 9:56 am ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Things have been kinda quiet on the Shoot with Personality front. A big reason for that is I had secretly done a daily photo project on film back in 2017, and it took quite some time to get all the film developed from that. But since I have finally started publishing those photos on my daily photo blog, now I can start posting more things to Shoot with Personality again!

I pretty much have to get through a backlog of photos from 2017 that either weren’t for the daily photo project or which were b-roll from that project. You will end up seeing some of that here.

Today’s post is a roll that I didn’t shoot for that project. It actually was taken with a Canon Rebel 2000 that a former co-worker of mine found in a car at a junkyard and which he gave to me. There was film in the camera, and I decided I would try to see if it was viable by shooting it. I was fairly sure that the film had expired in 2013, as there was a box of the film in the camera bag with the Rebel 2000 that was stamped with that expiration date. And I knew that the film had very likely been in extreme temperature conditions since it had been in sitting in a car for who knows how long?? So I shot the film at ISO 200 instead of its box speed (400,) and did a lot of double exposures in case the film needed more light to be properly exposed.

Incidentally, I don’t need to do a review of the Canon Rebel 2000 because I already have an homage to the Rebel 2000 I used to have.

Canon Rebel 2000 + 28-80mm kit lens
Fuji Superia 400, expired and exposed to extreme temps

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Canon Rebel 2000: A Pleasant Surprise

February 19, 2012 10:21 am ⋅ 1 Comment ⋅

I thought it was about time I profiled a camera that I’ve been using for nearly four years and which has become an unexpected favorite in my camera arsenal: the Canon Rebel 2000.

In June 2008, I purchased a Canon Rebel Ti from a charity shop for $25. It didn’t come with a lens, so I had to lay hands on one in order to test the camera. I had a flash of inspiration: My friend Adam used to have a Canon Rebel, and I was pretty sure he said it had stopped working. I hoped he might be up for selling the lens off his Rebel, since he couldn’t get any use out of the camera body at that point. As hoped, Adam agreed to sell the lens to me. Hooray! When I picked up the lens from him, he said, “You can just take the camera, too. I think it might be working again.” I attached said lens to the Rebel Ti body I’d purchased and found that the Ti’s film door was broken. Boo! I put batteries in the 2000, and to my delight, it was working again!

Thanks for the killer camera, Adam!
It’s in good hands, I promise!

Product of my first roll through the Rebel 2000

This was right before I was going to chaperon a church youth group trip to Waco, TX, so I broke the Rebel 2k in by taking it on the road with me. The Rebel was just PERFECT for toting around with me down there. I could use it like an over-grown point-and-shoot if I wanted, or I could have complete control over exposure and focus settings. That trip to Waco with the Rebel had me hooked. It’s been one of those cameras I can throw into my purse and be ready to go at a moment’s notice! I remember one of my photo buddies, Dirk, at Memphis Photo Supply giving me a hard time when he saw me with this camera. He gave me a “you could do better” sideways glance. Then, when complimenting a photo he thought was fantastic and wanting to know which camera I’d used, I’m pretty sure I rocked his world by replying, “My Canon Rebel 2000!” Burn!

Waco, Tx

mewithoutYou in Nashville, July 2008

I did a search for photos in my Flickr photostream that are tagged with “Canon Rebel 2000.” There are about 450 photos there from my Rebel! That number is pretty high, considering how many other cameras I have and divide my film between. I’ve actually featured a lot of Rebel 2000 photos on the blog and in my photo galleries, but here are a sampling of my favorites from over the years.

 

(And, I’ve obviously loved shooting people with the Rebel 2K!)

All photos taken with the Canon Rebel 2000 and the 35-80mm/4-5.6 “kit lens.” Except the photo of the Rebel at the top of this post, which was taken with my Canon Powershot SX230HS.

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