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Surely that’s the point, it’s an adventure, it’s experimentation, it’s not an exact science, if the OP wanted a guaranteed look there’s probably a 1980’s Colin filter for it but where’s the fun in that.
What's a 1980's Colin filter... and what did 1980's Colin do to deserve being filtered anyway?
I know what you mean Nick, but I remember when I was Sam's age, and I couldn't afford that many rolls of film and processing to experiment with. Hence me suggesting a cheaper and more controllable way of producing the same effect. It's up to Sam really.
Perhaps Sam could think about trying one of those old, metal, 1950s imitation Twin Lens Reflex box cameras like the 'Coronet Twelve 20', should be able to buy a working one in good condition for about £10. Load it with 400 ISO colour print 120 roll film (which would give 12 shots per roll), learn the 'sunny 16 rule' and take it out on a sunny day, take a photo with it then let the sun shine on the red window in the film door and hope the sunlight will creep round the backing paper and give a light leak (unpredictable but it
might work, and could be increased in 5 second steps for each photo taken, and written notes taken on how long each photo was exposed to the sun shining through the red film window). If it
did produce a light leak effect then he'd know roughly how long to let the sun shine through the red film window next time for a similar effect. Most likely still hit and miss but it might give a bit of predictability to getting the required effect?
That old Corona Twelve 20 seemed to work for me when I was Sam's age (but my light leak photos were unintentional!); a real 'lomography' type effect, and if I used the narrow aperture and shot into direct sunlight I'd get a corona flare type effect too.
BUT, this might just have been down to my particular camera, and there's no guarantee
any of this will work with another of the same model! Here are some results taken in about 1980 (and not a Colin in sight!). Hope this suggestion is useful too.
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