New Old Film Challenge #276 'Inflatable'

[FishyFish]

Pictures featuring balloons, beach-balls, dinghies, lilo's - you get the idea. If someone needs to bust a lung to fill it with air, then it's fair game for this challenge.

As usual the following rules apply:
1) Must be taken by you
2) Must have been taken on film, notwithstanding which, digital post processing is allowed
3) Must have been taken and developed prior to the start date of this challenge

Discussion in the discussion thread (link below) rather than this entries thread, please.

Please include details of the camera, lens, film etc and anything else of relevance, if you can possibly remember the details that far back. Perhaps you could also explain you reasons for the choice of image?

Entries close some time on midnight Tuesday 12 May 2026, following which a voting page will be opened with a three day voting window.

Please keep all discussion and comments in the "new old film discussion thread" https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/new-old-film-challenge-discussion-thread.698995/page-25

 

[FishyFish]

Olympus XA3
Ilford HP5+
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°


That one please by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

 

[excalibur2]

well there is enough inflatables there........sigma 24mm and canon t70:-

 

[PeterSpencer]

Question; how do you make a pink model pig?
Answer; Form the papier mâché round an inflated balloon!



Zorki I, Industar 22 50/3.5 collapsible lens, Fuji Superia XTRA 400.

Made a poor job of post processing this film, over sharpened to death.

The lens was outstanding, better than the Elmar I later had on my Leica IIIA.

 

[Peter B]

Retrieving the RIB @ RNLI Kessock. Filmdev and almost certainly Gold, but not sure about the camera. There are tele shots on the roll, so probably the F80 with 70-210?