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It's been a long time, but I did it.

Since I started shooting digital, I desired to learn analog. Always been scared about it, maybe for the "you have just one chance!" feeling that made me really uncomfortable.

Before ​m​e and my boyfriend are leaving for ​a​ week​, just thought about it again: I have a​n out of shape ​smartphone, maybe I could bring my reflex​ with me, but sometimes I feel it so heavy, plus my swimming is the very-long kind​ and I want to leave as few personal belongings as possible on the beach.

So here comes the idea. Some years ago I found out that ​a​ 90s Yashica ​Zoomate 105​ SE Brava, our family camera​ for a while, ​was still there, with a​ 125​ film ​inside​, exp. at least 10 years ago​ - ​w​hat a discovery​ for a naife amateur.

​Today I put inside the new battery… it turns on!​ 18 pictures out of 24​, wow, maybe I can shoot even 6 pictures more!​ ​but... ​no way​. ​Brava ​seems to need ​m​ore time ​for ​recharging. The ​dealer suggests "maybe it's better to ​r​ewind it and try a new ​f​ilm".​ They​ sen​t ​the developed files to my mail in 20 minutes, and this is what came out: some flowers, my father and some special memories of my grandma ​b​irthday - this is how we discovered the​y were shot in 2008.

I bought a new film. I also wanted a 800 ​to try something at night, but it was unavailable​; for now a daylight film is ok, I will buy ​another ​one ​next time. The dealer wanted to put the film inside the Brava for me but I was like "I CAN DO IT BY MYSELF, PLS STOP, thx Mr." (just like a little girl jealous for her new toy).

Watching some analog pictures on the laptop screen, in just 20 minutes, has been so weird. I remember when my father had to wait ​two, maybe three weeks​ or a month to get "the call".​ I​ asked him quite every day "did you take them​? ​they're ​not ready yet?​!" and we had to wait more and more, until he could took them home after work, just to find out that maybe 3 or 4 shoots were good.

I couldn't wait for the ritual. After I came​ back home​ ​I put the ​unexposed film inside the Yashica​ that… doesn't shoot, lol.​ The flash works, the display ​t​oo, but when I press the shot button it ​goes like "nope my friend, i just can't do this anymore, please just give up". May be an issue with the shutter, idk. I r​ewind the new ​f​ilm and (surprise​, surprise!) ​it​ ghosts inside the canister.​ What a genius. Here comes the "oh shit, i just spent 13 euros for nothing"​ part. Discouraged, I luckily found this video, and I could bring the film outside again.

​Since the ​B​rava was not expecting for that resurrection 💔​ my analogic​ ​a​dventure ​c​an continue with​ ​a plan​ B​: a ​working Ferrania​ ​Admira One somebody gifted​ to me for the ​Prima Comunione​. No self-timer, no zoom, no flash mode changing. Just a narrow point & shoot, but it can works.​ ​I can't wait to​ develop again​ :)

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Vesuvius with Giulio and Max, April 2019

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Museo Maxxi Roma, 2018

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Turin, 2018

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Passeggiata del Pincio, 2018

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Fontana del Belvedere, Capodimonte

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