The results surely were a nice surprise.
Question, do you really need to scan lossless for so much money?
I could get it scanned as jpg at the same place but the price wouldn't change. It's always with the film developing 10€ if it's 35mm size and 20€ if it's any other size because the scanning is done by a hand. I do have an old scanner actually, Canoscan D660U, (1200 dpi) and I can scan 35 mm film with it and that would be enough for me to see if the photos are any good. But then if I want to scan photos with better resolution afterwards, it would be 5€/frame and that's far more than I would be ready to pay for.
Sure I could post the film abroad (I live in Finland) but then again the posting would also cost (Finnish postal services isn't cheap) and I wouldn't see the results as fast as I now do, the same day or the following business day. And furthermore, I'm also paying them for the time that I can do something else than scan the film.
I have not searched for other options but I do think that if I could get the scanning done cheaper somewhere, it wouldn't be so much cheaper that it would be worth the trouble. Also I'm happy to support local businesses. Or this local business at least.
I think for this camera you need a very steady hand haha
Indeed. And as several old "How to take photos" guides that are included in old camera manuals say: "Hold the breath". So I did. Sometimes.