Excellent video, Alex! You helped demystify infrared photography for me. Still have to try with an R72 filter, but I’m starting with a deep red filter on some IG posts. I always learn something from your videos. Thanks 🙏🏻

I have a print on my wall of a shot I took back in the '70s on Kodak Aerochrome colour slide film, of a friend walking past a neon sign at night. Because of the slow shutter speed, he showed up as a ghostly shadow in front of the eerie green sign (which was in reality red.) Lovely stuff, I wish it was still available.

5:11 - WHAAAATT???? That's got to be a joke. Like how in the Car Community, "Red Paint Adds More Horsepower".

I am an avid fan of the Minolta SR-1s, released in 1967. I like that it is SOLID and RELIABLE. There are no electronics of any type in any part of this camera. Also no batteries, or anything like Capacitors going bad. It just works.

I really dig the dramatic look of those shots you got with the D750. Good stuff!

Great video like always. Very informative. Perfect timing, as just by chance I had planned on heading out tomorrow with my Fuji G690, Ilford SFX and an R72 filter my friend lent me yesterday.

Well done Alex. I will have to try my R72 on my digital cameras. Have you considered trying trichomes using IR film?

Great video my friend! As usual, loaded with tons of great information

I shot one roll in the 90's, it was very overxposed but cool

This was a really good video. I haven't tried shooting infrared on film...but I have on a DSLR. I've had some good results using my Fujifilm IS Pro...which is an infrared camera. One thing I've had to work around is hot spots in my photos from some lenses. Some lenses are more susceptible than others.

Another dev option: Flic Film's B/W Cine Film Developer is D96. Haven't shot double-x yet, but the Cine developer works beautifully with Flic Film's Wolfen stock (which itself is Orwo UN54)

I managed to pick up a mint condition 2.8f last week for 500€, any pointers for a newbie? Accessories suggestions etc?

Une touche, une fonction voilà pourquoi j'avais choisi le minolta 600SI à l'époque! Puis le lui ai ajouté un grip vertical et un flash 5400HSS; confortable efficace, fiable, précis. Je l'ai utilisé pratiquement que en portrait/mode, essentiellement avec un zoom Sigma 28-105mm f 2.8/4.0. Un régal!

Great and super detailed and helpul video. I am considering getting one.

Thanks for the video. Going back to film after a gap of a quarter of a century with this camera. Just ordered it. Will update you once I have developed and processed the film.

Great images and great topic Alex. Well done.

Eastman 5222 (Double X) is getting to be my new favorite film stock. It's so universal that I've stopped buying HP5. Hopefully Eastman Kodak will not discontinue this stock soon.

Enjoyed your video very much. Thank you for your inside into this wonderful camera. Personally I can't wait to get mine. So, again thank you and God Bless. Roger.

due to budget constraints I tried Kentmere 400 in Rodinal .... YUK ... but in Atomal it looks GREAT !!! .... at 1 to 1 dilution the grain is quite small and lots of sharpness .. I use a Nikon F4 with my Nikkor AF 50mm f1.4 and Nikkor AF 28-105 D lens :)

Encouragement seems to be hard to find in certain places in photographic social media. I don't know why online presence can bring out the worst in people when it could be helpful. Nothing wrong with being an encouraging influencer.

Thanks for this video. I couldn't make my mind up regarding Nikon professional AF Film cameras. So I've ended up with an F4E, F5 50th Anniversary Limited Edition and an F6 . Each one has its benefits but the F5 is my favourite as things stand.

A very pleasant video. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I hope to see more like this please. All the best from Down Under. Rouben

Encouragement is the key to getting people to try something new, its the difference between only using one film developer because someone told you so to using many film developer and having options depending on what you want your negatives to look like. Encouragement is also the key to trying new films compared to just using the one you always use! Also a encouraging person invites to have a good and constructive discussion with people where I am able to agree to certain things but more importantly disagree on somethings. Keep up the good work!

I haven't encountered too many negative comments on RU-vid but the groups on FaceBook is another story. God forbid that you get a fact mixed up. I have left several groups because of the open hostility because of a mixed up fact or having a differing point of view. As for a question have you done or can you do a video on using handheld meters. Both spot and larger angle of view meters. What do you actually meter, highlights, shadows or an over all area. Reflected or incident and why one over the other.

Lovely walk, lovely images, lovely message. You’ve definitely been an encouraging presence to me.

Thank you for your bold and refreshing presentation. It certainly encouraged me to follow your example.

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I can see you've given this quite some thought and I agree that the influencer status is way overrated. I really like the 'how can I help you?' question at the end of the video. Well, these videos are one way you already encourage me to just go out, shoot, develop and most important, enjoy photography. Thanks for that!

It’s an amazing film, Alex! It rivals the modern b&w films of today like FP4 and TMAX 100. 🎉 How long do you develop the film at 1:63? I develop using the stand method at 1:100 for 50 minutes and it always looks great.

my go-to developer is Atomal 49 :)

My Dear, Sir: Thank you so, much for this fine video. Loved your preview of the FE2. Personally I prefer the FE. I prefer the lower shutter speeds than than the top speed the FE2 offers. Loved the photos, so cool. Plus, I really appreciated the fact which lens' you would recommend. Some of us go over board on lens' as opposed to just one camera and one lens. God Bless and take care. Roger

I used a GX680 every day for at least ten years in my studio in Portugal. Not sure why I keep seeing people using this outdoors ! It’s a studio camera. I had 65/80/180 lens and used it for comercial/product photography when I could get away with not shooting 5x4.

Congrats on 100 videos Alex! Fun so see so much familiar clips in this video.

Nikon F for street and F5 for works, amazing body ever made!

Always an adventure to be had when you have a camera in hand. Cheers to many more years of success.

Nice! :)

Haha! One has to admire you for not hearing a single swear word on this reel! Good work! 😄👍🏻

I usually include a outtake at the end just to show it takes effort to get the finished product that was seen.

These are great, Alex! They are funny but they also show how hard you work to get your videos just right! Lot of extra ❤ in your videos! Keep them coming!

00:19:12 I feel your pain here... I could fill a 24 hour video with mine!

Woohoo! That's so good mate, congrats! 🥳

Hi great video, I've owned my 50e a couple of years now and love using it. I have the battery grip attached most of the time. I use rechargeable batteries. There is a learning curve with 50e. The eye focus works fine for me, and I'm a glasses wearer, I did plenty of calibration, so my 50e knows my eyes accurately and easily. I don't agree with your closing comments I have no problems with my 50e, I'm gentle with all my film cameras, the eye assist focusing and depth of field (which you didn't mention) assist I find superb, it's best to calibrate a few times to train the system to accurately 'see' your eyes. Of course others may differ in their views of the 50E and that's fine. But I'm one happy user of the Canon 50E/Elan. Many thanks for this video Regards Rob (UK)

Congratulations - highly appreciative of your content and effort used to produce it. I started in film around 1985 with a neighbor passing on a medium format Kodak box camera. Then 1986 to 1999ish 35mm, 5x4 in 2010's - digital 2000's until now and back to film in 2023 with a project buying and using film cameras from 1900-197x responsible for taking old family photos. All started with a conversation with my aunt looking at family photos from WWII "what camera was used for ..."

I made a few experiments with 510 but got very dense negatives with the times mentionend in the data sheet (i tried different films). So after just 2 sessions i left 510 pyro, back to Rodinal and then right now i develop tons of negatives with Atomal 49 1+1 and 1+2. I didnt print them yet, but so far i´m very happy with Atomal49. Great stuff in my opinion. Very compensating, very good for pushing. You definetely get more speed out of films then with Rodinal, i guess full Box speed. I pushed HP-5 to 3200 and it looks fantastic! Though i have to say, that one roll of the 510 negatives looks super dreamy and otherworldy (hp-5 in 1+100). For conclusion: i still love Rodinal ^^ 1+50 is great and i will def. try 1+100 (not stand developed!) for Rodinal glow.

Keep on making those videos. I like them all.

Congratulations Alex. Learning heaps watching your videos and appreciate your blog articles/web site stuff as I use it for my research on all things film and photographic. May you go on and produce many more and if we all share, like etc may your subscriber count continue to rise.

Congratulations, and thank you! With this channel, your blog, and CCR I've learned so much, and maintained the drive to explore and discover various film stocks and developers. My recent highlight was purchasing a bulk roll of Panatomic-X and I haven't regretted it. I wish I had your courage to go sneak in more abandoned places because urbex is something I'd love to do but have no idea how to get into. Anyway here's to 100 more videos!

Your ability to inspire people to get out and enjoy photography is always welcome, Alex. Here's to another 100 videos and a lot more subscribers.

Well done on the 100 videos! I'll have to dig out some of my film cameras and give them a spin, again!

Nice! It's interesting that you get negative comments and messages, as my impression is that you are not a controversial person who says things in order to click/rage bate people. Keep up the good work!