$20 Film Camera Challenge 

Can I just say a huge thank you. It's refreshing to find a film RU-vidr who doesn't speak softly over the sound of lofi beats.

Not only only does he talk about film photography, he makes jokes about my mother and is mean to me. Subscribed .

I don't care that you don't post monthly or weekly. I love your videos so much, it's always worth the wait when one drops!

Jack? My god. I have been watching car throttle for years, and I had no clue you were into photography also! Instant sub. I love these style of videos, remind me of the old digitalrev days.

Welcome back, man! Don't stop the "your mom" jokes, that's the main reason I subscribed!

Man I had no idea about this channel, watched car throttle for years, you specifically are a big part of why i got into cars, im a photography student that shoots only on film so this is really perfect, excited to see more!

Criminally underrated film channel.

Hey! Happy to see another post from you! FD and a 50mm for that price is a total bargain! Spent twice as much as that on my FTB body alone!

Brilliant as always, good to have you back! Love the copy of that Dixons catalogue. "FOR PEOPLE WITH SMALL POCKETS".

This is my first video I've ever seen from your channel, and you're funny as fuck and sharp as a tack Definitely will be watching your other videos going forward

Such a refreshing feeling finding someone talk about your interests in a funny and genuine authentic way

Your channel deserves far more exposure, great stuff.

I have a favourite camera shop, which is actually a small section of an antique centre, the guy who runs it is super nice and the cameras are £20-25 for brands like pentax, chinon etc. Proper nice cameras. I got a chinon prinzflex ttl, lovely full metal body camera for £25. From a different part of the antique centre there was a shelf of really old cameras. Got a Kodak instamatic 100 for £3.

Was worried I was the only one that found UK antiques markets to be a crimescene of overpriced old cameras! I’m glad he knocked those two down though

Dude, this is too funny, great job on the script!

Awesome video, your style fricking sarcastic - genius. Keep this style forever because this feels real. 😆😆

this is by far the best film yt channel

I can't do this anymore... These jokes in between with the mix of real analog problems and hurdles 😂 definitely keep it up, ultra amusing and great pictures for the requirements you had with the cameras

As if one of the greatest car presenters on YT is also into film photography. Awesome content mate, really enjoyed.

such a difficult thing to make videos entertaining while talking about cameras but you did it! love the content

Loved this video can’t wait to see more of this style!!

Would be cool if you were able to do one video a month or so. Really enjoy your humour and perspective. Great deal btw!

Peak comedy and a photographer. Instant sub. Cheers my dood

I don't even shoot film, but your videos are too hilarious I just had to subscribe.

This was one of the funniest film videos I’ve seen in a while

I don't think I've subscribed to anyone so fast! Brilliant video.

Absolute legend 🙌 banger of a video as usual. You are my hero.

had no idea you were into film photography! happy to have stumbled onto this somehow. Guess the algorithm from watching CT and my new digital photography hobby worked. Subscribed.

clicked on this video not realising that it was jack from car throttle lol

So my 2 hobbies are cars and cameras… especially film cameras… just discovered this channel and cannot believe it was you! Been subbed to CT for years but subbed here today!!

This video was a banger. Great writing.

Big fan of this. Always knew you were the brains behind the other operation.

Loved this, looking forward to seeing more

Laughing my arse off. Good stuff! 110 pocket film is actually really cool. Just a pain in the ass to scan. And chances are that praktica and chinon only work with batteries because of the light meter blocking the shutter. Some of these only click when they can measure light. Got loads of “broken” cameras that way. Either way, Konica c35/pop is a good call at this price range. The az300 is a gem and they usually fetch way more. I grabbed one recently for 5 bucks at a thrift shop. They are remarkably nice to work with for something so ugly (had one before). Happy to ship it to you for the price of shipping if you want to try it but I warn you; didn’t try it with film, but it does zoom!

Brilliant vid! I want more!!!

i hope your channel pops off. theres too many photography based channels that take themselves too seriously and its refreshing seeing one like this

Guess I’ve found my new favourite photography channel

Just found your channel and thoroughly enjoyed the humor of this experience! I think I bought one of those Olympus Super Zooms a while back but haven’t shot a roll yet. This may just inspire me to do so sooner than later.

So happy that RU-vid recommended this video for me. I think you have a bright future 😊😁 I found a folding Kodak for £8 at some store which seemed to be in working condition, but nowhere is good as your canon, of course! Keep up the great work

I've been using an FT-QL that I dug out of a heap in a car-boot sale as my main 35mm SLR for a good few years now, it's my favourite SLR to go ambling about with. It cleaned up nice into a solid fully-mechanical camera, and I've since put all sorts of film through the thing. I've taken it up mountains, into snow, out to sea, and I've had a go at using it in a studio setting a time or two! It certainly does have quirks like the ones you ran into, but nothing too crazy. One thing to note is that the light meter takes 1.3 volt batteries as opposed to the more modern 1.5 volts. You can get little step-down converters that fill the space of the old battery that a modern button cell sits snugly into, which drops the voltage to what's needed. Every FD lens (both breech lock and the FDn type) I've thrown onto that FL mount has worked just as it should, without any problems. If you do choose to keep yours, I hope it serves you well!

my first film camera was the FTb ! The QL is just heavenly, I wish more cameras from that period had it. great video 🎉

Worth it just for the Canon FT and 50mm lens alone... You could always sell the olympus superzoom as "spares or reoairs' and get some of your £20 back?😊

I subscribed to this channel yonks ago and have only just clicked you're the same fella I watch suffer with average cars too. How good. Those Canon FTs are pretty good little units, I bet that film had torn the sprocket holes before so it was blank because it never advanced.

I rarely do this - but I subcribed and belled your channel halfway through watching the video.

Also just subbed hope to see more! Great video jack.

Damn, this channel is great. So glad the algorithm funneled it my way :)

Damn this was enjoyable to watch

"20 pounds to buy a film camera" slaps down a Canon 7, which would either be a steal or was stolen XD. That intro definitely got my attention!

Great stuff Jackie boyyyyyyy

Enjoyed this hilarious video very much.

Your video makes absolute sense and so did i. And subscribed😂❤

Just bought my first film camera for 20€, a Porst Reflex C-TL with 3 lenses, 2 rolls of film and some filters and stuff, looking forward to getting my first film developed

I like car throttle but this is better!

Hilarious! 😂 Thanks 👍 More of this, please!

No way Jack from car throttle does photography never knew as I’m a beginner photographer and a car enthusiast ahaha instant sub when I saw this dude

Just watched all your vids Jack, great work, and also subbed 👍

never knew I'd be watching you make camera content and not playing with cars haha

It was the "sick out my arse" comment that prompted my follow.

It's hard to binge your videos when you can't be arsed to make many!

I feel like I’m being attacked simply by watching the video, subscribed

Haha, brilliant! Yes. Do it again! By the way - yes, you can use the FL breech lock lenses and FD and NFD lenses on the FT. (I have 2 videos on those 50mms, but I still lack the chrome nose model you have to complete the trilogy).

hallarious and informative, thank you 😭

I clicked on this video randomly from my feed and was pleasantly surprised to find someone from the other side of my RU-vid algorithm presenting. When worlds collide!

Cool finds! Cooler photos! Right on man!

This video is golden 😍 but that camera for that price 👀 I need to find hidden gems like this

Fantastic video, make me LOL multiple times

Came here to watch as it came up on my recommended as my last film camera I bought on ebay for the winning bid of £28 which I currently use. Even better is it was a Canon AV-1 with a 35-105mm lens. Also never expected this video would be by Jack Joy. Subscribed

The camera goat returns

You make camera videos?? How am i only just finding this out?! Instant sub

Wtf, this is so much better than car throttle

Excellent video!

I love those Canon F series SLRS. Some of the best affordable, all mechanical film cameras. I have the FX personally, which is the previous model to the FP QL and only differs in lacking quick load and ttl metering.

Loved this video. I am always keeping an eye out for a bargain camera. I purchased an Olympus XA for $3 US. Works great! Did not know what it was until I researched it. Found out it is a Cult Following camera. It is the first model and a true very compact Range Finder.

I'm just amazed your thrift shops had this many cameras! The best I usually find is already-used disposable cameras and 50 diseases I didn't know existed.

This is brilliant! 😂

that ft was my first camera! I inherited it from my grampa who was a war journalist which is what I'm on the track to becoming, (he was a reporter but I'm mainly a photographer) so in a way that camera put me on the track! I've got a few font memorys of starting film photography with it!

I was like woah I recognize this voice...how do I know this voice...then I saw your face...fuck that's familiar...then I was like oh man, he does cars too. Slick to see you branch out. Cool vid.

Ha! I brought one of those Olympus AZ Superzooms last year. And the zoom works unlike my mom... Anyway, it is bloody massive and i haven't got through a roll yet so no idea if my mediocre photography is a match for it. Top notch video. Much better than that Autoalex channel

Brilliant!

aint this the bloke that does the car stuff

Still kicking myself as Goodwill used to just put SLRs and camera gear on the shelf or at least in a glass case back years ago. Nowadays they put it on their site and they are still OK deals, but it's more work. Which this reminds me of a few, one being what appeared to be a decent Pentax 35mm SLR camera with 50mm lens for like $40. I should have picked it up but decided not to and now regret it (this was probably 5 years ago though before Film really started to take off). Even if it needed some work like new light seals or a new focusing screen it would have still been a steal probably given some of these cameras (maybe not that specific one) can go for $100+.

I love those old Canon slr cameras! I’ve got about a half dozen of them. That was a good buy!

QL loading is actually great. Genuinely better to put film in than any Leica.

great video

The FD lenses DO work on the older cameras that use FL lenses. I have a Canonflex RM and I have got a few FD lenses to throw on it since they are much more available!

£20 Leica is just paying a dude in the alleyway to rush into the Leica store and grabbing the first M3 he sees.. 😂

cant go wrong with an old canon, i have a canon p with a 1.2 nifty 50 and its my first analog camera, it's great you should try it

EOS 600 is about $20-30 on eBay for those not setting a limit. It’s an insane value for what the camera does

Imagine my shock as a car throttle fan to find the same exists for photography, by the same host!

you look just like that car throttle fella. this is much better 👍🏼😁

i have both a pentax spotmatic and a cannon ae1 that i got each of them for £20, one off ebay and one from a charity shop. both great

wish the film gods would bless me in such ways, all I get is existential misery and overpriced tat at every single antique/charity shop I go to.

Great finds for 20 quid. Got my canon t70 for 20 quid and absolutely love it.

Best broken camera taking a photo of best broken car

Thrift stores are infamous in the USA also for over pricing non working junk cameras. I don't know what is it with those store owners.

my kind of humor 🫀

Cars and film will always go hand in hand.

Nice video, thanks

I fuckin love your stuff. You’re like the Anthony Bourdain of photography youtubers. Just not American, poor and alive. Keep doing videos. They’re rad. If you setup a buymeacoffee, I’ll buy you that fucking coffee.

"I'm sorry if you're a die hard fan"... No worries, I don't think either of them are watching 🤣 Good find on the QL though, they're pretty tidy. Those 50mm f1.8's are quite decent. How was the focus/aperture on it? I had an f1.4 from the same series which had been in an attic for about 2 decades. All the grease had separated and the oil ran onto the blades leaving the wax behind gumming up the helicoid. That was a fun 8 hour session rebuilding it.... And when I say fun, I mean like the kind of fun you get from a paper cut.