Ver well explained. I too am a bit confused as to why that damned LCD causes so much distraction. I still and regularly use 4X5 and 5X7 field cameras, and a couple of old 6.5cmX9cm folding cameras with Ground Glass. The LCD should be nothing but a mini version of the Ground Glass on the 4X5, but it is not. Perhaps if the photographer put a dark cloth over his head while using the LCD things would improve. I also think that there is room for both digital and film. I shoot film for my soul, and digital for everything else. The expense of the film and chemicals alone is prohibitive, even though it is still the purest form of photography IMHO.
I started shooting in 1983 shooting and processing film in a one hour lab. When we shot wedding we would use 10-12 rolls of medium format (Mamiya 645) so we could shoot a whole wedding with about 180 shots! Now with digital we shoot double that with just dancing pictures. You really had to have an image worth shooting when shooting film. And that was back when a 5 pack of Fuji 120 was only about $20! Perspective has really changed.
Thats incredible isn’t it?? A whole wedding in 180 shots! When my wife and I got married, our photographers delivered over a thousand photos😳 (which was honestly overwhelming!) lol I can’t imagine how many had to have been taken! If I could get a 5 pack of 120 for $20 today I’d build my own darkroom and shoot on film all day long! :) Thanks for sharing your experience and hanging out here in the comments!
Ayy thanks Ricardo! That's quite the compliment to get creating videos in the "filmmaking space" :) There are a lot of really great videos out there, so I really appreciate you saying that!
This is incredible content. It’s almost humorous that such well produced RU-vid content only has 11 comments, though I know you’re still getting the channel started. I’m excited to keep watching what you produce. Thanks for putting this one out there!
Hey thank you so much! I have an absolute blast making these videos and I'm pumped ANYONE watches them :) Thanks for taking the time to write this comment and for spreading some encouragement! Pumped to have you here!
Very good video! I'm also doing one, on the same subject. I've also been shooting with film lately and I'm loving it. It's a different kind of photography compared to digital cameras and I agree with you, better to have both options whenever I can. *Your Canon F1 is too beautiful!! It looks pretty new! Thanks for the video and a hug from Brazil!
Hey! Thanks for tuning in from Brazil! Pumped to have you here :) Its interesting how two systems that have the same end goal can be SO different! Best of luck on your video, I'll keep an eye out for it!
I got the F-1 also.. its nice.. also use the AV-1 and the Mamiya RB67 medium format camera for 120 mm film. Using the canon FD s.s.c lenses (24, 50, 100 and 200) The cool thing is that the FD lenses is so small and the quality is up to par with the new lenses. If you get an FD to RF adaptor you can sometimes get away with just bringing one set of lenses for both digital and film systems. Film saves the highlights and digital saves the shadows more.. so its important to have in mind. And.. Aaaand.. its super important to know what film you are using and what chemestry and how to develop.. really... Ektar or gold? Cinestill 400D or Lomo Purple... what is the sharpest or the best for the situation... you cant get that from digital, just not possible. But its baked in (like for real, its baked into the film..:P) ....and its time consuming to develop and scan.. and film are expensive like freaking hell. Good advice.. get developing kit and get cinestill c-41 kit.. and then you are golden for most color film.. and its easy after doing it a couple of times
Hey great thoughts! Thanks for sharing. :) That's another cool point to film that I hadn't mentioned, and that's the variation of looks you can get from a film stock. Every digital sensor has it's own "color science" and, personally, I get bored of it after a little while. With film, you can put in a new roll and it's like you're on a whole new camera! I'll have to look in to developing at home for sure!
@@TroyMairs I totally agree :) and the grain is "real grain" not that photoshop thing is so hard to emulate in photoshop and to make it look nice :D But as you mention in your video.. the feeling when shooting film cameras is just different.. and its hard to explain. The look can come close on fuji cameras with their film stock emulations in camera, but the feeling you can only get when actually snapping the pictures on your film camera, hoping it actually is gonna work later when you develop the film :P And medium format on the mamiya is just magic. just saying
