A Wedding Photographer's Film Cameras - Canon, Leica, & Olympus 

What kind of photography do dogs do? Paw-traits

The Leica M6 MARK 1 flash fire is 60SEC and the canon EOS1N has a TOP Flash SEC of 250 which is good for FAST ACTION photo shoot

Great video

Dad joke: did you know Dublin is the largest city in the world? The population keeps Dublin and doubling.

Well said, all around. 👏🏻

Dad joke: I have a stepladder, because my real ladder left when I was a kid.

I don’t think the Leica is going out of business ever Most of the people who have Leica are faithful they don’t think about the price. I have a friend have a Leica and is not a professional photographer he just love it.

Film-Photography is interesting because it is uncertain. And the fact that you let your kids shoot film is so cool. Giving it to the next generation and making it heirlooms is fantastic.

Plain and simple, I think I want a film camera now. Awesome vid. P.S. I'm also a dad (2 boys & 1 girl), so here's your "dad joke". Q: What's brown and sticky? A: A stick

liked and subed but if you do another PM coffee intro im done! here's your comment

how does the editing work with film photography? If it exists at all? Do you scan them so you can edit them in lightroom? Or were all those photos you showed straight out of those cameras?

I'm glad I found your channel again! I watched a vlog about Contax T2+Leica M6+medium format camera time ago but I lost your channel. I don't care the topic of your video, just your charm and vibes talking to the camera are good to watch. Sorry for my bad English!

0:58 u r forgiven

Even if Canon DSLRs die, the EF mount lenses will always have real world value because of the film cameras that accept them. I have a list of EF/L lenses that I will scoop up when the prices tank.

Hey! Great video! What are your opinions on shooting with let’s say a Canon AE-1 versus the one you have? I’ve been shooting film for about a year now and just recently got the AE-1P which is nice with that auto mode. Is your EOS 1 quicker / more durable? Is the quality better or is it still dependent on film and processing and such? I was asked to shoot a small, very casual and aesthetically pleasing elopement in the woods of Maine at an A Frame cabin and my current cameras are AE-1, AE-1P and AT-1 and seeing your camera is making me nervous like what I have is not enough lol any advice or words of encouragement? I’m very comfortable with my cameras but I’m used to the security a DSLR gives me in regards to being able to overshoot as much as I want / editing / minimal if any mechanical issues!

I can’t believe I’m really saving up for you to shoot my wedding and I’m literally 17

Love the calmness of this video :)

Liked, and here's a comment - don't get glass envy. The Zeiss glass is amazing. The Leica glass is great. But so is the Cosina glass, whether it's the Zeiss branded or Voigtländer branded. Remember, a lot of wedding photographers are using that same brand in Sony E mount on an A7 series. They are nothing to sniff at! As a working photographer, I'm sure you always apply the cost to benefit test - will a Leica Summilux give you a financial benefit of the $3000 to $6000 it will cost you? Will it give you a joy-equivalent benefit to that amount? As far as a flash gun goes, you have a TTL, looking at the shutter dial. This camera won't work with the tiny Fujifilm and Contax flash units that are popular on older film M's - because the communications pins cause issues with each other. Unfortunately, you can only use either very-old single pin flash guns - which may damage the electronics if the voltage is too high - or use modern Leica and specially Leica-compatible flash units. The current one I like is the Leica SF-40, which is also available as the Nissin i40 for your Canon kit at only half the price of the Leica version. The "official" flash for your camera was the SF-20, but while it's thinner front to back, it's taller than the SF-40 and can't be bounced or anything useful like that.

Been taking pictures since I was 7 or 8 years old. Never gave up film photography and you will only pry my Leicas from my cold, dead hands.

You said you'll pin the best dad joke. So here is my joke, "The best dad joke." p/s sorry im late to your channel.

I dont trust stairs... they are always up to something

What’s large, grey and doesn’t matter? An irrelephant

I got the canon EOS1N camera and is still good back up FILM camera

Why did you needed the flash for inside shots..That is a such a beautiful building and light, flash totally killed the ambiance.

I wouldn’t say 300$ is cheap. Definitely quite some money.

Contax646 Planar 80/2 everything else are toys.

love this. thanks for sharing...

This was fun. I started on film... but really had no idea what I was doing... because it would be months before I developed the rolls, and had no idea why my photos sucked... but it was valuable when I went digital, it all made sense.

Why did the video camera get pulled over by the cops? It was speeding. -Dad joke I just saw on Film Riot XD

You’ve been bringing up film for awhile and you inspired me to buy my Canon AE-1 over the summer. Thank you for continuing the conversation about film! I love my film camera!

Love your videos Eric, stunning photos also! I’ve never used a film camera before so I learned quite a bit here too

Is there an offset at f2 with focus on that Zeiss on the Leica?

I would like to help your channel to blow up!

I swear I didn't break that aperture ring...

What do you dont like in Canon system???

Yup, classic RU-vid intro

Liar! Where‘s your Fuji? 😉

Good stuff mate! Hoping to get a Leica soon!

I really enjoyed this video

8:30 love these two 😍🙌

Eric, I hate coffee so be glad I stayed after the intro 😅

I found an Olympus on eBay for $135.00. Description says brand new, it has box, everything is still wrapped. Would this be a good deal on that type of camera?

Beautiful frames good sir 🙌🏽📷🖼 As someone that owns way too many camera bodies and lenses... and who’s wife hasn’t killed him for it.... I dare not venture into the film world LMAO 🤔😩💀 But, I do shoot with a Polaroid at events and that’s gonna have to calm the urge. For now........ 😈

I got the canon EOS1n camera and the Canon EF 50mm f1.2L and the Canon EF 35mm F1.4L which I do use and I used to do wedding photography few years ago and it can be very stressful if you don't mess it up

Photography is the best ! Thanks for the nice 👍 Video vibes . Stay positive : I love creating Film images and Re - Uploading images that I shoot on film . I’m a B&W photographer - @ Angrygoldstar Entertainment

Nice video man. I grew up on film and developed my own black and white prints etc. etc. You absolutely don't need to be a pro to shoot film. It was all we had in the day so every Tom Dick and Harry shot film, pro or not. I was shooting film from 10 years of age man, hardly anything to be snobbish about. The Nikon D700 got me into digital and I thought yay! no more chemical developing. I still love both film and digital although with scanned negatives the computer has replaced the dark room which is brilliant. Its funny, when I was developing film I had no inclination to go back and take pictures with glass plates etc. like the `old folk' did. Just too hard man. But this generation still likes film which is brilliant. I think if we still needed to chemically develop prints film may not have made a come back. Digital scanning makes the overall process much simpler. This might be what `saved' film. As I said I grew up on film and I still love film but like you I don't know why. I have no nostalgia at all. I think it is the `care about every frame thing.' It gives photography more meaning when you care about it more, like anything. Like life. Anyway, something....... hard to put my finger on it.

Michael Scott reference = immediate respect Love your vibe and style! ✌🏼

I've had a canon ae-1 for years that I've literally never used because I don't know how lololol what kind of film do you recommend??

Cool camera!!

been looking for a good film camera video, but you don’t have the film camera that I have and that’s okay!! awesome video loved it :)))

Thanks for helping out! Canon Sure Shot 85 zoom is so amazing and your story behind it i'm sure make it so special

i bought some shoes from a drug dealer and idk what he laced them with but i was tripping all day. . . but first video i ever see from you but great work! liked and subscribed!👍🏽

hahaha does coffee automatcally mean art?

I really do want to get into the industry and you are one of the people I consider as a mentor. If you could help by talking about your first camera and gear and how you came to get it. Basically how you started.

i just got an ansco 110 slim pix camera yesterday and after watching this video I am so pumped to go out and shoot!

Do you develope your photos yourself? Or do you send them somewhere?

Can't listen to the trolls in the comments, man. You've got great charisma on your channel and you provide valuable knowledge. Keep doin' what you do! My channel is literally me just making stuff for the sake of making it with no real reason for it lol.

Go algorithm go!

great first impression on the first video of yours ive watched! and i wouldnt call that intro "the MOST stereotypical", it was missing the low-fi beats

Great video :)

You’re lucky you got the Canon EOS 1V for $300, it has been marked up in price recently. I paid the same price for my Canon EOS 1n.

Hi, what an amazing video. Keep up the good work! I look forward to your next video.

Awsome video!

Ive been looking to purchase a 1V since im super invested in canon glass. Do you have any downsides other than it being a little to big? I currently shoot with a 5D3

do you scan your own negs?

I was blown away by so many of these photos, youre soo good man!

Hey Eric. Another fantastic episode. Do you not use the 1DX Mark2 anymore?

Nice Video!

I have the same Olympus point n shoot. My only gripe about it, when you zoom, it cuts the corners of the image, other wise it's a pretty solid camera.

The meter on the m6 will die and cant be repaired anymore. Would you still keep it if it doesnt have a working meter?

i was recently gifted a zoom 140 too, absolutely love that thing! amazing results and it feels great in the hand

Awesome!!!!

nice!

Talk about different films

Ayooo Honest Men are da bomb Good luck with the channel man!

Always enjoy your commentary, keep up the great work!

Where do you get your film developed?

Do you scan your negatives or have a lab do it? If you do, what scanner do you use?

Well-made and informative video, with just the right amount of (exquisite 😝) humour. I'm trying to get into film photography - I have a Pentax Spotmatic SP and some great M42 lenses - but things fall apart at the development and scanning part. It's costing me 16 bucks for development and scanning some low-res JPEGS, so I'm missing out on quality big-time and I can't afford to invest in my own development and scanning equipment.

damn, that coffee b-roll almost got me to close the video straight away, but glad I didn't. the leica m6 shots are just on another level. I would be really interested in a film photography dedicated video, covering all you need to know to start shooting film. keep it up!

Film and digital are simply methods of recording an image. The camera and lens combination is the conduit by which the viewed image is formed and transmitted to the medium. Anyone who believes there is an advantage in shooting film has obviously come to photography via the digital medium. For many, many years film was the only medium and cameras were chosen for a job on the basis of two things. The suitability of the equipment to physically match the subject and the film format to gain the required quality. The advent of digital technology completely changed photography. For more years than I care to remember I shot a multitude of subjects on film using large format (5x4) , medium format (6x7, 6x6 and 6x4.5) and miniature format (35 mm). When digital first started to appear I resisted the pressures to change from film. I simply believed it was just a phase and it would never be able to replace film. I eventually decided to give it a try and sold one of my film bodies to help fund it. Being an old guy who had no experience of computers it was an extremely steep learning curve for me but I struggled on, always of course keeping at least one film body in reserve. That film body was soon returned to its box and that is where it remains to this day. Not only is there nothing I could do with film that I cannot do with digital; I can also do so much more with digital and a lot easier too. Film is at best now an interesting historical process which may well be an attractive hobby but in my opinion is a totally pointless medium. My only concern with digital is the constantly changing storage formats. My huge collection of negatives and transparencies will last forever as long as I store them correctly whereas I do worry about digitally stored images. I have shot film, I have lived with the limitations of both the equipment and the medium itself. I have suffered the anxiety of having to wait to see the result of a shoot, the restriction of having only 10, 12, 15 shots on a roll of medium format film or 24, 36 on SLR's. I have had to live with the extremely limited exposure latitude of transparency film and the associated problems of getting a correct exposure. I have also had an immense amount of satisfaction from shooting on film and working in a dark room, watching the magic when an image appeared in a tray of developer. Do I wish to return to those days? Absolutely not. My last film body, a Canon EOS3, will remain in its box to be shown to my grandchildren . I do have a desire to purchase a display cabinet and fill it with an example of every type of camera I have owned but they will serve only to illustrate my photographic journey. I learned my trade through the difficult medium of film and now totally embrace the multitude of advantages that comes with digital.

This is literally the combo I want. Great video!

Really love your videos... so helpful and inspiring.

actually the Biogon 35 is an amazing lens on film and digital

Great vid bro! M6 on the list for me. I do shoot the M240 so I love the rangefinder world.

What did the janitor say when they jumped out the closet? - SUPPLIES! Great video, Eric, thanks! Is portra400 your go to film or do you shoot any other type?

You took Casey's iconic photo? Dang

This is great. So inspiring. I did traditional photo years ago and have been wanting to get back into it. Thanks for sharing.

Videos like this make me want to do more film photography because it's just a humble and talented guy having a conversation about it and not some pretentious hipster lecturing me on how to shoot it properly. Keep it up Eric.

2:30

I love your film photographs!

yes yes yes

Hey Eric! Another awesome video, I’ve been looking into a point and shoot film camera and will definitely check those out. If you don’t mind me asking, what lab do you use to develop your film?

Are you going to start using film to shoot weddings? Weddings on film are my personal favorite!

Those Leica images really do pop!

Let’s get this shit to blow up

I would LOVE for you to release a video on how you colour correct / what LUTs you use for both video and photo editing, absolutely blown away by the way it always looks

Omg 11:52 is literally amazing. Crazy that a p&s exposed that correctly

another great video! thank you

Super helpful video! Loved seeing the breakdown and examples from each camera