Thank you for such a great video! Is SO nice to have more women supplying technical information, the inclusion of different skin tones was really cool too :-)
As always, a great video. I love you Lina. 30 years trying to explain that the curves and information in film data sheets ( and others photography product) are there to be understood and be used by photographers. You are one of the very few that explain about it, and you introduction about real film manufacturers versus rebranding, is VERY IMPORTANT. Again, another great video from the lovely blue hair girl.
I'm going to shoot my first film soon (after I was a teenager) and this was not only very interesting and helpful, but you also have a great way to communicate your knowledge.
Great material, especially in today's digital age, I am more than 60 years old, but with curiosity I received information that I was not fully aware of
Coming from a scientific background I have no problems with technical information charts, but I must say that the way you explained the spectral responses of all those films was excellent :D Anyone who wasn't so technically inclined could easily follow what you have said here and understand how these films work, and with what subjects. Wonderfully done :D
Hi Lina thank you for your insights into film characteristics, really explained well. I liked the faces practically showing the shades of grey and the ability to hide skin imperfections 👍or emphasizing shin tone.👍🥂
This video is fantastic! Thank you for going into such depth and practical examples. I didn't know what I didn't know, and this completely changes my thoughts on B&W film!
I am checking film photography vlogs for a long time and I didn't come across such useful information. I've shot a lot of Foma 400 that I like. But after a few rolls of foma 200, I fell in love with 200. Also, Rollei Infrared 800 was experimental and I've loved the results. Now I see why. Great content. Always happy when you upload.
Thank you. I have followed you when you were still going to photography school, and you were using an 8x10 view camera. The blue hair shocked me at first when you started your You Tube channel, but through the years you turned out to produce a very good program. I am an old photographer, I started photography in 1969 and graduated from photography school in 1978. All we used at that time was film. I grew up with it. You are the only channel I have come across that is this thorough and informative with analog photography. I have seen many You Tube videos by photographers talking about film who really don't know what they are doing or talking about. You are like a breath of fresh air in analog photography. Thanks again.
Thank you so much for such kind words. Growing up with film, that sounds like a dream! And photo schools back in the days were so much superior to how we're taught nowadays... It was hard for me to find a grad school with a good darkroom, actually, with a darkroom at all. Since then though, I see a lot of change in universities, introducing more film courses,, and I'm really hoping for the trend to continue.
Very instructive video on such a technical topic! I love the ORTHO 80, but I did not know the Adox CMS 20... I will definitely be trying it out with the required developer this summer - thanks for the tip!
Wow! Simply WOW! It's one thing to learn something. It's another thing to command a subject so well that you can explain it to someone else. And there's yet another level when one can package an entire school semesters worth off knowledge into digestible videos on RU-vid. You my lady, are great. Thank you so much for taking your time to produce these videos and for being willing to share your knowledge WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST bit of snarkiness in your tone! 🙏
thank you for your super good work. until now i have only looked at the datasheets of films because of the recommended developing time and the Schwarzschild effect... I like to follow your blog, always find interesting things. Really looking forward to your filter post :-)
As always, Lina absolutely nails it and delivers a lot of very technical detail in a very simple, digestible and enjoyable way. Fantastically useful lessons in 11:40 secs. Genius!
Great video and very good job relating it to real world applications. It really makes the data sheets make more sense and gives a better idea of what to expect. I shot some portraits on SFX 200 a few years ago and I was absolutely blown away.
I wish there was a true infared film still made, I've been experimenting with putting dark red/ir filters on my flash to shoot in dark scenarios without being obnoxious and foma 400, rollei 400 IR (which now I'm concerned isn't even their film), and JCH streetpan give decent results but still need an f1.4 lens with slow shutters to pull it off.
Agfa doesn’t sell film for general photography, just for video surveillance and aerial photography (hence the increased sensitivity to infrared). Rollei (well, Maco - those of the shop Macodirect) buys this film and packs it for photography (35mm and 120 rolls, 4x5 sheets). It’s not old stock nor rebranding of film that you can buy from others.
Hello, thank you for uploading this fantastically informative video. By any chance would you know of a resource that carries the Adox CMS 20 ii film in a 120 film format? I am on the United States and I find it hard to get it in 35mm nonetheless 120. Also, I came across a kit from Adox for their B&W development kit that includes the chemical mixes for the development process but, they are not in stock and the stores do not know when or if they will get them back in stock. I am brand new to photography and all I have are very strong visions of the types of pictures I want to create. Any guidance you can offer me would be so greatly appreciated. Thank you
What a good video! Where can we find something like that? And who's ever made a video about it? I could only find this theme in old soviet reference books, printed in 1957, the year before I was born! It's great! Please, continue and about filters too! И этот приятный легкий русский акцент нам очень нравится...მრავალჟამიერ მხატვარი!
Go and have a look a 20 of the greatest photos taken on B & W. Tri X would probably be the stock for all of them. D76 1:1 or for fine grain rate at 200 and use Microdol. For sharpness use Rodinal 1:100
My weakness for black and white is tmax 100, followed by pan f 50. I like the sharpness and details it gives. For oddball films, I love adox cms 20 ii... But everything has to be perfect from shooting to developing...
Tmax is awesome, I loved the 400, but SO MANY times had those backing paper issues... I believe it's fixed now, but I have this basic mistrust still. And CMS20 is surely challenging, I'm always super stressed when shooting it :D
Thank you for such great info. Do you ever buy the hundred ft roll of film and bulk roll your own? Also I have 60 rolls of outdated Tmax film that has a little fog, I have read that different developers help reduce this fog, What do think. Thanks.
I think every video you do should have some kind of product link either related to the video or favorite equipment, or suggested books, or something. It can only add income and be helpful at the same time. Perhaps a standard group of links should be included along with video specific links, or seasonal links. That way you maximize the video's value to your income. Certainly there must be books on Amazon related to almost every topic. Additionally, if you have an online store of your own, perhaps that could be there as well. If you discuss the zone system there are books on that, or color correction or balancing light, then there are tons of things one may use in those areas. Possibly you may have to check the links from time to time to make sure they are still working, that may be the only downside, but even then, it's not like a link will go bad anytime soon. Best wishes!
I would be shooting Fuji Acros but they don't make it in 4x5. I do shoot and really love Tmax 100. For street shooting i really love TRI-X grain and contrast in 35mm.
Such a great video, a very clear practical examples on what film to use in which situation. Never thought of the graphs in such a way. I feel like a professor now, since HP5+ is my favourite b+w film. By the way, what's the best film to photograph a tractor? 😉
haha I will give a serious answer: CMS 20 II is AMAZING for all metal surfaces and technical things, because it's also extra sharp and almost no grain. If something isn't moving and I have a tripod, that film would be a top pick.
Fomapan to me it's the best B&W film, so far. High quality to a really fair price. Is not main stream, but it doesn't mean anything. HP5 it's so famous but to me it's not a great film. Of course, it's all personal.
Very nicely done video. Helpful to new and old photographers alike. I am a big fan of Delta 100 and 400 too as seen in this article www.ilfordphoto.com/the-london-series/ . I'm also a big fan of the ADOX lines, but I wish they'd get off the 35mm box and get into the 120; I know it used to be made before but it's not been available anywhere in the UK for years. I mostly only shoot 120. I am dying to get CMS 20 into my 120 camera and many of the other ADOX lines.
Caution: Foma and FP4 curves use tungsten light, not equal energy, so they mostly show light source spectrum. The ACROS curve uses 5500K daylight. Harman claim ALL their curves use tungsten light, but this is false. In truth all Harman and Foma films are quite flat over the sensitised range, with only depth of red sensitisation controlling red response. Also some EE curves show sharply rising response from 450 to 400nm, but this has little relevance as few light sources except xenon flash output much at these wavelengths.
You got the spectral sensitivity of Foma 200 wrong. Your figure says that it's the same as Foma 100, but it's not. Look up the technical data sheet and you'll find that the three Foma B&W films all have different graphs, and in fact, Foma 200 has the widest sensitivity of the Foma films, going slightly into the infrared.
I like your very interesting videos. Thanks for your great instructions about all what you do. You have inspired me to re beginnig to develop films and print them after a long time. I've seen you in your great darkroom at Firenze, and this was mi moment of 'rinascita'. It's very nice to practice analog photography. Sorry mi english isn't very nice.
You are amazing ! I wish I could share your videos with my students, yes English is not complicated however we are talking about French students ,,, ^_* if one day you come to France, come visit me : Dev It Yourself ! See ya
@@linabessonova Don’t worry my Italian isn’t very good too while we have both a Latin language ^_* I was in Paris, but for 4 years now I moved out to Nantes and founded the photo school : Dev It Yourself ! Keep posting these kind of videos I really like your style :) See ya
