Really dig the new intro, congrats on another subscriber milestone! And as someone who probably shoots more expired than fresh film I'll certainly be looking forward to more videos about it.
So I LOVE my Konica C35. I got mine in 2019 from a friend in Saskatoon (was in Newfoundland at the time, now in New Brunswick) for $6 and honestly this camera is worth so much more. Mine is the original with the built-in rangefinder and it produces some of the nicest photos I have ever taken. Highly recommend if you can get on the cheap!!!
So cool to see this video now because just a couple of days ago I was on the Brazilian National Archive website seeing some scans of Kodak Plus-x Pan taken in my town in the first half of the 1970's.
I really enjoyed my once only ever experience I had with Plus x. This was after a long hiatus from stills film shooting. The shots feel more nostalgic now that the film has discontinued.
Thanks for the video (not that I see myself shooting Plus-X any time soon - even less later), but it still was interesting. Please know, that the little comedic quirky inserts ("close your eyes" or when you were looking for the film tin) do not go unnoticed. They nicely lighten the mood and I appreciate them. (I am sure, I am missing some more)
Love your page keep those film videos coming and dropping gems. We all love shooting different stuff and circumstances when it comes to film...interested in seeing the different looks of them all!
The flatbed I use is the Epson v550, which is never sharp with the given holders and that is why I don't use them. I place my film directly to the glass, but I do not use any anti-newton glass. I just tape my film emulsion side down and flip it in LightRoom. I get pretty sharp scans, but the caveat is that I need to clean the glass in between scanning each strip. I am currently looking into either a Plustek, Cool Scan, or any other scanner in this realm so I don't have to deal the hassle of a flatbed. Oh and by the way, awesome video. Plus-X is one of my favorite film stocks. I'm hopping this is one of the films that Kodak will revive someday.
@@Exxcalibur186 Yes and no. With films with a more matte emulsion side, I have no problems. But if the emulsion side is glossy like what Kodak switched to for their color films, then I get newton rings sometimes.
I was just a kid when Plus X was discontinued, but my dad was a photographer/journalist/copy editor for a small town newspaper in the 1990s, and he says Plus X was his go to since I guess the paper was still black and white then. He actually found a few rolls of it that he had never shot and gave them to me a few months ago, I assume they’re from 2001 or so because he changed jobs shortly after I was born. I’d love to shoot them, but they weren’t stored very well so I’m wary of what I’d actually get from them. Anyways, great video as always, love the new intro, and can’t wait for the 16mm content!
Quite interesting guide for the Konica C35. I will back to this video when I start using mine. On the other hand, have you ever shot a film using the KeyStone 16mm cameras? It would be so exiting to check the differences and the possiblities. Thanks.
Really enjoyed this Noah. Ive shot and loved Kodak XX. Very high contrasty film....... But never had a problem with it :-) I look forward to your video's... Keep em coming :-)
I shot a lot of Plus-X in the mid 90's to very early 2000s. It was one of my goto film stocks. I especially liked the way it printed to Ilford Pearl RC paper. It wasn't overly contrasty, but had some pleasing mid-tones and enlarged fairly well. 5x7 prints were great, but you could get an 8x10 without losing too much (provided you kept a reasonable viewing distance). It's a B&W film stock I sorely miss. I'd say Ilford FP4 is comparable and I think I prefer FP4, but it doesn't mean that Plus-X doesn't hold a special place for me. Thanks for the video. Brought back some fun memories.
You were about a half stop under, looking at those negs. Nice . The Plus_X was a great emulsion but my favourite of the Kodak old timers is the Panatomic X, which has been sadly out of production for quite a long time. Flatbed scanning of 35mm is usually not so brilliant. There is a way of doing it but here is not where to discuss it. I suggest you either use a dedicated 35mm scanner such as the now unavailable Nikon LS50 or Coolscan V or use a decent digital camera to scan your negs.
I'd love to do a video with Panatomic X, so I'm hoping to track some good stuff down eventually. The Plus-X is showing signs of promise and I'll probably be shooting more for sure. I've been very interested in switching to DSLR scanning for 35mm because of the limitations of flatbed scanning, but I'm deciding how much of an investment to put into it at the moment!
I never shot it as a still film, but loved the look of Plus-X Super 8. I made a short film that was shot on 16mm and Super 8, and I was surprised at how well the Plus-X Super 8 held it's own against the 16mm.
I just got a roll of 126 film that expired in 1991. Should I keep it in the fridge or in the freezer? I'm gonna be using it eather later this year or next year
Hey Noah love your videos! I'm going to be shooting a short on super 8 and some shots mean that I'll need to put the camera in positions where I won't be able to look through the viewfinder. I've looked everywhere and can't find any useful info! I wondered if you knew of a way of fixing this issue? Ideally I could get a seagull viewfinder type thing to just whack on the eyepiece of the viewfinder but I haven't found anything. Other results have been video taps which is great but I'd much rather keep the "rig" compact and use something like a seagull viewfinder! I've got a Eumig 880PMA if knowing the cam makes any difference. Thank you!! :) x
@@dejong431 All films loose sensitivity as times go by. If the film has been kept well out of harm, the effects are less so. The rule of approx one stop per every ten years is just about right. If the film has only been out of date for a couple of year, no correction is necessary.
@@lensman5762 Thank you, I do understand there will be some chemical degradation also noise form the background radiation, but my point was that from my experience the effect is less on BW film than for color film.
Loved the video (and all your videos)! Quick question, I recently got some vision 3 250d for respooling into 35mm for still photography and home developing. But I still have some left in the can and was wondering, how should you properly close the can? I got it with gaffer tape around it multiple times but it's a pain to re-wrap in the dark. I had thought it was to prevent light getting in as an extra bit of protection but I saw in the video you just had some strips of tape to stop the lid from falling off. Are just a few strips enough? Sorry for the confusing question.
The film inside my can is wrapped up inside of black bag that further protects it, so I'm not too concerned about taping the can up all the way around.
@@AnalogResurgence Awesome, I'll maybe just do that the next time I open it up. It's my first time dealing with cinema film so was a little paranoid about ruining it. Thank you
Hey Noah what happened to the design of your logo I missed it and the music and your cameras and the song please return it you know when you make videos to beg film companies to return film back I beg you to return the design
This is the 69th comment, but also i thought it was a completely different channel due to the logo change, but the new logos and intro does look great.
Cool channel. What was the Dev information for this film. Cool you get free film from FPP. They hype up and sell expired film in bulk and rebrand it. Not a fan
The Konica C35V,: a just above "PHD" camera for casual photography instead of fiddling with focus or pondering "the right shutter speed." Let's hear it for Plus-X and Verichrome Pan films, gone but not forgotten! (When you don't need maximum film speed for everyday photography.) Eastman Kodak: "T-Max 100 will do; discontinue Plus-X Pan." Ilford: "This is how we take over the market, one Rochester mistake after another." 8:48 Does "the cheap camera" skate on the film's latitude, compared to the "more expensive/better designed" Canon?
I just wanna preface by saying I'm very new to this: I guess I'm just confused by the iso of Plus X, because he said the iso was around 80, but on the package it Said it was "medium speed" which I assume is more In line with 200t film. I got the 7276 film by the way.
