Reviewing the Cheapest 35mm Films 

Hahahaha, the all mechanical cameras do be the ones to shoot tho 😳

Imagine having friends, let alone friends who also love photography TTnTT

Corey and Willem Verbeeck both post a video in the same hour. Blessed be the film gods.

So the Contax rolled the film back into the "filmbox", did I get that right? There are actually tricks to get it back out again by licking the end of another film and putting that end through the slit of the "ruined" roll :D I tried it last week after watching a few youtube tutorials, and it actually worked.

That Kodak Gold hit different

Gold 200 and ColorPlus are both great for the price and have great colors and latitude. Ultramax is in the same boat; cheap, good colors, good latitude - just with an extra stop to play with. None of these have very fine grain in my experience, but they don’t look bad by any means. As for the Fuji - I’ve only shot a few rolls of C200, but the grain and green cast in the shadows don’t make me want to shoot more of it. That’s just me and my experience tho. Loved the vid Corey!

cheap film is dope. makes me enjoy shooting film that much more, less to fuss over

One thing I've learned about photography after all these years: You only need flashy stuff when you're trying to make the mundane look interesting. Capture good content, and people won't really care what the quality of film is. That's what good film does, it makes the mundane more flashy. But capture something truly interesting to look at, and it really doesn't matter what camera or film you've captured it on, people will find interest. I think a mistake a lot of street photographers make is that they're out and about in "see what I can get" mode, see something that catches their eye, and try to make a good picture of it. But the problem is that what might have caught your eye, won't necessarily make for a good photo. Good photography has a method and purpose behind it. This is what people mean when they talk about photography vs documenting. If you're just going around capturing whatever catches your eye, you're documenting. You need method and purpose. For example, I came up with my own genre of photography I call "multi faceted contrast". The method and purpose is to have simplistic photo's that are entirely made up of multiple levels of contrast, not just in color and light, but also the subject matters. Everything in the scene has to be a contrast to something else in the scene, but not in a chaotic or messy way that can be confusing. People may not even realize why they find interest in the images using this concept, but it gets them thinking. So for example, I'll contrast life vs death, before vs after, in focus vs out of focus, organic vs geometric, round vs angular, dark vs light, and more.....all in the same photo. And this can be done with something as simple as two mundane objects. And that's what a person really needs to do before they click that shutter button, they need to stop and think "what am I trying to convey here? what am I trying to make people feel?". Sometimes it can be as simple as a nice place to sit that people can imagine themselves there. But it has to be something like that. And you can do this with the mundane too, as long as something is being conveyed. Sometimes it's as simple as finding the right angle/distance to get a background that helps convey something or changes how the subject matter is perceived.

lol was actually looking forward to seeing the ultramax since i only shot it once and had a so-so experience with it, but it was still great seeing these other film stocks. haven't tried any of them yet, so it's nice to see how they compare to each other

Kodak Gold was looking FIIINNNNNEEEEE!!! I’ll definitely be picking up a roll next chance I get.

Should've taken that Ultramax roll out and used the C200 tail and a bit of water/spit to put it inside the Ultramax can and yank the leader back out, works for me when I wanna switch rolls mid-roll! Glad to see you still making videos among all the chaos in the world right now.

finally something good to watch while being quarantined at home.

It’s not entirely over with film being stuck in the canister. You can still retrieve it there are a bunch of RU-vid vids that all help pls watch them it’s happened to me too :)

you can re-roll the lead to the ultramax load it back in and take as many shots as you did covering the lens so the negative wont be affected and still us the rest of the roll

C200 is where it’s at! Probably my fav consumer stock.

Love Kodak ultramax 400 my go too film nowadays

Kodak Gold is my favorite followed by Color Plus and Ultramax, too bad they do not make Gold in 120. Also it is possible to pull out a film that is all rolled up in the film holder, you have to use a piece of wet film and pull it fast, there is a video on RU-vid on how to do it ... and it works

the fuji c200 looks the best in my opinion. :)

Kodak is THE brand, but Fuji delivers so great colors I stay amazed to it. Principally c200 and superia x tra 400, comparing to colorplus, and kodak gold.

Shoot Colorplus at 100 and develop normally. That's where it's at.

Never had a problem with Kodak films. I used a lot of Kodak Gold 100 back when I first learned photography. I used to develop it to too . In the Army we had a hobby photo lab on Post. We had about a half dozen Color enlargers and color developing equipment. And a separate B&W lab. That was back in the 1980s

Would love to see a real comparison with 3 same camera setups and lenses. Nice vid man, but a pretty random vlog. Next time with Ultramax, make it happen!

Aww man I was looking forward to seeing you shoot UltraMax. I've found it to be one of my favorites as I feel like Fuji's films (ha) turn out to be a bit too green.....

I love Color Plus, I even print some pics for my first Expo and they come out extremely pretty I recommend it a lot. Kodak Gold is right behind for sunny days is just awesome. UltraMax and I have a really bad relationship haha I kinda hate it the colors get too much out of balance.

4:14 That background is aesthetic af

I love seeing my home city photographed like this. Also thanks for the film recommendations

I love all of these stocks, c200 was my first stock ever it is really solid for what it is. Back then I just bought it because it was the cheapest film available but looking back to it having shot more stocks I found myself going back to it for more casual shooting. Loved the video, keep up the good work :)

this is why I always carry a film retriever in my camera bag!

It's not so much the cost of film purchase, Corey, rather more, the film D & P that can hurt the wallet (unless you're doing your own at home) - but then I am speaking of processing in the UK - in the States it may be considerably less expensive. In regard to your film rolling back into the cassette, you can buy retrieval blades that slot into the aperture slit - they're not expensive - & everyone I know from that era of analogue photography possesses one in their camera bag; I can't tell you how many times that's been one of the most valuable pieces of kit when out & about. Great presentation !

Where and what is the eerie liminal space building you guys were in at the start?

Just discovered your channel about an hour ago. A few episodes in and can't stop watching. Just had to subscribe. Keep up the great work dude

Ultramax is really good for a dynamic range as well, really quite vivid colours, I recommend it

Alex's shot at 1:52 tho... Absolute fire

Yo that Canon in the non tele version is the one that I use on the daily. It's actually an amazing camera.

if u accidentally rolled the film back, you can always try getting any negative, developed ones work, lick the end of it, stick it in the rolled film canister and wiggle it around. the spit should make them stick to each other and the end will come back out pretty easily. and then just reload it up and shoot up to where you think you were & then take your new shots. there’s no guarantees that all the photos will come out perfect, especially the ones that got taken before the rewind but u can always salvage it :)

Great video man. Relaxing and satisfying to watch. Keep it up

Love Color Plus - Great video!

I finished watching Willem and corey videos. Whats Next?

sent my contax t2 and t3 to Nippon photoclinic in ny to get fixed and it cost me around 400 bucks per camera. Super fast and speedy service.

I think the Fuji C200 is better for buildings and landscapes and Kodak(both) are for pictures with people. That's my opinion...🤗

i was looking forward to your ultramax photos. it is the first film i bought from amazon and i really liked the how the pictures came out. can we get a redo with the ultramax since there is not much videos about it out there? or at least i’d like to see your take with it.

Get a film leader retriever or do the licking trick to get the leader back next time.

you can get a tool to extract the leader from the roll. you could then reload it in the camera. these tools for for developing the film without destroying the canister so it can be used with bulk film, usually Black and White.

Thank you! Sheltered people need this while we're stuck at home!

At what time of day was this video filmed? Such beautiful light

Just thrills the shit out of me you young guys are shooting film. Bravo!

Right on! Great photos as usual.

Thanks a lot especially to you as a beginner it is very helpful to see the cheaper 35mm films. How do you manage to get such results at about 3:00 with ISO 200 film in that light? For me I would always get a much longer time like 1/8 or so if I measure with a mobile phone app. Keep it up and many greetings from Germany, Tobias.

RIP T2. Great video, Gold>Colorplus>C200 in my opinion.

This video has been very helpful to me , thank you!

Really wanted to see the ultramax results. Hope you can make another video about it. Keep it up! 🤙

insane building, the light and the shadow.

I love Kodak Gold, but the C200 looked fantastic.

Super ! Many thanx ! Good 2 know when not 2 shoot Fuji C200.

These are some really high quality videos and photos!

If you wet a film leader of another roll and wind the two together you can pull the accidentally rewound films leader back out and have another go at it ...

Hope you're doing well, Corey! Nice to see a reminder of what the streets were like before this mess.

All you need is a film leader retriever, or sometimes you can use a cut piece of film as a retriever.

Great video and relaxing music, what else? Hope your channel grows as it deserves. Cheers from Italy ;-)

You guys should have taken pictures of the exact same scene for a fair comparison

Wow I was looking for a comparison with Gold, ColorPlus and C200....

I’ve read that Color Plus is actually Kodak Kodacolor VR, a film with quite the 80s pedigree.

Did you edit your photos of the fuji roll? Because when I shoot mine the greens looks horrible

New Corey vid? Uhm yes please :))

Nice comparison video Corey and yep Matt is right, mechanical is best although those electric beasts can be a lot of fun

That shot a 5:12 is fire dude

a good wrap up to the video

What would be the speed to rate the Fuji C200 you recomment? I love the UltraMax and have shot it at ISO 400 and 200. Both work brilliantly. That film is really amazing. I want to try the C200 though.

needed this, thanks man!

YOOOO, you guys were in Knoxville. It's crazy to think that youwere just 20 minutes away from me. Wow

hey corey.. do u guys do heavy editing for all the photos? i mean u also correct the colors? not just level , curve or brightness and contrast..? thank u before..

Hi ! May i know what camera did Alex yse with his Gold200 ?

Thanks for doing this.

Is the T2 broken now? Just picked one up last month after watching your video and Sam Elkins' but would hate to know it's that unreliable.

I will gladly take a donation of a contax T2 if you no longer want it 🙂

anyone have any recommendations for more affordable alternatives to the Contax T2? I want a good point and shoot with a good flash, fast auto-focus and a good build quality so I dont have to worry too much about breaking it. thanks!

What’s the cost to get the 35mm films developed? And how many pictures do you get per roll?

How are you guys extracting this photos from the film?

Honestly, on a day to day basis, cheap film do more than enough. SICK vid as usual tho :)

Its funny how film got popular.. Back in the 90's as a young mom. I took all my photos of my children with a cheap film camera documenting my children birthdays, Christmas, ect..

I'm digging that C200

I enjoyed watching this video Thanks.

is this okay for fujifilm discovery 900 zoom ? I have no idea, please help mee

The awesome thing is that there is no bad film.

Love the videos and really like the photos you create!

Can anyone tell me the best shutter speed for the Kodak gold on Olympus I’m just starting film photography and I’m not very well informed

What cameras did Alex and Evan shoot on?

What a nice location to shot!

Nice video even with the film foobar. Downtown Knoxville is really quite nice for a medium size city. Stay safe.

beautiful video and beatiful images

Out? You went OUT?! In all seriousness, thoroughly enjoyable video. Did you figure out what happened with the Contax, and will you ever be using it again?

hello, gret vids :) where do you buy such cheap film, I cannot find it that cheap

Why is the c200 stealing the show?? actually impressed. Also when your $1500 point and shoot craps the bed.

They are no longer cheap in Aug 2021. Kodak Ultra Max is priced not that far from Kodak Portra.

For street photography Corey wins and for portrait Evan wins.

Nice video! I think it's better to do such kind of tests with one camera to have the real result.

Lofi Beats, knit hats, Patagonia jackets. This is certainly regulation.

Next Up on Cory Wolfenbarger's channel: "I bought a K1000, review. Manual mechanic gang gang!"

I thought the area you were shooting in looked familiar..I used to live in Downtown Knoxville for a few months!

OMG. Fuji's colours are extraordinary