A very young French doctor in science: Idriss Aberkane pushes people to proudly showcase their “Failures Degrees” since it’s a part of the growth process. I love the idea that you fearlessly share your growth process, once again avoiding social (perfection) traps. It feels a lot relatable and speaks volume ‘bout your work ethics. You’ve gained my full support mate!
I'm intrigued by the progression. Part of the reason I like to start from the beginning of someone's filmography is to experience their creative journey. I'm glad I'm able to start picking out familiar traits & style choices, even recurring cast members like Jordan😁. Bad days are part of the journey & I learned a lot about your character just by your reaction to the experience you had.
this makes me feel a bit less afraid of film photography. earlier this year I shot this roll of 35mm on my slr, but it never seemed to end, decided to open the camera in total darkness and found out I somehow snapped the film from the cartridge and no place in my country develops without the cartridge (I would have to mail in to develop). Gonna try again soon, hopefully this time I don't fuck up hahaha
sometimes, experiments and failures are part of shooting film I guess. I recently went out to take some photos in a nearby forest, and at the end of the day I noticed my meter was set at iso800 even though I was shooting colorplus 200. A week after that, I decided to take some street photos with that same setup and in the middle of the roll, the advance lever suddenly felt weird, but I still went ahead with it. Bad idea, because since then, the camera automatically fires when I advance the film, and skips a frame. I rewinded the film and took it out mid-roll, and dropped off the camera to be serviced a couple weeks ago...
Every issue you had with the RB I have had exactly. Except I was doing a wedding ! As the bride and groom came out of the church and the confetti was thrown, the back fell off ! And I can't tell you how many times I double exposed, due to not toggling that bloody little clip after every shot. The RZ corrected all those issues. I sold it after that wedding, and like everyone I know who sells a camera, they regret it. I have a 500cm now. I'm never selling it. BTW loving your channel. Cheers from Brighton - Melbourne Australia.
If your camera fires without the dark slide again, there’s a multiple exposure switch that you can turn so you can take the shot again and you don’t have to feel like you wasted the shot.
Hat off to you for pulling through a bad day like that. I've completely given up on some days, and looking back I wished I just kept going. I also really love picture at 6:33 I think the corridor gives the image a unique texture!
With the RB67 if when turned into portrait mode the darkslide wasnt quite in it will let you fire it if you look on the darkslide you see a triangle you can pull the darkslide out to the point to fire the camera thats mainly used in a studio setting where you want to check the lights flash before taking a shot, ive had it where when ive rotated my mamiya back its moved the darkslide a little .
Yeah I’ve had this before too but I think this time was due to a couple of loose screws that weren’t hugging the back to the middle module. Seems to be sorted now 👌🏼
@@PhotoCinematica nice one 👌🏻 loving your videos you’ve inspired me to go out and record some stuff and put on my channel nothing recorded in ages so wish me luck
Love that you’ve shown the warts and all of the images and your talking through the “want went well and what sucked” Also, do the mae that onesie your boy is wearing to fit a 6’5” dude as that looks cozy as!! 😂
I've definitely had similar experiences with the RB67. Went on a trip, shot 2 complete rolls with the mirror lockup function up and the entire time didn't trip the shutter and was only moving the mirror back and forth through the winding. Came back, developed and saw 2 completely blank rolls :( I've also dropped and cracked the back trying to replace the light seals. I literally feel you in everything that happened It's definitely a camera that needs a "checklist" to make sure everything is in place and ready to go before even trying to shoot. Love the camera but intuitive would not be how I describe it.
I’m currently in the process of making the switch to 120 and have film stock coming in the mail this week to start. I went with an RB67. However I only had one roll of 35mm left to shoot so the past few days I’ve spent just running that roll through my SLR. This would be the 13th or 14th roll through the camera. After developing lastnight I pull the roll up to the horrifying site of no photos on the roll AT ALL. After a brief moment of beating myself up , I deduced that it had to be either a loading error or there’s something malfunctioning on the camera. I’m still investigating. Thanks for being open to documenting your error. In some weird way it made me feel better about my own and also know what to look out for when using the RB. @jerowjpgs
Oh man! Sorry for your loss. I bulk rolled 20 rolls of black and white earlier in the year, loaded the first one in the Camera and shot it for a week. Had some nice moments, wife’s birthday etc... got to 37 frames and it kept going. Realised it never caught which I was relieved about because I thought I might have rolled all 20 wrong!
@@PhotoCinematica Yeah I’ve had that happen as well but in that situation after a couple of frames in, I noticed the handle wasn’t turning when advancing to the next shot so that was a dead give away. This situation I’m not so sure about.
Fun and true-to-life vlog. Never thought of the RB as a walk around camera, it’s pretty big and heavy. Mamiya designed and marketed that camera for portrait photographers, and maybe wedding photography. Film is such an organic medium, much more connected or grounded than digital, IMHO. Excellent video, I really enjoyed seeing your journey with this camera and film. Looking forward to seeing more.
Yeah it’s definitely uncomfortable to walk around with. I have the extra grip but I was putting it in and out of my bag so wanted to keep it small. Thanks for your support! ✌🏼
Its a Pro SD, if you fired a blank shot with the dark slide in you could just re-cock the shutter and pull the slide out and fire it again without having to advance the film, allowing you to expose the blank shot. The pro sd film back has a switch that allows multi exposure. You could have saved and exposed that dark slide mistake.
Really nice video! I had one of those days this summer where I had already shot some photos of my grandparents at the beach and then the film snapped inside the camera as I was rolling it forward. Turns out there was something wrong with the mechanism, but it still sucks to loose potentially really good photos of two people I love who is at high risk of dying from Covid :( But anyway, could you do a video of how you edit your photos? Because after watching this video, it seems like you edit them quite a lot and yet it doesn't look over-edited :)
Ah really sucks! I’ve been there and it’s a horrible feeling. The last video I uploaded touched on my editing process but that was just some of the basic edits I do after scanning.
Nice video, but I’m confused on what you wanted out of this film. The color palette of lomography isn’t going to change just because it’s now in medium format! You got some cool shots though!
Hey! Yeah I agree with you, but you do get some tonal changes when you make the jump up to a higher negative. This was more of a test for myself to see what the film produces 👍🏼
I had taken the shot, but I shouldn’t have been able to because the dark slide was still in. I took it apart earlier this week and found a few loose screws... after tightening them, things seem to be working again.
You gave up waiting for a person after 15 minutes? Shhh... Ansel Adam's ghost might hear you. One of his famous photographs he set up the camera and waited. He went back to that exact spot every day for a month until he was happy and clicked the shutter. It wasn't people he was waiting for, it was the perfect cloud. Ansel Adam's ghost would have kicked you in the behind and muttered something like "phhhht. Only 15 minutes? That is nothing in the search for a satisfying photograph. 😊
In terms of editing this particular film, I feel like warming up the image defeats the purpose of this film a bit. The washed out, cold, green hue it gives, is the whole gimmick (for lack of a better phrase) of this film, surely? Though I'd definitely of retired the day after dropping the back, for sure.
@@PhotoCinematica Of course, and I agree with that completely. Mainly just where lomography charge a little bit extra being a "speciality" film. Where you can get similar results with a cheaper film stock. Though that could also be the cheap skate in me talking!
That last photo of your son is a level of cuteness I've rarely encountered :o
😁😁😁
A very young French doctor in science: Idriss Aberkane pushes people to proudly showcase their “Failures Degrees” since it’s a part of the growth process.
I love the idea that you fearlessly share your growth process, once again avoiding social (perfection) traps.
It feels a lot relatable and speaks volume ‘bout your work ethics.
You’ve gained my full support mate!
"french" lol
@@patrickbateman6768 I know he lives in Switzerland but I’m 100% sure that he is a French national, like you I suppose.
nevermind lol
Thank you for posting. The car shot is absolutely fantastic. Cheers from Canada.
I'm intrigued by the progression. Part of the reason I like to start from the beginning of someone's filmography is to experience their creative journey. I'm glad I'm able to start picking out familiar traits & style choices, even recurring cast members like Jordan😁. Bad days are part of the journey & I learned a lot about your character just by your reaction to the experience you had.
this makes me feel a bit less afraid of film photography. earlier this year I shot this roll of 35mm on my slr, but it never seemed to end, decided to open the camera in total darkness and found out I somehow snapped the film from the cartridge and no place in my country develops without the cartridge (I would have to mail in to develop). Gonna try again soon, hopefully this time I don't fuck up hahaha
Ha not to worry, this is common. Sometimes it’s the camera, sometimes it’s us 🤷🏻♂️
Such a good video showing that nobody is perfect and we all make mistakes love it!
Loving the Porsche shot! Nice video. Wow you look so young it was a surprise that you have a son.
Simply beautiful, I admire your job 🎞
sometimes, experiments and failures are part of shooting film I guess. I recently went out to take some photos in a nearby forest, and at the end of the day I noticed my meter was set at iso800 even though I was shooting colorplus 200. A week after that, I decided to take some street photos with that same setup and in the middle of the roll, the advance lever suddenly felt weird, but I still went ahead with it. Bad idea, because since then, the camera automatically fires when I advance the film, and skips a frame. I rewinded the film and took it out mid-roll, and dropped off the camera to be serviced a couple weeks ago...
The joys of film 🤷🏻♂️
Every issue you had with the RB I have had exactly. Except I was doing a wedding ! As the bride and groom came out of the church and the confetti was thrown, the back fell off ! And I can't tell you how many times I double exposed, due to not toggling that bloody little clip after every shot. The RZ corrected all those issues. I sold it after that wedding, and like everyone I know who sells a camera, they regret it. I have a 500cm now. I'm never selling it. BTW loving your channel. Cheers from Brighton - Melbourne Australia.
If your camera fires without the dark slide again, there’s a multiple exposure switch that you can turn so you can take the shot again and you don’t have to feel like you wasted the shot.
Hat off to you for pulling through a bad day like that. I've completely given up on some days, and looking back I wished I just kept going.
I also really love picture at 6:33 I think the corridor gives the image a unique texture!
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
With the RB67 if when turned into portrait mode the darkslide wasnt quite in it will let you fire it if you look on the darkslide you see a triangle you can pull the darkslide out to the point to fire the camera thats mainly used in a studio setting where you want to check the lights flash before taking a shot, ive had it where when ive rotated my mamiya back its moved the darkslide a little .
Yeah I’ve had this before too but I think this time was due to a couple of loose screws that weren’t hugging the back to the middle module. Seems to be sorted now 👌🏼
@@PhotoCinematica nice one 👌🏻 loving your videos you’ve inspired me to go out and record some stuff and put on my channel nothing recorded in ages so wish me luck
I just had one of those days with 3 rolls of film. We all have them but it's the learning from these thnigs that is supposed to make us better :)
that's it - you win some, you lose some!!
You know how it goes Dude!! That’s the fun 😁
Yep! That feeling.. I too just got a batch of underwhelming photos.
Haha! The greatest feeling 😭
Win some lose some. Love this video, and that shot at 5:11 & 6:13 thanks for showing us. Will be testing out a Mamiya RB67 as well. Wish me luck ahha
Good luck, take your time. 👌🏼
The dreaded dark slide. I ruined 4/10 6x7 exposures of CineStill 800T for that very reason. We all have those days. Fantastic video, btw!
I still haven’t learnt my lesson. Shot a project last month and ended up double exposing 2 of the photos 🙃 thanks for watching my friend! ✌🏼
Love that you’ve shown the warts and all of the images and your talking through the “want went well and what sucked”
Also, do the mae that onesie your boy is wearing to fit a 6’5” dude as that looks cozy as!! 😂
Haha cheers! I reckon they have to make that onesie for jealous adults. Probably stops at 6’3” though
I've definitely had similar experiences with the RB67. Went on a trip, shot 2 complete rolls with the mirror lockup function up and the entire time didn't trip the shutter and was only moving the mirror back and forth through the winding. Came back, developed and saw 2 completely blank rolls :(
I've also dropped and cracked the back trying to replace the light seals. I literally feel you in everything that happened
It's definitely a camera that needs a "checklist" to make sure everything is in place and ready to go before even trying to shoot. Love the camera but intuitive would not be how I describe it.
It sucks - I can definitely see a different MF camera in my future
@@PhotoCinematica Funny enough, I recently sold it for a Fujica GW690ii and after watching the video I sort of miss it.
I’m currently in the process of making the switch to 120 and have film stock coming in the mail this week to start. I went with an RB67. However I only had one roll of 35mm left to shoot so the past few days I’ve spent just running that roll through my SLR. This would be the 13th or 14th roll through the camera. After developing lastnight I pull the roll up to the horrifying site of no photos on the roll AT ALL. After a brief moment of beating myself up , I deduced that it had to be either a loading error or there’s something malfunctioning on the camera. I’m still investigating. Thanks for being open to documenting your error. In some weird way it made me feel better about my own and also know what to look out for when using the RB.
@jerowjpgs
Oh man! Sorry for your loss.
I bulk rolled 20 rolls of black and white earlier in the year, loaded the first one in the Camera and shot it for a week. Had some nice moments, wife’s birthday etc... got to 37 frames and it kept going. Realised it never caught which I was relieved about because I thought I might have rolled all 20 wrong!
@@PhotoCinematica Yeah I’ve had that happen as well but in that situation after a couple of frames in, I noticed the handle wasn’t turning when advancing to the next shot so that was a dead give away. This situation I’m not so sure about.
Great video! I’d love to know: are those a pair of external HD mounted to the back of your iMac? If so what’s the brand? super cool!
Yes! I use the Samsung T5s with a little bit of Velcro 👍🏼👍🏼
I would love to see you shoot with a monochrome film stock some day.
Black and White? There will definitely be some soon!
Appreciate the honesty - the drop of the back sucks
Fun and true-to-life vlog. Never thought of the RB as a walk around camera, it’s pretty big and heavy. Mamiya designed and marketed that camera for portrait photographers, and maybe wedding photography.
Film is such an organic medium, much more connected or grounded than digital, IMHO. Excellent video, I really enjoyed seeing your journey with this camera and film. Looking forward to seeing more.
Yeah it’s definitely uncomfortable to walk around with. I have the extra grip but I was putting it in and out of my bag so wanted to keep it small. Thanks for your support! ✌🏼
Its a Pro SD, if you fired a blank shot with the dark slide in you could just re-cock the shutter and pull the slide out and fire it again without having to advance the film, allowing you to expose the blank shot. The pro sd film back has a switch that allows multi exposure. You could have saved and exposed that dark slide mistake.
Really nice video!
I had one of those days this summer where I had already shot some photos of my grandparents at the beach and then the film snapped inside the camera as I was rolling it forward. Turns out there was something wrong with the mechanism, but it still sucks to loose potentially really good photos of two people I love who is at high risk of dying from Covid :(
But anyway, could you do a video of how you edit your photos? Because after watching this video, it seems like you edit them quite a lot and yet it doesn't look over-edited :)
Ah really sucks! I’ve been there and it’s a horrible feeling.
The last video I uploaded touched on my editing process but that was just some of the basic edits I do after scanning.
Nice video, but I’m confused on what you wanted out of this film. The color palette of lomography isn’t going to change just because it’s now in medium format!
You got some cool shots though!
Hey! Yeah I agree with you, but you do get some tonal changes when you make the jump up to a higher negative. This was more of a test for myself to see what the film produces 👍🏼
You shouldn't be able to advance if you haven't taken a shot, (unless you're in multi exposure mode), so the first shot could have been saved?
I had taken the shot, but I shouldn’t have been able to because the dark slide was still in. I took it apart earlier this week and found a few loose screws... after tightening them, things seem to be working again.
I didn’t like how he edited the photos afterwards
You gave up waiting for a person after 15 minutes? Shhh... Ansel Adam's ghost might hear you. One of his famous photographs he set up the camera and waited. He went back to that exact spot every day for a month until he was happy and clicked the shutter. It wasn't people he was waiting for, it was the perfect cloud. Ansel Adam's ghost would have kicked you in the behind and muttered something like "phhhht. Only 15 minutes? That is nothing in the search for a satisfying photograph.
😊
In terms of editing this particular film, I feel like warming up the image defeats the purpose of this film a bit. The washed out, cold, green hue it gives, is the whole gimmick (for lack of a better phrase) of this film, surely? Though I'd definitely of retired the day after dropping the back, for sure.
For sure some people will use it and stick to those colours. It’s not to my taste straight out of the scanner but doesn’t mean you have to 👍🏼
@@PhotoCinematica Of course, and I agree with that completely. Mainly just where lomography charge a little bit extra being a "speciality" film. Where you can get similar results with a cheaper film stock. Though that could also be the cheap skate in me talking!