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Take this as someone who uses a Leica M4 as a daily driver; taking street photos of people passing by or in front of you is a roulette. Having been in many scenarios where people start agressive conversations knowing they're being taken a picture of, these sorts of "cheap plastic nostalgic" cameras may be a good way of handling such situations a tad bit easier. Also, I long for having a camera that does not scream "expensive" or "professional" at events. Consider this not a "cheap camera" that is the lowest of tiers for street/event photos, but rather a beautiful little masterpiece which makes people feel more relaxed knowing they're in frame. I like to think of photography being a physical sensation with psychological aspects. Nobody likes having someone take pictures of them in public without them knowing about it first, but knowing you're being taken a picture out of with a little cheap plastic camera makes me feel like the whole experience is a just "for fun". Use this information wisely, and do not cause trouble.
Absolutely! A fun way to get started with your photography journey or just have fun! I hope this video was useful, thanks for watching and for taking the time to share a comment as well! I appreciate it 😁🙌🏼
Thank you for the helpful video. My girlfriend always bought whole new cameras and gave the whole cameras back to the store when they were done. She didn't even know the films could be swapped until I told her about it. Today we bought a new film and i struggled to get it into the camera but with your tutorial it was quite easy. Now all there is to it is to shoot and see the results :D
I watched a few videos of people doing it dark rooms sat with one of these cameras thinking why can’t I just do this then found this video? Makes perfect sense, thank you for the advice and clarification. Great video and easy steps 👍🏻
Glad I could help! The process is normally done in a dark room or film-changing bag, but this is a neat way to work around that. I wanted to show people what to actually do, and what the process is, hopefully, this can help you. Thanks for watching and for sharing a comment as well, and good luck! Cheers 😁✨
Good video bro, these things are awesome to take pics at festivals, pull one out and everyone wants to be in the picture. Didnt even know you could reload them, def gonna try that, altough the price of film is almost identical to a new disposable, so i have to see. Good stuff anyways!
Glad it helped! did the process work out for you? curious to hear if it was easy to follow from your perspective. What film rolls are you using? I hope the video was useful or valuable, thanks for watching and for sharing a comment as well! Cheers ✨🙌🏼
Thanks for the video! Since the film roll is 36 exposures but the shot counter on the camera counts only to 27, how do you shoot the last 9 exposures when the counter hits zero? Do you open the camera in the dark and set the counter to 9?
For this camera, the shot counter is just a simple way to keep track of how many shots you have left, it does not affect the internal mechanisms or the operation of the camera. Meaning, that after you take the first 27 photos and the counter goes to 0, it will keep going again and go to 27, 26, etc etc. So after your first 27 photos, you should try to keep track of how many you have left, but other than that, there is no physical/mechanical limitation. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching and for the question, I appreciate it! ✨🙌🏼
Thanks for the Tutorial. I have one question -- does the speed of the film matter so much? The Kodak I have uses 800 speed film. Do I need to replace with 800 speed film?
Another use case for them is as an everyday camera. My Canon A-1 with its 28 and 50mm prime lenses, and the 70 - 210mm zoom lens is very nice, but I can't just throw it in my bag and take it everywhere. This camera is so cheap that it's okay if it gets damaged, and it's about as small as it can be.
You can, but I didn't have to... I made a video called "Shooting ACROSII Film With A Disposable Camera" In that video I shot the Fujifilm Neopan Acros II 100 ISO film with the Kodak Funsaver. You can watch that video to see the samples and photographs, but long story short, I liked the results... granted it was a sunny day out, but still. For what it's worth and for being a cheap disposable camera, the photographs are somewhat decent! Hope that helps, thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment as well! I appreciate it!
Very clever method to get the film in without exposing it. when all of the shots have been used is it safe to open up to change the film without exposing the used film?
i tried this and it worked for 2 frames and then it stopped winding to the next one, it was just freely winding :( i was already having trouble loading it in, so it could've been a number of things that didn't work out. gonna wait til i get home to take out the film and see what happened
When I heard 10-15 CAD at most, my mind got in a state of trance - having gotten used to these coming around 20-23 euros / 30 - 35 CAD, I feel that I've missed out on so much beforehand. At the moment, I'm trying to appreciate having the ability to buy them for 20-ish euros, because I do think the prices will continue to rise. :(
Hi Jorge, I have a question. How can I see the pictures I took? Do I have to go to a store or? And besides, what is the original roll, because I have Fujifilm Neopan Acros 100 II and I would like the original one as well.
This comment was held for review not sure why, and I just saw it, Sorry!. I think I might have replied already on Instagram, but I'll do it again so other people can see the answer and hopefully benefit from it. When completed, film rolls have to be taken to a photo lab to get them developed and printed, or if you have the proper equipment and space for it, you can do it at home as well. The Kodak Funsaver camera comes preloaded with the Kodak gold 800 ISO 35mm film stock. You get 27 exposures. The great thing about this camera is that you can easily reload it with different film rolls, try and experiment as well. I hope that helps! Thanks for watching and for taking the time to share a comment as well! Cheers 🙌🏼✨
hi perez，i wanna to ask a question the films should be storaged in the totally dark surrounding，so how to took the used film down？should i took it down and pack the film in a toally dark surrounding？😮
The best part is that nowdays you can easily buy normal 2nd hand film compact camera for less than $10.. so reloading these things is strange. And yes there are many full auto compact cameras for people with zero knowledge about photography basics.
Hi! I got a funsaver I unloaded for a friend of mine laying around here at home and was thinking about loading it since I'm planning on holding a little movie night and wanted everyone to be able to shoot somewhat easy pictures, I saw the video about the fuji BW 100 iso and the results were very nice, since the event will take place in the late evening and we won't have tons of light, should I stick to a 800 iso film or can I go lower like 400 (or maybe 200, I still have about 12 rolls of fuji 200 color film that a friend gifted me since it was expired)? I know the iso differences are 1 stop each, is the flash gonna compensate and I'll get a decently exposed picture with 200 iso? Hope to hear from you soon, thanks in advance!
Hello and thank you for your video! ❤ I just got one kodak and one fuji disposable cameras. Do you think I can use those negative slide/film scanners to get a digital picture at home. (or those light pads where u scan the picture with your phone)
hi! does someone know what happens if you accidentally wind the film in the opposite way? i did it the first time i used it because i didn’t know how it worked, and now i’m scared i have damaged the rest of the film
I wanna buy the agfa lebox ocean or whatever it's called for vacations and stuff and it says you can reuse or recycle it. I hope it works because that would be really cool and a very good alternative (and fun challenge at the same time) for rainy days or lake/river photos that I really really want to do
The film is safe as long as it sits inside the film canister. Light will not come in and ruin the film. If you take a look at 08:54, the only part we are exposing to light intentionally is the beginning of the roll, only a couple inches of the overall long film roll. Just so we can see what we are doing and line up with the film spool. At 09:21, we are manually moving all the film inside the film roll to the film spool (from right to left), and with every shot we take, we slowly advance the film back to inside the canister, (from left to right) but by then the camera is already sealed, no light is coming in and affecting our shots. And by doing this, we eliminate the need for a dark room or a film-changing bag. This method works well and has been tested as well, see my black and white film video for reference. Hope that helps answer the question and best of luck while reloading the camera! Cheers 😁✨
@@Jorge-Perez Just to comfirm, since we expose those few inches of film to light, does that mean that some of our exposures are lost and we'll have less photos to take available. Or we still have the original amount of photos available to take?
My very last image had some artifacts and light leaks, but still very usable. I would say it really depends on how efficient you are and how much of the film are you exposing to light when you are installing it. If you want to keep it safe, then expect your last image, or your last 2 images to be damaged or gone. As you get better and do it more, that will improve. Since almost every film roll is 36 exposures, even if you lose one or two, that is still a lot more images than the 27 exposure film that disposable cameras come with. Hope that helps! Thanks for sharing your questions and best of luck with your film journey! 😁🙌🏼
Seriously Jorge, i like your videos. But i'd never buy a "disposable" Camera, but instead a cheap SLR with prime lens (usually a 50/1.7 to 50/F2 Lens) and learn about photography from the pike up. That's all what i had for use into the late 80s. Disposible cameras have inferior plastic lenses (usually only 1 miniskus lens element) whileas the latest "Kodak" Model features a 2 lens design, but anyway, plasticky build, no aperture control, bad lens, no shutterspeed control, etc. But if you already own one - it's good to reload a disposeable camera, wheter onto the model it's being manageable, to stop too much waste & pollution therefore for our planet. /line added: The sad thing is, that these kind of inferior cameras never can or could show, what great film with a fine lens & camera combo is being able, to manage. These cameras are designed for snapshots. They've been popular into the 70 to 90s. Acros 100 (II) is my fave B&W Film, like Tri-X 400 Kodak, or Ilford XP2 Super 400, but one 35mm Roll of Acros is more expensive, and hence therefor worth - then the full Kodak Funsaver disposable Camera. I don't shoot this filmstock anymore, because of the cost, sad but true.
I completely understand where you're coming from, but my goal is to get as many people as possible trying to practice the craft and finally taking that leap to actually take action, not perhaps, not someday, but now. Telling a teenager or younger adult that perhaps is interested in photography but has no knowledge whatsoever that they need to hunt a specific film camera and learn the exposure triangle and figure out how to process film and to "get good" is not helpful in my opinion. (I'm not saying that is what you are doing, I appreciate you comment 🙏🏼 I'm saying that, that is the general view of people that already know what they are doing). This channel is about helping other people, regardless of what part of their journey they are in. Would I personally prefer to shoot manual mode and manual focus? yes. Do I think that is the way for everyone to learn and get started? no. My goal is to help as many as possible to start practising their craft. To take down walls and barriers to entry. If a disposable camera will help a teenage girl/boy/person/etc get into photography and spark their flame for the craft, then so be it. There's also things to consider like not everyone have access to the same resources and same budgets, so in my opinion you don't loose anything by spending $10-$15 for one of these and just having fun with it. Once again, I see where you are coming from, and I agree with some of that. But I dislike gate-keeping. I think people often forget what is to be the beginner, the new person that does not know where to start. My videos are not directed specifically to beginners only, but this one is 😂 Thanks for watching man, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts as well. Conversations and discussions is what's missing nowadays, I appreciate it! ✨🙌🏼
@@Jorge-Perez Hi Jorge, i didn't wanted to be sounding like "elitist" which i am of course - not. It was only a suggestion to buy a cheap Film camera, with a prime lens (or even zoom) trying to get the most out of the medium (=Film). Which i meant, no old 70s SLR, shooting all into all manual mode - that doesn't help beginners of course, but into the term, think about Nikon F55 for instance. It does feature even a "auto" setting for everything, incl. flash - so new beginners shouldn't have knowledge about using a SLR (AF) after all, just to point'n'shoot, and it'll work for them. It even sets the ISO according to the DX code onto the 35mm Roll, for instance. But of course, you can always shoot it into full manual, if you desire. Hope that helps. Thanks for your thoughts, i do appreciate it.
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Take this as someone who uses a Leica M4 as a daily driver; taking street photos of people passing by or in front of you is a roulette. Having been in many scenarios where people start agressive conversations knowing they're being taken a picture of, these sorts of "cheap plastic nostalgic" cameras may be a good way of handling such situations a tad bit easier. Also, I long for having a camera that does not scream "expensive" or "professional" at events.
Consider this not a "cheap camera" that is the lowest of tiers for street/event photos, but rather a beautiful little masterpiece which makes people feel more relaxed knowing they're in frame.
I like to think of photography being a physical sensation with psychological aspects. Nobody likes having someone take pictures of them in public without them knowing about it first, but knowing you're being taken a picture out of with a little cheap plastic camera makes me feel like the whole experience is a just "for fun".
Use this information wisely, and do not cause trouble.
I think using dispo as reusable camera is fun, and simple to use for travel without risk your slr camera. Thank you for sharing this video!
Absolutely! A fun way to get started with your photography journey or just have fun!
I hope this video was useful, thanks for watching and for taking the time to share a comment as well! I appreciate it 😁🙌🏼
Totally, you can also bring it places where they wouldn't allow you to bring the slr. Also I really like the lofi aesthetic.
Thank you for the helpful video. My girlfriend always bought whole new cameras and gave the whole cameras back to the store when they were done. She didn't even know the films could be swapped until I told her about it. Today we bought a new film and i struggled to get it into the camera but with your tutorial it was quite easy. Now all there is to it is to shoot and see the results :D
I watched a few videos of people doing it dark rooms sat with one of these cameras thinking why can’t I just do this then found this video? Makes perfect sense, thank you for the advice and clarification. Great video and easy steps 👍🏻
Glad I could help! The process is normally done in a dark room or film-changing bag, but this is a neat way to work around that. I wanted to show people what to actually do, and what the process is, hopefully, this can help you.
Thanks for watching and for sharing a comment as well, and good luck! Cheers 😁✨
Man, that’s just a perfect video!!
Thank you for your work. Tried myself. Could recommend to others.❤️
Good video bro, these things are awesome to take pics at festivals, pull one out and everyone wants to be in the picture. Didnt even know you could reload them, def gonna try that, altough the price of film is almost identical to a new disposable, so i have to see. Good stuff anyways!
Thanks for this tutorial. Been re-using my ''Kodak 800 Disposable'' camera for couple rolls right now. Thanks!
Glad it helped! did the process work out for you? curious to hear if it was easy to follow from your perspective.
What film rolls are you using? I hope the video was useful or valuable, thanks for watching and for sharing a comment as well! Cheers ✨🙌🏼
Thanks for the video!
Since the film roll is 36 exposures but the shot counter on the camera counts only to 27, how do you shoot the last 9 exposures when the counter hits zero? Do you open the camera in the dark and set the counter to 9?
same question
For this camera, the shot counter is just a simple way to keep track of how many shots you have left, it does not affect the internal mechanisms or the operation of the camera.
Meaning, that after you take the first 27 photos and the counter goes to 0, it will keep going again and go to 27, 26, etc etc.
So after your first 27 photos, you should try to keep track of how many you have left, but other than that, there is no physical/mechanical limitation. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching and for the question, I appreciate it! ✨🙌🏼
Thanks for your question, I just answered it above, hope that helps! Cheers 😁🙌🏼
Great information presented well. Thank you!
Since you can manually wind the film in/out have you tried a double xp?
Thanks for the Tutorial.
I have one question -- does the speed of the film matter so much? The Kodak I have uses 800 speed film. Do I need to replace with 800 speed film?
Another use case for them is as an everyday camera. My Canon A-1 with its 28 and 50mm prime lenses, and the 70 - 210mm zoom lens is very nice, but I can't just throw it in my bag and take it everywhere.
This camera is so cheap that it's okay if it gets damaged, and it's about as small as it can be.
Great video. Thank you so much 🙏
back 1990s thats a expensive camera now its disposable,. Time flies💔
Should I “push” the film if I’m shooting 100iso film on a disposable camera (meant for 800 iso film)? Thank you for your video!
You can, but I didn't have to... I made a video called "Shooting ACROSII Film With A Disposable Camera" In that video I shot the Fujifilm Neopan Acros II 100 ISO film with the Kodak Funsaver.
You can watch that video to see the samples and photographs, but long story short, I liked the results... granted it was a sunny day out, but still. For what it's worth and for being a cheap disposable camera, the photographs are somewhat decent!
Hope that helps, thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment as well! I appreciate it!
Very clever method to get the film in without exposing it. when all of the shots have been used is it safe to open up to change the film without exposing the used film?
Those fundavers are good for harvesting the iso 800 film with the price of film on its own.
I was wondering, could you use the film in an unused disposable camera into your slr camera instead? Or is it not worth the trouble.
Can I use Kodak more than once?🙏🏻
Like but new film or not?
So if i finish the roll, does the film get inside the roll again, or is it manual?
Well I feel silly for buying a two pack of disposables for my upcoming trips 😂 I will try to reuse them soon!
So Kodak disposable cameras are better too reload? Then Fuji?
i tried this and it worked for 2 frames and then it stopped winding to the next one, it was just freely winding :( i was already having trouble loading it in, so it could've been a number of things that didn't work out. gonna wait til i get home to take out the film and see what happened
When I heard 10-15 CAD at most, my mind got in a state of trance - having gotten used to these coming around 20-23 euros / 30 - 35 CAD, I feel that I've missed out on so much beforehand. At the moment, I'm trying to appreciate having the ability to buy them for 20-ish euros, because I do think the prices will continue to rise. :(
Is there any method by which i can rewind a few frames in Ilford hp5 disposable camera?
Would I be able to reload the Kodak Fun Flash in the same way as the Fun Saver?
Hi Jorge, I have a question.
How can I see the pictures I took? Do I have to go to a store or? And besides, what is the original roll, because I have Fujifilm Neopan Acros 100 II and I would like the original one as well.
This comment was held for review not sure why, and I just saw it, Sorry!. I think I might have replied already on Instagram, but I'll do it again so other people can see the answer and hopefully benefit from it.
When completed, film rolls have to be taken to a photo lab to get them developed and printed, or if you have the proper equipment and space for it, you can do it at home as well.
The Kodak Funsaver camera comes preloaded with the Kodak gold 800 ISO 35mm film stock. You get 27 exposures. The great thing about this camera is that you can easily reload it with different film rolls, try and experiment as well.
I hope that helps! Thanks for watching and for taking the time to share a comment as well! Cheers 🙌🏼✨
Hello.. After using the film, how long can I wait before getting them developed?? As I am not finding any store to develop them
hi perez，i wanna to ask a question
the films should be storaged in the totally dark surrounding，so how to took the used film down？should i took it down and pack the film in a toally dark surrounding？😮
The best part is that nowdays you can easily buy normal 2nd hand film compact camera for less than $10.. so reloading these things is strange. And yes there are many full auto compact cameras for people with zero knowledge about photography basics.
Could I use a paperclip instead of a toothpick?
Hi! I got a funsaver I unloaded for a friend of mine laying around here at home and was thinking about loading it since I'm planning on holding a little movie night and wanted everyone to be able to shoot somewhat easy pictures, I saw the video about the fuji BW 100 iso and the results were very nice, since the event will take place in the late evening and we won't have tons of light, should I stick to a 800 iso film or can I go lower like 400 (or maybe 200, I still have about 12 rolls of fuji 200 color film that a friend gifted me since it was expired)? I know the iso differences are 1 stop each, is the flash gonna compensate and I'll get a decently exposed picture with 200 iso?
Hope to hear from you soon, thanks in advance!
Hello and thank you for your video! ❤ I just got one kodak and one fuji disposable cameras. Do you think I can use those negative slide/film scanners to get a digital picture at home. (or those light pads where u scan the picture with your phone)
hi! does someone know what happens if you accidentally wind the film in the opposite way? i did it the first time i used it because i didn’t know how it worked, and now i’m scared i have damaged the rest of the film
Thanks
Aha,helpful Video,so,thats why i choosed a funsaver. I now know,how to reload my kodak funsaver. Thank you. Pretty simple. 😊
I wanna buy the agfa lebox ocean or whatever it's called for vacations and stuff and it says you can reuse or recycle it. I hope it works because that would be really cool and a very good alternative (and fun challenge at the same time) for rainy days or lake/river photos that I really really want to do
Seems fun, as long as it's affordable and easy to use, then it might be worth it. Hope the video was helpful, thanks for watching! 🙌🏼✨
🔥🔥🔥
can someone please explain to me when and why you have to do all of this in the dark?
6:26
Why won't the film be ruined even though it's exposed to light?
The film is safe as long as it sits inside the film canister. Light will not come in and ruin the film. If you take a look at 08:54, the only part we are exposing to light intentionally is the beginning of the roll, only a couple inches of the overall long film roll. Just so we can see what we are doing and line up with the film spool.
At 09:21, we are manually moving all the film inside the film roll to the film spool (from right to left), and with every shot we take, we slowly advance the film back to inside the canister, (from left to right) but by then the camera is already sealed, no light is coming in and affecting our shots. And by doing this, we eliminate the need for a dark room or a film-changing bag.
This method works well and has been tested as well, see my black and white film video for reference. Hope that helps answer the question and best of luck while reloading the camera! Cheers 😁✨
@@Jorge-Perez That explains so much😭
Thanks for the reply man
@@Jorge-Perez Just to comfirm, since we expose those few inches of film to light, does that mean that some of our exposures are lost and we'll have less photos to take available. Or we still have the original amount of photos available to take?
My very last image had some artifacts and light leaks, but still very usable. I would say it really depends on how efficient you are and how much of the film are you exposing to light when you are installing it.
If you want to keep it safe, then expect your last image, or your last 2 images to be damaged or gone. As you get better and do it more, that will improve. Since almost every film roll is 36 exposures, even if you lose one or two, that is still a lot more images than the 27 exposure film that disposable cameras come with.
Hope that helps! Thanks for sharing your questions and best of luck with your film journey! 😁🙌🏼
Seriously Jorge, i like your videos. But i'd never buy a "disposable" Camera, but instead a cheap SLR with prime lens (usually a 50/1.7 to 50/F2 Lens) and learn about photography from the pike up. That's all what i had for use into the late 80s. Disposible cameras have inferior plastic lenses (usually only 1 miniskus lens element) whileas the latest "Kodak" Model features a 2 lens design, but anyway, plasticky build, no aperture control, bad lens, no shutterspeed control, etc.
But if you already own one - it's good to reload a disposeable camera, wheter onto the model it's being manageable, to stop too much waste & pollution therefore for our planet.
/line added: The sad thing is, that these kind of inferior cameras never can or could show, what great film with a fine lens & camera combo is being able, to manage. These cameras are designed for snapshots. They've been popular into the 70 to 90s. Acros 100 (II) is my fave B&W Film, like Tri-X 400 Kodak, or Ilford XP2 Super 400, but one 35mm Roll of Acros is more expensive, and hence therefor worth - then the full Kodak Funsaver disposable Camera. I don't shoot this filmstock anymore, because of the cost, sad but true.
I completely understand where you're coming from, but my goal is to get as many people as possible trying to practice the craft and finally taking that leap to actually take action, not perhaps, not someday, but now.
Telling a teenager or younger adult that perhaps is interested in photography but has no knowledge whatsoever that they need to hunt a specific film camera and learn the exposure triangle and figure out how to process film and to "get good" is not helpful in my opinion. (I'm not saying that is what you are doing, I appreciate you comment 🙏🏼 I'm saying that, that is the general view of people that already know what they are doing).
This channel is about helping other people, regardless of what part of their journey they are in. Would I personally prefer to shoot manual mode and manual focus? yes. Do I think that is the way for everyone to learn and get started? no.
My goal is to help as many as possible to start practising their craft. To take down walls and barriers to entry. If a disposable camera will help a teenage girl/boy/person/etc get into photography and spark their flame for the craft, then so be it.
There's also things to consider like not everyone have access to the same resources and same budgets, so in my opinion you don't loose anything by spending $10-$15 for one of these and just having fun with it.
Once again, I see where you are coming from, and I agree with some of that. But I dislike gate-keeping. I think people often forget what is to be the beginner, the new person that does not know where to start. My videos are not directed specifically to beginners only, but this one is 😂
Thanks for watching man, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts as well. Conversations and discussions is what's missing nowadays, I appreciate it! ✨🙌🏼
@@Jorge-Perez Hi Jorge, i didn't wanted to be sounding like "elitist" which i am of course - not. It was only a suggestion to buy a cheap Film camera, with a prime lens (or even zoom) trying to get the most out of the medium (=Film).
Which i meant, no old 70s SLR, shooting all into all manual mode - that doesn't help beginners of course, but into the term, think about Nikon F55 for instance. It does feature even a "auto" setting for everything, incl. flash - so new beginners shouldn't have knowledge about using a SLR (AF) after all, just to point'n'shoot, and it'll work for them. It even sets the ISO according to the DX code onto the 35mm Roll, for instance.
But of course, you can always shoot it into full manual, if you desire. Hope that helps.
Thanks for your thoughts, i do appreciate it.
They aren't meant to be great cameras
What's with the environment? Seems pretty irresponsible. But, hey, it's your future
People still us this? 😮