Great to see you young people getting into film like I did in the late 60s. The experience was very much a trip for me, so I hope you get that feeling too. Cheers!
It must have been nice to get into film photography in an era when it was the actual primary method of documenting life at the time. Today I think a lot of us enjoy it because it's such a digression from the volatile, evanescent digital lives we lead; there's a slightly sad/artistic/deprecated quality to film that I think Jason captures very well in his videos... but up until the 2000's film photography still had this additional journalistic quality to it no matter what its subject was, since that was the only way you could capture a moment. I still think above all though, the reason to do film photography is because it's beautiful.
@lyricsronen Also it was much cheaper to develop and print back then. I remember the local newspaper had it's own darkroom. To develop film we just pulled out the whole film into one long strip and dipped it for a few min. into a tall cylinder of HC-110 they kept constantly replenished . A quick fix and done! Time was limited. I could get a 1 x 10 meter roll of Kodak paper for about 100 Nkr which amounts to about 90 USD today.
". . . Metropolis actually delivers a cold, crushing, Soviet kind of look." Perfect description. I need to pick up a few rolls. Some beautiful shots here, Jason. Thanks for the review.
"Living in the Matrix", "cold, crushing, Soviet look". Jason providing some visual and verbal poetry for the end of the world. tbh, Metropolis never really appealed to me, but after understanding the kind of look it's going for, I think I'm starting to warm up to it. Got some brutalist buildings around there that might look good on it
Love the look. I'm thinking I'd probably use it as if it was a black and white film and be pleasantly surprised by the colour accents in the images. Can't wait to get my hands on some.
Really dug up the photo at 9:35, I actually enjoy what the grain does in that photo. Ironically it's just after you're talking about how fine (large) the grain is at 400. Really wanna pick some of this film up now actually, too bad shooting right now is a bit rough around the edges. Maybe things will start looking better in a few weeks.
What a great video! While I already like your style, it was particularly suited to this film. Your description and commentary went along with the flavor of the images. Soviet style. I usually go for saturated colors where I can (or B&W), but I am excited about this emulsion. It is different, and that is attractive. And if you are going to shoot film, grain is yet another tool to exploit, which you did to great effect. Gotta shoot some. Been to Union Station many times, but not to the surrounding area you covered. Ideas and inspiration for the future. Thanks for the video, great work!
Love it, Jason is the kind of man who schleps around a heavy winder just to advance manually. I can relate, I have the same camera and its looks and feels too sweet with that winder
These are the first shots I’ve seen with this film that actually look remotely decent. Still not a fan of how washed out the colors are, but I’m sure there exists a situation where the film might shine. Appreciate the work you do!
This was one of the first video I watched from Grainydays and I didn't get the joke in the beginning. Now that I have stalked all of his and bad flashes videos, I finally get it. lol
I've tried not to use up all 10 Kickstarter rolls over the miserable UK winter just past - it's Definitely a cloudy winter's day film, you get a whisper of a hint of what it can conjure up in your indoor shots - It doesn't quite complement gorgeous SoCal sun lol. Oh and it works surprisingly well w direct-flash portraiture in weak ambient light (think pre-dusk, in between freezing rain showers lol).
@@TimFitzwater It retails at 12.90€ a roll, thats 3€ more than a roll of Portra 400. Its nice that they try to bring new things to the market but at that price i can get much more interesting stuff.
Dude as always sick video. I always hope go run into you in downtown sometime. Well not now cause I don't wanna give Baxter the plague. Can't wait for the next video!
Gerardo Cueto I will post some of the pictures on my Instagram pendaimonionpictures. But since DHL got pretty slow around here, the lab will need two to three weeks because of Corona and I will need some time to actually shoot the project I guess it will be in June at best.
"derived from the fictional city that Gandalf lives in in the hit musical, Die Hard" "Yippi Ki Yay" Gandalf shouted in C# Maj as he dropped down to Mordor holding a machine gun.
I watched this and now it m so pumped. Seriously dude you should think about being a motivational speaker. I shot one roll of this in 120. My scanner tried to make it look normal......I might have another go. I do like the their potsdam, and the purple if I’m feeling fruity.
"Its cheaper than therapy" is the golden quote of this vid.
I'm gonna disagree, and instead go with "Surprise Sausage Steve".
I like this film because it reflects the grainy, desaturated nature of my soul. Also, my soul is best rated at ISO 160. Like most Lomochrome films.
I totally agree with this comment
I hate for the same reasons. It's nasty and green as my bile, and I usually push my bile two stops. Each to their own I guess.
i died reading this 😂😂😂😂
Great to see you young people getting into film like I did in the late 60s. The experience was very much a trip for me, so I hope you get that feeling too. Cheers!
It must have been nice to get into film photography in an era when it was the actual primary method of documenting life at the time. Today I think a lot of us enjoy it because it's such a digression from the volatile, evanescent digital lives we lead; there's a slightly sad/artistic/deprecated quality to film that I think Jason captures very well in his videos... but up until the 2000's film photography still had this additional journalistic quality to it no matter what its subject was, since that was the only way you could capture a moment. I still think above all though, the reason to do film photography is because it's beautiful.
@lyricsronen Also it was much cheaper to develop and print back then. I remember the local newspaper had it's own darkroom. To develop film we just pulled out the whole film into one long strip and dipped it for a few min. into a tall cylinder of HC-110 they kept constantly replenished . A quick fix and done! Time was limited. I could get a 1 x 10 meter roll of Kodak paper for about 100 Nkr which amounts to about 90 USD today.
“Crushing soviet look”
"dystopia" would have been a way better name
Just what Im looking for.
The colors of this film give me weird “how to get a cinematic look in Lightroom cs4” vibes :/
Then we have gone some weird full circle?
"Surprise sausage Steve" quote of the century
". . . Metropolis actually delivers a cold, crushing, Soviet kind of look." Perfect description. I need to pick up a few rolls. Some beautiful shots here, Jason. Thanks for the review.
Metropolis is already a very interesting film. I'll be happy to shoot it sometime.
I also want the Fuji 1600 Natura back. !
This fulfills my dank meme quota and my dead inside quota and my photography video quota
i am ded inside
"Living in the Matrix", "cold, crushing, Soviet look". Jason providing some visual and verbal poetry for the end of the world. tbh, Metropolis never really appealed to me, but after understanding the kind of look it's going for, I think I'm starting to warm up to it. Got some brutalist buildings around there that might look good on it
Love the look. I'm thinking I'd probably use it as if it was a black and white film and be pleasantly surprised by the colour accents in the images. Can't wait to get my hands on some.
Quarantine with Grainydays videos is better than no quarantine without grainydays.
Your work and photos should live forever! Luv from Poland!
I really love how you added field recorded to this video. Feels immersive AF!
Natura 1600 needs to happen. I hate that there are no high ISO colour films anymore.
Really dug up the photo at 9:35, I actually enjoy what the grain does in that photo. Ironically it's just after you're talking about how fine (large) the grain is at 400.
Really wanna pick some of this film up now actually, too bad shooting right now is a bit rough around the edges. Maybe things will start looking better in a few weeks.
It’s really cool seeing you shoot the same locations I’ve shot before. Gives me new perspective on some of my favorite photography spots.
these are some of my favorites I've seen shot on metropolis
What a great video! While I already like your style, it was particularly suited to this film. Your description and commentary went along with the flavor of the images. Soviet style. I usually go for saturated colors where I can (or B&W), but I am excited about this emulsion. It is different, and that is attractive. And if you are going to shoot film, grain is yet another tool to exploit, which you did to great effect. Gotta shoot some. Been to Union Station many times, but not to the surrounding area you covered. Ideas and inspiration for the future. Thanks for the video, great work!
Love it, Jason is the kind of man who schleps around a heavy winder just to advance manually. I can relate, I have the same camera and its looks and feels too sweet with that winder
Hey now, 110 film is fun. Lots of really great cameras that suit that format.
These are the first shots I’ve seen with this film that actually look remotely decent. Still not a fan of how washed out the colors are, but I’m sure there exists a situation where the film might shine. Appreciate the work you do!
Thanks for this video. Found a whole new range of films.
I should be studying, yet I’m literally watching every video in your channel. Great job Jason!
Same Here David, same here
This was one of the first video I watched from Grainydays and I didn't get the joke in the beginning. Now that I have stalked all of his and bad flashes videos, I finally get it. lol
Safelight Berlin represent 🙌🏼
I've tried not to use up all 10 Kickstarter rolls over the miserable UK winter just past - it's Definitely a cloudy winter's day film, you get a whisper of a hint of what it can conjure up in your indoor shots - It doesn't quite complement gorgeous SoCal sun lol. Oh and it works surprisingly well w direct-flash portraiture in weak ambient light (think pre-dusk, in between freezing rain showers lol).
Cool, now if i need a new film that looks like a heavy expired one i can buy that from lomography.
Solarfuchs that was kind of my thought - I don’t mind the expired film look - but not sure I want to over pay for it.
@@TimFitzwater It retails at 12.90€ a roll, thats 3€ more than a roll of Portra 400. Its nice that they try to bring new things to the market but at that price i can get much more interesting stuff.
@@franklynLP Agreed.
I'm betting the colors would be more vibrant with 30 year old C41
The fact that the movie film market could become competitive again makes me happy
Rumour has it that the only cure for covid-19 is intense and sustained sarcasm
Dude as always sick video. I always hope go run into you in downtown sometime. Well not now cause I don't wanna give Baxter the plague. Can't wait for the next video!
You actually take good photographs unlike many photography you tubers.
Yah... I need to try some of this film grain for sure! I'm hoping it will match the look I edit for in my digitals work when ever I shoot digital.
bro, i've seen this film shot a bunch and idk i just cant really get behind the colors! :/
Dope shiz homie, I'd be curious to see how this film looks shot at 100 iso
your, "do squids piss ink" comment about made me choke on the water i was drinking and spray it all over my laptop.
Really interesting choice of film if the David Fincher look/aesthetic is needed!
This is like the third time I've watched this video. God this film is gorgeous!
OMG loved Gandalf in Die Hard!
Takumars are my favorite vintage lenses but I had to get the flekogan for 35mm
ahhh! love your videos! keep em coming!!
4:37 yeah you got me.. I'm actually rewatching smallville right now so I fell for it extra hard
I'm happy that lomography is still creating films and I was excited for this film... Sadly not so much after seeing reviews of it.
There's something with this film the reds looks greats ! and how it affects tungsten light !
It would be really cool to see a video of what you carry in your camera bag on these film testing trips
The info booth was the pic that really got to me 🔥
Yeah man! Three hours ago I ordered five rolls of that stuff in 135 for a project about Corona in my hometown. Perfect timing!
Sounds like a perfect combination
@@theundefinedphotographer I hope so. I've ever shot the stuff myself before...
Interested in seeing the final product.
Gerardo Cueto I will post some of the pictures on my Instagram pendaimonionpictures. But since DHL got pretty slow around here, the lab will need two to three weeks because of Corona and I will need some time to actually shoot the project I guess it will be in June at best.
this is the top gear of film youtube and I'm here for it.
if your face doesn't look like 7:30 while looking at the viewfinder are you really a photographer?
i subscribed because you are calm and i live for that rn
"derived from the fictional city that Gandalf lives in in the hit musical, Die Hard"
"Yippi Ki Yay" Gandalf shouted in C# Maj as he dropped down to Mordor holding a machine gun.
Super interesting film, love the video man
Im a simple man I see a grainydays video I click like
I’m getting major Fuji Superia 200 vibes off this, and believe me that is a very, very good thing
I'm too obsessed with this channel
it bothers me greatly that you left the portra tag still in there
deejay bogus honestly after paying $20 for a roll of cinestill, I also never remove that paper thingy no matter what film I’m shooting.
@@dubumowith7376 lol
Exactly.
@@dubumowith7376 lol
i Mean you're a fucking great photographer but goddamn i have to pause so many times and just laugh for a good minute. Thanks.
someone gave me a 120 roll of this film stock recently. Wasn't sure what it looked like, so I appreciated this vid!
I watched this and now it m so pumped. Seriously dude you should think about being a motivational speaker. I shot one roll of this in 120. My scanner tried to make it look normal......I might have another go. I do like the their potsdam, and the purple if I’m feeling fruity.
That eatery is the best, I used to go in the days when things like that existed.
representing the safelight boiiiis. n1 brah
I appreciate this level of dry humour coming from an American
YES FUJI NATURA 1600 THE ONE FILM TO RULE THEM ALLZ
Metropolis is perfect if you like that Jaundiced look. You too can replicate liver failure for less than $15/roll!
youre enhancing my quarantine. Greetings from germany.
Ja! Ich auch! Thanks Duo Lingo! BERLIN
The hit musical die hard got me
that callout at the end at fuji for natura1600! YESSSS PLEASE FUJI!
Loved this Video. Thanks for the info.
It’s not that I don’t like it, it’s that I can’t think of a situation I’d want to use it in so far
I've been waiting for my Tak 35 f2 to come in the mail all week and you just made it worse for me, crying now
Always love to see some Safelight Berlin merch
I need to watch it again!
Beer. Pizza. Film cameras. So, a date , basically.
this video is about to save me from coronavirus
Can we please get a review on Caleb's Canon Eos 1N?
Props to you for telling those serial killers who's boss
shooting metropolis with a portra 400 card in the memo holder? the gangstas of lomography gon come get you
I'd love to have a roll of 120. Thanks for the video!
Will do you do video about your loves of the M42 lens ?
I’ve had a roll of Fuji Natura in the fridge for almost two years and can’t push myself to find something to shoot with it 😭
This is definitely my favorite color negative.
literally 50 seconds in and I am HOWLING with laughter
Just in time for quarantine entertainment.
Best film chanle on the tube
Not my kind of film but I thoroughly enjoyed your video about it!
Was gonna go shoot in LA this weekend, but with everything shut down, might not...unless? 😳
Connor Martin actually would fit the cold dreary feeling well :P
I just came here to see some pretty pictures I wasnt expecting it to be so funny lmao
i need to get my 35mm working again, only got my Makina 67 medium format or digital right now.
The Lomochrome films are challenging to scan with the information on the edges.
I thought I had clicked on your "2 weeks in Nepal" video and was seriously impressed you managed to find a mariachi band in Nepal.
9:49 fav of the serie, you should reframed other shots like this one, the grain here is big, but that's fine (in a good way :D)
The images are... well you know how they are. What's that watch you're wearing though?
Metropolis is refreshing!!!
You guys are awesome to work with each other. Dope video, ass first of course 😂😂
Have you looked into a Canon F1 at all? I used to shoot with an Ae1 until i got the F1
Nice job, surprise sausage Steve would be so proud. Thanks for the lols in the age of COVID19
I'm always for the comedy here
Was your power winder not working?
Interesting lack of color though. Thanks. Love the deadpan commentary.
not much social distancing happening there, I've resorted to only shooting 75mm and above
quarantine gang
YES ANOTHER VIDEO LETS GOOOO