This was a very therapeutic video for me for some reason. Must've been the peaceful, calming music, along with the time it takes to slow down, set up the 4x5, and shoot. This is what has given me a renewed interest in film. Looking forward to developing my own and scanning it in, as well.
Aaah, very peacful mood in the video. Lovely! Really enjoy the tree trunk image. My kind of taste: A bit chaotic, but calm at the same time! Well done!!
i love film photography and this make me want to try a 4x5 camera so bad! thanks for sharing all this great content with us! always appreciate watching videos like this!
I have enjoyed your videos. About 6 six years ago I was shooting using a 4 x 5 Speed graphic, which I sold quite awhile ago. I have been kicking around getting the 4 x 5 like you have, they are affordable, and I can still use some of my 4 x 5 holders and magazines. She I sold the SG I also sold my stock of 64 kodachrome, like 8 boxes of 50, got good money, was just e6 chemicals where the seven steps and money. But that developing factor has eased. I mostly shoot my Bronica Etrs-i. My last project was the Flying White Squirrel, I stumbled across in a local walking park. A photo I have not printed yet, as my darkroom is in flux.. Thanks and Cheers, if that's okay from across the pond.
Really wonderful, Steve - thank you for sharing. I am only now returning to large format and your quiet, peaceful reflections are truly an inspiration. One thought I had when looking at your photo of the fallen tree - I felt like I was looking through a window into the real world - I don't think I can give higher praise than that! Cheers!
Thanks Robert, I find 4x5 excellent for ‘anonymous’ shots of scenes that rarely get photographed. I like iconic locations but rarely capture something unique.
Always look forward to and love your videos. They are always very thoughtful and explain your thought processes in great detail which I always find very interesting. Makes me want to visit England too ;).
Always a joy to watch Your videos. In particular this one reminded me to cram out my dusty 6x9 Graflex adapter and get out with it again. Your videos are always an inspiration to me. Eagerly waiting for some Ektachrome 120 film wich would hopefully yield some similar results in dull weather. Again : Thank you for taking the time putting them together. It's most appreciated! 👍🏻
7:20 and that is the exact reason why I never warmed up with rangefinder cameras. I owned a Mamyia 7 II and Leica M6 in the past and sold them. I don‘t want to see, what will not be there.
Hi Steve. Lovely video that gave me a lot of inspiration. I have missed the inspiration to photograph a few weeks but feel like I want to go out with the camera again now ☺. What nice compositions you show and the picture with the mushrooms is a great favorite for me. Looking forward to your next video. Best regards Lars-Göran.
Really enjoy it when you take more time to explain how you set up the shot. I don’t remember your dwelling as much before on the limitations of LF lenses as to DOF. Would like to hear you speak some time about FL choices for landscape.
It’s certainly on my list of ‘to do’ videos, in a nutshell I prefer standard and telephoto lenses to wide angles as they exclude distracting elements and simplify compositions.
Hi Steve. Absolutely love this video. I've been doing lots of woodland photography this Autumn and your vlog really captures the essence of what I've been trying to achieve. You've given me some ideas for the coming week when the weather forecast isn't looking great. Interesting to see how you managed to solve the DOF issues you encountered. Really enjoyed the video Steve. Many thanks for sharing.
Thumbs up from me Steve. Useful to see photography of locations most of us have access to (British countryside) as well as thoughts for dealing with difficult compositions. Much rather have this over drones & desert.
I do get more satisfaction making shots of the ordinary places that we all have nearby. I love the iconic locations too but it’s often a case of setting up in someone else’s tripod holes.
Another interesting film to watch, you do well in describing your thinking and shooting process, thanks, your becoming a Sun fixture along with Thomas Heaton, maybe a joint shoot as you are so very different.
Steve's channel is streets ahead of the 'competition', and he's not even in competition, that's why his channel is the very best. Keeping it simple with zero ego.
Beautiful work as always Steve! I've been working on making a 6x17 camera using LF lenses but each one of your videos makes me want to get a 4x5 more and more.
6x17 is a lovely format and I would have gone for that size back on the 4x5 but my wide angle lacks the coverage and the adapter/ground glass is so bulky. The 6x12 Horseman is so light and compact I’ll be packing it for every trip from now on.
On my monitor at least, the shot of the toadstools looked surprisingly sharp for a 130 mm lens. The unruly trees shot also seemed sharp where it needed to be. Perhaps looking at a print, softness may be noticeable but they looked nice on my MacBook. I love those canals. As far as I know, we don't have anything like that here in the States, at least the Southeastern US. Enjoyed the video Steve.
Thanks Philip. The toadstools shot is surprisingly sharp and could make a huge enlargement, I think I got the camera at just the right angle and f/32 did the rest. I like out canal system as the towpaths allow easy access and have all manner of interesting vegetation.
What are you doing to me Steve, I've already spent too much money on 35mm gear, now I'm looking at medium and large format. You are to blame! Enjoyed your video as usual.
Woudn't mind having a 120-film back for my 4x5. But do have a Schneider - Repro-Claron 210mm f/9 enlarger lens that was really cheap and I mounted that on a lens board. This could work quite well for shots like your tree stump image, can stop down to f90 and find that sharpness holds up quite well even at that. However no shutter so you will need a exposure of 1-2 sec or more so you can use your hand or a lenscap as a shutter. Anyway, lovely shots, great vlog and keep snapping!!
The enlarger lenses can be excellent for close up work and neutral density filters can make exposure times manageable without a shutter. I’ve considered this for 8x10 where barrel lenses are plentiful.
I do enjoy the outing in the woods that you bring. You bring everyone to parts of your country that I may never get to see. On the canal are those house boats that you walk by ?
They are like house boats Curtis, they were originally used to transport goods around the canals but have long since been repacked by road and rail. They hire them out for people to travel the canal system and some people live on them for most of the year.
Really fine work, Steve! I wish prices for 4x5 film would be a tiny bit more affordable, but what can you do? I often have to be really frugal with my sheets, which sometimes can be really frustrating. I'm also planning to buy a medium film back to cut on the costs of film, but those babies are not cheap... lol.
As always nice work...a question.........Do you have a gallery...or sell your work..it, to me is a question I dont like to ask..but I for some reason wanted to know...
@@SteveONions Very good...I wonder how much it would cost to send photos to New York from you...I use, at present 4/3's format...and have taken photo's all my life, and just now getting into it with a half way decent camera...it's all fun to me...I have a lumix l5 like you..and fz70 that I just got...its not the ideal camera..but for now itis what I have.
Nice video, really enjoy your channel. My question is have you tried the new Ektrachrome? Seems like the pros are getting first dibs here in the states.
I’d like to try it William but I’m less enthusiastic than usual thanks to it only coming in 35mm format. If they make larger sizes I’ll be keen to try it.
one of best images among your videos. Photos are showing the same stilness that you've felt in that morning. By the way, I didn't quite get the depth of field problem. Is it to shallow in large format so you can't get from bottom to top sharpness even in f32? So there would be a no problem in 35mm. Thank you for this video.
The large format camera has very ljmited depth of field unless you use movements which is what I did to capture the fungi. 35mm would have had no issues at the same distance.
Very nice again Steve. I love that 6x12 back and I’ve been looking at them myself. Just a quickie about the Intrepid - are you using the supplied ground glass and if so, how is it for focusing? On my MPP there’s a lot of light fall off away from the centre and I’ve just added a cheap fresnel which has helped a lot. Some lovely shots there and helpful set up explanations too.
Thanks Craig. I do use the Intrepid ground glass but like you I place a cheap fresnel over it when using my 90 and 150mm lenses. I only do this to assess the scene and get the composition right than focus as normal onto the ground glass.
Your videos are still getting better and better, and you started off brilliant. Have you ever considered doing workshops or one to ones? As with Simon Booth's it wouldn’t be fair for me to book on one, as I'm very liable to let people down for the health reasons I’ve mentioned billions of times. However, I think they would be very popular and you explain things incredibly well and there’s people who have t a fraction of your knowledge or talent running them.
Thanks Mark. If I had more time I’d love to tuition especially as it would give participants a chance to try all sorts of cameras from 8x10 to pinhole. Maybe when I’m not tied up at work 5 days a week I’ll get round to it.
Ok, thanks for the reply. I’m debating between an Epson 800 and an 850. Seeing your scans, albeit on youtube, I think one can’t really go wrong with any of them.
This is getting to be a bit of a "Film Sunday" on you tube, your the 2nd one I have watched this morning featuring film vloggers - and very good it is too. Another excellent vlog Steve and images as always are top notch. I am not a film shooter as such (I have got a Canon A2 35m here though) but was wondering about when you shot the 120 roll film on the back of the 4x5... did u use the adapted ground glass to focus and then take it off and replace with the 120 back? Loved the 1st image and not sure if I recognised the scene as b roll from one of your previous vlogs? Anyway, thanks again for this, very enjoyable watch this damp drizzling morning.
Thanks Alan. You focus as normal using the ground glass then remove it and fit the 6x12 back. All the footage was taken on the day but I have featured the area at least twice before when out shooting with the 4x5.
Steve -- How do you handle white balance when shooting on film and optimizing in the digital realm? The cost of film makes it seem inappropriate to shoot an image with a grey card, whi-bal or other colour reference in the image. Best wishes and a continuing thank-you! Frank
Hi Frank. I don’t worry about the colour temperature, just take the shot and see what it looks like when scanned. The colour slide materials rarely need manipulating if I use Epson scan, it is surprisingly accurate. Negative materials are a bit trickier but still require only small adjustments in post.
Loved this.. I posted a tutorial on how to make your instagram photography stand out and I would love to get some of you guys to check it out and let me know if it helped you out!!
Excellent video and wonderful pictures. The panorama back is a very smart idea to continue using large format cameras.
Love the panoramic shots, they look like widescreen stills from a movie! Great work as per usual
Thank you.
Love the mellow atmosphere
This is my favorite channel.
Thank you.
I don't think anyone else enjoys documenting nature as creatively as you do. keep going.
your videos are so beautiful. thanks for sharing you work with the world. we appreciate it
Thank you.
This was a very therapeutic video for me for some reason. Must've been the peaceful, calming music, along with the time it takes to slow down, set up the 4x5, and shoot. This is what has given me a renewed interest in film. Looking forward to developing my own and scanning it in, as well.
Thanks Nathan.
Every video is so relaxing thank you from USA
Thank you 🙂
The sunlight and shadows on the canal panorama are stunning. Leslie
Thanks Leslie.
Aaah, very peacful mood in the video. Lovely! Really enjoy the tree trunk image. My kind of taste: A bit chaotic, but calm at the same time! Well done!!
Thanks Sven.
Thumbs up from me - Its good to see traditional photography still being practiced...
Thanks John.
i love film photography and this make me want to try a 4x5 camera so bad!
thanks for sharing all this great content with us!
always appreciate watching videos like this!
Very nice - again. Thanks for all the effort you put into your videos!
Thank you.
I have enjoyed your videos. About 6 six years ago I was shooting using a 4 x 5 Speed graphic, which I sold quite awhile ago. I have been kicking around getting the 4 x 5 like you have, they are affordable, and I can still use some of my 4 x 5 holders and magazines. She I sold the SG I also sold my stock of 64 kodachrome, like 8 boxes of 50, got good money, was just e6 chemicals where the seven steps and money. But that developing factor has eased. I mostly shoot my Bronica Etrs-i. My last project was the Flying White Squirrel, I stumbled across in a local walking park. A photo I have not printed yet, as my darkroom is in flux..
Thanks and Cheers, if that's okay from across the pond.
Thanks Brent, glad you are enjoying your Bronica, they are really well made and a joy to use.
Just catching up on some of your back catalogue. My, you have a great eye for seeing a shot. Wonderful images.
Thank you Albert 🙂
Thank you for another great video. I learn something every time I watch one of your videos. Very inspirational.
Hi Steve, nice to see you out local again, i must try the walk over near that little woods again..
Local is always best Paul, nothing like revisiting the same location throughout the year.
Really wonderful, Steve - thank you for sharing. I am only now returning to large format and your quiet, peaceful reflections are truly an inspiration. One thought I had when looking at your photo of the fallen tree - I felt like I was looking through a window into the real world - I don't think I can give higher praise than that! Cheers!
Thanks Robert, I find 4x5 excellent for ‘anonymous’ shots of scenes that rarely get photographed. I like iconic locations but rarely capture something unique.
Another splendid video, thank you.
Cheers Andy.
Always look forward to and love your videos. They are always very thoughtful and explain your thought processes in great detail which I always find very interesting. Makes me want to visit England too ;).
Thanks Joshua. We have a very varied landscape over here and easy access too.
Always a joy to watch Your videos. In particular this one reminded me to cram out my dusty 6x9 Graflex adapter and get out with it again. Your videos are always an inspiration to me. Eagerly waiting for some Ektachrome 120 film wich would hopefully yield some similar results in dull weather. Again : Thank you for taking the time putting them together. It's most appreciated! 👍🏻
Thanks Klaus, I’m also waiting for new of Ektachrome in 120 🤞
7:20 and that is the exact reason why I never warmed up with rangefinder cameras. I owned a Mamyia 7 II and Leica M6 in the past and sold them. I don‘t want to see, what will not be there.
I’m not a rangefinder fan either (and wish more of my film SLR’s had 100% viewfinders).
Hi Steve. Lovely video that gave me a lot of inspiration. I have missed the inspiration to photograph a few weeks but feel like I want to go out with the camera again now ☺. What nice compositions you show and the picture with the mushrooms is a great favorite for me. Looking forward to your next video. Best regards Lars-Göran.
Thanks Lars, I enjoy it when simple images turn out so well and realise that even humble locations contain much interest.
Really enjoy it when you take more time to explain how you set up the shot. I don’t remember your dwelling as much before on the limitations of LF lenses as to DOF. Would like to hear you speak some time about FL choices for landscape.
It’s certainly on my list of ‘to do’ videos, in a nutshell I prefer standard and telephoto lenses to wide angles as they exclude distracting elements and simplify compositions.
Steve O'Nions Thanks. Learning a lot as it is.
Great video Steve, interesting technique and lovely photographs.
Thanks Andy.
Beautiful work. I really like the first two images, although they were all really good. Thanks for sharing
Thanks again Tony.
Hi Steve. Absolutely love this video. I've been doing lots of woodland photography this Autumn and your vlog really captures the essence of what I've been trying to achieve. You've given me some ideas for the coming week when the weather forecast isn't looking great. Interesting to see how you managed to solve the DOF issues you encountered. Really enjoyed the video Steve. Many thanks for sharing.
Thanks Tim, I get a lot of satisfaction photographing the everyday locations that are all around us.
Thumbs up from me Steve. Useful to see photography of locations most of us have access to (British countryside) as well as thoughts for dealing with difficult compositions. Much rather have this over drones & desert.
I do get more satisfaction making shots of the ordinary places that we all have nearby. I love the iconic locations too but it’s often a case of setting up in someone else’s tripod holes.
The vlogging shot at 1:30 is really nice. Would've liked to see that composition with the 'proper' camera :)
Another interesting film to watch, you do well in describing your thinking and shooting process, thanks, your becoming a Sun fixture along with Thomas Heaton, maybe a joint shoot as you are so very different.
Thomas who? 😀
Steve's channel is streets ahead of the 'competition', and he's not even in competition, that's why his channel is the very best. Keeping it simple with zero ego.
Beautiful work as always Steve! I've been working on making a 6x17 camera using LF lenses but each one of your videos makes me want to get a 4x5 more and more.
6x17 is a lovely format and I would have gone for that size back on the 4x5 but my wide angle lacks the coverage and the adapter/ground glass is so bulky. The 6x12 Horseman is so light and compact I’ll be packing it for every trip from now on.
On my monitor at least, the shot of the toadstools looked surprisingly sharp for a 130 mm lens. The unruly trees shot also seemed sharp where it needed to be. Perhaps looking at a print, softness may be noticeable but they looked nice on my MacBook. I love those canals. As far as I know, we don't have anything like that here in the States, at least the Southeastern US. Enjoyed the video Steve.
Thanks Philip. The toadstools shot is surprisingly sharp and could make a huge enlargement, I think I got the camera at just the right angle and f/32 did the rest. I like out canal system as the towpaths allow easy access and have all manner of interesting vegetation.
I agree with Philip those toadstools were absolutely lovely and looked brilliantly sharp to me. Those Ektar colors also worked just so well!
What are you doing to me Steve, I've already spent too much money on 35mm gear, now I'm looking at medium and large format. You are to blame!
Enjoyed your video as usual.
Hehe, there is no escape 🙂
Excellent video. I think you are improving with it. The music was a good choice. Congratulations!
Thank you 🙂
Woudn't mind having a 120-film back for my 4x5.
But do have a Schneider - Repro-Claron 210mm f/9 enlarger lens that was really cheap and I mounted that on a lens board.
This could work quite well for shots like your tree stump image, can stop down to f90 and find that sharpness holds up quite well even at that.
However no shutter so you will need a exposure of 1-2 sec or more so you can use your hand or a lenscap as a shutter.
Anyway, lovely shots, great vlog and keep snapping!!
The enlarger lenses can be excellent for close up work and neutral density filters can make exposure times manageable without a shutter. I’ve considered this for 8x10 where barrel lenses are plentiful.
I do enjoy the outing in the woods that you bring. You bring everyone to parts of your country that I may never get to see.
On the canal are those house boats that you walk by ?
They are like house boats Curtis, they were originally used to transport goods around the canals but have long since been repacked by road and rail. They hire them out for people to travel the canal system and some people live on them for most of the year.
Really fine work, Steve! I wish prices for 4x5 film would be a tiny bit more affordable, but what can you do? I often have to be really frugal with my sheets, which sometimes can be really frustrating. I'm also planning to buy a medium film back to cut on the costs of film, but those babies are not cheap... lol.
Very true. I doubt I’ll recoup the cost of the 6x12 back in material savings but it is a lot easier to carry roll film than film holders.
Excellent episode as always. Why you don’t tilt the front standard of the camera in order to extend/ change the DOF?
I think I had a little bit of tilt on the toadstools shot Jakob, it came out remarkably sharp throughout.
Oh, and there was some swing on the canal bank image made with the 6x12. 🙂
As always nice work...a question.........Do you have a gallery...or sell your work..it, to me is a question I dont like to ask..but I for some reason wanted to know...
I don’t have anything set up at present but plan to do so later this year and also produce some images as gelatin silver editions.
@@SteveONions Very good...I wonder how much it would cost to send photos to New York from you...I use, at present 4/3's format...and have taken photo's all my life, and just now getting into it with a half way decent camera...it's all fun to me...I have a lumix l5 like you..and fz70 that I just got...its not the ideal camera..but for now itis what I have.
6x12 holder was fun. Easier than 5x4 sheets.
Much easier and a lot cheaper.
Nice video, really enjoy your channel. My question is have you tried the new Ektrachrome? Seems like the pros are getting first dibs here in the states.
I’d like to try it William but I’m less enthusiastic than usual thanks to it only coming in 35mm format. If they make larger sizes I’ll be keen to try it.
one of best images among your videos. Photos are showing the same stilness that you've felt in that morning. By the way, I didn't quite get the depth of field problem. Is it to shallow in large format so you can't get from bottom to top sharpness even in f32? So there would be a no problem in 35mm. Thank you for this video.
The large format camera has very ljmited depth of field unless you use movements which is what I did to capture the fungi. 35mm would have had no issues at the same distance.
Very nice again Steve. I love that 6x12 back and I’ve been looking at them myself. Just a quickie about the Intrepid - are you using the supplied ground glass and if so, how is it for focusing? On my MPP there’s a lot of light fall off away from the centre and I’ve just added a cheap fresnel which has helped a lot. Some lovely shots there and helpful set up explanations too.
Thanks Craig. I do use the Intrepid ground glass but like you I place a cheap fresnel over it when using my 90 and 150mm lenses. I only do this to assess the scene and get the composition right than focus as normal onto the ground glass.
The fungi image is very pretty. They are difficult to photograph.
They are Wendy but thankfully this group were arranged in the just the right way or I’d have never attempted the shot.
Your videos are still getting better and better, and you started off brilliant. Have you ever considered doing workshops or one to ones? As with Simon Booth's it wouldn’t be fair for me to book on one, as I'm very liable to let people down for the health reasons I’ve mentioned billions of times. However, I think they would be very popular and you explain things incredibly well and there’s people who have t a fraction of your knowledge or talent running them.
Thanks Mark. If I had more time I’d love to tuition especially as it would give participants a chance to try all sorts of cameras from 8x10 to pinhole. Maybe when I’m not tied up at work 5 days a week I’ll get round to it.
Steve O'Nions Besides having a phenomenal knowledge, you are also a great communicator. You explain things so well even I can understand them.
Thanks again Mark.
Hi Steve, how do you scan the negs/transparancies? Very nice work btw!
I use an Epson v700 for all medium and large format scans with a Minolta Elite 5400 for 35mm work.
Ok, thanks for the reply. I’m debating between an Epson 800 and an 850. Seeing your scans, albeit on youtube, I think one can’t really go wrong with any of them.
Both will be fine for 120 and 4x5 even at their true resolution of 2400dpi.
@@SteveONions Got an 800 now and must say very pleased with the 120 scans already. Thank you for the recommendation Steve.
This is getting to be a bit of a "Film Sunday" on you tube, your the 2nd one I have watched this morning featuring film vloggers - and very good it is too. Another excellent vlog Steve and images as always are top notch. I am not a film shooter as such (I have got a Canon A2 35m here though) but was wondering about when you shot the 120 roll film on the back of the 4x5... did u use the adapted ground glass to focus and then take it off and replace with the 120 back? Loved the 1st image and not sure if I recognised the scene as b roll from one of your previous vlogs? Anyway, thanks again for this, very enjoyable watch this damp drizzling morning.
Thanks Alan. You focus as normal using the ground glass then remove it and fit the 6x12 back. All the footage was taken on the day but I have featured the area at least twice before when out shooting with the 4x5.
Steve -- How do you handle white balance when shooting on film and optimizing in the digital realm? The cost of film makes it seem inappropriate to shoot an image with a grey card, whi-bal or other colour reference in the image. Best wishes and a continuing thank-you! Frank
Hi Frank. I don’t worry about the colour temperature, just take the shot and see what it looks like when scanned. The colour slide materials rarely need manipulating if I use Epson scan, it is surprisingly accurate. Negative materials are a bit trickier but still require only small adjustments in post.
Hey, you are using the Intrepid!? What's it lke?
It’s excellent 😀
Thanks, @@SteveONions ! I will start writing my letter to Santa 😀
Loved this.. I posted a tutorial on how to make your instagram photography stand out and I would love to get some of you guys to check it out and let me know if it helped you out!!
Eliminate the large white mat. Image much better viewed on a black background.