Why Digital Photographers SHOULD use Film
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- Опубліковано 26 тра 2019
- WHY DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS SHOULD USE FILM // (and a review of the Insta360 One X)
I think that a lot of the technological innovation that comes with contemporary cameras - while being amazingly helpful to professionals - is sometimes in danger of being detrimental to the learning process.
With film, you can’t just stay where you are and up the ISO because you know your camera is amazing in low light. You have to go and find some light that will work with your film’s ISO speed. You can’t shoot at 7 frames a second because you need to advance the film for each shot and you only have 36 goes. Each click is costing you money. You have to slow down and know when to press that shutter.
I’m not saying to ditch digital and shoot film. I’m a massive advocate of digital photography. It works better for me and it will suit the needs of most other people out there. But I do think that if you haven’t ever shot on film, you should give it a go. Just as an exercise in focussing your skills and pushing you to think in a slightly different way about photography.
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Jamie this was sick! Big thanks for the mention too ❤️
Willem Verbeeck No problem. I really like your channel.
Man, thanks so much for the kind words and the shout! Really kind of you and glad to see you recommending film to others. ❤️🎞
As a person who shot digital first and then recently switched to film, I absolutely agree that shooting film can improve your photography and reignite your passion for creating images. Thanks for another great video.
I stopped watching Casey, gave up on McKinnon but you Jamie, you....... man you are good
Cassey I understand... What about mckinnon
@@Dan-gh3nq McCanon`s a hack
Even i gave up on McKinnon. Some of his shots are great, no doubt. But I can't stand someone always suggesting to take a photo and then throw it under presets (preferably his own) and add tons of stuff that never existed in the frame. 2017and 2018 was about "content" on his channel, now almost every episode is a plug or a promo for upcoming merchandise.
I skip McKinnon videos every now and then, never do i miss one from Jamie or Sean Tucker. You guys should follow Sean if you already don't.
@@piyushmishra7791 Absolutelly. Couldn't agree more
Absolutely killing it straight from the intro. I'm genuinely so excited every-time I get a ping and it says your new video has dropped.
Same here 😎
Thank you. I'm glad you like what I'm doing.
Holy moly, I knew how Matrix 360 scene was shot but I have assumed that all of those cameras were digital! That makes me appreciate the work of the team behind those effects even more!
We live in such a digital world now that it's weird to think that using film was the best option at the time, but digital cameras just weren't what they are today. I think the Matrix has a lot to answer for in terms of how it changed the landscape of contemporary cinema. That kind of extreme colour grading wasn't even that big of a thing before then also.
@@jamiewindsor Really enjoyed the video as a 50/50 film/digital shooter. Do you happen to know what time of film they used in the matrix and also how the colour grading process would differ with film? I never thought about the fact that they would colour grade films shot on film.
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Me: I finally have all the camera gear I need!
Jamie: Now buy a film camera and Insta360.
Me: Great idea.
even cheaper, go to your parents/ grandparents place it's very likely they still have a film camera somewhere ...
It's interesting, I never understood the allure of going back to film. Learning on film (pre digital) was a frustrating, slow, expensive process. I love digital! But this video makes a lot of sense. I didn't think about the extent to which how you learn affects how you shoot! Going slow, thinking ahead, taking time is something we learned with film. When we stop thinking about how much each exposure costs or how long it will be before we see the results (we took a lot of notes), the process changes. Curiosity, experimentation, etc. become less important than watching a tutorial. Photography is both more accessible and less valued.
Film, developing film, photo paper and printing on paper is what is expensive with film process. Cameras might be cheap but a few hundred photos will cost you more than any digital camera ion the market.
Yup. I took the family’s A-1 which was collecting dust in dad’s closet. It came with a nifty fifty and 75-200 tele.
I did. Found in my parent's cabinet an old Yashica Electro 35. Clean it up, put new batteries, polished the lens, and replaced the light seal, then buy some 35mm films from Fujifilm. I am enjoying it.
@@0ooTheMAXXoo0 Not really. Maybe an initial cost but afterwards it's quite affordable. Buy your film in 50' bulk rolls and load your own cassettes with a Daylight cassette loader. Black and white is easiest because you can then process the film at home using a daylight process canister. I've used a hair dryer to dry the film strips. Scanning the film to digital is easier today as well as finding a cheap used enlarger. I've scanned negatives using a homemade light box utilizing an app called 'lightbox' where your phone is the back light and your camera or high res cellphone is the copier using the 'Helmet' app.
Been watching your vids for a long time, but WOW. The production value of these videos has come a LONG WAY. Props to such a big improvement in your video editing, Jaime!
I have used a 35mm camera since I was 11 years old in 1953 . It was a inexpensive Argus A4, still have it and it still works. I have many film cameras now and have no desire to go digital.Too many buttons,and too many menus to fiddle with.Select the shot, determine the exposure value, focus the lens,and push the button. It does not get any simpler. I guess it is all about what you want to do.That is the beauty of freedom of expression
I love the way Jamie's videos are so well thought-out and brilliantly yet subtly executed. You know what I mean.
Personally my favorite photo and video channel on UA-cam. Thank you, Jamie, for always inspiring and keeping the fresh content!
something about your videos that Always inspires me to get out and make some photos. Thank you Jame, and keep on doing this, Love it!
Good thinking about the advantages of experiencing with film. I was into film since the late 60s when film was all there was. Then I switched to digital. I loved it. But I missed something and it was the care in choosing the subject, composing, and exposure that film demands. Digital is just too easy. Now I am switching back to film and dusting off my old Minolta cameras. And here's the surprise, I find I love the grain I used to try so hard to minimize. I love the beautiful organic black and whites. I love the various color signatures of different color films. Film just seems more natural, like music on vinyl rather than digital. If you haven't tried it. Give it a shot.
Welcome back! I had been missing your very thoughtful approach to photography
So pleased to here you have more YT content to come as your style and content is some of the best available.
Jamie, you have such a wonderful, refreshing, always-curious outlook. It is terrific; we need more of it. This vid on using film is spot on.
Love those contemplative videos of yours.
I really like your videos. You make the time to offer advice and demonstrate while making it interesting.
Jamie I love videos because they are about the feeling of photography. Great job. I voluntarily learned photography in analog because it taught me to think my images, to frame, to anticipate. I appreciate digital now by applying these same principles.
I Love you! Great content as usual!!! Thanks for all your effort
Hi Jamie, this video is really interesting and well shot - thank you!
This is by far my favorite photography channel on UA-cam. I love that you talk about the real art of photography and don’t get wrapped up in the technical mumbo-jumbo about equipment in and of itself. Keep creating this fantastic content. I’m inspired as always, JW. Thanks!
I love your videos and intros! Keep it up!
Right spot on, for all you say, you make me remember my analogue film years when I had to wait for the exposure/composition results and yes, as you said about to stay in the (creative) moment and not just looking on the DSLR screen and immediately start to analyse the photo just taken in the speedy quick way! Very good video about why to use Film! Wishing you all the very Best! Greetings from Sweden!
Always have time to listen watch and listen to what you’ve got to say Jamie, great stuff as always :)
Another excellent photographic rendition, Jamie - wishing you every success in your new studio/office layout - devoted fan of your presentations, Sir !! :D
I've never thought about that last point, but you're right. I often buy old cameras on ebay for next to nothing and, after fixing them up a bit, I always get excited to try them out. It's like I have an excuse to go out and shoot - "oh, I'm just testing this new camera".
I love your content. It's so unique from others 😊
Hi, what a wonderful video. Keep up the excellent work! I look forward to your next video.
Every time like Christmas when I see Jamie has got some new content.
thanks for this video, James! many people need to slow down, but don't know yet that this is the way. already way too many aspects of our lives are led by numbers, but sometimes the lower the number, the better the score. all the best!
love your work! insightful, well thought out, engaging content. thank you
Awesome Video Jamie... As Always!
You re a legend! love your channel
Thanks for the video
Love your channel ❤️ great content every time
Thank you.
I used to shoot all the time with my 5D mark III. Until a good friend of mine gave me a old cheap $5 Canon rebel film body to try...took it to Toronto, shot 2 rolls, came back home, got em developed and fell in love with the process. Now My 5D sits in the closet and my Rebel 2000 film body is hogging all the action haha... Thank you for this awesome video Jamie!
Imagine drinking the film development chemicals.
You and Sean Tucker probably two of the best photo/video channel
very enjoyable and thoughtfully done. as always, thank you for the effort and the sharing. i am an appreciative subscriber. thumbs up.
Bro ur chanel is amazinggggg . Thank u so much. Ihave learned alot
Thank you for sharing such an interesting channels!
Thank you! You make great content
Another cracking video dude
Great video Jamie and good to see you’ve not quit you tube! Lol 😂 very enjoyable and thought provoking content as always 👍👍
That intro was a total fire. Really digged it.
I have lost my passion my photography and that truly is my darkest time, I felt hopeless. One day, I saw an old lady selling her old film camera and to my surprise, it ages so well! I started buying the stocks and it is truly something different framing the shot like it was your last shot. It reignites my love on photography and I have been doing well since then. For any photographers, you must try film once in a lifetime. It is truly an awesome experience!
You have great videos. I've learned a lot. Thank you. I'm challenging myself to take less pictures but better content.
I love your videos and the way you present the subject is so beautiful! This video inspired me to purchase Canon EOS 5 body - looking for the right lens now. Any tips on getting something on the cheaper end for city/architecture shots?
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Background music is killer man, love it!
INtro was sick
awesome!
When I started on film, I did love the patience and practice of film. (Don't remotely miss my old broken light meter though.) Thank you for the reminder! It's a great methodology to bring back to digital work every so often.
Nice video as usual ! I especially like the rythme you put into it, at the same time chilled and contemplative but also keeps the focus on what you're saying. But I gotta ask, what happened to those crushed blacks ?
Amazing video as always. A preset video and now this, you spoil us. By the way the presets worked great, used it for a graduation and photoshoot and worked perfectly. Thank you and keep producing
Thank you. Glad they're working out well for you.
Another brilliant and helpful video, Jamie! This leads me to think about your niche... and that you bought an old Pentax recently with a (105mm?) Takumar lens. I own and use several Takumars on a modern equipment and they produce lots of character and real beauty, as you would know. There are various UA-camrs across the pond who enthuse about this subject but you would make an outstanding and most likely more intelligent contribution to this growing niche. I think the niche of ‘old lenses on new cameras’ could happily coexist with ‘old film cameras with old lenses’ plus ‘new cameras with old-style Jamie presets’!
I think if film stimulates you then by all means, but I've never been tempted or convinced by the process personally.
The process isn't as important as the outcome. Whatever gets you there. But I think shooting some film as an exercise can be a good way to expand the way you think about photography.
@@jamiewindsor I understand. Keep up the great work Jamie. Your videos are always insightful
I disagree. The process is equally as important as the outcome. Film will not feel like digital. However, you can apply the philosophy of film shooters to digital cameras.
I do it everyday. But you can’t have this with presets. It’s about taking the time.
trust me you're the best Jamie !!
I took my film instincts to my digital kit, and I agree with what you're saying. Shooting with film is a different experience that can instill some good habits when shooting digitally. For example, I rarely chimp; if I'm not sure I got the shot, I adjust my settings and/or composition, and shoot again. As you said, it helps keep me in the moment.
Amazing video and commentary
When I got into photography a few years ago I told myself that I would only shoot film. I'm so happy I did it because I was able to learn all of the basics that makes using a DSLR easy.
you are awesome dude!
I love your videos and I hope you teach us that retro aesthetic ^-^
Welcome back! You kick ass. Always thrilled when you come out with new vids!
Thank you!
Picked up an EOS 650 film camera a few weeks back for £18, film arriving soon. Can't wait!
I did shoot film when I started - there wasn't anything else. Standing for hours and hours breathing fumes in the dark - getting maybe 2 good shots out of 36 - limited asa ( iso ) and for the entire roll - No, I don't miss it. The power of creativity that's been unleashed with digital. You kids today !
Willem's channel is awesome nice shout out! Now to go and buy a roll of film....
I once taken a masterclass with a great photojournalist named Dominic Nahr. He said he was forced to cover his 5D’s screen with black paper for a few months by a friend and mentor who coached him as a veteran war photographer.
Also, I’m amazed at the sheer number of people who can’t believe the images I get straight out of the camera. It’s crazy. You really don’t need PS to get a gorgeous flawless light on your subject. Most people don’t even know the different metering modes in their cameras!
I’m amazed at how much work most portrait photog do on PS. SO much time and money would be saved using a lightmeter or even just spot-metering and an accurate review screen (the back LCD is never an accurate review screen, it over-exposure the actual pic by up to 2-3fstops in my experience).
I never shot on film yet benefit so much from this philosophy. Also we now have to look at, and process, thousands of images sometimes... for one project... back in the days, two rolls per daily assignment meant you were a maniac... that’s 70 pics... and you didn’t had to develop them yourself...!
I especially like your "opinion" pieces. Definitely a good sound view and always makes me think a bit more (not just about photography).
Thaks master!
Thanks for making this video. Hopefully this would make more digital photographers more open minded!
I shoot mostly film because I hate the process and especially the look of digital. Just came back from printing all day in the darkroom!
Shooting film certainly teaches you to be careful about when, how and what you shoot. Been there, done that, for a few decades, with a lot of different cameras, including rangefinder Leicas without internal metering. I'm today more than happy about the many advantages digital cameras have, however, I find I often look at a scene with the eyes of someone who still uses a film camera. I even still routinely take a handmeter and a greycard - and use them. But for wildlife photography in particular I wouldn't want to do without the ability to shoot at 8 frames a second, with autofocus and auto-ISO and no worries about when my roll of film will run out.
Love the use of retro. At 4:00 I am transported back to 1985. Great work mate :)
Great points regarding shooting with film. Back in the day I learnt my photography shooting with film cameras. I still like the look of photos shot on film although I don't see myself ever shooting film again. I've still go a mount of slides and negatives I need to scan.
#6. You may find that you enjoy the film process more than you ever imagined. Which is what happened to me. I haven't given up digital photography. It has a utilitarian quality to it that I'm not willing to give up, but for the _art_ of photography I've switched over to film cameras, either pinhole or vintage. And I'm having a blast.
Earned my subscription in 20s. Totally impressed mate.
yay willem shout out! also super agree with the premise of this video Jamie, thanks for putting this out there. I shoot both and have since segued in mostly film. A canon EOS-1V is another excellent one comparable to the ones you mention.
I agree 100% I started shooting film in the early eighties and still love it. I tend to use my trusty old Canon 10D and 1Ds digitals frequently for the very reasons you mentioned about film, they are very slow and the images have a very film like look. I still have about two dozen film cameras I cannot part with, plus there is no better sound than an old film camera shutter.
I have A2 in my loft! There is still film in it but no battery! Time to by battery and finish that roll! Your video made me sentimental now 👍!
I've done very little with film, but I do a lot of work with old manual focus lenses on current digital bodies. Since they don't have correction profiles, they retain their unique quirks like vignetting or imperfect color transmission (single-coated or non-coated lenses are actually neat for this), and especially if I'm shooting at very fast apertures it forces me to slow down because I am in charge of nailing my focus, not my camera.
This is one reason why I love shooting Nikon: there's a huge ecosystem of old glass that still works on current bodies. I have, among others, a 55mm f/1.2 (first generation, single coated) that I am absolutely in love with, and a 105mm f/2.5 that I find myself actually having to de-saturate sometimes (especially orange) because it renders colors so vividly. I plan on investing in a good film body specifically to use with these lenses once time allows.
Triple like! Love your videos man
Shooting film is a kind of meditation of Photography. I built up a not too big but decent set of Canon EOS 5D and its things, but it felt more and more industrial. Product photography is not always creative fun, but often elbow grease… So I went for a VDS 810 by VDS Camera Manufactory and tasted large format photography. That is _expensive_ and my darkroom is too small. I didn't give that up, but picked up a Mamiya RB 67. Its gadgets are so cheap-and there are so many of them out there… I defined a limit to avoid the Gadget Hamster Disease and try to solve every situation with those few items that I already have. Things did an U-turn, by not just shoot-shoot-shoot-shoot-select but think-think-think-design-think-shoot attitude has been activated. Now I can plan a shot with a whole bounch of details, then hit the road and travel for just that One Click. To my greatest surprise I shoot way less on digital, too-even for digital photography I plan first, design second and shoot just one or two shots. I like to call this "getting conscious photographer".
Sorry for this Wall of Text :D
Nobody is making videos like Jamie Windsor on youtube, nobody. Awesome stuff.
I picked up my F100 in December and really enjoying it, for all the reasons you mentioned. I got back into photography when my son was given a school project about "old technology", and he chose the camera. If you ever want a challenge, try to explain to an 8 year old how film works and we had to wait to get the pictures back! Low and behold, 6 months on, i am taking photos on almost a daily basis again using film.
I dont develop or scan myself, i drop them off to a lab and they will send me a dropbox link within a few hours or next day. Best bit is that they supply a fresh roll of Fuji C200 for every canister i drop off, so its not massively expensive. I have found that the majority of newer, full frame lenses for nikon work just fine on the F100 and my D80, so i can get more utility from the lenses i purchase.
Great work Jamie, i am enjoying your channel very much.
I started on film, back in the '90s. I learned how to develop black and white negatives and prints, even taught some people how to do it in turn. And I took plenty of colour shots too, had them sent off for developing. I even worked a couple years in an actual photo lab, with the big machines and massive tanks of chemicals. So I get the process, and found it useful to my own art. That said, for me, the best photography is both documentation of something you consider interesting, AND artistic in and of itself. Shooting film will elevate your art, I guarantee it. But the labourious nature of the process will also mean that your documentation of things will suffer, at least until you're REALLY good. Even using digital media like I do today, sometimes I get so focused on the technicality of a shot, the elements that will make it really stand out artistically, that I miss the moment and lose out on documenting something important (to me, though of little importance it may be to society in some cases). Using automatic settings on a camera is anathema to my technique most of the time, but if I really want to capture a moment, sometimes I'll switch over to autofocus, to auto f-stop and shutter speed. No dicking around with settings, I get a good photo of a moment I find important to capture. And if it's not exactly right (after looking it over on the screen, something you can't do with film), and I still have some time, I'll play with the settings a bit in manual modes. You can't evaluate a photo in real time and improve it while the events you're there to capture are still ongoing. I think that this evaluative aspect to digital photography more than negates the downgrade in quality that you suffer.
So I'm glad I started in film. I am glad I developed my artistic side of visual imagery using those older techniques. And the decision of whether you do your primary photography shooting on film or digital media is strongly influenced on the balance between art and documentation in your photography practise. Also, I certainly agree that most photographers who have never used film before can improve their skills by experimenting with it. I'd even say that the way photography has been democratized over the last couple of decades with the prevalence of phone cameras has been a mostly BAD thing, cheapening the art, making people think that its this shallow, trite, self-indulgent crap, when photography can be beautiful, reflective, and even capture aspects of our humanity that no other art really does well. By all means, use film if you want to...I think it's a good thing for the diversity of photographic media to continue to exist, for these techniques to live on in the public consciousness.
Ultimately though, I won't be switching back. And with the way digital technologies have improved over the years, the quality gap that makes film so attractive to so many people has been diminishing with time. Slowing down, thinking and visualizing...these are things you can (and should) do WITHOUT leaving the digital realm. With the knowledge I've accrued over the years, through experience and education, I can take digital photos that are good enough for my own enjoyment.
The Canon EOS 5 is a fantastic camera! I started out on that one, and I still love it.
I still love shooting with my Pentax k1000. I have two of them, I keep one loaded with black and white film and one with color. I love shooting photos with film. It made me a better photographer and it just has a certain vibe to it. It's so amazing!
Great video, Jamie! I started out with shooting film when I was around 14 years old. But now after 10 years I onlu want to shoot with film. I have the Nikon F100 and absolutely love it cause I do it as a hobby and can't afford to make mistakes and lose the shot. All in all it has made me think about the shot before I take it and actually made me go out of my comfort zone to get the shot.
I suggest every photographer switch to film for a while and take in the moment.
I have a mju-ii point and shoot film camera in my pocket at all times. I feel like film is the best way to capture memories. The less photos i take the better i remember that moment. And there is barely anything that is the size of the mju-ii which exceeds it in quality.
Ok. Your channel is the *VERY FIRST* channel that I've actually clicked on that bell icon. I wish I've done it earlier. Congrats, man!
Well done mate. Well done.
own sony a7iii...and now start shooting with Canon A1 HP5+ ...love b&w film!
I actually shoot w a medium format camera that shoots 6x8. Its capabilities remind me of shooting a 4x5- tilt and shift, rise and fall, thus expanding your creativity, as well as forcing you to slow down and consider your shot. It also has the ability to change out the back, go from landscape to portrait mode by the twist of the back.
I was just telling someone recently that film and digital photography complement each other. Each helps the photographer grow and improve in skill with it and the other.
Started shooting BW film a few weeks ago since I finally decided to utilise my Dad's 40 year old Petri. By far the most enjoyable photography experience I've had. I still shoot both though - using the film camera for only the best shots, and the digital for testing out new techniques and ideas.
Thanks for this video, Jamie. Watched it twice and have dug out my Minolta and Pentax 35mm and ETRS cameras. You’ve inspired me to use up the ageing films, currently sat in the fridge 🤣😂. Now, how does that light meter work...?
WOW the intro. Just WOW.
Very good man! Shooting film has actually prompted me to shut off my viewfinder when shooting digitally and also to approach my shooting by choosing an iso like I would choose filmspeed and then to use things like hyperfocal point and zone focussing. Helps me to do less with my camera and focus on what's around me and on what's in frame. Even my autofocus is turned off most of the time, unless I do macro or portraits. Shooting film has just made me a more capable photographer. :)
I just picked up a Minolta 7000, I guess it was the first camera series with auto focus back in the 80's. Picked it up with 2 lenses, extras and case for $40 on Craigslist the other day (for the lenses mainly, I use them on my 4/3 Lumix to save money, and like manual focus because it makes you think, and patient)
But I have been considering using the film as well, been awhile. So expensive to process now, but I thought about getting a darkroom, you can find the whole setup for $500 or less on CL or local listings.
I LOVE MY FILM PICS from camping trips in the past. There is something about it you cannot really define, crisp and clear. Worth it for some situations.