I just bought a Zenit-E, and while I await my Zenit-E, I will watch and rewatching your video so that I am fully video educated when Zenit-E arrives. Thank you.
My Grandads mother just passed and he has no idea how to work this camera so he gave it to me. I can now finally get it working and take some nice pictures with it. I know how happy this will make him. Thank you so much for this helpful video!
You beautiful person. Could not for the bloody life of me figure out how to lock in the film. Also thought my lens was knackered, turns out someone had just wound it loads and loads of time to the left which had jammed the aperture setting, wound it all the way to the right and it freed it right up. Thank you so much.
I have one of these from the late 60's/early 70's, not used for over 40 years, and my wife asked me to dig it out to look at for sentimental reasons. Luckily, I discovered it yesterday along with telephoto zoom lens whilst looking for something else - as usual! What a beautifully-made piece of equipment, so much more character and appeal than the latest ubiquitous, throw-away smart phone junk. Also, NO battery to worry about. As a retired design engineer, I love seeing/appreciating the skill and workmanship put into such as this, old typewriters and sewing machines, etc, toyed with as a child. Now in my 70's, I had largely forgotten how it all works so your excellent video has helped me plug gaps in my memory and now I feel it would be so nice to get some film if possible and have some fun with it. All seems to work well but there is a worrying line right down the middle of the viewfinder when looked through. I hope I can figure that out and fix it. If in the viewfinder only (not visible with lens removed) it may not show on film? Many thanks for uploading this great little video and....unlike some......I loved hearing the "Popcorn" background music - another blast from my past.
I see the same in mine, I bought it in the mid 70’s. The line is from the penta prism in the roof. Don’t worry about it, it has no effect on the pictures and I don’t think you could do anything about it short of replacing the prisms, not worth the effort.
@@jamesrodgers3664 Thanks James. I showed it to a photographer friend hoping he might give me some pointers, completely forgetting he would have been using digital for a number of decades! I am sure the visible line is no problem, it's just that I don't remember seeing that but forget - it might even be some intended feature.
I inherited one of these recently so felt obliged to use it. For the life of me I couldn't work it out even though I've been using cameras all my life. It's ingenious. Thanks for the video
I had a Zenit E back in 1976 and it was a fantastic camera, very heavy and fully mechanical, obviously not the best camera available but for it’s price was absolutely brilliant, and being fully manual it taught you a lot about photography! I forgot that you had to have the camera in it’s case because it had the neck strap.
I've tried using the Zenit E after reading a manual online, but I failed... Then I discovered your video and it helped me to correctly insert the film, it mentioned that the camera doesn't use ISO (how did I know...), explained the use of the second dial ring, and the comments convinced me to look for a (free!) light meter app for my phone! Now nothing can go wrong anymore (I hope). Thank you so much! A bonus for me was that the video is to the point and watchable without sound on.
@@EstiloSabroson I use the app Lightmate, which is free with no ads. It lets you input ISO and then fix either the aperture or the shutter speed. It's very useful.
Watching this makes me miss my long gone father. He somehow got one of these and took a lot of pictures of me and my sister growing up. I’m almost old now and treasure these photos of my family. I am now making sure my own young son will have his memories immortalised.
As a trainee journalist in the UK in the late 70s, this was the first proper camera I ever used. I still have a Kiev 4a which takes great pictures more than forty years after it was made.
I live in Russia and I got my zenit e 1980 Olympics edition from my grandfather. I decided to learn how it works and make some pictures for my grandpa.
Thank you so much for the video! Bought a Zenit E 2 days ago at a fair, there was an old Lithuanian selling antiques, the camera was in a box full of broken ones that stood under heavy rain, the one I took was very clean and looked functional , paid 20€. 2 days later, I loaded the film and even the light meter works! It was pretty heavily used judging by the dials, most if not all the settings are polished off.
Самый лучший обзор конкретно съёмочного процесса. А то все льют одну и ту же воду, а тут человек даже без слов "рассказал" более доходчиво и наглядно продемонстрировал
I have the same Zenit E...my Father (may God bless his soul) used to take great pictures when we were kids....the flash is now dead though...thank you for this easy and simple tutorial.
First proper camera I had as an early teenager. Given to m by my parents as a birthday present. Got rid of it as I progressed with more modern type cameras. Bought back happy memories seeing you demonstrate it. Wish I still had it. Built like a tank.
Just a heads up - the light meters in Zenit E are made of selenium which gets less and less sensitive to light over time. Most of them don't function properly anymore, so I suggest you don't rely on your Zenit E light meter unless you compared it to your digital cam/phone/proper light meter and made sure that it works.
I would advise, for those that still work, to use one stop above what the camera says- if you get F4.0 shutter 1/60, use shutter 1/30 instead. From my experimentation with other lightmeters so far, this seems to be the difference on average between the selenium results and the actual light
Really, with all my heart, thank you. I just buy a camera like this I was just so lost in how to use it and other and your video was just perfect! I'm not event english (french in fact) and I understand all of what you did and why so really THANK YOU
Great video, but i'd like to add something: It's much easier to set the light dial based on the equivalent DIN standard of the film. With ghost it's almost imposibile to set 180 correctly, but of you check the other small window on the dial it's very easy to set it on 24. Thanks for making this video, it helped me a lot
Hi, I have the Zenit-E Moskva 80 model, do you know what the X and MF mean underneath the shutter speed dial? Also, you mentioned at 2:00 "If your shutter speed is anything other and F2.0, then you must twist second dial as far right as it will go." Why is this? Thanks in advance and great video, you've helped me a lot!
I am currently in the possession of a Zenit E camera. Everything works as it should except for the exposure time dial which can‘t be pulled to be set as desired. Am I doing something wrong or is it broken? Help on this matter is greatly appreciated
Thanks allot for the video Thomas it helped me allot, I have a question, at the 1minute mark you wound and released the shutter 3 times, I was wondering why you did this, and furthermore, wouldn't that waste 3 photos? Thanks again
Hi - winding the film on a few times after shutting the back door is necessary to move the film on enough so that when you take a picture, the light coming through the lens goes onto non-exposed film. When you attach the film leader onto the spool and pull a length of film out of the canister, unless you were to do this in complete darkness, that part of the film is ruined anyway and has to be 'moved along' in a sense. Its why in more advanced film cameras on the film counter it will often have two or three unmarked numbers before it starts counting up (0,1,2,3 e.t.c.) and also why there is a gap between 36 and 0 on the Zenit E. Hope this helps!
Thomas - Thank you for this excellent video. Where, if i may ask, did you find out that you needed to twist the second diaphragm ring (with the red dot) as far as it will go proir to taking a shot? (02:02)
Hi Thomas. Thank you very much for this tutorial, but i have one problem/question. Do you know why my zenit isnt making click* sound when I winding shutter, and also dial up also dont move with shutter? Do you maybe know is that technical problem? Nevertheless, thank you for this tutorial, you are doing great job!
started a new content? I hope it will go well. I don't know much about camera, but the video looks nice since the video is not taken with a hand held camera which is my favorate part of this video.
X is for instantaneous synchronisation which is used with electronic flash. M is for delayed synchronisation also called FP meaning focal plane .On old plate cameras you had focal plane and between lens shutters. To synchronise using the slow moving FP shutters you has to use FP flashbulb which had a long burn time. But too much information. I am an old man who used A Speed Graphic Press camera when I was 16. 58 years ago. So M would be used for flash bulbs and X is for electronic flash.
It’s for using a flash with the camera. X mode shoots at a shutter speed of 1/60 and you have to connect the flash using an adaptor on the front of the camera.
kostas delfos the film that you pull out of the canister at the beginning has been exposed to light so the film must be wound on in complete darkness in order for it to work. In theory if you did the whole process in a dark room you wouldn’t need to wind it on 3 times. Hope this helps!
Hello, I am having trouble with rewinding my film. The trouble is when I press and jiggle my rewind stick it doesn't pop up. What should I do? Any suggestions?
I just received one but light meter reaches only half way even on full light so it is inaccurate because of old age, guys do you know how o measure then light and where to put the circle?
Hi Thomas! Just a quick question, I unloaded the film and part of it is still out of the roll, I suppose that is not correct? I hope I didn't loose all my pics! Great video! Next time I use my camera I'll definitely watch it again! Have a great day!
To nieoszczędna forma zakładania filmu. Ja mam E i 12XP, zakładam tak: naciągam migawkę, (w E-dku pilnuję, by blaszka, za którą wkłada się film, była w odpowiednim miejscu) wkładam jęzor filmu do rolki odbiornikowej końcówkę filmu bez wyciągania go z puszki (stan fabryczny), idę do ciemni (w moim przypadku jest to pralnia), podnoszę trzymak puszki, ciągnę puszkę do jamy na puszkę, tak, by nie powstały luzy, pilnuję, by wypustki jęzora weszły w zęby ostróg przy rolce odbiornikowej, zamykam klapkę, ustawiam czas, przesłonę, robię zdjęcie. Więcej zdjęć wychodzi, a 16,50 nie ląduje w koszu, bo zamiast 36/24 klatek, wychodzi do 40/28 klatek/rolkę. Pozdrawiam wszystkich amatorów fotografii analogowej, oraz tych co zastosują się do mojej metody!!!
There are so many to choose from! But here are my favourites: For street photography: Ilford HP5, Kodak Colorplus or Agfa Vista For city photography: Agfa Vista, Kodak Ektar, Fujifilm C200 For taking pictures of mates on a day out e.t.c. - Agfa Vista, Kodak Colorplus, Fujifilm C200 For Nature Photography: Kodak Ektar, Fuji Velvia, Fuji Provia, Agfa CT Precisa Films for general everyday photography: Agfa Vista (Costs £1.00 per roll at Poundland), Kodak Colorplus (Also cheap), Fujifilm C200 Good expired films: Truprint film and Kodak Ektachrome Hope this helps!
This video really helped me. Sadly the exposure counter on my ES doesn't count properly. It sometimes counts to fast and sometimes not at all. Anyone has any suggestions on how to fix that?
it means that it allows you to take long shutter shot - check it without film inside - when you hold the button the window is still open - so you can make night photos, but you have to count time manually ;)
This requires a certain knowledge of what an aperture is (I'll assume you know). The way the lens is made - if you change any aperture other than f2.0, you will notice that you can now twist the second dial. Whilst twisting it back and forth, look directly into the lens and you will notice that the aperture widens and narrows as you twist the ring right and left. The reason you have to twist the second dial is to be sure you have set it to 2.8 and not 2.3 or 2.4 e.t.c. By twisting it as far as it'll go so it will narrow just the right amount to be at 2.8. The purpose of twisting the first ring is to lock the second ring on a certain aperture so now if you set it to f16, you will notice you can twist it much further than you could when you set it to f2.8
+Thomas Ashworth I just watched another video and it said that you have to advance the lever and then shut the shutter speed or you will need to repair it if you try to set the shutter speed then wind. is that true? how would I fix it if that happens.
I just bought a Zenit-E, and while I await my Zenit-E, I will watch and rewatching your video so that I am fully video educated when Zenit-E arrives. Thank you.
Pedro Meza these are super heavy and robust but it’s a really cool camera none the less.
My Grandads mother just passed and he has no idea how to work this camera so he gave it to me. I can now finally get it working and take some nice pictures with it. I know how happy this will make him. Thank you so much for this helpful video!
My uncle passed away and the camera was in his possessions. I'm going to try to use it as well.
@@itsmichaelfil My Grandpa passed away and left me this beautiful camera. I work with my DSLR but wanted to use this as well in his memory.
the music is so on point. great stuff!
You beautiful person. Could not for the bloody life of me figure out how to lock in the film. Also thought my lens was knackered, turns out someone had just wound it loads and loads of time to the left which had jammed the aperture setting, wound it all the way to the right and it freed it right up. Thank you so much.
I have one of these from the late 60's/early 70's, not used for over 40 years, and my wife asked me to dig it out to look at for sentimental reasons. Luckily, I discovered it yesterday along with telephoto zoom lens whilst looking for something else - as usual! What a beautifully-made piece of equipment, so much more character and appeal than the latest ubiquitous, throw-away smart phone junk. Also, NO battery to worry about. As a retired design engineer, I love seeing/appreciating the skill and workmanship put into such as this, old typewriters and sewing machines, etc, toyed with as a child.
Now in my 70's, I had largely forgotten how it all works so your excellent video has helped me plug gaps in my memory and now I feel it would be so nice to get some film if possible and have some fun with it. All seems to work well but there is a worrying line right down the middle of the viewfinder when looked through. I hope I can figure that out and fix it. If in the viewfinder only (not visible with lens removed) it may not show on film? Many thanks for uploading this great little video and....unlike some......I loved hearing the "Popcorn" background music - another blast from my past.
I see the same in mine, I bought it in the mid 70’s. The line is from the penta prism in the roof. Don’t worry about it, it has no effect on the pictures and I don’t think you could do anything about it short of replacing the prisms, not worth the effort.
@@jamesrodgers3664 Thanks James. I showed it to a photographer friend hoping he might give me some pointers, completely forgetting he would have been using digital for a number of decades! I am sure the visible line is no problem, it's just that I don't remember seeing that but forget - it might even be some intended feature.
I inherited one of these recently so felt obliged to use it. For the life of me I couldn't work it out even though I've been using cameras all my life. It's ingenious. Thanks for the video
I had a Zenit E back in 1976 and it was a fantastic camera, very heavy and fully mechanical, obviously not the best camera available but for it’s price was absolutely brilliant, and being fully manual it taught you a lot about photography!
I forgot that you had to have the camera in it’s case because it had the neck strap.
I've tried using the Zenit E after reading a manual online, but I failed... Then I discovered your video and it helped me to correctly insert the film, it mentioned that the camera doesn't use ISO (how did I know...), explained the use of the second dial ring, and the comments convinced me to look for a (free!) light meter app for my phone! Now nothing can go wrong anymore (I hope). Thank you so much! A bonus for me was that the video is to the point and watchable without sound on.
Hi! dou you still have the name of the app? Thank you!!
@@EstiloSabroson I use the app Lightmate, which is free with no ads. It lets you input ISO and then fix either the aperture or the shutter speed. It's very useful.
Watching this makes me miss my long gone father. He somehow got one of these and took a lot of pictures of me and my sister growing up. I’m almost old now and treasure these photos of my family. I am now making sure my own young son will have his memories immortalised.
As a trainee journalist in the UK in the late 70s, this was the first proper camera I ever used. I still have a Kiev 4a which takes great pictures more than forty years after it was made.
I live in Russia and I got my zenit e 1980 Olympics edition from my grandfather. I decided to learn how it works and make some pictures for my grandpa.
Just inherited the same from my dad. Hope I will be able to control the options 😂
Thank you so very much!
I’ve had my father’s camera for so many years. Didn’t know how to use it. Nothing will stop me now! 🎉
Thank you so much for the video! Bought a Zenit E 2 days ago at a fair, there was an old Lithuanian selling antiques, the camera was in a box full of broken ones that stood under heavy rain, the one I took was very clean and looked functional , paid 20€. 2 days later, I loaded the film and even the light meter works! It was pretty heavily used judging by the dials, most if not all the settings are polished off.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. My dad gave me his old Zenit-E and I haven’t had any film up until recently so this is such a life saver
Omg same!!!! This video it really is a life saver!!
I found one of these in my grandparents garage and I have no idea how to use it but this video is super helpful thanks!
Hmmm, I think your grandparents are used to work on KGB. Comrade.
Самый лучший обзор конкретно съёмочного процесса. А то все льют одну и ту же воду, а тут человек даже без слов "рассказал" более доходчиво и наглядно продемонстрировал
I cannot express how much this video helped me! Thank youuuuuuuuuu!
Straightforward and easy, thanks! I just inherited one of these and can't wait to take it for a spin.
I have the same Zenit E...my Father (may God bless his soul) used to take great pictures when we were kids....the flash is now dead though...thank you for this easy and simple tutorial.
First proper camera I had as an early teenager. Given to m by my parents as a birthday present. Got rid of it as I progressed with more modern type cameras. Bought back happy memories seeing you demonstrate it. Wish I still had it. Built like a tank.
Thanks so much for this simple and efficient tutorial !
Just a heads up - the light meters in Zenit E are made of selenium which gets less and less sensitive to light over time. Most of them don't function properly anymore, so I suggest you don't rely on your Zenit E light meter unless you compared it to your digital cam/phone/proper light meter and made sure that it works.
Mine's broken - doesn't move at all :/
My light meter is broken. I don't know how the numbers work and how to set them. Do you have a suggestion?
Fixing it will probably be complicated. There are ways to shoot without a light meter, though. ua-cam.com/video/FAbfAZYigiY/v-deo.html
the light meter worked in this video though
I would advise, for those that still work, to use one stop above what the camera says- if you get F4.0 shutter 1/60, use shutter 1/30 instead.
From my experimentation with other lightmeters so far, this seems to be the difference on average between the selenium results and the actual light
Used to have one of these camera`s many years ago , Always served me well . Took a lot of great photo`s with it ....
Finally! A camera that can convert my Fuji Film into Kodak!
Amazing video haha! Well done, very creative. Will be using this shortly as a coworker of mine gifted me one!
Really, with all my heart, thank you. I just buy a camera like this I was just so lost in how to use it and other and your video was just perfect! I'm not event english (french in fact) and I understand all of what you did and why so really THANK YOU
Great video, but i'd like to add something:
It's much easier to set the light dial based on the equivalent DIN standard of the film. With ghost it's almost imposibile to set 180 correctly, but of you check the other small window on the dial it's very easy to set it on 24.
Thanks for making this video, it helped me a lot
Just bought a Zenit-E on a scrap market. Excited to put film into it!
Thanks for video !!! I just buy a Zenit with 44-2 and there were some things unusual that I didn't understand, thank u so much !
Big thank you!! If only all tutorials were this accurate and simple..
Very useful video, thanks a lot for making that. I just put Ilford Delta 100 in my Zenit E, because this week I go to Prague. :)
I love the music man, so adequate!
thank you so much, this video helped me, my grandpa left me this camera and i hope to use it in the future
No extra bullshit,precise information,nice video.Thank your for this video mr. Ashworth
Just got a Zenit E, thank you for your video, it was very helpful!
Love the music! Best match with the editing
Excellent video, and the sound at 2:19 is so satisfying :)
thank you so much for this video I will be rewatching it to make sure I don't make any mistakes
Thanks so much! Also excellent soundtrack
Glorious video comrade! I need a Zenit now!
Thanks so much for this guide! Perfect video! Can't wait to try out my Zenit E now:)
beautiful camera and great video!
thanks for sharing this with us!
always love finding other film photographers here on youtube :)
Thank you so much! This was so helpful :) Going to get my first film with this camera developed today, hopefully it comes out alright!
Amazingly helpful. Thanks!
damn, that melody reminds me of my childhood
That was totally brilliant! - Now I know how to use the camera! Thank you so much :)
Just found a old one like this for sale and I wanted to see if it's worth the ride... Definitely worth to be added to my collection 😍🔥
Thanks! i had no idea how to set the exposure time
thanks this helps me a lot!! I Will buy this Tomorrow!! greetings from Argentina,!!
thank you very much man!! :) great video
I've got one as BD gift in 1979)) Hardcore as it is!!
Great, thank you! Exactly what I was looking for!
Hi, I have the Zenit-E Moskva 80 model, do you know what the X and MF mean underneath the shutter speed dial? Also, you mentioned at 2:00 "If your shutter speed is anything other and F2.0, then you must twist second dial as far right as it will go." Why is this?
Thanks in advance and great video, you've helped me a lot!
It’s been a year since you posted this maybe you figured it out by now? I have the same question.
thank you my grandpa gave me one and I dint know how to use it thank you xx
the lever under the Shutter speed ring is set to MF for flashbulbs.
pull it back to X for electronic flash
super old school camera, but good to remember how it works
Thank you good video it was very helpful.
This is so useful! Thank You :)
I am currently in the possession of a Zenit E camera. Everything works as it should except for the exposure time dial which can‘t be pulled to be set as desired. Am I doing something wrong or is it broken? Help on this matter is greatly appreciated
Super helpful, thanks a lot!
Thanks allot for the video Thomas it helped me allot,
I have a question, at the 1minute mark you wound and released the shutter 3 times, I was wondering why you did this, and furthermore, wouldn't that waste 3 photos?
Thanks again
Hi - winding the film on a few times after shutting the back door is necessary to move the film on enough so that when you take a picture, the light coming through the lens goes onto non-exposed film. When you attach the film leader onto the spool and pull a length of film out of the canister, unless you were to do this in complete darkness, that part of the film is ruined anyway and has to be 'moved along' in a sense. Its why in more advanced film cameras on the film counter it will often have two or three unmarked numbers before it starts counting up (0,1,2,3 e.t.c.) and also why there is a gap between 36 and 0 on the Zenit E. Hope this helps!
Awesome reply thanks allot thomas, I will give this a try when I load it up next time
Two windings is enough tho.
Bravo molodetch ... this helped me a lot :)
Thomas - Thank you for this excellent video. Where, if i may ask, did you find out that you needed to twist the second diaphragm ring (with the red dot) as far as it will go proir to taking a shot? (02:02)
Hi Thomas. Thank you very much for this tutorial, but i have one problem/question. Do you know why my zenit isnt making click* sound when I winding shutter, and also dial up also dont move with shutter? Do you maybe know is that technical problem? Nevertheless, thank you for this tutorial, you are doing great job!
started a new content? I hope it will go well. I don't know much about camera, but the video looks nice since the video is not taken with a hand held camera which is my favorate part of this video.
X is for instantaneous synchronisation which is used with electronic flash.
M is for delayed synchronisation also called FP meaning focal plane .On old plate cameras you had focal plane and between lens shutters. To synchronise using the slow moving FP shutters you has to use FP flashbulb which had a long burn time.
But too much information.
I am an old man who used A Speed Graphic Press camera when I was 16. 58 years ago.
So M would be used for flash bulbs and X is for electronic flash.
One thing isn't clear still: what is that "X-MF" dial below the shutter speed selector?
It’s for using a flash with the camera. X mode shoots at a shutter speed of 1/60 and you have to connect the flash using an adaptor on the front of the camera.
When turning the light meter dial, how do I know which number it has landed on? There is no arrow or any indication on which it landed on.
from 2.9k i was the 3k like !!!
First ring sets the usable aperture area, not the aperture it self. Second ring adjusts the aperture blades.
hi!!! i did not hold the shutter button for one turn of the silver pop up thing and my film ripped and wont rewind now... WHAT SHOULD I DO????
nice video! i have a question though... why do u take 3 photos in the start?
kostas delfos the film that you pull out of the canister at the beginning has been exposed to light so the film must be wound on in complete darkness in order for it to work. In theory if you did the whole process in a dark room you wouldn’t need to wind it on 3 times. Hope this helps!
Any help? Just bought one, but it came in the mail with the shutter release button locked... Can't really figure out how to fix it
Arent you supposed to not use fuji films on zenit e? According to the manual. Or maybe film tearing isnt a problem with new films?
I have no Aperture numbers at the place my ISO is. What should i do?
Hello, I am having trouble with rewinding my film. The trouble is when I press and jiggle my rewind stick it doesn't pop up. What should I do? Any suggestions?
I just received one but light meter reaches only half way even on full light so it is inaccurate because of old age, guys do you know how o measure then light and where to put the circle?
Hi Thomas! Just a quick question, I unloaded the film and part of it is still out of the roll, I suppose that is not correct? I hope I didn't loose all my pics! Great video! Next time I use my camera I'll definitely watch it again! Have a great day!
Do you put any pressure while you adjust the aperture? My ring won’t move
To nieoszczędna forma zakładania filmu. Ja mam E i 12XP, zakładam tak: naciągam migawkę, (w E-dku pilnuję, by blaszka, za którą wkłada się film, była w odpowiednim miejscu) wkładam jęzor filmu do rolki odbiornikowej końcówkę filmu bez wyciągania go z puszki (stan fabryczny), idę do ciemni (w moim przypadku jest to pralnia), podnoszę trzymak puszki, ciągnę puszkę do jamy na puszkę, tak, by nie powstały luzy, pilnuję, by wypustki jęzora weszły w zęby ostróg przy rolce odbiornikowej, zamykam klapkę, ustawiam czas, przesłonę, robię zdjęcie.
Więcej zdjęć wychodzi, a 16,50 nie ląduje w koszu, bo zamiast 36/24 klatek, wychodzi do 40/28 klatek/rolkę.
Pozdrawiam wszystkich amatorów fotografii analogowej, oraz tych co zastosują się do mojej metody!!!
Where could I find the film for it?
Thise helpt me sooo much thx
What kind of film do you use? I'm getting this camera but I don't know anything about getting the films and what kind of films I should get.
There are so many to choose from! But here are my favourites:
For street photography: Ilford HP5, Kodak Colorplus or Agfa Vista
For city photography: Agfa Vista, Kodak Ektar, Fujifilm C200
For taking pictures of mates on a day out e.t.c. - Agfa Vista, Kodak Colorplus, Fujifilm C200
For Nature Photography: Kodak Ektar, Fuji Velvia, Fuji Provia, Agfa CT Precisa
Films for general everyday photography: Agfa Vista (Costs £1.00 per roll at Poundland), Kodak Colorplus (Also cheap), Fujifilm C200
Good expired films: Truprint film and Kodak Ektachrome
Hope this helps!
This is really helpful, thank you so much!
I found that exact one on my grandma’s dusty shelf
What if the light sensor doesn't work?
Helpful, thank you :)
This video really helped me. Sadly the exposure counter on my ES doesn't count properly. It sometimes counts to fast and sometimes not at all. Anyone has any suggestions on how to fix that?
Hello, I have a question for this machine. How to removing the lens?
It screws off
@@robdb15 Thanks
Loved your video, I have the same camera and was wondering how to use it. Just one question: what does 30-X mean on the shutter speed dial?
it means that it allows you to take long shutter shot - check it without film inside - when you hold the button the window is still open - so you can make night photos, but you have to count time manually ;)
I haven’t got the original lens, is how wide is it?
Does anyone know why the shutter button doesn't come up when I wind the handle?
You can only use 30th shutter speed with flash or you will get curtain shutter banding cut off.
What film do you use?
Great video. Does anyone know, what the dial reading "X" and "M" below the exposure time/shutter speed dial means?
If you set it to X then this is Flash Photography mode. It will sync up your flash with the shutter if it is connected
Thanks!
Thank you!
You put fujifilm in, and took kodak out? What magic is this??
How much money I can sell this camera now?
Just bought one at a charity shop for £8 matr
What's the name of the song
What if the light meter doesn’t move :(
why do you have to twist the second dial if it's a different aperture than 2? what about 2.8?
This requires a certain knowledge of what an aperture is (I'll assume you know). The way the lens is made - if you change any aperture other than f2.0, you will notice that you can now twist the second dial. Whilst twisting it back and forth, look directly into the lens and you will notice that the aperture widens and narrows as you twist the ring right and left.
The reason you have to twist the second dial is to be sure you have set it to 2.8 and not 2.3 or 2.4 e.t.c. By twisting it as far as it'll go so it will narrow just the right amount to be at 2.8. The purpose of twisting the first ring is to lock the second ring on a certain aperture so now if you set it to f16, you will notice you can twist it much further than you could when you set it to f2.8
+Thomas Ashworth ohhh I understand now. thank you
+Thomas Ashworth also is the camera heavy? how heavy is it?
+Thomas Ashworth Oh and do you need batteries!
+Thomas Ashworth I just watched another video and it said that you have to advance the lever and then shut the shutter speed or you will need to repair it if you try to set the shutter speed then wind. is that true? how would I fix it if that happens.