Great to see, you've had the same lens, Tamron SP 28-75 AF XR Di since 2006 onto my 5D, i accidently bought it last week for my F100, then found just right now your video. ;-) It was a steal.
A personal note for other viewers that start using the F100: I do mainly B&W, and I tend to use the "easy" exposure compensation (CSM 13) in A-mode, in combination with spot metering, back button focus and AE lock, in order to quickly place a tone in the zone that I intend (e.g. a deep shadow or the head of our black cat in Zone III, so -2 stops, or e.g. a light complexion in Zone VI, so +1 compensation, etc.). It works quite fast using AF Servo and setting the AF mode to: [ ]. For this, I also use the following Custom Settings: CSM 4 -> 1, CSM 13 -> 1 and CSM 21 -> 3. With this combination of settings the autofocus and spot meter are only taken from the middle AF sensor in the viewfinder, the AF-ON behaves as back button focus (BBF) and the AE-L/AF-L is for Auto Exposure only and keeps the exposure locked until pressed again (so it frees up your finger). So I first consider the desirable aperture for the photograph, then I point the middle AF sensor at the subject, do BBF and lock the exposure, then with the lower command dial I adjust exposure to place that tone in the intended zone, then check if the shutter speed is not too slow for hand held, and if so, I recompose and take the photograph. Of course there are situations, mostly due to low light, where we have to make concessions. I understand this might be cumbersome for some people, but because my photography is not the fastest, this system actually is actually much faster than using a manual focus camera and doing spot metering using a handheld device.
David, on rewatching this video I realised that there's one thing you didn't mention about the different flash modes and the flash sync, hi-speed sync above 1/250 all the way up to 1/8000 with the certain speedlights is a option just like modern Nikon DSLR'S.
I know and that's because I am really unfamiliar with HSS flash on Nikon. To be fair, I have HSS with my Pentax flashes and only use it rarely on my Pentax cameras, so it's something that I don't use enough of in my own work to feel like I can speak competently to in these videos. Adding to that that not all (Nikon) flashes will support HSS (and I don't know which ones do reliably) it's not a subject that I cover in any video.
Did you ever get Steinbeck off your lap? 🤣 Excellent videos as always David. Thank you for making them. Even if I don't have the model of camera involved, it's fun to watch them and enjoy operating the cameras vicariously. I am working on an online symposium/presentation on film photography. Would you be OK with me referencing your guides i.e. linking them to your videos to get extra help in using film cameras?
Thank you and definitely! I am thrilled that you'd like to do that and go for it. Steinbeck comes and goes a bit. Right now he's in the other room on the wife's lap. He's willing to cuddle with whomever sits on his couch.
Thank you so much. I always found your guides to be well made and entertaining and one of the many reasons that inspired me to experiment with film again despite most of my photography being digital. :)
A couple of points. First you can manually rewind the film. I prefer this because I can (sometimes) work it to leave a bit of leader out. It also saves on batteries but that's nothing to worry about. Secondly, if someone were going to purchase this camera AND lenses, I strongly recommend Nikon D lenses. As you demonstrated, G lenses are crippled when it comes to setting aperture in some modes. The F100 will not work at all with E lenses as far as I know.
Thank you for #2 waiting for #3 😃 I love this camera, I got it cheap before the hype started. I have the AA battery adapters for the grip and the simple insert.
@@DavidHancock So embarrassed, I was thinking of my F5. You can have the F100 automatically rewind at the end of the roll or using the button press have it start the rewind when you want. My apologies.
Thank you and those are nice. The cassettes in these videos are way-expired stock that would not perform well at all. I got them for free and most are 30-40 years old. I recycle the metal cassettes when I'm done with them (they usually last a couple dozen cameras or so until something like this happens.)
I just picked up a beautiful F100 and was watching your video for operation instruction. Oddly your F100 when loading film automatically advances to the first shot after closing the door. I followed your instructions and when loading my F100 with film and closing the door it did nothing I even tried a different roll of film and nothing. I then searched other videos and there was one that indicated that after loading the film and shutting the door you have to press the shutter button in order for it to advance to the first shot. I honestly thought my new prized F100 was broken until I watched the other video. Okay, I just realized that it's a custom function to enable the film to auto load.
David, the MS-12 (AA) and MS-13 (CR123) battery holders fit in the camera body using the battery door you said you didn’t have in video 1 to keep them in. While the MS-12 holders aren’t too expensive, I just spent $60 + Shipping for an MS-13. As to manually rewinding film you can choose when to rewind but it’s still motorized. There is no rewind lever. Also, Nikon G and D series work just fine on the F100 and big brother F5. And let me echo another poster; please get a film extractor. They aren’t expensive and unless you have a ton of 35mm film to waste in demonstration it will save you angst. Finally give Steinbeck a scratch behind the ears for me!
Thank you! The film in these videos, it's all WAY expired stock, like 80s and 90s, that I picked up for free. And 200 Gold, which I have a boatload of, is basically useless now with poor colors and tons of grain. When I finish up with a roll I recycle the metal cassettes, too.
Hi! Looking for some information on using a flash with the F100. I shot using in Manual mode with TTL, but a lot of the images came out way underexposed... are there certain settings I should be making sure to use? Thanks!
UA-cam was still processing the higher resolutions. The 4K should be available tonight. YT releases 360P right away, so you were one of the first viewers.
Hi David, thanks for the awesome video. Quick question, do you have any experience will film loading errors with this camera? Every time I try to add a roll it acts like its trying to pull the film but nothing happens and I get an "err" message. Checked the manual and said when that err pops up its due to "film not correctly advanced" and the solution was to reload. Checked some online forms and some people were saying its an advance error which needs to be brought in for repair. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks again
Thank you and I have bad news for you. The advance motor is shot. Either the motor itself or a gear in the system. It's going to need a disassembly and repair and these are not easy cameras to fix. There's a place in Oxnard, California, the Camera and Camcorder Repair Center, I think, that I would trust with that repair.
@@DavidHancock thanks for the speedy reply and helpful info. Will look into that pronto. Got this as a gift so I'm more than willing to pay for repairs. keep up the great work
It might be, that you've got a early production run F100, check carefully the film fork, if its with trapezoid tips, it's the old model, which can break after some time, due to mechanical stress to that specific part (film rewind). If it's square tips, then you've got the updated fork into your F100. That shouldn't break. Otherwise, it's like David wrote, it could be that one of the brushless motors into the F100 (afaik 4) turned south, but i've never heard about this...i think it might be the case, that your film rewind fork is broken. I was always wondering into 1999, why Nikon didn't made that small & cheap part out of metal, which should last forever, longer than the F100 itself. Well, it's a year ago...i don't know, if you still own that F100...
The F100 is a very nice camera to use. Very handy and capable of great shots. BUT - the plastic rear door and lock and the plastic film spool spindle is a real weakness of the body. I bought mine a few years ago 2010 and it broke once, easy to replace then not sure now. Basically the money I saved over a F5 was not worth the plastic parts on the F100.
I would definitely recommend the F5 now. That said, the F5 is far from problem free and things like leaked batteries and general abuse have shown some weaknesses in the F5's buttons, dials, and electronics.
Wow. Super friggin thorough tutorial, thanks. (i only came to be reminded of the film loading, but stayed til the very end....)
Thank you!
Great to see, you've had the same lens, Tamron SP 28-75 AF XR Di since 2006 onto my 5D, i accidently bought it last week for my F100, then found just right now your video. ;-) It was a steal.
Fantastic! It's always great to get a good deal on good gear.
A personal note for other viewers that start using the F100:
I do mainly B&W, and I tend to use the "easy" exposure compensation (CSM 13) in A-mode, in combination with spot metering, back button focus and AE lock, in order to quickly place a tone in the zone that I intend (e.g. a deep shadow or the head of our black cat in Zone III, so -2 stops, or e.g. a light complexion in Zone VI, so +1 compensation, etc.). It works quite fast using AF Servo and setting the AF mode to: [ ]. For this, I also use the following Custom Settings: CSM 4 -> 1, CSM 13 -> 1 and CSM 21 -> 3.
With this combination of settings the autofocus and spot meter are only taken from the middle AF sensor in the viewfinder, the AF-ON behaves as back button focus (BBF) and the AE-L/AF-L is for Auto Exposure only and keeps the exposure locked until pressed again (so it frees up your finger). So I first consider the desirable aperture for the photograph, then I point the middle AF sensor at the subject, do BBF and lock the exposure, then with the lower command dial I adjust exposure to place that tone in the intended zone, then check if the shutter speed is not too slow for hand held, and if so, I recompose and take the photograph. Of course there are situations, mostly due to low light, where we have to make concessions.
I understand this might be cumbersome for some people, but because my photography is not the fastest, this system actually is actually much faster than using a manual focus camera and doing spot metering using a handheld device.
Always very informative Dave. Truly appreciate your videos.
Thank you, Peter!
Very useful the info about flash modes. Thanks a lot !!!
Thank you!
extremely helpful. bfor watching this video my camera was still somewhat foreign to me. that is no longer an issue.
Thank you!
5:07 Get yourself a little film leader retriever. The tiny all metal ones work really well.
Good call! ua-cam.com/video/i9sdHJG12P0/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
David, on rewatching this video I realised that there's one thing you didn't mention about the different flash modes and the flash sync, hi-speed sync above 1/250 all the way up to 1/8000 with the certain speedlights is a option just like modern Nikon DSLR'S.
I know and that's because I am really unfamiliar with HSS flash on Nikon. To be fair, I have HSS with my Pentax flashes and only use it rarely on my Pentax cameras, so it's something that I don't use enough of in my own work to feel like I can speak competently to in these videos. Adding to that that not all (Nikon) flashes will support HSS (and I don't know which ones do reliably) it's not a subject that I cover in any video.
Did you ever get Steinbeck off your lap? 🤣
Excellent videos as always David. Thank you for making them. Even if I don't have the model of camera involved, it's fun to watch them and enjoy operating the cameras vicariously.
I am working on an online symposium/presentation on film photography. Would you be OK with me referencing your guides i.e. linking them to your videos to get extra help in using film cameras?
Thank you and definitely! I am thrilled that you'd like to do that and go for it.
Steinbeck comes and goes a bit. Right now he's in the other room on the wife's lap. He's willing to cuddle with whomever sits on his couch.
Thank you so much. I always found your guides to be well made and entertaining and one of the many reasons that inspired me to experiment with film again despite most of my photography being digital. :)
Great work! Thank you 🙌🏾
Thank you!
A couple of points. First you can manually rewind the film. I prefer this because I can (sometimes) work it to leave a bit of leader out. It also saves on batteries but that's nothing to worry about. Secondly, if someone were going to purchase this camera AND lenses, I strongly recommend Nikon D lenses. As you demonstrated, G lenses are crippled when it comes to setting aperture in some modes. The F100 will not work at all with E lenses as far as I know.
Thank you! How do I manually rewind the film? I can't find a film rewind knob on it (like the F4 has) anywhere.
Thank you for #2 waiting for #3 😃 I love this camera, I got it cheap before the hype started. I have the AA battery adapters for the grip and the simple insert.
@@oalvarado7 Thank you and number 3 is now live.
@@DavidHancock So embarrassed, I was thinking of my F5. You can have the F100 automatically rewind at the end of the roll or using the button press have it start the rewind when you want. My apologies.
I use the Konica Film Picker every time to extract the film leader, works flawlessly.
Thank you and those are nice. The cassettes in these videos are way-expired stock that would not perform well at all. I got them for free and most are 30-40 years old. I recycle the metal cassettes when I'm done with them (they usually last a couple dozen cameras or so until something like this happens.)
I just picked up a beautiful F100 and was watching your video for operation instruction. Oddly your F100 when loading film automatically advances to the first shot after closing the door. I followed your instructions and when loading my F100 with film and closing the door it did nothing I even tried a different roll of film and nothing. I then searched other videos and there was one that indicated that after loading the film and shutting the door you have to press the shutter button in order for it to advance to the first shot. I honestly thought my new prized F100 was broken until I watched the other video.
Okay, I just realized that it's a custom function to enable the film to auto load.
I was just about to point you to the third video in the series. These are super customizable cameras.
David, the MS-12 (AA) and MS-13 (CR123) battery holders fit in the camera body using the battery door you said you didn’t have in video 1 to keep them in. While the MS-12 holders aren’t too expensive, I just spent $60 + Shipping for an MS-13. As to manually rewinding film you can choose when to rewind but it’s still motorized. There is no rewind lever. Also, Nikon G and D series work just fine on the F100 and big brother F5.
And let me echo another poster; please get a film extractor. They aren’t expensive and unless you have a ton of 35mm film to waste in demonstration it will save you angst.
Finally give Steinbeck a scratch behind the ears for me!
Thank you!
The film in these videos, it's all WAY expired stock, like 80s and 90s, that I picked up for free. And 200 Gold, which I have a boatload of, is basically useless now with poor colors and tons of grain. When I finish up with a roll I recycle the metal cassettes, too.
Great videos! Thanks
Thank you!
Hi! Looking for some information on using a flash with the F100. I shot using in Manual mode with TTL, but a lot of the images came out way underexposed... are there certain settings I should be making sure to use? Thanks!
I wish I were the person to answer that. I don't use flashes with most cameras and this is one I never used a flash with.
The lock button is so yu can *manually* do shutter priority or Aperture priority. Idk if this was said lol 👍 love your videos !!!
Thank you!
Can you tell me what lenses will work on this camera . More specifically, will the G series lenses. Auto focus on my f100
Not off the top of my head. There are some really good tables and sources online that can do that more clearly than I can in this format.
Bro you look amazing. 👌🏾
Thank you! It's been a lot of work.
Thanks for the video. Curious why this showed up at 360p resolution.
UA-cam was still processing the higher resolutions. The 4K should be available tonight. YT releases 360P right away, so you were one of the first viewers.
Hi David, thanks for the awesome video. Quick question, do you have any experience will film loading errors with this camera? Every time I try to add a roll it acts like its trying to pull the film but nothing happens and I get an "err" message. Checked the manual and said when that err pops up its due to "film not correctly advanced" and the solution was to reload. Checked some online forms and some people were saying its an advance error which needs to be brought in for repair. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks again
Thank you and I have bad news for you. The advance motor is shot. Either the motor itself or a gear in the system. It's going to need a disassembly and repair and these are not easy cameras to fix. There's a place in Oxnard, California, the Camera and Camcorder Repair Center, I think, that I would trust with that repair.
@@DavidHancock thanks for the speedy reply and helpful info. Will look into that pronto. Got this as a gift so I'm more than willing to pay for repairs. keep up the great work
It might be, that you've got a early production run F100, check carefully the film fork, if its with trapezoid tips, it's the old model, which can break after some time, due to mechanical stress to that specific part (film rewind). If it's square tips, then you've got the updated fork into your F100. That shouldn't break. Otherwise, it's like David wrote, it could be that one of the brushless motors into the F100 (afaik 4) turned south, but i've never heard about this...i think it might be the case, that your film rewind fork is broken. I was always wondering into 1999, why Nikon didn't made that small & cheap part out of metal, which should last forever, longer than the F100 itself. Well, it's a year ago...i don't know, if you still own that F100...
Have any really good portrait primes or even zooms that perform well for portraits recommendations for the f5
The 105mm 2.5 is widely consisted a Nikon's best portrait lens, at least of lenses made before the current generation.
I would like to understand properly the back AF switch selector, thank you
IIRC, that has different functions based on settings explained in video 3.
Can I use a Godox V1 Flash or Triggers designed for Nikon DSLR cameras on the F100?
I'm not sure. I would check on the Nikon Forums for that.
Yes you can use the triggers. You can also use the flash but only in M.
The F100 is a very nice camera to use. Very handy and capable of great shots. BUT - the plastic rear door and lock and the plastic film spool spindle is a real weakness of the body. I bought mine a few years ago 2010 and it broke once, easy to replace then not sure now. Basically the money I saved over a F5 was not worth the plastic parts on the F100.
I would definitely recommend the F5 now. That said, the F5 is far from problem free and things like leaked batteries and general abuse have shown some weaknesses in the F5's buttons, dials, and electronics.
I believe the "MN" grips are the rechargeable ones.
Thank you!
What lens are you using for this camera
I think I had a Nikon 50mm f/1.8 AI-S lens on this for the video.