if you roll and develop your own film, you can make smaller rolls! which i feel like lessens the anxiety of possibly "screwing up a whole roll" when shooting or developing it
That's a good point. Also discourages you from wasting film. Sometimes 36 exposures on a roll is too much. I've gone out for a session shooting and there are a few frames left on the roll so the temptation is to just burn through them so you can get the roll out and developed.
Totally agree about half frame being a great way to get your film reps - it’s also a GREAT way to practice shooting Sunny 16 if you get yourself something like a Pen F that shoots manual. Get through a few rolls of 72 (80 sometimes!) shots and you’ll be amazed how fast you can learn to shoot negative film successfully without a meter!!
Agreed, I got mine last spring to save money on film and am loving for all the reasons you mentioned. Surprised by how little I use my lightmeter after the first couple of rolls
Good video. Yeah, I’m a boomer that has been shooting film since the late ‘70s but you brought up a lot of suggestions that are true time tested money savers. -Bulk load your film -Process your own - Consider alternatives. Someone already mentioned the 90s unloved cameras. GREAT metering Rebels, N70s, T70s etc. Also consider Richos, Konicas and Chinons. All the aforementioned can be had, with a decent lens, for less than $100 Once again, we’ll done. Keep people considering alternatives.
People should take a look at Minoltas the SRT101/102’s are great and cheaper than many and Rokkor lenses are great quality and come at many price points
I can’t do half frame cameras. I can barely get through 36 shots😂. Olympus OM2n…it’s not expensive and it’s not cheap,but wow! Also the Nikon FM and FE are great cameras at reasonable prices. Thanks for the Ali Express tip😂.
1) I shoot a leica IIIa. It works. So I can still be shooting a leica, but a $500 camera vs a 2000 camera of the same company. Plus shooting a vintage? yeah, it's worth saving the money on things like, film. Last) I do develop and scan my own at home. HUGE MONEY SAVER.
if u take your film into a shop to develop it, and it doesnt have the remjet removed but you think it does, it can absolutely ruin the shop's developing machine and they'll have to completely gut it and clean all of the individual parts. Please make sure you let them know if you're using a knock-off chinese film if youre not completely sure about whether or not it has the remjet layer :)
There are so many good affordable cameras out there, Nikon F3, Nikon F5, Nikon F100, Rollei 35, YashicaMat 124G and the Mamiya C220 and C330 series cameras. I will say I do love my new Hasselblad 500 CM, your not kidding a kit that’s almost 3,000.00.
I've actually been trying to promote the use of cheaper thrift store point-and-shoot cameras instead of the most popular film cameras on UA-cam. Those PnS cameras go for around $7.99 at the Goodwill near where I live, and the digicams there are $12.99
I have 2 of my Dads Minolta SLR Film cameras and my Grand Pap's Canon AE-1. However I don't shoot film with any of them anymore. I bought a used Canon Rebel G in 2015. So I could use my EF lenses with it and also my Minolta MD and Canon FD lenses with it using my adapters. It cost me about $85.00 for the used camera and kit lens. I still can't afford to shoot film. Lol
Watch more YT videos, shoot less 😂 I agree with the tips, and folks doing hybrid (me too) forget that film photography originally is a chain... Do print in the darkroom. It makes me feel 36 shots are way too many, and medium format being the equilibrium point between keepers to put on paper, and just ok shots to have. If film is expensive, large FB paper is even more! I am lucky that I have "inherited" a good stach of RC and FB paper; otherwise it can put the prices of film to shame and let's think 8"+ prints. The cine film tip I never did as customs are sharp and hit hard. If sticking a bit hardcore in Color it's hard to save money nowadays (I haven't tried ECN2 stocks, and always done C41 or E6 Fuji-Kodak) but B&W Foma and Kentmere offer amazing value.
@@Overexposed1 When they came out in the mid-'70s, a body, two lenses, and two backs would cost you near $10,000. "Lowly" is a knock on the quality, which is exceptional. Seems like you meant "previously more affordable."
For the casual film shooter film is not expensive, everyone is crying about paying 20 bucks for a roll, but you can't even get a full tank of gas for 20.00 he'll let alone get 36 shots of fun for 20.00
You can get a used Canon Elan or Rebel film camera for like $20-$60. Often with a kit lens but they can use any cheap EF mount lenses that a DLSR shooter might be offloading. Great budget starter camera.
I shoot Pentax Spotmatic and the little MX. I can’t afford those high end brands. Those old mechanical Pentax , have never let me down. Love them.
Fomapan and kentmere also have cheap bulk rolls, right around $70!
Really solid tips! Love how you edited this too, great watch 👍
Thanks for stopping in!
if you roll and develop your own film, you can make smaller rolls! which i feel like lessens the anxiety of possibly "screwing up a whole roll" when shooting or developing it
That's a good point. Also discourages you from wasting film. Sometimes 36 exposures on a roll is too much. I've gone out for a session shooting and there are a few frames left on the roll so the temptation is to just burn through them so you can get the roll out and developed.
i could listen to you talk all day, please keep making videos I could watch these forever!
Alright. I’ll do it. Thanks for watching.
Totally agree about half frame being a great way to get your film reps - it’s also a GREAT way to practice shooting Sunny 16 if you get yourself something like a Pen F that shoots manual. Get through a few rolls of 72 (80 sometimes!) shots and you’ll be amazed how fast you can learn to shoot negative film successfully without a meter!!
Agreed, I got mine last spring to save money on film and am loving for all the reasons you mentioned. Surprised by how little I use my lightmeter after the first couple of rolls
Good video. Yeah, I’m a boomer that has been shooting film since the late ‘70s but you brought up a lot of suggestions that are true time tested money savers.
-Bulk load your film
-Process your own
- Consider alternatives.
Someone already mentioned the 90s unloved cameras. GREAT metering Rebels, N70s, T70s etc. Also consider Richos, Konicas and Chinons. All the aforementioned can be had, with a decent lens, for less than $100
Once again, we’ll done. Keep people considering alternatives.
Love my ektar 35, got me into film. From there I got a cheap Nikkormat ftn and I’m loving it
People should take a look at Minoltas the SRT101/102’s are great and cheaper than many and Rokkor lenses are great quality and come at many price points
You're killing it brother! Great videos. And well done on your engagement!
Thank you so much for the support!
Nice video
Thank you!
0:29 So, you mean, I shouldn’t buy that camera I’ve been eyeing that’s part of my Amazon algorithm? 😂
Don’t forget Canon A1, a superb cam!
I can’t do half frame cameras. I can barely get through 36 shots😂. Olympus OM2n…it’s not expensive and it’s not cheap,but wow! Also the Nikon FM and FE are great cameras at reasonable prices. Thanks for the Ali Express tip😂.
1) I shoot a leica IIIa. It works. So I can still be shooting a leica, but a $500 camera vs a 2000 camera of the same company. Plus shooting a vintage? yeah, it's worth saving the money on things like, film.
Last) I do develop and scan my own at home.
HUGE MONEY SAVER.
Great video man, thx for that
olympus om-1 it's so good you will think you sight is low resolution when not looking into its view finder
Poolar for life
if u take your film into a shop to develop it, and it doesnt have the remjet removed but you think it does, it can absolutely ruin the shop's developing machine and they'll have to completely gut it and clean all of the individual parts. Please make sure you let them know if you're using a knock-off chinese film if youre not completely sure about whether or not it has the remjet layer :)
There are so many good affordable cameras out there, Nikon F3, Nikon F5, Nikon F100, Rollei 35, YashicaMat 124G and the Mamiya C220 and C330 series cameras. I will say I do love my new Hasselblad 500 CM, your not kidding a kit that’s almost 3,000.00.
Same here. Love my Leica, but it doesn’t do anything an F3 or F5 wouldn’t do - and maybe they would do it better
I've actually been trying to promote the use of cheaper thrift store point-and-shoot cameras instead of the most popular film cameras on UA-cam. Those PnS cameras go for around $7.99 at the Goodwill near where I live, and the digicams there are $12.99
Let us know how the Poolar works out for you. I'd maybe like to try some.
"where copyright law is a suggestion" 😂 Amen, sometimes we gotta be thankful for the cheaper options
OLYMPUS PEN F FOR THE WIN 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
I have 2 of my Dads Minolta SLR Film cameras and my Grand Pap's Canon AE-1. However I don't shoot film with any of them anymore. I bought a used Canon Rebel G in 2015. So I could use my EF lenses with it and also my Minolta MD and Canon FD lenses with it using my adapters. It cost me about $85.00 for the used camera and kit lens. I still can't afford to shoot film. Lol
Watch more YT videos, shoot less 😂 I agree with the tips, and folks doing hybrid (me too) forget that film photography originally is a chain... Do print in the darkroom. It makes me feel 36 shots are way too many, and medium format being the equilibrium point between keepers to put on paper, and just ok shots to have. If film is expensive, large FB paper is even more! I am lucky that I have "inherited" a good stach of RC and FB paper; otherwise it can put the prices of film to shame and let's think 8"+ prints.
The cine film tip I never did as customs are sharp and hit hard. If sticking a bit hardcore in Color it's hard to save money nowadays (I haven't tried ECN2 stocks, and always done C41 or E6 Fuji-Kodak) but B&W Foma and Kentmere offer amazing value.
😅 poolar gotta love some poolar
Put some respect on it
"Lowly RB and RZ"? Uhhh, what? Best medium format studio cameras ever made. Sekor lenses are out of this world.
Lowly as in they used to be 200-300$
@@Overexposed1 When they came out in the mid-'70s, a body, two lenses, and two backs would cost you near $10,000. "Lowly" is a knock on the quality, which is exceptional. Seems like you meant "previously more affordable."
I shoot thee Nikon N75, 3 of them. I once had 4 Nikon f 100 cameras which I will soon get again.
For the casual film shooter film is not expensive, everyone is crying about paying 20 bucks for a roll, but you can't even get a full tank of gas for 20.00 he'll let alone get 36 shots of fun for 20.00
We need a Walter White making an alternative to sypply the demand for our addiction.
You can get a used Canon Elan or Rebel film camera for like $20-$60. Often with a kit lens but they can use any cheap EF mount lenses that a DLSR shooter might be offloading. Great budget starter camera.
Excellent metering in those as well, reducing the chance of wasting frames or feeling the need to bracket exposures.
This video is too late for me, already spent all my money on expensive cameras. Next time upload faster 😢
Canonets
Nice shirt.
Great band!