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Seeing that old structure took me back to my K-12 years in the 50’s & 60’s. I attended 4 different OLD school buildings that all shared similar architectural details in the Boston, MA area. B&W pics taken when the leaves on the trees fall off would add to the perspective of decay. If you get some SNOW in OK you really must shoot on that day especially in dim light-EERIE. Hire an off-duty cop to accompany you for some inside photos. I could imagine these photos being on display in a gallery show.

The first pic I took when I bought a "real" camera, in m43, I have framed -- it blew my mind, still does, looks like some "professional" took it. With reinflation incoming I just went into debt, hopefully it pays off, but other than big holiday sales I bought used -- lens wise, haven't tried a used body(but I'm recent, little over a year with my m4/3, convert from cheap point and shoot garbage - finepix and mobile phone shooter for the past 20 years[basic film and polaroids before that oh yea and about 7 years of disposables somewhere in there "crraannnk craaank craaaaaaaank"). I just look around will pay 20$ more(im still mostly budget) for a reputable seller/site with it being well documented -- pics and description, and I haven't been let down yet -- as far as condition of the item, some I just wasn't impressed with but were in great condition.

I always enjoy your videos. New to photography at an older age (73). Retired with budget issues and glass is so expensive. I have been watching RUclips videos on the TTartisan lenses mainly because of the decent IQ, small, bright/fast prime lenses at bargain prices. My problem is understanding how to use them. I would really appreciate watching you do a start to finish, step-by-step tutorial on the settings to use while on a photo walk or just in the backyard. Many folks talk about these lenses but do not explain how to use them on a mirrorless camera. Also, just curious, why do folks not talk about using them on older DSLRs??

I’m really tempted by an em 5 or em 1 from OM System/Olympus. I really think as a brand they should also focus on the street/travel photographers m instead of just looking at the outdoors/wildlife. The system so much smaller with the lenses it’s perfect for tight street shots!

Good Chap. Great Humour and wizzard knowledge

I love film, I shoot film, so don't get me wrong. But clients don't ask for film because they like it. Frankly they can't even tell the difference. They ask for it so they brag about it later. Take that for what it's worth.

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great video, love the super rokkor 45 lens, that one is hard to get. I also have a selection of Canon rangefinders, made a video about them as well. I really love the old ones, I think the IIs2 and the IVSb2 are the best ones with incredible build quality. Do you miss your Leica RFs when using Canon? I only have one IIIf and here I actually prefer the Canon ivsb2 over it, but the Leica is not working perfectly and a little dusty in the rangefinder, so maybe its because of that.

What does the 'R' stand for?

Excellent bridge commentary from analogue and digital photography. Also, very good resume of the most important photo technics. Thanks Don

Thank you for the impressions and the lead-through. MFT as a scouting device - now, that's an approach. It slows down the process, I imagine, but makes it more grounded.

Thanks Don ten minutes of pure enjoyment! As always an interesting video - entertaining talk with beautiful pictures! Keep up your great work! Cheers Rikard

After moving to the Kiamichi Wilderness area in Southeastern Oklahoma some eight years ago, I was inspired by the beautiful landscapes to buy a Nikon F2. Also bought the Nikkor pre AI, AI and AI-S lenses and had a CLA. Loved shooting the F2 thought I was set for life, until the MD 262. Now the F2 is jealous...!

Most "NEW" stocks aren't new at all, and are acutally old stock re-spooled and repackaged.

I slowed down by purchasing a Leica MD 262, no screen and it worked! I was forced to slow down having no money after the purchase...!

Really enjoyed your tutorial, especially as I've just bought a pristine condition Bessa with the Voigtar lens to add to a small collection of vintage cameras I've either been given or bought over the years. I'd worked out how to use it, but I still learnt a few new things from your video👍. I also have a Zeiss Ikonta 520/2 with a Tessar lens, passed down from my grandparents, which works fine but has a few noticeable dust specs within the lenses and not the outer ones either, sadly. It does take nice shots, too, if you allow for the fact it's a 1929 model. I think my Bessa is from around 1945 from your description, and I'm looking forward to using it with Ilford HP5 film when we get fine weather back next year. You have a new follower now! 👍

My f2 have problem with slow shutter speed ;/ common problem

I`ve been shooting film most of my life. Went digital only because of a Leica MD 262, no screen! I can never use a camera with a screen anyway. By the way I also bought my MD 262 and a Summicron 50mm Rigid for my Leica from KEH...!

Any digital camera I buy will be outdated in a few years. Analogue cameras, especially mechanical ones, last at least a life time. All they require is a very occasional CLA. I have my doubts with amateurs who need a digital camera that can do anything, tracking focus to adjusting lines in architecture to night skies. What's your style?

I've started shooting film again. I grew up with point and shoot cameras. There were no settings to worry about. I got into photography 7 years ago with my first DSLR. Now I actually know how to use a proper film camera. I said I wasn't going to do it because it's didn't want to buy a whole other set of lenses. Then I said I wasn't going to develop my own film and her I am doing that now. I'm not going to say I won't buy an enlarger and start printing at home cause I just might. I found an AE-1 at a flea market back in April. Then I bought a Minolta SRT 202a few months ago off fb market for $40. About 3 weeks ago I bought a pair of Nikon cameras from a fb friend in Arkansas I bought an F4 and an FM2N from her. I haven't been able to get the F4 going yet. The FM2N feels like a fine tuned machine. I love the feel of the film advance lever on it. The AE-1 feels clunky. I'm waiting on some batteries from Amazon for the Minolta to try it out. The main reason why I got back into film is because of the look. My Nikon z8 is by far superior than any film camera but you just don't get the same look with digital cameras that you get with film. And printing in a dark room on paper looks different than an ink jet printer. You can print a photo on paper in a dark room and print the same photo from a digital copy with an ink printer and you can see the difference. The print from a dark room has depth to it. On an ink printer the ink is on top of the paper.

Cost is a big issue

Film cameras have me looking based on price. I'm extremely price sensitive and still feel like cameras are absurdly overpriced. I'm in Sony Full Frame, because I can buy 10-12 year old cameras with a modern mount, and adapt vintage lenses. It's just, when looking at bodies that take the lenses I'm using, wow, they're just as cheap as the lenses. I have some OM, FD, and LTM lenses, as well as a couple native E mount Chinese manual focus lenses. Film cameras having a true black and white option is very interesting and has me on the hunt for a great deal. Lol.

Now why would I want to take up film again? I shot film from ‘77 to ‘05 from my childhood all the way up to my years as a shooter for the Wires and several newspapers. Most of the film stock that I shot with are either no longer produced (K25/64) or outrageously expensive ($25-30 for a 36 exp of Fujichrome Velvia), never mind the expense of having it processed. I do have one of my beloved Canon F1AEs in my display, but it likely would need some work done to get it back in to shooting condition. When all is said and done, Digital (esp mirrorless) is my medium of choice, no going back.

It's easy to get sucked into G.A.S. (gear acquisition syndrome) where every purchase seems like a bargain. In the end you have dozens of cameras, each with newly installed film, but you can't decide which one(s) to use. At this point you're no longer a photographer but rather a 'collector'.

Film is the refuge for giftless these days. You don't need to be creative. Just pay for film and waste money or time on developing, scanning printing. Everything on film looks awesome. From my perspective as real film shooter from 2012 to 2022. Decade of repairing those "inexpensive" cameras before they could be in use again. Developing BW, ECN2, E6, C41 and printing bw under enlarger. BW darkoom paper is the total ripoff these days or you have to find some leftover FB SG paper from seventies. My annual count on film was around one kilometer, if you know what i mean. Here is absolutely nothing to be learned from film as quickly and effective comparing to DSLR in M mode. But with digital you really have to find the content to make it worth of looking at.

When I bought my Panasonic Lumix GH2 it was weird trying to rap my head around that I can change the ISO. I was so use to shooting film and once you put a roll of film in that was your film speed. Some cameras you could rewind a roll and leave a tab out I think some motor drive Nikon's did this but not sure. What you would do is let's say you rewind the last shot as the 12th frame when you put that roll back in you shoot a dud image at 13th frame just in case nothing is overlapping.

One of the problems with film its not as easy for everyone to get film developed unless you go out of your way. Its not like it was in the old days you could just drop film off at the local drug store or the local 1 Hour Lab. I might give film another spin but to get film developed I have to get on the bus or train or maybe mail my film.

The cheapest way to start is to just use a disposable film camera. A number of brands are ailable.

Went back to film 2 and a half years ago, still shoot mostly digital but i love using a mechanical camera, developing the film, got quite a collection of film cameras now, most picked up cheap, one or two didnt work but got em cleaned up and working, one on the bench now stripped for cleaning and hopefully working again, photography is expensive whatever way you do it and film is a bit pricey but any hobby comes at a cost

Great video Dom. I’ve recently returned to film alongside digital and have acquired cameras to cover each of the 4 mount types my vintage lenses have i.e. M42 (Chinon CX & Pentax Spotmatic), Canon FD (T60 & A-E1 program), Pentax K (Pentax ME Super) & Olympus OM (OM2 Spot Program & an AF10 point & shoot). Trying hard not to buy any more 😂

In 1972, I began to shoot pictures with a Pentax camera. It was a great experience. Today I shoot digital. Though I did try to see how it was to shoot film with my Nikon F2. That settled it. No more film photography. Far too expensive. And the results are mediocre at best. And, the main reason for not continuing with film is that there is no more Kodachrome. I get the same satisfaction with the Sony A7R3 as I did with Kodachrome.

It's a bit like hearing audioholics claiming vinyl sounds better than digital. ISO on a digital has NOTHING to do with ISO on a film-roll.

Shooting on film is incredible expensive these days. In the 'old days' I had a darkroom and did everything at home, film and photo's. Why driving in 2024 in a T-Ford and not in an Tesla or whatever😊. Nice hobby to return to film but why should you....

I did film photography for several decades, I had constant bad conscience with all the chemicals involved, so since 2007 I have not touched films !

I only shoot film. There are a myriad of reasons, but one that I always gravitate to as the most important to me is that with film, it will always have the cahrachterisitic of film. I have printed a lot of my photos taken straight from the negative without any editing. When I shot digital, I found them boring without editing. You cannot change your sensor but you can change your film. I have yet to hear a person say "I print all of my raw images straight from my camera with editing". It might happen, but I have not heard of it from anyone. With digital you are in the mindset of always altering the image to look appealing as digital straight from the camera is no more exciting than one from a cell phone. IMO, film looks better right from the start, without editing and it is easy to see how appealing it is.

My dad also got me into 35mm film photography, in 1986, when I was in college and he bought me an Olympus OMPC for my birthday. Later, he gave me his Minolta SRT-101, type B1, which he had purchased back in 1968. I haven’t shot with it yet. My three main systems are Olympus (OM-1n, OM-2n, and OM-4Ti), Pentax 67, and Argus C3. I have a bunch of 135 and 120 film in the freezer. My “treasure” film is two rolls of Efke KB 25, 135 format, 36 exp, which I bought a long time ago when Efke was still in production; I had great results from that film stock in the past, and hope to do so with these two remaining rolls. Thanks, Don!

I just never had the desire to return to film..(except for 4x5) .Been there and done that (I am 71 years young) been shooting since I was a kid...But...Its a good idea for younger Digital users to try film for a while....Cheers

I was a teenager in the 80's and learned to shoot with my Dad's Minolta SRT-101 and 50mm lens. A big part of why I loved it was acquiring the skill of shooting in full manual mode. Also, the discipline of choosing your shots carefully because you would only have 24 shots on that roll! And remember the anticipation of opening the envelope of prints when you got them back from the developer?

Excellent video. Thank you.

I just need to win that mega millions so I can have a man cave-turned dark room.

I have an Olympus M43 and a Canon FF. The Olympus is superior with video as the Canon has overheating and rolling shutter issues and the image stability is not as good. The Olympus stills are almost as good as the Canon and AI software evens the playing field in regards to low light performance.

I got a e p1 within a few days with the older 14-42 mm ánd the 17 mm F2,8 wich I didn't knew it exists! Only the ibis may not work correctly, but the price for the whole set was just €135 incl. posting it, that might be just the price for just the 17 mm lens?!?!? I got already the e p1 mini, so curious for this one. Hopes it still works even without the ibis. Tnx for your posts!

Congrats for the excellent content. As an Olympus fan and user since film OM, recently I was taken aback when I got my hands on a Sony a7c with a 70-300 Tamron and the 28-60 kit. I don’t need Pro lenses, thus price/size comparisons don’t matter to me. I am taking the Sony out more than the Oly and I think, IMHO, that Sony presented a serious challenge to the mirrorless world with that cam. Cheers.

I own it. I Found an unused lens for $120 or something. This focal length is one of my favorites. The lens is also good for shooting close-up images with 10mm extension tube.

Good advice Don! I keep my tripods in my car so I have them at the ready.

I think you hit the nail on the head......It makes you feel good about owning and using these cameras. My EPL5 and EPL8 as great cameras and still hold their own in 2024.

I can't argue with you on points you suggested . But digital has made me so damn lazy compared to film days. But I'm always glad I had my time with film cameras up to 6x7 as we learnt the skill of ''picking the moment''. Those who learnt with digital don't seem to have that skill and seemly have to take 100s of photos at a simple Mother and 5 year old portrait session (that particular photographer took 600! ) I still miss the split focusing screens and even agree about the lovely little Oly cameras 🥳🥳. And yes; I should use a tripod as I know I will take far less nature photos for far more higher quality "keepers" % wise. Too old too lazy; it's just something to do these days so bugga ya tripod 🤣 Maybe a topic for a video someday . The more gear = more confusion = more frustration = more gear = = even more frustration = loss of interest ---- wishing I learnt that earlier :(

Thanks for a nice video. The process - great idea. Your suggestions / examples of what may be in the process would be really helpful. Like, do you suggest different processes for shooting vintage manual lenses vs. AF lenses?

Good shout mate

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