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fruits of my life should be stored properly:))

@@snakeytales hehe, keep your cameras warm and your films cold? :)

@@virrcraft ahah, spot on!

Emulsion - yes, film - no. In any case I would suggest to rewatch starting from 6:35 so you can visually identify the difference.

@@snakeytales I've shot them both quite a lot. Amber's quality control isn't great, but they're both just 500T. I prefer to pay less and roll my own 500T. You can rate it at 800 and dev as normal so it's a lot cheaper.

@@RoryChapman It’s not about quality control: Amber removes remjet from 500T, hence damages the film in different ways. CineStill doesn’t have this problem at a first place. I invite you once again to check video and pay attention for macro shots to see the difference that backs up my point. Anyways, thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts!

@@snakeytales yeah, I'm aware of all this. Regular 500T is still better than both and cheaper in my opinion.

@RoryChapman Agree, but I don’t want to mess around with ecn-2 processing at home and here in NL ecn-2 dev costs around 20€ incl. return shipping:( Also since I rarely shoot any of tungsten balanced films I would rather buy a fresh roll from CineStill and be sure that it will be scratch free and so on. But yeah, as usual, it always depends on your personal preference and application.

Nah, a company like contax would have made this in the 90s if the technology was as small as todays

thanks for the feedback! 500 (600 with tax) is for the MVP version with no AF and 35/2.8 or 3.5 > even a big enough market for the Pentax 17 idk how they did the market research, as for me, Kodak (RETO) Ektar H35N fills the need for the new half frame camera demand and has 2,5K reviews on amazon.de, so in reality they sold maybe x4 units or even more. And it is 10 (TEN) times cheaper producing the same "meh" half frame results. I'm not talking about vintage stuff just for the sake of simplicity for newcomers (no return hassle, warranty, repairment, etc). > Also you can just go to the thrift store and for $30 buy a Canon Rebel or equivalent 35 mm camera and get a lot what you're asking for it's just 4 times as big. I have 2 Nikon F80 for 25euro both and they are excellent cameras, adding cheap YN 35/2.0 and it is the beast of a combo. BUT (there is always but:) I'm talking about pocket sized P&S camera similar to Ricoh GR1(s/v) or Contax 1 or 3 or Olympus XA which is always in my pocket with me.

T3 is almost that "dream option", only UX is different with complicated access to ev comp and MF options. I assume that target group back then was completely different and it cost HUGE amount of money so it was more a luxury toy rather than a tool for a photographer. Also imagine the bias from "professional photographers" of that time towards such a small thingy. But I agree, nowadays technology is more advanced and relatively more accessible. The only question is demand and return on investment. And my point is that instead of waisting time of professional engineers/designers and spending time on "PeNtAx cRaFt" with 5-6 different textures/materials for the body of "a toy camera no one asked for" is pretty questionable move. Specially for 550+. Because then you need to go and buy your first film roll from a fancy hipster shop for 15 + dev/scan for 20 and after 2-3 attempts you'll decide to sell it off on eBay for half a price or even less.

🫡 one day:))

🙄 one day I figure out how funding works and then we can make it work for sure ahah

Ahaha🙄 It’s all because of sunny days here:))

thanks! yes! while editing the video I've been thinking exactly the same, I want one!:))

Thanks Patrick!

Thanks man! Haha, true! Actually I did it kind of by purpose but didn’t expect that result would be so much pronounced😬

Thanks so much man! Really appreciate your kind words:) Helps me to keep going:)) 🐈‍⬛

Hope it means you enjoyed it😂

Thanks for your feedback! It motivates me to finally finish my latest video, haha:) And good luck with development!

Haha, thanks! I'm trying to prioritise photography first and film second, but in any case, I hope you'll like it! :)

Nikkor 28 and 135 and Voigtlander 40

Thanks! Glad you liked it:)

Thanks man! Much appreciate it!

By all means I’m not an expert or something:)) but looking at their line up I can say that with 99% probability that they also buy kodak motion picture film and remove remjet layer. So probably results would be more or less similar to Amber. Maybe they figured out how to remove it better than Amber? As I replied to someone else there, my hot-take that CineStill orders regular photo film with genuine emulsion which is used for Vision 3 5219 (or others like 400D and so on) and in that process there’s no remjet layer at all so no need to remove anything.

Ahahaha, could be cool!:)

@@snakeytales in Volodarsky's voice, of course =)

@@virrcraft 😂

Thanks for the feedback! Glad you enjoyed it:)

Thanks man👊🏻

Thanks man!

Fully agree with you! Probably communication wise they could do a better job (I mean these posts on Reddit) but in terms of quality I would definitely stick to Cinestill 800T since I prefer to be sure in results which I get. Unfortunately Amber T800 doesn't work for me.

@@snakeytales Yeh, it looks like they were silent for a little too long with all the stink that was happening on Reddit, so it grew and grew. But I'd imagine they learned their lesson; that people are fine individually, but are collective morons.

@@jameslenney exactly:)) idk what prevents them from showing that their film is something different from the re-spooled 500T. Also taking into consideration that that Amber is only 0.5$ cheaper but 10 frames less (27 instead of 36 which are usually 37)!

@@snakeytales Yeh, the difference really isn't huge. I think this happens when 'content creators' realise that they can feed the reddit dragon by simply agreeing with controversial things. Cinestill's statement Wass super interesting when read in full and it looks like they're a small/medium-sized company trying to protect their valuable IP. Anyway, well done for creating a vid that seems balanced and interested in real life. Nice stuff :)

@@jameslenney thanks so much!:)

Thanks for your feedback, much appreciate!

glad you liked it!

Actually a great idea, thanks!

Thanks Alex! I use Nikon Z6 + 105 macro lens and convert negatives using NLP

@@snakeytales Thank you! Do you use a tripod or a scanning jig?

@@SlickLicksWithAlex I bought second hand Kaiser copy stand, it’s much more convenient to setup and work with.

Hi! Which one of these three? But in any case if I don’t use a camera for a long time and there is no film inside, I remove the battery just to be sure that it will not leak accidentally. So no, I haven’t had any issues so far with Big mini and T2, T4 I sold out.

@@snakeytales its a t4! I out the battery in and over a fay or two it dies and i made sure the camera was off!

@@whyborn2032 that’s indeed sounds weird:( Maybe flash capacitor drains it or something similar. Worth to make a CLR, hopefully it will be something easy to fix🤞🏻

@@snakeytales what is a clr? 🤔

@whyborn2032 sorry, my bad, it’s a typo, I meant CLA, camera-wiki.org/wiki/CLA. For ex this guy makes repairs for such cameras in Amsterdam www.amsterdamcamerarepairs.com

Thanks! 28/2.8 ais and 135/2.8 E are Nikkors here and 40/2 is Voigtlander’s pancake.

Thanks Vadim!

Thanks Sergey! Happy holidays!

Thanks man! This trip was a lil bit challenging behind the camera, but at least photos and b-roll this time is pretty good! Thanks for watching!:)

Haha, thanks man, appreciate it! At least there will be two more for sure:)

Thanks! Which one did you choose? Regarding film stocks, actually it’s all depends on the scene and mood. Typically for color it’s Kodak Gold and UltraMax, sometimes Fuji Superia X-Tra 400. For B&W it’s ADOX CHS II and Ilford Delta 400. But again, there plenty of other cool options: ADOX Color Mission, CineStill range, FujiColor and so on and so forth.

Thank you so much for your reply!!@@snakeytales I like the dreamy vibe of the contax t2, but for now will save some more and go for the Konica. Where do you develop and buy film in Amsterdam?

@stellagriep7650 that’s a great choice! You could find it from time to time on marketplaces for around 120-150€. My go to place for development is Key Color and I usually buy film in bulk on www.fotoimpex.com to save on shipping.

aah thanks so much! :)@@snakeytales

@stellagriep7650 I’ve just uploaded new video so you can check out how portra/um/gold and superia compare to each other on the same camera and lenses

Thanks man! Switched to Rodinal and FX-39 already and developed dozens of rolls. Happy so far:)

Thanks and welcome!:)

BM-302

Thank you🙏

Haha:)) But yeah, it’s mostly my fault since I didn’t took week or week and a half throughout the year and worked whole year without rest🥲 But yeah, in general you have 21 or 24 mandatory vacation days here in EU. As well as lower income than in US🥲