Which film stock should you buy?
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- Today's video is a beginner guide that should give you an idea of which film stocks to shoot.
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Chapters:
00:00 - 01:10 - Introduction
01:10 - 01:55 - Kodak Color Plus 200
01:55 - 03:11 - Kodak Ultramax 400
03:11 - 04:53 - Kodak Gold 200
04:53 - 05:53 - Kodak Portra 160
05:53 - 06:38 - Kodak Portra 400
06:38 - 07:16 - Kodak Portra 800
07:16 - 08:23 - The best!
08:23 -09:28 - Kodak Ektar 100
09:28 - 10:12 - Extra mentions for Kodak
10:12 - 11:04 - Fujifilm Fujicolor 100
11:04 - 11:34 - Fujifilm Superia X-Tra 400
11:34 - 12:14 - Fujifilm Superia Premium 400
12:14 - 12:50 - Extra mentions for Fuji
12:50 - 14:11 - Lomography 800
14:11 - 15:23 - CineStill 800T
15:23 - 15:45 - Cyberpunk 640T
15:47 - 16:37 - PoPho Luminar 100
16:37 - 17:37 - AGFA APX 400
17:37 - 18:22 - more B&W films
18:22 - 19:07 - Conclusion
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Hello hello, I hope this video can help you find the right film stock for you! :))
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You're like the Bob Ross of film photography, very calm and soothing while also very informative and a great teacher, I've learned a lot from your videos as a newbie to film photography. Thank you for continuing to make these videos ^ ^
I shot my first roll of film in 1946 in a camera I got with 3 cereal box tops with assistance from my mother. I remember my disappointment with the small grey images. But I watched your video as a beginner because the films available now are very different so it’s all new!
Thanks for everything you do for the community! This is definitely a video to bookmark and revisit when making film purchase decisions. Kudos
Your photos are radiating happiness! So lovely and calm :)
Thank you for all your disclaimers. Sometimes some content creators tend to take for granted that their audience already knows them (i.e. scanning differences/ prices etc..) so thank you for your hard work🤓
The forest photos you took on portra 400 are insane! Great shots.
Your channel is like asmr I just like listening to your music/voice
Little bit of info about the Kodak Aerocolour (aka PoPho Luminar 100). It is made for Photogrammetry, a process for pulling 3d information out of a 2d image (like drawing cartography lines and making maps), it does this with a UV absorbing filter on top of the regular film, so when it is developed, you get a regular image, as well as a UV information spectrum (a bit like listening to a song as well as looking at the waveform at the same time). Other companies buy this stock, rip the UV filter out of it and re-sell it for cheap.
I’ve watched the video twice , coz your voice is so deep and calming. Couldn’t keep the info in my brain)
I’m a beginner and I really like your channel! Thanks for the tips!
Thank you! This is exactly what I needed for getting back into film. I’ve shot a few rolls here and there, but in the past less selected them based on the ISO I wanted and that’s it. This was a very helpful rundown.
Hi Teo, just wanted to say thank you for your amazing tips and for the content overall...i just recently switched from digital to film photography and your videos helped a lot from just technical tips to your own perspective you are sharing here!! So just thanks! 😁😁
Fomapan is often only mentioned as a budget option, but i shot some last summer and really liked the results, it has a bit of a constrasty older look to it. I honestly prefer Foma over HP5 and it's less than half the price. Highly recommend.
Teo, you take beautiful photos… I was excited just to see the sample photos in this video!
great video so far teo! I've struggled a long time choosing the right film stock for me, because I didn't want to spend too much money. Nowadays my go to film stock also is the good old gold 200
I'm not 100% sure since I haven't bought any lately, but I believe that Fuji 200 is repackaged gold 200. I heard they switched back briefly to their old recipe but then switched back again to the repackaged gold. All this to say that, for me (USA), it's a good bit cheaper to get that than actual gold 200. B&H sells the Fuji for about $22 whereas gold is about $30, both in the 3 pack variety mind you
@@aarontimmthanks for the information, but in my country, a 3 pack of gold costs around 18$, so its very cheap
@@Benr_art where do u live, maybe I need to make a trip to this place👀
Thank you for such a nice and educative photos. Thanks for giving so many great examples.
Really love this vid of yours, Teo.. super informative for a beginner like me. Thank you❤
I don’t consider myself a beginner, but I found this video, quite enjoyable to watch and he has a lot of great info
Love your content, your style! Very inspiring! Keep going 👍
One of the best videos on the topic and really helpful as well.
thank you so much for this helpful and visually beautiful video!
I shoot a lot of half frame and love shooting with Ektar because of the sharpness and fine grain and boldness you mentioned.
I also want to give you a massive shoutout for trying to include Pro Image 100 even though you haven't shot it. It's super overlooked and shouldn't be.
Acros 100 is not only has smaller grain that makes it ectra sharp, its formula is aslo very stable when used in long exposures, and doesn't need to be compensated that much
This was super helpful. Thank you so much!
Want to start with film again. I like your video style and just subscribed now. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Great super informational video for beginners! I personally love Ultramax! It has that punchy look if you expose it correctly and leans more into pastel tones when you overexpose it a couple stops! I just shot the Lomo CN films for the first time and I can’t wait to share the results!
Agree, i love ultramax 😎
Love this video. Thank you for making it.
Thank you! Very comprehensive!
Nice video! Currently a beginner and this serves a looot. I'm by coincidence you see this, I'm traveling to Merida, Mexico and I wondered what film could be better. I'm trying Fuji color 200 but waiting to see if maybe some orange film or green with fuji
I agree with going with kodak gold as it is a very good film overall with good balance of nice grain and color. I am loving cinestill 400d a lot too and could be another good option if portra is expensive
And flicfilm’s 250D (same as cinestill 400D) is also a nice option and cheaper than cinestill
You should definitely try Ektachrome Teo, it performs really well at night, punchy blacks etc. And holding slides is always just a little bit like magic, it also has very nice greens, but tends to be a little on the colder side
I've been obsessed with Kodak Ultramax 400 lately (for portraits), and I'll have to try out cyberpunk 640 one day looks really cool.
Fuji Superia Premium 400 is my absolute favorite film. I wish I bought more when I went to Japan
Same here, it is fantastic. I think Teo's description of it is spot on too.
Is it me or all the photos look heavily edited? Hard to tell the differences between most of the photos/ film stocks. Just wondering.
do you find this channel untrustworthy? genuine question because i’m a complete newbie and i wanna know if the content i’m consuming is accurate
@@igotwect3174 no I don’t find the channel untrustworthy. That’s a stretch. It’s just difficult to know how the film stocks look like natively when it’s edited because the scans are sure not going to look like this unless you want to have this look and further edit them.
@@kevinokai okay, thank you!
To he fair, films look beautiful om their own and the way you use each film stock and even process it looks great without editing if you know what you are doing. Ofc, films can also be edited after scanning. But I think if you're very used to digital photography it's easy to find film pictures to look like they've been edited
Unless you have the full image it’s hard to tell, usually with my film I do a contrast and exposure adjustment maybe small saturation boost but that’s it
i have overbought so many stocks just because i didn’t know what i liked and wanted to try all of them 😭 i’m still not sure what is my favorite among them, but i love trying new ones for the excitement of wondering what it’ll look like :)
I think it would be cool to see more of the process after you shoot the photos
The reason film is still used for medium to high altitude aerial mapping is actually really interesting!
From my understanding, the cost to get the digital equipment with similar resolution capabilities needed is actually a whole lot more than the film equipment. This is for two reasons.
The first being there’s already a lot of equipment in existence that shoots film, so buying new digital equipment isn’t nearly as cost effective as using already existing equipment.
The other reason is that with the low grain of aero chrome, getting a digital sensor with that same resolution is that much more expensive. (I believe that the equipment shoots with the equivalent of medium format or even 4x5, so the resolution will be that much more. I could be wrong on that though.)
Take that with a grain of salt though, that’s just what I remember from research I did half a year ago. Really interesting though, considering that us regular photographers spend MORE on film than digital!
commiting to bnw for 2024! Got bricks of tri-x, t-max, ilford, fomapan and my fujifilm bnw recipes ofc haha👌
I think Fujicolor 200 is the absolute best beginner film. Super pleasing colors, sharp and cheap! I did hear its basically Gold 200. Maybe its luck (or lack of it), but I consistently get better results out of Fujicolor 200 than Gold 200. Great video by the way Teo!
But I heard the new Fuji C200 is actually the Kodak Gold 200.
@@Saleto I heard this too, still… I get better results from Fuji
This is true based on the data sheet
Interesting, UltraMax is my favourite Kodak film, not so keen on Gold. Just depends what you want out of a film I guess. Love the look of the shots you got on all the different films though.
Fuji across II is an incredible film for dynamic range and contrast. And fine sharpness as you pointed out. Cinestill 250XX is another incredible black and white cinematography film with incredible dynamic range. Rollei retro 400S is what it sounds like. High contrast. Great range and looks incredible especially shot through old glass. These three are all contrasty films. Unlike tmax which frankly I find flat and boring
Developing c-41 films like portra or cinestill in ECN2 PROCESS gives great saturation. But I also like to overexpose portra 400 by 0.5 to 1 stop. Also gives super saturation. Great video btw (perhaps you can tell I'm not a complete beginner 😅). Kodak gold 200 gives a nice warm retro look in general but lacks dynamic range in the underexposed parts of a shot
Another fantastic video
I recommend Fomapan, it has very nice contrast and overall feel, I like even more than Ilford. And it's made in the Czech Republic, which is my home home country. It's the cheapest option here. Foma also makes other films, such as Retropan and Ortho.
I shoot a lot of Kodak Vision 3 250D. It’s cheaper than color negative film and cost for ENC2 develop and scan in Thailand not much expensive than C41 ( C41 ~4 USD ECN2 ~5 USD). It’s very good color good skintone and fine grain.
Fujicolor 100 has always been my favorite.
Ilford XP2 is a color negative black and white film that is often easier for new beginning photographers to use.
Fomopan aside from being cheap as a very low blue sensitivity so it helps new photographers keep their skies from blowing out, so it is exceptional at showing clouds against blue sky.
Ohhh wow, good tips for anyone interested in B&W, thank you! :))
@@teocrawfordWelcome - XP2 is also fantastic at holding highlights, in my opinion better than any regular black and white film. Since it is color negative, the automatic dust and scratch removal at lab scanners will work on it as well, which could also be a benefit to new shooters. Cheers.
Thanks for making this video! It helps a lot. And your voice is calming as well as your style. Love it :)
Great video! I'm glad I stumbled on your channel as I am starting to shoot with a Leica M3 and enjoying it. May I ask what model film scanner you use/recommend?
Your channel is so calming please dont ever stop. I want to ask, though, how come you use 35mm film, which is small (?) but then you have large photos?
For BW film, I would recommend to a beginner the ILFORD XP2 super 400. The nice thing with this film is that you can develop it like color film in a photo shop (C41 process). It's also pretty cheap
0:25 hahah actually thanks a lot for this warning teo! still thumbs up because of apprication
I always use agfa apx 400 for black and white it's fantastic I usually push it to 800 iso that it takes very well as it can be pushed more than that
Once upon a time Fujicolor 100 was also available in Europe, kinda a cheaper ISO 100 alternative, like ColourPlus from Kodak, and that film was for a short time a saving grace since Fujifilm Superia 100 was discontinued, which was my all-time favourite colour negative film, a great allrounder.
I quite like using cinestill 50D, it comes out quite nice
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Great presentation, Teo. I am a digital Leica shooter looking to learn film photography with a Leica. Could you answer a question for me. Do the labs that scan films have the ability to produce RAW/DNG outputs? Or do they produce just JPEGs?
I'm a beginner and I have a 40 years old camera. I love it so much but the flash doesn't work. I am very pleased with the outdoor shots. but I also want to have some indoor shoots under sufficient light. should I use iso800? would it work without flash?
Hi Teo! I love your photos 😮❤ a beginner here 😅 for days at the beach and the city with some very bright sun and unexpected clouds do you recommend kodak gold 200 or ultramax 400 film?
Hello Teo, I'm new to film photography. I own a point-and-shoot cam. Unfortunately, my friend accidentally rewounded the film with 20 shots left. Can I still use the film and still develop the first 16 shots?
Great video! Have you shot the new fuji 400 yet? Superia xtra has been discontinued in Canada anyway. Also, I’ve tried a couple of flic film rolls and they have been really nice! Elektra 100 and CineColour 250D. I have their slide film in the fridge, but haven’t tried it yet.. kind of intimidated by slide film 😂
Another awesome video! Really informative and helpful for beginners like me. By the way, could you please tell me where did you find the Paterson tank & film developing kit for developing at home? I searched the whole internet but couldn't find
Glad the video could help you! :)
Ohh I don't develop at home, only scan, so I don't own a kit.
Thank you for the video
I found an old camera (olympus pen ees2) from my grandma and now I'm just flerting with the idea of trying it out.
Another thing is... really liked the songs in the video, do u have a playlist or something?
Looking forward to those pro image photos, given how relatively cheap it is, especially for a 5 pack
What film camera/cameras are you using for these photos?
i have used agfa apx 400 and loved it i dont know why it isnt more recommended but i definetely recommend it
Right?! I feel like it's pretty underrated - it's wonderful though :,D
I used to shoot on Fujifilm 200 and Agfa Vista plus 200 (it's a cheap color film too). And of course I could try Kodak Gold 200 as well.
Good times when Agfa Vista cost £1 in the UK!
@@_Just_Some1 I think it was around £3 in my country but it was still the cheapest filmroll you could get.
Great video! Where exactly do u buy these films?
Im new to it and not sure what store is the best.
Greetings from Innsbruck 🇦🇹
nice i knew i saw tirol mountains on one of your pics.
My all time favourite is Fujicolor Premium 400 - used to get it at Bic Camera…. Now so hard to find.
Cyberpunk is made in China, one of the cheapest re-spooled Kodak Vision 3 option if not the cheapest one. It's boss is a very friendly chubby dude. He offers me his personal WeChat when I experienced light leek on several re-used canister film including his that ultimately proves to be a camera issue. Highly recommend if you were in China.
Literally after this video, went to B&H to buy some film (online of course). Got some 127 and 35 🎞️
Where did you shoot the Fuji Velvia? That looks amazing
You have the most lovely voice
Street with architecture based photo try bw. For casual street and portrait use color
How do you edit film?
I really like Cinestill 400D.
Hey Teo, ich hab mal gehört, so wie die Farben auf der Verpackung sind, so erscheinen sie auch auf den Bildern. :)
Really nice video as always! :)
If you had to choose three film stocks for the rest of your life, which three would those be?
Fuji C200 is my fav.
very helpful :)
Anyone know which camera did he used ?
Unfortunately 😢 the fujifilm c41/color negative line is basically discontinued. If you find Fuji 400 and 200 is now Kodak film if it says made in USA or Rochester NY.
your photos are so beautiful! is there a place I can look at them?
Should have put inform hp5 in as an example for b&w, which is the classic one.
kodak pro image is kind of cheap portra, very sharp, green accurate than gold, ultramax, color plus
Oof. That Fujicolor 100 looks so fine. I wish we have it in Europe. Isn't Superia Xtra 400 discountinued? They are out of stock everywhere. Luckily I have 2-3 more rolls of it so I am keeping it for now.
Velvia is my favorite. I never had a chance to shoot with it, mainly because my photo lab only work with c-41 process and color negative films, but one day hopefully I would like to try it in medium format.
The D in Cinestill 400D is actually for dynamic not daylight, idk why.
Veeeerryyy good video
Kodak vision stocks are also worth of mentioning especially that there's a lot of sellers who sells this type of film with removed carbon layer (remjet) which allows you to process it in basic c-41 (even tho I am developing this film by myself in original chemistry. Also in most cases that's the cheapest non expired color film stock you can get. I'm buying mine for around 7 dollars per 36 exp. From my experience this film has the quality of ektar of portra
Plus you can get tungsteen balanced film (with lower light temperature balance) It's life saving if you want to shoot indoors or during the night without yellow cast
I didn’t know PoPho was the same a Santa Color! I’ve been meaning to get some Santa, but I’ll look into PoPho
Film Washi X is also the same thing, as well as Flic Film Elektra. All are Kodak Aerocolor IV 125
Kodak Tri-X is very sharp for a black n white film
Hi Teo
Great video and thank for sharing your experiences
Very helpful.
Would love to learn how you do your scanning and post processing
Cheers
Andrew in Ottawa Canada 🇨🇦
He did a video on DSLR scanning
As @Szili0 pointed out, I made a video on my scanning process a little while ago - I hope it helps you out :))
Fujicolor c200👍
On which photo paper do you print mostly? I like the look of the sort of satin shin
No idea, these are just cheap drug-store prints🤝🏼 I do like them too though, even though they boost the saturation a bit too much haha😅
How are your pictures always so clear res!! Is it the camera that you use?
No, the camera barely matters. The lens is pretty important, but most lenses are fine. Disposable cameras have pretty bad lenses so those can look unclear, but otherwise you should be fine. At last I think it most comes down to scanning🤔 The scans need to be clean and properly post processed to get a good clear image🤝🏼
Kodak color plus Isa good medium speed film straddling 100 and 400, film is good one stop up or down. But shot at box speed it’s a good compromise between the two. 400 while good in low light loses reciprocity in bright daylight. However 100 speed film can still give you good results if used right in low light. I have always liked Kodak gold. Portra professional film is idiot film. Because it is designed with more latitude so professionals can make mistakes and still get the shot they need. I shot a lot of Ektachrome film. I love it never had problems with the color. Skin tones are good. I never was keen with fujifilm but that’s just me. But I don’t like the blue green colors of Fuji.
My favorite B&W film isn’t made anymore. Kodak Plus X. But I use Ilford FP4, which I have a lot of experience with. It is a good film to use. With a lot of latitude. You can push it two stops with no problem. So it’s my go to B&W film of choice. It’s ubiquitous, so getting it it is easy.
TMax 100 is my next film I go for.
For 400 I would say TriX, HP5 yes there are more films but you get predictable results from them.
I recommend the slowest speed film for the shoot. Finer grain and tone.
I started out with color. But generally you have to hav a lab developed it for you. Unless you can get a color developing processor. And learn C41 process. But B&W is easy to learn and do.
I use that Walmart Fuji film
Kentmere iso 400 🔥🔥🔥
Cinestill is sueing small companies because small companies are selling Kodak cinema rolls without carbon on them at ~$10 each 135mm roll, which is exactly what Cinestill does but cheaper.