The FM3a is a hybrid shutter. The shutter will be electronically controlled when in the automatic mode, and is a fully mechanical shutter when in manual mode. That's pretty sick.
One of the many charms of your channel is that you often put in more effort than it is worth on esoteric questions nobody else would ask. Your adventures, and how you apply what you know to get these answers and techniques, are very interesting.
I almost had a heart attack laughing when the video started with you dubbed in brazilian portuguese. That split of a second is gonna be stuck in my mind and be save with others life-death experiences stories. Thank you AI jumpscare! Thank you Jason! I loved every spoken phrase out of rhythm and the high pitched voice that is far from being similar with the original, and I will save this in a little corner of my heart. P.S.: I'm already excite for the next 'An Ektachrome Christmas', is kinda traditional now. Side to side with the fattening from the holiday lunches of course. ( I don't remember if will happen this year but one can dream, am right?)
The Alien logo on the 5222 120 roll was actually a brand called Alien film in china that focus on selling and repackaging motion picture film. You can get them jolly easy in China or on taobao for like 63RMB which is 9 bucks-ish for the 120 version. They also do colour motion picture films like 5203, 5207, 5213, 5219, and 5294. All of them are relatively cheap but in really high quality. Personally they've already taken over Portra's place in my choice. The only thing that needs to notice is that most of them need to be developed with ECN-2 method which in States very few shops accept them, even in NYC.
Yeah I’m pretty sure they’re based in Hangzhou, and since I live in Shanghai their stuff ships to me super quickly. I pretty much only buy film from them now, it’s all great
Jason I love the videos, it is always a bright spot in my day. The dry humor hits very hard for me and I love it. Thanks for all the hard work you put into your videos.
In the short clip before that, he shows off a Tiffen Deep Yellow 15. Can't tell what's in front of it, but looks to be a CPL. Behind it is just a step up ring. I imagine there has to be more to it than just a yellow filter. But that's a starting point.
lmao Alien Film is a bulk loader in China. They do 500t 250d 50d in both 120 and 135 format. They still got quite a lot of 5222 in both 120 and 135 for sell
Sweet, a new Grainydays vid. I'll just watch this real quick before I settle into the couch to finally watch the 2007 American cosmic horror film, The Mist. GAAAAAAHHHHHHH
I saw Lost in translation in the theater and I was crying laughing. Especially when he got into the shower and had to raise the shower head 2 ft. 😂 LIP THEM! LIP THEM!
Fm3a has both mechanical and electronic shutter controls integrated (FULLY). D stands for Distance (gives the camera distance information for improved exposure control when using flash)
@clint1268 somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe if you're pushing, you underexpose in camera and then overdevelop to compensate. And then vice versa for pulling
Funnily enough, I just finished shooting a project on Ektachrome over this month. Now to see how it turned out when I get it back from the lab! Gotta service my workhorses this year, my New F-1 and A-1
Dude, I've watched a number of your videos now, and sincerely, without malice, I feel like the biggest lesson I've learnt from you is that the aesthetics of doing the thing can become a massive distraction from the thing itself. I shot film a while back because I had a load of film kit basically for free so my only cost was processing. I switched to digital as soon as I was able to afford it because my only concern was producing the best possible pictures. I watch you messing around with your old, clunky analogue gear, producing a fraction of the images your amazing trips should afford you and being satisfied with almost none of them because of how little control the gear gives you. You're clearly an excellent photographer with a great eye, and ironically the strongest evidence of that is your vlog footage which is consistently far more inspired and compelling than your film stills. I get the hipster appeal of doing it "the hard way" and using this fetishised format, and I'm not saying it doesn't have its upsides, but I do wonder if you honestly feel like you really wouldn't be able to make pictures that were as good, if not better, using gear that doesn't slow you down and frustrate you. I for one would love to see the stills you'd make using equipment capable of reliably capturing your intended compositions. You can still wear cool hats and make deadpan jokes while holding an A7R.
Appreciate your dedication to getting that match cut of your note pad, but not punching in to hide that you weren’t talking in that clip. It’s that kind of half assed professionalism that inspires me every day. Whole assing is for losers.
10:54 This is the exact same lens I use for scanning. Not sure how I feel about having made the same decision about something as you did. Probably reflects badly on one of us.
Awesome nikon gear! I almost bought the fm3a from a friend but bought his fm2t instead for half the price because I'm a fan of special editions (it's been one of my favorites to use ever since). The 20-35 is a sick lens. I plan to buy one when the af motor on my 17-35 finally stops working (no motor in the 20-35 means it won't break in that way). The "D" on Nikon lenses is for "distance". Basically it means the lens tells the camera what distance your subject is and it adjusts your flash output accordingly. I love using my n90s with the 17-35 and the sb800 off camera. The autofocus makes it so I can hold the flash off to the side and the matrix meter + d lens makes the flash exposures perfect and effortless
I always pushed what was High Speed Ektachrome tungsten 160 to 640 when shooting gigs in the last quarter of the last century .... bit grainy, but probably the formulation was quite the same.
That double x 120 film was from a Chinese company. I bought 2 rolls last year. Just viewed their Taobao and they are stilling selling this, for 60yuan which is about $8
Fun fact: the “S“ when people say something is s-tier actually stands for Sophia because she is the literal standard of goodness. Also, your new Aerochrome filter stack would be a fun follow-up 👀
If you're thinking about something like the FM3a you owe it to yourself to consider the Nikon FA, which is amazing, and probably (?) does the exact same thing, for what I assume is a fraction of the price.
Here's another one for your FM3a. Get the Nikkor 45mm f2.8P. It was designed specifically for this camera for the most compact 35mm SLR set-up you can get. You'll often see reviews poo poo this lens, but it is a dynamite performer and solid metal construction.
Jason is in my home town of San Clemente?! Major Darkroom news coming 1000%. Also it’s insane to see him in SLO so much. I was in college as a photo student when that ship washed ashore. My man live my photo journey at all times
I was looking at buying that bulk roller at one point... would be nice if it wasn't 500 dollarinos. I then thought to myself its basically the same process as manual rolling it just goes brrr. all the steps before would be the same with that or a manual roller you just don't spin a nob I guess I also don't find myself rolling more than like 4-5 rolls at a time before stopping which doesn't usually take that long or much effort. Also the way you clutched your tripod like a purse when that car pulled up at the end killed me lol you were ready bolt.
You discvovered my secret sauce; Ektachrome pushed 2 stops with a warming filter. Welcome to the dark side... meaning you can shoot in the dark with higher iso.
Interested in your filter array if you feel like going into detail. Also curious if you've tried the Kolari Vision IR Chrome Lens Filter? It's supposed to be close to the look straight out of a full spectrum camera.
I must be a bit of a bulk loading oddity but I like to make rolls of 30 exposures. Longer than 24 but not as annoying as 36. And best of all is that the film fits better in those Printfile 5 frame wide sheets (I hate having one loose frame when I try and sleeve a 36 exp roll).
Nikon AF-D(istance Info) lenses have contacts for the thinking part of autofocus, but have a screw that the body turns to focus as opposed to G(elded) lenses that have AF motors built into the lenses and control aperture electrically. D lenses for film; G lenses for digital.
I'd never thought about holding up a filter to my spot meter rather than just changing the ISO to account for the filter factor. Have you found your method to be more accurate?
One question that maybe or may not make sense. Why not tape a already exposed piece of film to the leader, so less from the actual expensive film is part of the leader? Same for the end/beginning if the roll.. Wouldn‘t that save you a few more bucks per roll? I though about it when contemplating making 3 Shot rolls, which of course would be a massive waste if done conventionally, but if you reuse leaders and ends, it should not be a problem(financially), right?
To the start of the roll. You can. I don’t bother. To the end of the roll. You can, but it won’t save you any film. You nearly always lose the last shot when bulk rolling.
The Nikkor 20-35mm f/2.8D was THE pro wide zoom in every PJs Domke bag until the Nikon D1 and 17-35mm f/2.8 AF-S were introduced in 1999. And photography died. If you were a real man Jason, you'd pony up for the equally crinkle-finished 85mm f/1.4D and stellar 28mm f/1.4D. And yes, the "D" stands for droll.
I've been working on my channel and shooting a hell of a lot more video. Some with RF glass and others with manual focus lenses. I did shoot a wedding and the bride wanted it shot on film. It came out really well with some digital in there as well. I used the Minolta XG-1 loaded with Fuji Superia X-TRA 400. Both lenses were Rokkor. I had my 49mm F1.2 and a 135mm 2.8. Everyone was happy and I made some decent ca$h.
Just an educated guess but, is the Aerochrome filter array the following? Tiffen Yellow 15 filter + Midwest Optical SP910 Near-IR Dichroic Shortpass Filter
Great video Jason I'll watch it later
Just wanted to leave a hateful and sarcastic comment tbh. Don't really plan on watching
It might not be great
@@liammccauley9380 they have free speech y'know
I watched it, as usual it was ok... I guess...
@@liammccauley9380 cry more
It's the most wonderful time of the year (roughly 4 months until ektachrome christmas 7)
The FM3a is a hybrid shutter. The shutter will be electronically controlled when in the automatic mode, and is a fully mechanical shutter when in manual mode. That's pretty sick.
I use hotdog bathwater as stopbath
Poor Monica- dating a guy who buys himself a bunch of presents right before Christmas
It’s really fun seeing your creative vision and style change over time! This video was a really nice surprise.
One of the many charms of your channel is that you often put in more effort than it is worth on esoteric questions nobody else would ask. Your adventures, and how you apply what you know to get these answers and techniques, are very interesting.
I almost had a heart attack laughing when the video started with you dubbed in brazilian portuguese. That split of a second is gonna be stuck in my mind and be save with others life-death experiences stories.
Thank you AI jumpscare! Thank you Jason! I loved every spoken phrase out of rhythm and the high pitched voice that is far from being similar with the original, and I will save this in a little corner of my heart.
P.S.: I'm already excite for the next 'An Ektachrome Christmas', is kinda traditional now. Side to side with the fattening from the holiday lunches of course. ( I don't remember if will happen this year but one can dream, am right?)
The Alien logo on the 5222 120 roll was actually a brand called Alien film in china that focus on selling and repackaging motion picture film. You can get them jolly easy in China or on taobao for like 63RMB which is 9 bucks-ish for the 120 version. They also do colour motion picture films like 5203, 5207, 5213, 5219, and 5294. All of them are relatively cheap but in really high quality. Personally they've already taken over Portra's place in my choice. The only thing that needs to notice is that most of them need to be developed with ECN-2 method which in States very few shops accept them, even in NYC.
Yeah I’m pretty sure they’re based in Hangzhou, and since I live in Shanghai their stuff ships to me super quickly. I pretty much only buy film from them now, it’s all great
They are probably going out of business along all the other Kodak movie film respoolers though 😔
Jason I love the videos, it is always a bright spot in my day. The dry humor hits very hard for me and I love it. Thanks for all the hard work you put into your videos.
So many great shots in this video! I’m also happy to learn that we share love for Lost in Translation ❤
D stands for distance, as the lens communicates its distance setting to the AF system of the body it is attached to
@@AlyxEvans thats what the d always stands for, unfortunately :(
Stands for … _Did not know that._
Aaaaahm sorry to interrupt but I want that Aerochrome filter stack formula?! 😮 Colors look amazing!
Same!!! Video on that!!
Same same. Video now father
I was about to ask the same.
@@flixbert let the horse loose now🗣️🗣️🗣️
In the short clip before that, he shows off a Tiffen Deep Yellow 15. Can't tell what's in front of it, but looks to be a CPL. Behind it is just a step up ring. I imagine there has to be more to it than just a yellow filter. But that's a starting point.
lmao Alien Film is a bulk loader in China. They do 500t 250d 50d in both 120 and 135 format.
They still got quite a lot of 5222 in both 120 and 135 for sell
ye, apparently they purchased all the leftovers and made them into 120 film. Definitely will try this myself.
Dude. You've just became my favorite film photography RUclipsr.
The emotion you carry in these... 👌
Shhhh on the Nikon gear. People will catch on. Prices will go up.
Sweet, a new Grainydays vid. I'll just watch this real quick before I settle into the couch to finally watch the 2007 American cosmic horror film, The Mist. GAAAAAAHHHHHHH
Portrait of the hat maker guy was so cool. Colors are so nice and it felt very old-school American craftsman.
try 82A/B/C filters for a less extreme cooling affect, might preserve some red halation
I saw Lost in translation in the theater and I was crying laughing. Especially when he got into the shower and had to raise the shower head 2 ft. 😂 LIP THEM! LIP THEM!
the walkie talkie we've all been waiting for
Great to see Matt's brother exploring the field of photography gear
Fm3a has both mechanical and electronic shutter controls integrated (FULLY).
D stands for Distance (gives the camera distance information for improved exposure control when using flash)
The pushed Ektachrome photos you showed had a really cool look to them
Newbie question here. Is it shot at box speed then pushed a stop in development. Or pulled one stop when shot then pushed one in development?
@clint1268 somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe if you're pushing, you underexpose in camera and then overdevelop to compensate. And then vice versa for pulling
Funnily enough, I just finished shooting a project on Ektachrome over this month. Now to see how it turned out when I get it back from the lab!
Gotta service my workhorses this year, my New F-1 and A-1
Dude, I've watched a number of your videos now, and sincerely, without malice, I feel like the biggest lesson I've learnt from you is that the aesthetics of doing the thing can become a massive distraction from the thing itself.
I shot film a while back because I had a load of film kit basically for free so my only cost was processing. I switched to digital as soon as I was able to afford it because my only concern was producing the best possible pictures. I watch you messing around with your old, clunky analogue gear, producing a fraction of the images your amazing trips should afford you and being satisfied with almost none of them because of how little control the gear gives you. You're clearly an excellent photographer with a great eye, and ironically the strongest evidence of that is your vlog footage which is consistently far more inspired and compelling than your film stills.
I get the hipster appeal of doing it "the hard way" and using this fetishised format, and I'm not saying it doesn't have its upsides, but I do wonder if you honestly feel like you really wouldn't be able to make pictures that were as good, if not better, using gear that doesn't slow you down and frustrate you. I for one would love to see the stills you'd make using equipment capable of reliably capturing your intended compositions.
You can still wear cool hats and make deadpan jokes while holding an A7R.
Hell yeah brother, the shovelhead is sweet
Love the portrait shot. ❤
Looking forward to seeing videos of the new toys!
I like the new lifted blacks and softer contrast. Easier to watch in the dark
You should give the Nikon F4 a whirl sometime. It’s heavy but you had a Pentax 67, so you have the muscles
Appreciate your dedication to getting that match cut of your note pad, but not punching in to hide that you weren’t talking in that clip. It’s that kind of half assed professionalism that inspires me every day. Whole assing is for losers.
Great video Jason, I’m also gunna watch this later
using hotdog water as a filter in between two UV filters screwed together should yield the results you want. adjust for -2 stops.
Thanks for sharing/creating. As always. Enjoyed watching/listening while working on some client photos.
That “cinestill 100t” stuff looks really nice, reminds me of the Portra 100t video
Happy Christmas. See ya next time
I bought that 20-35 Nikon lens earlier this year to shoot with on my N5005 and it’s awesome. Super sharp, and zoom range is absolutely perfect
Scan results are kinda impressive. Cool setup🎉
Usually pushing slide film works better then color negative because of the development process
Welcome to the fm3a world🎉
Aaah, shooting large format in a hurry, always the best feeling!
I love my LLL SP. Loads of glow wide-open, and the focus falloff is interesting. Mine is black but I like your Bronze Age version.
10:54 This is the exact same lens I use for scanning. Not sure how I feel about having made the same decision about something as you did. Probably reflects badly on one of us.
moon light pier shot is your best ever.
I love that chair
Sell that moonlit 8x10 negative to me! Fantastic execution (love impromptu moments like that)
I now have something to look forward to
Awesome nikon gear! I almost bought the fm3a from a friend but bought his fm2t instead for half the price because I'm a fan of special editions (it's been one of my favorites to use ever since). The 20-35 is a sick lens. I plan to buy one when the af motor on my 17-35 finally stops working (no motor in the 20-35 means it won't break in that way). The "D" on Nikon lenses is for "distance". Basically it means the lens tells the camera what distance your subject is and it adjusts your flash output accordingly. I love using my n90s with the 17-35 and the sb800 off camera. The autofocus makes it so I can hold the flash off to the side and the matrix meter + d lens makes the flash exposures perfect and effortless
This video has cured my depression for the day
I always pushed what was High Speed Ektachrome tungsten 160 to 640 when shooting gigs in the last quarter of the last century .... bit grainy, but probably the formulation was quite the same.
The hustle on that moon shot - damn.
If you can, get your hands on the Voitlander 40mm F/2.
That double x 120 film was from a Chinese company. I bought 2 rolls last year. Just viewed their Taobao and they are stilling selling this, for 60yuan which is about $8
Fun fact: the “S“ when people say something is s-tier actually stands for Sophia because she is the literal standard of goodness.
Also, your new Aerochrome filter stack would be a fun follow-up 👀
that bulk loader might be just the thing to make to go digital....
I just wanna know what your beef with Asteroid City is 9:00
My guess would be it’s super Wes Anderson core. Like, it’s Wes Anderson on steroids.
If you're thinking about something like the FM3a you owe it to yourself to consider the Nikon FA, which is amazing, and probably (?) does the exact same thing, for what I assume is a fraction of the price.
And it is smaller, lighter and has "matrix" metering. It was Nikon's first Matrix meter. Titanium shutter too. Makes the FM3a look like child's play
@@TucsonAnalogWorkshop It's crazy how much this camera offers. It's perfect. I don't always agree with R*ckwell but boy he got this one right.
Thank Zeus you returned to the bail-arm 8x10. That Intrepid was painful.
Here's another one for your FM3a. Get the Nikkor 45mm f2.8P. It was designed specifically for this camera for the most compact 35mm SLR set-up you can get. You'll often see reviews poo poo this lens, but it is a dynamite performer and solid metal construction.
The ending of The Mist was the MOST EXCRUCIATING of all time!!!!
Jason is in my home town of San Clemente?! Major Darkroom news coming 1000%.
Also it’s insane to see him in SLO so much. I was in college as a photo student when that ship washed ashore. My man live my photo journey at all times
I was looking at buying that bulk roller at one point... would be nice if it wasn't 500 dollarinos. I then thought to myself its basically the same process as manual rolling it just goes brrr. all the steps before would be the same with that or a manual roller you just don't spin a nob I guess I also don't find myself rolling more than like 4-5 rolls at a time before stopping which doesn't usually take that long or much effort. Also the way you clutched your tripod like a purse when that car pulled up at the end killed me lol you were ready bolt.
As an X2D user, I have to say that the tonality of the 8X10 was much nicer - at a price, admittedly.
You discvovered my secret sauce; Ektachrome pushed 2 stops with a warming filter. Welcome to the dark side... meaning you can shoot in the dark with higher iso.
you're lucky to pay 24 dollars for one roll of E100, here in France it's like €29 (bit more than 30 USD at current rates)
It’s €34 (390kr) in Sweden. So $24 is a bargain.
@ oh gosh it’s even worse for you then. Kodak Alaris raising those prices to crazy levels
Hey Bud!
You're episodes run on my studiotv on loop with Martin Doojlard every day :D
Today I learned I had a film camera before Jason did. FM3A gaaaaaang!
Yoo me too. That's what I'm talking about.
Interested in your filter array if you feel like going into detail. Also curious if you've tried the Kolari Vision IR Chrome Lens Filter? It's supposed to be close to the look straight out of a full spectrum camera.
7:40 Distance coupling for flash I think
got my eye on an fm3a too
Gotta love a shovel head
i still have about 10 rolls of Ektachrome in my bulk loader. I genuinely think its the best way to save money.
Marcus shot my band's music video. He's so good and an absolute bud.
Nice bulk film loader. I read that Kodak will no longer sell Ektachrome in bulk to consumers. Better stock up.
Video on the Aerochrome filter stack and formula please!
If Tiffen made a filter with a less dramatic cooling effect that only robbed me of one stop of light, that would actually be perfect.
The 5222 film (bwxx) actually is from china. It’s spooled by alien film,it has been broadly used in china . Don’t know how British got it😂
Oppenheimer is Nolan’s best film since The Prestige
Great shot with 4x5......try again I like to see more
I must be a bit of a bulk loading oddity but I like to make rolls of 30 exposures. Longer than 24 but not as annoying as 36. And best of all is that the film fits better in those Printfile 5 frame wide sheets (I hate having one loose frame when I try and sleeve a 36 exp roll).
Snap :)
will be missed alot david
Nikon AF-D(istance Info) lenses have contacts for the thinking part of autofocus, but have a screw that the body turns to focus as opposed to G(elded) lenses that have AF motors built into the lenses and control aperture electrically. D lenses for film; G lenses for digital.
I'd never thought about holding up a filter to my spot meter rather than just changing the ISO to account for the filter factor. Have you found your method to be more accurate?
One question that maybe or may not make sense.
Why not tape a already exposed piece of film to the leader, so less from the actual expensive film is part of the leader?
Same for the end/beginning if the roll..
Wouldn‘t that save you a few more bucks per roll?
I though about it when contemplating making 3 Shot rolls, which of course would be a massive waste if done conventionally, but if you reuse leaders and ends, it should not be a problem(financially), right?
To the start of the roll. You can. I don’t bother. To the end of the roll. You can, but it won’t save you any film. You nearly always lose the last shot when bulk rolling.
I could have done something more productive, but the 8x10 came out and I got invested.
More book reviews, please. Thank you.
Nikkormat making a quick appearance
Always great content 👌🏼
💙 from London,
J.
That moon shot was good...wasn't it? What's your take?
10:05 Really want to know more about you filter-array aerochrome method!! You didn't convert the camera, just used filters and editing?
nah its a full spec a7r2 with a kolari vision chrome filter
@@FookFish So the filter "array" is a Tiffen Deep Yellow (as you can see in the video) and a Kolari Vision Chrome? Interesting
The Lion King poster is up lol
Sick merc dude
6:00 shooting truck pics. My man.
0:43 Kodak killed that..
The Nikkor 20-35mm f/2.8D was THE pro wide zoom in every PJs Domke bag until the Nikon D1 and 17-35mm f/2.8 AF-S were introduced in 1999. And photography died. If you were a real man Jason, you'd pony up for the equally crinkle-finished 85mm f/1.4D and stellar 28mm f/1.4D. And yes, the "D" stands for droll.
what a way to roll
I've been working on my channel and shooting a hell of a lot more video. Some with RF glass and others with manual focus lenses. I did shoot a wedding and the bride wanted it shot on film. It came out really well with some digital in there as well. I used the Minolta XG-1 loaded with Fuji Superia X-TRA 400. Both lenses were Rokkor. I had my 49mm F1.2 and a 135mm 2.8. Everyone was happy and I made some decent ca$h.
Please share your new digital Aerochrome process.
Just an educated guess but, is the Aerochrome filter array the following?
Tiffen Yellow 15 filter + Midwest Optical SP910 Near-IR Dichroic Shortpass Filter