I Made A Big Mistake when Using my Film Camera
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- In this video I look at the photographs from my last video and discuss how I almost lost an image from my Hasselblad 501cm Medium Format Film camera. I compare a drum scan to a flat bed scan and look at my Fuji X-T3 file.
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From one Fuji fanboy to another I approve the content in this video ;-)
As a subscriber to Adam and Thomas and shoot with a Fuji (among other cameras) I approve Adam's approval of the video.
@@RandyPollock hehe, I approve!
You both could shoot with a Polaroid and I'd approve! LOL
As someone who pre ordered the original X100 on basis of just the photos of it. I approve. And great burn for that first comment lol
With your background, Adam, in larger format film imaging, you have good credentials to comment.
Asking the photographer: "Oh, what a great picture! What camera did you use?" is like asking the cook "Oh, this dish was delicious! What pot did you use for?" 😅😆
That is the most appropriate analogy I've heard so far!
@@MatthiesWesche reminds me of the brilliant Sam Haskins quote
"A photographer went to a socialite party in New York. As he entered the front door, the host said ‘I love your pictures - they’re wonderful; you must have a fantastic camera.’ He said nothing until dinner was finished, then: ‘That was a wonderful dinner; you must have a terrific stove."
Another comment on the square crop, it seems to make the mountain feel taller, the 5x4 crop feels squashed.
The cropped version takes away the wideness of the landscape. The uncropped version definetly gives a much more "iceland" feel. Also, I wouldnt call the sky negative space in this case, because the lines in the clouds actually mirror the lines in the landscape.
Just my opinion ofcourse :)
I've been watching you for a long time, including your pre-Fuji days, and as a Fuji owner, I made the choice to move from full-frame to APSC because I hated carrying my Canon around. This whole image quality argument is quite mad, photographers make photos and gear is simply a tool. I have superb shots taken on both systems and a lot of junk too, lol.
Same reason here. Traded in all my Canon gear mainly for portability. Love my Canon gear, miss the L glass, especially that delicious 70-200 F4L IS. Moved to an X-T2 with the 18-55 and 55-200. Much, much better for me. Found I use my camera more and it fits my shooting style more. Plus, love the images that come straight out of the camera.
Tom, enjoy your videos very much. I struggle with anxiety and depression but your videos have made me create my own photography channel. Your a true inspiration and thank you 😊
I agree! Totally, he is an absolute Inspiration
Watched a couple of your videos subscribed. your channel is great
@@randomdoodles Thank you Kenneth, means so much.
@@timelyseeker He really is, It was Thomas that got me into Landscape Photography and I have so much respect for him.
@@thomascaseyphotography763 subscribed to you! do you have an instagram?
Thomas' heart saying, "Oh dear drum scan, you're a life saver."
Thanks for sharing great info always on this channel. ❤️👍
Thanks for this and all your other videos. It's great to see a photographer who's work you admire go on video to admit and discuss the mistakes they have made. Not just exposure or composition but basic gear mistakes. It gives the rest of us hope.
Really great to see the beauty of film and the meticulous art that goes behind perfectly metering a scene when shooting with film. Thank you Thomas for sharing your experience and lessons with your film camera! Really appreciate your initiative to shoot film, especially due to the recent technological development of digital cameras.
I really appreciate how you go through your thought process and how you don't edit out mistakes. I can't think of any time I went to photograph anything where I didn't do something wrong in the process. I REALLY admire your work. Thanks for the weekly "lesson/meditation/entertainment". My only advice... don't feed the trolls.
Love that you give back to all the people on here with much more than an opnion... I don’t see why people can’t just enjoy other peoples photography without making a competition out of it, let’s all share, learn and improve that’s what photography’s for right?
Excellent response to Steve’s comment. That said you are costing me money now that you’ve rekindled my desire to shoot medium format film! I was shooting film in the 70s and 80s in 35mm but always wanted a 6x4.5 medium format camera. Now you have me wanting it again!
I love my XT-3 and it make my heart happy to see that you enjoy yours too
Been following you for about a year now. Every time I watch your videos I always feel like I’m right there with you taking pics as well!
What makes the channel great is the fact you share your mistakes as much as your successful imagines. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.
love your work and your honest approach. glad to see your film journey. it’s lovely.
I have been a subscriber for a while now, enjoy your videos, you don’t try to teach basic photography over and over again, and not trying to sell me the newest camera gear.
But you have made me a better photographer, watching the way you compose an image, keep it up.
"Steve you are well wrong my friend" Haha.. Brilliant, also "pull the knob back" got me smiling .... Wise words from a fellow northerner who inspires my landscape photography work (I am a wedding and portrait photographer with nobody to photograph at the moment and therefore value your videos a lot). Even as a full time professional photographer, I know that I am always learning.... Thank you for all the effort you put in to your work. I know what it takes to put a video for RUclips together!! Hopefully see you out and about!
Hey Thomas, I think it's great that you are confident enough to address what could have been better instead of pretending that no mistakes were made. After all, making mistakes is how we learn.
Just to emphasise what a couple of others have said Tom - use the “mirror up” button when shooting on a tripod with a cable release. You know it makes sense! Lovely colours from that drum scan. I must try Mr Parkin one of these days
Re handling ‘Blads: I used my system for over 10 years as a full time pro before I went to digital. Always ‘clicked’ the back onto the bodies - never ‘eased’ it on :-)
As a full time Velvia and Provia shooter (never negative film) I used a workflow that helped me get the best from every lighting situation. For corporate shoots I usually carried five 120 backs loaded with Provia. One of the backs I would use as a test roll and would make a frame of each scene on that roll (after a final Polaroid lighting test). I had a marking system to match the test roll frames to the roll (or rolls) I shot of each scene. Then, when I went to the lab after the shoot, I would process the test roll(s) first and have the lab slightly adjust processing times to fine tune the rolls of each setup. Mostly the adjustments were only + or - ⅓ of a stop but it was enough to make a difference to the final transparencies.
I applied the same technique to my landscape shoots (usually with Velvia) but with an added twist (sometimes). If a scene was very contrasty I would spot meter the highlights and over expose by around a stop and then (after assessing the test roll) have the lab pull the processing by ⅔ to a stop. I found this created a less contrasty transparency which I could adjust for saturation and contrast during scanning with my Imacon Flextite scanner. I learned the over expose / under process technique from Ansel Adams’ books. Though his technique was devised for B&W negatives I found it worked with transparency as well. The man was a genius.
Continue to enjoy your film journey - I’m enjoying your story telling as you do.
Paul Foley It always does my heart good to hear from another pro photographer who was there. :)
Enjoyed the video. Your comments were great; especially the initial one regarding your camera choice on the Iceland trip.
Thank You,Thomas for 6x6 composition tips! Drum scans really great technology!
Preach the message Thomas Heaton!!! Great job!!!
"I know this video has been long, and it's juts going to keep going" 🤣🤣 love how you handled the comments, and always fun to see how RUclipsrs handle some of what's thrown their way.
Looking forward to the upcoming videos!
I agree with Tom, I also prefer the 4/5 crop over the square crop. Tom, love your work man.
You certainly look refreshed from the trip Thomas and every day is a school day as they say
Thanks for sharing all your learnings. Love this segment. 👍🏻👍🏻
DUDE!!! DO. NOT. Stop what you're doing. Keep up the awesome work and fantastic videos!
I love your humility and your willingness to be vulnerable and share with us your growth, journey, and learning. I find it both encouraging and inspiring. Thank you. And keep on being you and let those unhelpful "keyboard warriors" to move on elsewhere if they are not satisfied. I, for one, really appreciate you and your content. Oh, and your work, is beautiful...even when you are not perfectly happy with the results. I think this says something about your skill as a photographer.
I was looking for a comment about the mirror lock-up feature but I couldn‘t find it so here goes: There‘s usually a little black lever on the right side of the camera body that you can press upwards and that will flip up the mirror and open up the auxiliary (back side) shutter. It‘s going to make things a little less shaky and also you won‘t have to worry about your shutter release press timing (maybe depends on the cable I‘m not sure). However your composition and focus should be as you want it beforehand as you won‘t see what you‘re doing while the mirror is locked up... hope this helps a little. Love your vids and that you‘re using the Hasselblad as I myself have been getting to know this beast for the past few months. Keep up the good work :-)
I fully agree and imho together with a cable release, it’s the way to go!
Thomas, you are spot on, that’s why I left two camera clubs because it was always well I’ve got a hugely expensive camera so it’s bound to take better photos. When I said sorry disagree with you there it really should not make too much of a difference. My photographs were always marked really low because I had upset the very expensive gear brigade. Now I just take photos for my own enjoyment and I have got to say they are not too bad! Love your videos. Take care Graham📸📷
Loved the video Tom, particularly the replies to comments explaining more of the “why”. You should do more of that.
Glad to see that you made it back at home nice and
either or camera to me was absolutely gorgeous in your hands and the ability that you produced film in
Not to mention that Iceland was definitely good to you
Please don’t worry about these longer videos, the content is so good it cuts the perceived time in half! Also your wing back chair looks excellent and is just right for when you are dispensing pearls of photographic wisdom. Cheers Del
Ok so the comment about the Fuji fanboy as really angered me I had planned a trip to Iceland before the C19 disaster and I was going with my
Canon 200D (SL2) I love my Canon my second DSLR my first was the Canon 4000D (bad buy) but for me the the person taking the photo
decides whether or not the photo works or not. I am always in Manual I am truly a beginner I wanted to see if Photography was for me last year
and I love it not so much Landscape but Macro I love. The person takes the photo the camera just captures that moment. Like Mr Heaton said
mistakes are there to be made so we learn from them. SO you can all laugh about me having entry level camera I don't care because the photo's I take
I enjoy them and for me that's all that matters. Great Vid Thomas always like the longer ones time to drink a cup of tea 😜👍👍
I'm really enjoying your book Thomas, excellent stories and great photos.
You are excellent in your compositions. To me, you have turned your mistake into a success and that is a mark of a great photographer. Very informative content. Thank you for sharing Thomas.
When you get a chance with the Velvia and snow is in the scene spot meter the snow and open up 1 & 2/3 stops. I found it worked good in the cloudy light as it does tend to have a bite of a grey cast. The extra exposure helps bring the snow to a true white. Take a shot at +1 & 1/2 along with a 1 & 2/3 and compare.
Good video Tom I found it interesting! It's not always easy to get everything right, especially when shooting with 2 cameras and recording video too.
I’m really excited to see what you shoot next on medium format. I just ordered a medium format camera recently!
If I ever manage to get a Hasselblad, I'll remember the lesson about the barn doors - I hope... Thanks for sharing - and explaining why you cropped the portra photo to 4 by 5. I thought it looked great in square format as well, but I see your point.
A benefit of film, is it's fantastically forgiving; plus...always better to underexpose than blow the highlights... Great work Thomas; thoroughly enjoying your channel. Best wishes.
I’ve been learning from you and love your work thank you for all the tips
Hey Tom! I love watching your videos and even more the new ones when you use your film camera. I find very interesting to see how you experiment.
I just wanted to give you my personal opinion about that 6x6 picture you got out of your hasselblad. I agree with you that 6x6 works great with the minimalist photographs you talk about, but in that particular picture the river leads the eye to the mountain, and to me and this is very personal, it worked perfectly fine in 6x6. When you crop it, it looses balance... Even if it breaks the rules... I don't know, loved the way it came out of the camera.
But again, very personal.
Keep up experimenting and trying to break the rules or sticking to them, that's what makes a great photographer✨
Preach man! I appreciate your perspective so much! Great response to comments! Great shots. Boom.
Great explanation of why the best camera is the one you have with you!
Thanks Thomas. You are a great inspiration! 👍👍👍👍
Tom, don't feel bad about the comments people send in. Before I started getting serious about photography, I took a trip to Iceland and shot the whole thing using an entry-level, crop-sensor Nikon D3100 with only a 16-85mm lens. And I shot the whole trip using Program Mode with Auto ISO. I can tell you that I ended up with many many wonderful shots, despite not really knowing what I was doing at the time. However there are still many images from that trip that I look back at today, and cringe thinking about what I did wrong and how many missed opportunities I had for making better images. Knowledge is power, and so is experience.
Excellent video and exceptional view points. Keep up the fantastic work!
Thomas, I enjoy your content. Even if you go for a shoot and not shoot a thing, i'd still watch your content because there's always something to explore and learn. And I hope that one day i'll be able to join you on one of your workshops. Wish you all the best.
Thomas... What a great video! You covered some wonderful details and I just love it that you share mistakes. It makes me feel like I can get there. And that is really important! Don't give much energy to those people commenting poorly. Your talent has too many good places and things to do! Thanks very much for the sharing ! )))
Awesome and funny video. Looking forward to more. Got the book and love it!
Great video. Glad to see you enjoying film again. Got the Book and enjoy it.
You are right about that everything is subjective. I however liked the last Image in square. An Image dosen´t always need light. It´s about reality also. That sky is however far better than clear blue.
BTW, nice to see you mastering my beloved V-serie since 1985.
Everybody has an opinion, especially about cropped sensors, but I'm thoroughly content with my D500. My opinion is that I've been missing your Sunday videos and appreciate the bonus content. Rock on!
Great video Thomas, well done!
I really enjoyed tis style of video mate - you are really starting to cover ti all with remarks, questions and explanations etc so cheers. love to see a video on your style and how you how you see a good photo compared to how others may see them etc. So taking a photo of something thats already there versus creating something with what is there.
I love my Bronica SQ-Ai, it makes me slow down and think about what I'm doing every time I use it. The square format is a bonus.
Interesting vid, Thomas - thanks! Congratulations on the article in the Daily Mail - great images.
Thanks Thomas, for always keeping away from the gear discussion, it's a sad place and only distracts us from our beautiful hobby that is photography.
Infact many of us armchair experts have 2 hobbies, one is about the art of photography and the other one is about photographic gear/tech (pixel peeping). The latter often leads to quite toxic discussions and really is not much fun.
To me you're a master of the art of (landscape/nature) photography and i love your videos because you stay focussed on that subject.
Hi Thomas
You're so right about the camera people use. I have an old Canon 20D / 1D Mark3, my 2 main cameras and a 1000D which I take on family holidays. Yes, I could upgrade but I love using these cameras and they've never let me down!! Hence, they are still in my camera bag.
I also play a lot of golf and both golf and photography are very similar - the 'snob' factor! Some people assume that if you don't have the latest gear and gizmos that you're simply not good enough. This is totally not the case as it's me that takes the photo and swings the golf club; I use what I like.
Thanks for the great content
Starting my Monday with this video. Amazing. Funny and well-spoken. In the end, the best camera is the one you have. You can create good content with a point and shoot camera. If you catch the moment... that's all you need. Be water my friend. :)
There's not an ounce of disingenuity in your videos. Very refreshing.
long time subscriber... It's been a long while since you reviewed comments. I kinda liked it. took me back to the earlier days of the channel.
Nice vid. Very well done on making the point on the cameras people use. Many forget that people can't afford all the best gear. It seems now that the latest gear is pushed all the time and people get pressurised to buy the latest gear all the time. Often specs are thrown out there more relevant to video makers that photographers as well, and over the top comparisons made. It's something that needs to be addressed.
Appreciate you videos! I'm excited to try out drum scanning!
Love the return of 'Sunday back in the office' episode. I never click on your vids for clickbait as I'm a Nikon user. Some people though eh, they've just got to find some excuse to comment on the video links................tut tut. Right now I must get back to editing my women's footy photos from today. :-)
Wow the drum scan is exceptional. Also it's good to know that strange mechaninc of the hasselblad. On other cameras like the Bronicas the mirror stays up after every shot and it comes back down when you wind
Awesome! I shot on medium format velvia and astia, I never knew a drum scan could pull that off. Way back when I could only get 1/4 or 1/2 a stop off to pull an image off slide. New hope! Great video as always
Amazing work man! Inspiring a film camera purchase!
Thats what I noticed straight forward watching your last video. Own the exact same camera :)
Thanks for the clarification regarding the shutter issue...I totally forgot that operating fact on the Hasselblad! I was immersed on the actual composition...Yes, the drum scan made the difference...cheers!
Thanks! Had to comment on the Crop sensor camera debate. I so appreciate what you said. I have traveled a bit sometimes on a motorcycle so light gear is essential. Thanks to RUclips, your channel and others, I have improved my photography to the point where when I shared photos from my 2019 India trip, people thought I should send them into Nat Geo - hahaha. I knew they weren’t quite THAT good, but for most people it is subject, composition and not making too much of a hack job of your focus and setting. Not to mention some of my street style photography off my iPhone in India were some of my favorites for gritty images. So I really wish people would stop gear shaming.
Great video, don't beat yourself up about your mistake. We ALL make them and that's the way we learn.
Thank you for explaining when square crops are best.
Steve probably has a large format camera.
😂😂
@@nickswisher6759 swing for the fences
and a small.... mind?
I've a GH5....
They are fun! I have bunches
Great Vlog, Given the exposure error I think you did a great job to get a great image.. including using the drum scanner etc etc
Amazing video ur really getting better with your film camera
I love my Nikon D750....it does pretty much everything I want it to. But when I see the Fuji X-T3 I just wish I had one lol. They look so well put together and they look like they are a joy to hold/use. Where my D750 is more utilitarian, the Fuji seems like a tool made into an art piece. Love your photography and your videos, some of my favorite content on youtube for sure.
You have a Sony fanboy on your channel and I couldn't care less what camera you take the images with. I enjoy watching the videos and love seeing the locations i'd never be able to get to. Keep up the good work.
I preferred the square crop as I think it gave the image space to breathe. Yes the bottom half was busier but the tighter crop just emphasised that imho
Totally agree with your cropping the 6x6 image.
Just returned from Churchill MB with my fuji film xt2, I enjoyed my pictures it is all about the destination and experience.
Agree. I went to Churchill years ago back in the film days. I wish I could go back with my XT-2 or XT-3. Doesn't matter.
Great to see you challenge judgemental comments. And I 100% agree, it’s about the photographer, the subject, the light and the connection between them all.
I like your comment about choosing a camera you will enjoy using on a 'once in a lifetime' trip rather than buying the most expensive gear. My experience was a once in a lifetime trip to Seoul in South Korea. I thought long and hard about what I wanted to take with me and had a lightbulb moment when I decided I really wanted to shoot film and also be unencumbered with a lot of camera gear. In the end I took an Olympus XA and my trusty Ricoh GR both of which fitted into a tiny Crumpler bag (for some digital captures). It enhanced the enjoyment of my visit shooting film again. Just my two cents.
Oh Sunday video!!! "The Magic of a drum scan" :)
Very true about camera shaming. I have gotten keepers from a Lumix FZ300. I now have a a7rii, and it can be intimidating to lug around. I just picked up a Lumix G9 and a couple of zooms. Now I'm often torn as to what to bring!
Missed these Sunday night vids PS really enjoying the book 👌
Hi Thomas, love your videos! Would love to see a video of your Hassleblad workflow from capture to print.
What a gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous video
If the X-T3 files are well rendered by Capture One and Iridient, let’s be clear, the problem is not with the Fujifilm sensor, the problem lies squarely with Adobe. Everyone wants to blame the Fujifilm sensor and not the shabby Adobe raw conversion algorithms.
I was just looking into this. They say the trans sensor is not as good as the bayer sensor.
The Fuji 50r uses a bayer sensor , What do you think ?
@@redauwg911 The other thing to be careful about understanding this issue... It's not the sensor that is at 'fault' when comparing XTrans and Bayer. The sensor in the X-T3 is a Sony sensor, same tech used in many other cameras (including Sony's). The difference is 1) the colour array (X-trans vs Bayer), and 2) the processor hardware/software that interprets the light that passes through the colour array and hits the sensor and then turns into RAW data.
So, as Dennis Mook pointed out in his comment, the fault is nothing to do with the sensor itself. And it's nothing to do with the colour/array choice either because only Lightroom seems incapable of handling X-trans encoded files. (and, even then, LR isn't that bad either, especially if not pixel peeping and sharpening a lot)
That said, I do think that it is possibly time for Fuji to move away from X-trans. X-trans had an advantage (with some corresponding negatives), with the lower megapixel sensors. But, as we get into a world of 26/30Mp or more, that advantage disappears. So, for simplicity, I'd rather go back to the Bayer array instead.
@@TheIppoippo Thank you
Quote: ‘“Above the cloud you can’t flee the light...” for me, my favorite things is Milky Way reflection... Any way, I love your old school gear **** an efficient light trap alway work like a Rolex I suppose. And thank you for sharing your traveler skills.
Thomas, I totally agree - I went to Iceland from Australia with a Canon 1300. Yes my photos are not selling for $$$ but I enjoyed the experience, and I have some wonderful photos on canvas in my home. It's not about the form factor it's about the experience.
Nice video! I know you aren't a film channel but I learn a lot about film from you!
Before digital, all we had was film. Slide (transparency) film has NO forgiveness. The ISO (or ASA 😉) needs to be adhered to. That one stop under exposure pushed the film to the max. Negative film has much more latitude. Think of it as analog HDR. Overexpose negative film by 2/3 to 1 full stop and you’ll get incredible shadow detail and not block up the highlights. Love watching you experiment and learn the nuances of film and analog photography. Learning film will improve your digital photography.
Oh, I too am a Fuji fanboy. A few years back, a friend let me hold his X100F. An excitement stirred in my soul I hadn’t felt in decades. Probably because Fuji cameras are so film-like. Keep learning and sharing. Really enjoy your work.
I received my first digital camera this week (a 10 years old sony), but if i have to go on a trip tomorrow, I would rather take my film cameras even though I'm sure my sony would take better shots. I would rather go on a trip with a camera I "mastered", I don't care if it is a disposable camera, an apsc sensor, a FF, a medium format or any camera, than with the best camera on the market. But most importantly, you do whatever you want, Steve may have forgotten that (maybe he uses a 8x10...).
Film photography is all about trying, experimenting, learning, failing... There is so much about to learn, (films, metering, developing, darkroom...).
I should try a drum scan one time to see.
Thank you for your videos and your work.
Please, do more learning mistakes with your Hasselblad :)
I am just starting with Hasselblad camera and getting ready to develop my first roll of film. I shot some still life for testing, and probably made the same mistake with shutter release for a longer exposure. We will see ...
I spent most of my nearly 50 year career shooting film. I find it interesting to listen to, and watch, you and others, shoot film for the first time.
In the middle of a shoot things can move fast. Trust me, professional photographers snapped those film magazines on the camera all the time. That’s why we worked with expensive professional grade cameras like that Hasselblad. Those things are nearly indestructible. Feel free to view your camera, digital or film, as a tool, not a work of art.
I have a lot of film cameras in my collection that I still routinely use. 4X5s, Hasselblads, Leicas, Pentax 67, Rolleiflex and some old folders. They are indeed tools of the trade but in case of the Hasselblad and leica they are also irrefutable works of art. They do deserve respect and care. I am not so fussy with the Nikons. They can take a hell of a lot of punishment.
lensman57 there seems to be a Eurocentric bias to your reverence :) There were some beautiful cameras made back in the day. It’s hard to believe that someday our grand children will hold a Sony a6400 with cotton gloves, and speak of it in hushed tones. :)
@@clarson2916 If you could show me a digital camera of the mid 2000 that is still working or being used then I accept your argument. These stuff are not made to last. I use my cameras and I use them under all conditions within reason but that doesn't mean that I treat them as a throw away item. They deserve and do get respect from me.
lensman57 I just had Canon Professional Services replace the shutter, and dust seals, on my Canon 5D Mark II. Don’t get your feelings hurt. I’m impressed by your reverence for older cameras. I have an entire shelf full of equipment that is so old, it was obsolete before I started as a full time professional in 1974.
Yes, I belong on a shelf somewhere too :)
@@clarson2916 My 5D MKii is still going strong. No intention of replacing it anytime soon. It is one the last ones though.
Sensor size is really not relevant these days, except for those needing to justify their purchases or look down on others.
I have a shot from my XT2 I captured for a client that we cropped a little and printed it on canvas at 6 feet wide by 3.5 feet tall. Only used Capture One and Affinity Photo to generate the file for print. Thomas, your XT3 shot is much more appealing to me as I prefer the tighter crop. And there’s plenty of resolution to print big if you’re wanting to.
Great video. 👍
Hear, hear, Thomas, great reminder about location, timing, and creative vision, stealing gear’s lunch money every time. As you, or one of your friends mentioned in a video somewhere, the price of a trip somewhere breathtaking can be less than that new lens or camera you have your eye on. Well said.