Shooting Film At Night // Mamiya RB67 & Kodak Ektar 100
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- This week I decided to brave the cold and shoot some night photography. I shot a roll of Kodak Ektar 100 with my Mamiya RB67.
Have you shot any night photography or long exposures using Ektar? I'd love to hear your thoughts below.
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
Filmed on a GoPro Hero 7 Silver
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Glad to finally see someone shooting 100 speed film at night, this trend that one needs Cinestill for night shots is ridiculous. Nice shots by the way!
I have noticed that recently. While, I think Cinestill does benefit from the tungsten lights at night; I’ve never used anything over 400 iso for night shots.
Also, I love your channel, man. Just realized that I hadn’t subscribed under this new account.
@@ZachParksPhoto yeah, the tungsten is nice.
@@ZachParksPhoto Thank you!! Been a fun time so far, hope to have a lot to share in 2020.
Sweet vid and great setup, images looked fantastic... thank you for this.
Damn! Good info and great photos. Would have never thought to use any film at ISO 100 for night photography, but man! Mind changed.
Thanks Han! I’d love to see what you would do with it.
The neon Krispy Keme doughnuts sign was over the top my favorite! And the JB’s Big boy behind the bars was rad too! Good job Zach! I need to do more night photography!
Thank you, my friend. I need to get back out for some night time shots soon. It’s been a while.
ZACH THAT WAS MY FIRST JOB...AT THE OLD KRISPY KREME...WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE PHOTOS...THEY'RE AWESOME
The photos turned out amazing! Love the colors!!! I will definitely use kodak etar 100 for night time!!!
Thank you. I’m super excited to get out and shoot some more with it at night.
Love you
Sheesh, think I’ll have to shoot some ektar at night!
Do it! I’ll definitely be using for some more night shots.
haha what are you doing here? nice seeing all those new channels popping up
Ferenc Bodor just hanging out. Haha
Definitely gonna try this tomorrow I’ve never use ektar but thank you for this information 🙏🏿
Have fun, man. Hope you get some good stuff.
wow some absolute Gems. My favorite has to be the shot of the Sign where all the red light on the asphalt.
Thank you. This was definitely a fun night. Need to revisit this spot but half the sign has been burnt out for quite a while.
@@ZachParksPhoto Thats a bummer. I would like to try this on a couple bridges over the highway here in Chicago. Im sure I would get some epic shots. Also if you have a chance checkout my channel I have my first two videos up now! :)
Great video. Dude, how do you meter film at night. For whatever reason I can never get it right. Do you just double the exposure time the meter says for reciprocity?
Every film has a different reciprocity rating. I highly recommend getting the Reciprocity Timer app. Maybe even stick to one film stock for night photography for a bit and get comfortable with how it works.
@@ZachParksPhoto that's a good idea thanks man. Keep up the great work
Super interesting, I'll have to try this out with my rb
Great Video and a nice camera. Have a nice weekend 🤘🏻
Thank you! Hope you have a great weekend, as well.
How are you getting the camera to release the shutter? Are you cranking main winding mechanism?
Hey ! What’s the name of the reciprocity app ? Thx for the good work
ya i use only ektar for my long exposures at night time, and that app never fails me
I've used Ektar 100 before, but just picked up a roll today because I wanted to experiment with night time lighting with this film. Ended up finding this video. I have a tripod and I could use that, but have you or anyone reading the comments ever used this film while using a wide open aperture (F2 in my case) and 60th shutter speed...just doing hand held shots while keeping a light source within the frame. I kind of like that moody underexposed look with mostly highlights and darkness (negative space).
Personally, I have not tried going that route. I like to keep my stuff around f8 if possible. Ultimately, it would come down to the light source in the scene and just how much light it is putting off. I would be careful though. Personally, I do not like how Ektar looks when under exposed.
Alright I've gotta ask cause I've finally found someone who wears glasses and shoots an rb67 with the prism finder! Did you have to get a different diopter to work with your prescription lenses? I had the worst trouble with my bronica etrs because of it and eventually sold it. I really want to get a prism finder for my rb67 but hesitant to do it if I'm going on a wild goose chase for a correct diopter :/
That was rad!
hey got a question.. so you use a Gopro to shoot your videos? my video camea took a shit on me and i have it sent off but looks to me like the gopro is doing a good job. you like to gopro and can recommend it? Thanks
We appreciate you freezing your ass off for us Zach. Nice images. I will have to try this out with my RB67. Do you suggest using the prism rather than the waist level finder?
Thank you. I wouldn’t say I recommend it. I have just grown accustomed to the prism finder. I used a waist level finder for a longtime before that came along though. Haha
Love the colours in these images Stay Safe out there
Thank you. You do the same.
Dude these pictures were so dope!
Thanks so much, my friend. 👊🏻
Ektar is the best night film imo, just gotta take your time
It really is. I absolutely love the colors you get with it.
Excellent Neon Hour images. Wondering which city/town this is? Thanks for sharing. @dashansheying
Thank you! These were all just taken in my little hometown of Spartanburg, SC.
@@ZachParksPhoto I lived and worked in Asheville. Spartanburg - Home of BMW now.
Dashan Sheying I love Asheville. Are you still in the area?
@@ZachParksPhoto I've been overseas since 2005, now in Vietnam. Asheville Pizza and Brewing is the best.
Dashan Sheying that’s amazing man. I’d love to do some international traveling at some point.
What ISO did you shoot at? Ive got some in my 35mm F3 id like to try. Krisp shots!!!
Thanks, man. I almost always rate at box speed.
Dumb question but did you connect the the cable to the lens or camera? Also would you keep it on Bulb mode or? Please help I've never shot at night .
If you want to use the mirror lock up function then you will need to connect the cable to the lens. Bulb mode would be used for any exposure over 1 second.
@@ZachParksPhoto what if you connect it to the shutter button? I have an RZ and i see people put it in different spots. I noticed Willem V. just connects to shutter even if exposure is more than a second so is mirror lock up required?
If it’s just connected to the shutter button then you won’t be using the mirror lock up which could cause camera shake. If it’s not a very slow shutter speed, you’ll be fine.
@@ZachParksPhoto hey man I actually had my first night shoot this weekend and it didnt go as planned. How exactly does bulb mode work ? I tried an exposure for 16 seconds without a shutter release and felt like my camera locked up on me for a second or two. Any tips?
Hi, great work! Shooting Ektar 100 at night, fantastic! Is it your metering app at 09:23? Thanks man!
The app on my phone is called mylightmeter. I find it to work pretty well. I’ve always been happy with my exposures when using it.
@@ZachParksPhoto thanks for your reply. I also use an Android app for metering but photos turn out underexposed all the time :) are you metering the shadows? What else can I do? Thank you again
Derin Hakan Karakurt you may want to invest in a proper spot meter then. When I first started shooting, I didn’t have a working light meter. I made a lot of mistakes but it also taught me how to read the light with my own eyes. Between the phone app and my incident meter, I’m able to make a correct exposure. A phone app alone is not going to be super precise in tricky lighting situations.
How would you position the Minolta light meter for your night exposures?
That varies from scene to scene. Sometimes I’ll just take a reading in the shadows and use my phone’s meter to get a general reading. Sometimes I’ll walk around the scene and take different readings.
Wait hold on.... Did you say Spartanburg? I live there too! My favorite thing about the Krispy Kreme sign is when it just says NUTS.
Eric Walters yeah, man. Spartanburg is home.
What is the best Focusing screen?
I’ve only ever used the standard matte screen. I think it’s the A. I’d like to get the split prism screen, but those are pretty hard to come by.