I shot some rolls of TMax and HP5 that all expired in 2007 and were store in a hot room for the past decade. Negatives came out fine. Seems film is more durable than people often think.
Another great video! I love your work, Stefan :) Thank you so much I had a great time watching. I'm shooting only b&w medium format film at the moment and I have to say, I'm in love with T-Max. Only used 400ISO speed but it's so clean, so smooth. Amazing stuff. I can't wait to shoot some Tri-X, because of its grain.
Stefan, I am homeschooling my kids and decided to get some 35mm camera and darkroom equipment to give them an elective type class on photography. your youtube stuff is good. They will be required viewing. I noticed you have some videos that say episode 2 or 9 but where do you have the other episodes? can you suggest any books I should buy or check out to help them learn more. I took photography in HS and my dad had a studio in Chicago.
Chetter Cheese what I mean Stefan is when I click on your video collection they are not there I have to use the links found at the rights and they are out of order
Awesome video, Stefan! That light table demonstration with the loop was just magic to watch :) I ordered the EPSON V600 scanner after multiple attempts to let a lab scan my film. It always came out so shitty I almost gave up film, as I thought my results looked horrible. Then I tried to scan by myself (on an older Epson scanner) and I got much nicer results. So I decided to order an Epson myself. Hoping it won't give me super sharp results because its a newer model.. Weird to say that as society strives for 'sharper..faster..better'..but I want my film to look and feel like film..and that means a softer image. So many film images on Flickr look like they were taken with a digital camera by how sharp, clean & contrasty they are. I don't want that.. :) Which scanner+software do you use, Stefan? And do you give your scans a little touch-up in photoshop/lightroom of some sort later on?
***** Thank you for sharing that info, Stefan :] Glad to know you have good experience with the V600 scanner. 1. Do you use Epson's default software for scanning your images? Or do you use other softwares? 2. Also, do you correct your scans in post just to your taste? Because even slight color corrections ['selective color' usage..etc] might draw us a bit away from the original look & colors of a certain film. I think thats totally cool to correct for what our eye likes...But, I'm just worried about consistency of my work. If I take 4 rolls of PORTRA 160 and correct them each time to what my eye likes- i might get inconsistency of colors. contrast and general look... Maybe it also depends on what we shot, with that specific roll who knows :]
Here we are three years later, and a significant number of the films reviewed here are either gone or no longer generally available in the US. Here's hoping that the next three year will not similarly reduce our film choices.
I love your videos! I cleaned the dust off my film camera and started taking pictures again. I have a couple of expired fuji films, can I still use these? Should I use the same ISO or maybe assume they are less sensitive to the light?
So I went to this local photo shop to get my first roll of film developed and scanned. Developing cost was 3.50 and scanning cost was 8 bucks (4mb was mentioned. I don't know if that's the size of each image or all of the images together). This shop was apparently a pro shop. Would you consider this too pricy for an amateur? Sorry for any grammatical mistakes, I typed this on a phone
***** Yeah, it was color negative film and the format was jpeg. I don't know about the resolutions and results though, since ill have to wait for another week to get the scans. I also happen to have a fairly nice document scanner that works with vuescan for film. Ill probably use that since I literally just started shooting film like last week.
This isn't total relevant,but it seams like you know what your talking about,I have heard people say that they shoot with 1600 asa film and pushed it to 3200asa in the darkroom,can you explain this,like if you get the same result as shooting with 3200asa (brightness and grain)
I have some film that expired in the 70s and 80s (was kept in a fridge) it seems to be fine. I shot 400 iso colour negative (kodak Ultra) at 100 iso and it came out great. I wonder if i should over expose BW film i was given too? any suggestions?
Fantastic video, thanks for the in-depth information.
You are the best Film channel on youtube! Please keep on making videos!
Thank you very much for keeping film alive and i love all your videos! Keep it up and i can't wait to see more videos!
I shot some rolls of TMax and HP5 that all expired in 2007 and were store in a hot room for the past decade. Negatives came out fine. Seems film is more durable than people often think.
Really nice videos! Watched them all
Im really excited to take film photography seriously now.
Just studying a couple of cameras atm.
Another great video! I love your work, Stefan :) Thank you so much I had a great time watching. I'm shooting only b&w medium format film at the moment and I have to say, I'm in love with T-Max. Only used 400ISO speed but it's so clean, so smooth. Amazing stuff. I can't wait to shoot some Tri-X, because of its grain.
Stefan, I am homeschooling my kids and decided to get some 35mm camera and darkroom equipment to give them an elective type class on photography. your youtube stuff is good. They will be required viewing.
I noticed you have some videos that say episode 2 or 9 but where do you have the other episodes?
can you suggest any books I should buy or check out to help them learn more. I took photography in HS and my dad had a studio in Chicago.
Chetter Cheese what I mean Stefan is when I click on your video collection they are not there I have to use the links found at the rights and they are out of order
I'd love to see the video about bulk loading! Thanks for sharing
This is really good! i would love to see more
Awesome video, Stefan! That light table demonstration with the loop was just magic to watch :)
I ordered the EPSON V600 scanner after multiple attempts to let a lab scan my film. It always came out so shitty I almost gave up film, as I thought my results looked horrible. Then I tried to scan by myself (on an older Epson scanner) and I got much nicer results. So I decided to order an Epson myself. Hoping it won't give me super sharp results because its a newer model..
Weird to say that as society strives for 'sharper..faster..better'..but I want my film to look and feel like film..and that means a softer image. So many film images on Flickr look like they were taken with a digital camera by how sharp, clean & contrasty they are. I don't want that.. :)
Which scanner+software do you use, Stefan? And do you give your scans a little touch-up in photoshop/lightroom of some sort later on?
***** Thank you for sharing that info, Stefan :] Glad to know you have good experience with the V600 scanner.
1. Do you use Epson's default software for scanning your images? Or do you use other softwares?
2. Also, do you correct your scans in post just to your taste? Because even slight color corrections ['selective color' usage..etc] might draw us a bit away from the original look & colors of a certain film. I think thats totally cool to correct for what our eye likes...But, I'm just worried about consistency of my work. If I take 4 rolls of PORTRA 160 and correct them each time to what my eye likes- i might get inconsistency of colors. contrast and general look...
Maybe it also depends on what we shot, with that specific roll who knows :]
Dude please do a bulk loader vid! My dad just gave me his old loader, and I have a bulk roll being shipped right now!
Thanks for the video! Was wondering if you have a scanner, if so which one? Could you maybe do a video about it? Thanks!
Great! Thanks so much! Looking forward to your video. :)
Here we are three years later, and a significant number of the films reviewed here are either gone or no longer generally available in the US. Here's hoping that the next three year will not similarly reduce our film choices.
Great video!!
I want to get into film, but I still dont completely know what all these terms mean. Like when to use which film for a certain shot.
I love your videos! I cleaned the dust off my film camera and started taking pictures again. I have a couple of expired fuji films, can I still use these? Should I use the same ISO or maybe assume they are less sensitive to the light?
Hey nancy, ISO should be the same as whats on the box however you might want to over expose a bit more perhaps anyone else could add to my comment?
What is your favorite aspect ratio for landscapes and portraits?
So I went to this local photo shop to get my first roll of film developed and scanned. Developing cost was 3.50 and scanning cost was 8 bucks (4mb was mentioned. I don't know if that's the size of each image or all of the images together). This shop was apparently a pro shop. Would you consider this too pricy for an amateur? Sorry for any grammatical mistakes, I typed this on a phone
***** Yeah, it was color negative film and the format was jpeg. I don't know about the resolutions and results though, since ill have to wait for another week to get the scans. I also happen to have a fairly nice document scanner that works with vuescan for film. Ill probably use that since I literally just started shooting film like last week.
in my country I find more films to use my nikon f-301! I'm really excited to take pictures with film! can you send me one or two movies? hahaha
This isn't total relevant,but it seams like you know what your talking about,I have heard people say that they shoot with 1600 asa film and pushed it to 3200asa in the darkroom,can you explain this,like if you get the same result as shooting with 3200asa (brightness and grain)
I saw SaiGon on your films XD
what's the name of the second film and with what name you can find it?
I have some film that expired in the 70s and 80s (was kept in a fridge) it seems to be fine.
I shot 400 iso colour negative (kodak Ultra) at 100 iso and it came out great. I wonder if i should over expose BW film i was given too? any suggestions?
***** Ok awesome thanks for the advice I'll give it a try!
What is the brand of light box you are using?
+Stefan Litster Thanks.. Just ordered a Huion A4. I like the channel very much.