Shot On Film: India w/ Mamiya 7 43mm & Hasselblad Xpan 30mm
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2023
- Yes, I returned the fist bump 😂
Let me know what you think. If there's interest, I'll make more like this.
Cameras:
Mamiya 7ii w/ 43mm lens + 65mm lens
Hasselblad Xpan w/ 30mm lens
Film Stocks:
Kodak Portra (160, 400, & 800)
Fuji Pro 400h
Kodak Gold
Fuji Natura 1600
Cinestill 800t
Fuji Industrial 400
Kodak Tri-X 400
Cinestill BWXX
Fuji Velvia 50
Kodak E100 Ektachrome
Probably some others I'm forgetting lol
All videos taken on an iPhone. Most of the photos were shot on the Mamiya 7. The Mamiya and I are basically attached at the hip. I rarely go outside without it.
Lofi soundtrack composed by the incredibly talented Cristiano Leone. In addition to making awesome music, he's a pleasure to work with. If you need custom music, you should absolutely contact him here: www.fiverr.com/cristiano_leone
Sound from Epidemic Sound: www.epidemicsound.com
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Lovely Photographs.
The timelessness and intimacy of your photos is truly stealler.
btw the fact that you were totally chill when the monkey was on top of you was in a way really cool, I probably would have been really afraid had that been me
@@manyakaistha8317 Thank you so much! Yeah, that little dude gave it his best shot. It was pretty cute haha.
Stunning video and so mesmerising photos!
Thank you! I should make another one soon.
Wonderful pics, Thank You...I need to get back there soon - taking photographs there is such a Joy !!
Yes, make some more...I like the videos very much.
Okay, I’ll do it 🫡
This is beautiful work! Amazing moments, beautifully captured. 🎉
Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Out of control awesome stuff. Go, Colin!
Just the beginning. New Orleans soon.
Fantastic presentation by the mix of film shots and videos. Without the usual blah blah it is a relieve to watch. 🙏🤠📷
Thank you! I’ve received mixed reviews. Some people complained about there being no blah blah. I didn’t think it would fit. Glad to hear I’m not the only one haha.
Absolutely incredible, reminds me of the "India by Rail" series by Steve McCurry
Well this is high praise. Steve McCurry’s work from India is some of my favorite photography, period. Not sure I’m deserving of this comment, but thank you!
Simply beautiful artistry. From the soundtrack, the choice to omit banal commentary, the cleanly edited videography and captivating photography … a story very well told.
Not a single G Master puddle shot or fakefluencer S9 to be seen anywhere!
Take a bow my good sir.
@@smokinitro Sorry for the late reply, just seeing this. Haha this is one of my favorite comments ever 😂😂😂
Great video! Nice to see more analog photographers get into making videos.
Hey Soufin, thanks! And yeah, hopefully there’s more to come. I’m trying to decide if I want to speak over some of the video, or just leave them like this.
This is quality content right here. Nice work, looking forward for the next :)
Amazing Colin, genuinely this is so good. Makes me miss India.
I love to hear this. Thank you!
Such a Beautiful pictures colin..... you present this era in simple way keep doing and visit again love from india
Surprisingly good!! 😊
❤️
Gorgeous video. I also can't believe you caught a monkey electrocute itself and then get yelled at by it's mama lmaooo (11:54). Hopefully you keep posting! I want to see more of your work
Great project man. Absolutely loving it
Very nice images and video.
Nice way to start your RUclips!
Thank you, and apologies for the late reply! Just realized there’s a notification button on RUclips haha.
Such a a great video, thanks for making this
Thank you so much for the kind words!
What beautiful work! Really inspiring. Subscribed for more cool travel coverage.
❤❤❤ thank you!!
Absolutely love this!
Thank you so much!
Definitely keep it coming! Nice format to look at on youtube rather than the ole insta or a website. Nice video footage as well.
Will do. Thanks for watching 🫡
So glad to see this video, great work buddy!!!
Thank you! ❤
@@colinshootsfilm thanks for making me part of this experience mate ❤️
These are all so amazing
Dude, thank you so much. Seriously.
truly excellent video... probably one of the best film photography videos I've seen on RUclips.
Thank you! Seriously, that felt great to read.
Great video. I really like the way you've processed the film stock and the colours you've achieved. I used to have an XPan (+30, 45 and 90 lenses) and a Mamiya 7 (+43, 65 and 150 lenses) and they're two of the cameras systems I miss most. Please make more vids as this was VERY enjoyable.
Thank you! I plan on it ❤️
Excellent video and some lovely stills. Kudos for using an ultrawide for portraiture; you have to get very close! I don’t have an XPAN but I often shoot my Mamiya 7 with the 135 adapter which gives the same aspect ratio.
Amazing video! I enjoyed every second of it. Beautiful and stunning scenes!
May I ask if you shot handheld all the time?
@@walk_dont_walk Hey sorry for the late reply! Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it. I really appreciate the kind words.
And yes, always handheld. One of the magical things about the Mamiya 7 is there’s no shutter shake. I can get away with a quarter second handheld if I really focus. Especially with the 43mm lens.
Amazing pictures. You inspired me to take my Mamiya 7 on a trip. I was afraid to take it to my upcoming trip to Japan and Vietnam.
Sorry for the late reply, I just saw this. I hope you took it. Both of those countries are perfect for this camera!
Amazing work,
Thank you! Cheers!
The intimacy and humanity in your photos are beautiful Colin.
@@BenjaminBphotographer This is quite a compliment. Thank you!
The southern part of india is nice to visit for more urban shots
This really moved me. I am from the subcontinent and you shot my people with such obvious warmth and humility. You can see it in the way they look at you and the way you look at them. I was utterly disarmed by your video.
Ironically, I came here out of technical curiosity to see how the Mamiya 7ii handles documentary photography with people, as I hear everywhere on RUclips it is not meant for that. How you have so decisively proven that wrong. So much intimacy and beauty in the framing of people going about their day. Kudos.
Two technical questions: (i) did you expose the Portra 800 film at box iso? Do you ever push color film? (ii) what lens were you mostly using for the portrait shots? 65mm? Or both lense equally?
Again, thank you for this work.
This comment means more to me than I can possibly express. Thank you.
As far as Portra 800 (my favorite film in the world), I usually shoot it at box speed. I expose for the shadows when I can. Occasionally I’ll meter at 400, usually when it’s sunny out and I accidentally still have a roll in my camera haha.
The beauty of this film is that you can meter at 1600 and develop normally, and you’ll still get a nearly perfect image. Often I just go with the slowest shutter speed I can get away with handheld, and I trust the film to give me a useable image. I cannot overstate the value of this in low light. Almost every night photo in this video was shot like this.
As for lenses, my favorite and most used is the 43mm. 65mm would be next. The 65 is usually better for portraits, but the 43 is capable of a lot. Especially if you’re willing to get close.
Side note, where in India are you? I just got my five year visa approved and will be back this year, maybe as soon as a few months.
Oops I forgot to answer everything! The only color film I’ll push is Kodak Vision 500t, or any of the rebranded versions of this. Cinestill 800t etc.
I always meter this film at 500, and have had basically perfect results shooting at 1000 and pushing a stop. If I’m desperate, I’ll meter at 2000 and push two stops. Still very good results.
Pushed Portra can’t compete here, unfortunately.
Great video! Post more!
Also, I love that you used the Xpan for something other than landscapes!
Thanks! It’s funny, I originally bought the Xpan thinking landscape would be the main use, but I quickly realized this was boring for me 😂
Great imagery!
Thank you!
Time travel for me .. made three extended stays back in the 80’s … looks very much the same …
Really good stuff here
This is my favorite part about India, and a big part of why it’s one of my favorite places on the planet. The way India seems to dismissively ignore time.
And thank you for the kind words. I really appreciate it.
really cool man! would be good to get the film stocks written below the pictures!
Incredible
Just saw this. Thank you!
Nice video, OK shots.
impressed by how you use the wide angle lens!
Thank you!
Great trip in india.
Hi Colin, Great pictures! India is on my bucket list. May i know which cities did you go
Hey, thanks! So on these trips I was in Varanasi (definitely go here), Mumbai, Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Goa. I also drove a lot in between some of these, so I was occasionally in the middle of nowhere haha.
love this vid. i keep coming back to it bc im about to buy a mamiya 7. is the photo 02:19 on the 43mm? i assume the one at 08:00 is 43mm also. 09:51 is probably my favourite. crazy shot. 43mm?
Thank you! And I obviously support you buying the Mamiya haha.
Okay so all three of these photos were on the 43. It’s my favorite lens by a wide margin. But the third one, your favorite, is a crop. It’s funny, because this is the only photo in the entire video that I cropped more than leveling the horizon or something. So I’m guessing the final image is probably closer to what the 65 would see.
I hope that makes sense.
Me and Ellie couldn’t take our eyes off! You captured all the beauty! ❤
Hi Natasha! Haha thank you! Next time I’ll do North Carolina ❤
We miss you!
Amazing video man, really took me thought this adventure.
How do you deal with the film while traveling? do you collect it and develop it once home or you develop it as you go?
thanks in advance for the answer
13:21 Amazing picture, it almost doesn't look real!
That entire hotel is pretty much too cool to be real. It’s incredible.
what hotel is it?
When you left the airport in India we’re you able to get your exposed film hand checked? Or did they make you put it through the X-ray machine?
Short answer: I was able to get a hand check on every single flight I took in India. I believe I had nine flights while there, hand check every single time.
Long answer: I’ll add this, because I think its useful. I was traveling a lot the last year or so, all over the world. I usually had around 400 rolls of film with me, some fresh and some exposed. Fast film is supposedly the most affected by airport scans, and many of my rolls were Portra 800.
Several airports would not allow me to hand check. Airports in Kazakhstan, Albania, UAE, etc. As a result, many of the rolls went through no less than ten x-ray scans. All of them were fine. I could see no difference between these rolls and fresh ones that were never sent through an x-ray.
The only exception were the rolls I pushed to 3200. They were severely fried haha.
I guess what I’m saying is, don’t worry about the airport x-rays. Their negative effect is highly dramatized, especially for film developed at box speed.
great stuff mate! have a trip to india coming up in feb and am going to take the mamiya 7 and my 50/80 + M6. how do you go about focusing with the external viewfinder? did it take you out of the moment for many shots? And are your people portraits more candid or did you ask permission?
Thanks! I actually love the external viewfinder. It doesn't take me out of the moment too often, especially during the day when I can be at f8 or f11 and zone focus. At night, I have to be more precise. Especially since my shutter speed is often 1/8 or even 1/4, and I'm obviously wide open. In those situations, I'll usually try to pick my spot and focus first, if possible.
The portraits are a mix. There are some where there was obviously communication prior, and some where I got as close as possible and hoped they wouldn't notice until after I took the photo haha. I prefer the second option because it's more organic, but it's not always a possibility.
Where are you going in February? I might be in India at the same time.
@@colinshootsfilm Nice! Can't say I've experimented with the 50 + ext vf too much since I bought it but I'll have to get som muscle memory in for the trip haha.
Makes sense and a mix of both is always good.
Mostly North India. Haven't finished planning it all though we will likely head south towards the end. We have a month and I feel like even that isn't enough time
@@jamessimpson4826A year wouldn’t be enough time 😂
But you can do a lot in a month! Have fun and don’t even stress the viewfinder. I bet you forget it’s even on there after a day or so. It’s so natural to me now that I sometimes find myself looking for it when focusing with the 65 haha.
Have fun in India!
Pleased to meet you
hey man. cool video. i often go to India and shoot in film as well. where are you located? lets meet
@@azaarbaain I’m traveling a bunch, but I’m down! Where are you?
@@colinshootsfilm same here. I travel frequently as well. Currently in Washington D.C. what about you?
@@azaarbaain Indonesia at the moment. Trying to figure out where to go next!
how long will you be there for? i'll be down there in October!
great, could u share locations?
Of course. I was in Varanasi, Delhi, Mumbai, Agra, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Goa, and many of the roads in between.
Let me know if you have questions about specific areas.
Спасибо за видео! Оживил воспоминание по этой прекрасной стране добра и любви!😍❤️
which film stocks did you use?
Check the video description. I listed them there. Too many to type here haha.
But my main film stock by far was Portra 800. There was really no other way for me to get a lot of these night photos.
Even with 800 speed film, I was often shooting handheld at 1/8 or even 1/4 of a second.