A Rolleiflex and a roll of Ilford FP4+: Let's keep it simple
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- Опубликовано: 24 фев 2023
- Such small projects are awesome. I had so much fun shooting with my Rolleiflex 2.8F on Ilford FP4+ film! Also, what comes to film prices: with a price of a half pint of beer this much fun!!
Wonderful images. There's something especially nice about medium format because of the detail. Something really caught my eye. Every picture on that roll was a keeper. What an eye you've got!
Thanks thanks. I've practically stopped shooting 35mm. Medium and large are so much more expressive -- to me at least.
"Honey, I accidentally washed that load of laundry in Rodinal -- think that will be a problem?"
"Don't worry -- I'll fix them!"
@@ShootOnFilm 🤣
We'll have to see how it develops.
Really lovely images!!!! Motivation, and some ideas! Keep em coming!
Thanks, thanks. And thanks for watching!!
Simple is always good - thank you (again). Nice shoot. You are fortunate to live in such a contrast-y flat light environment. Even the videos of your day have an elegance about them. And I cant overlook that cover of the Doobie Brothers. They've always been a local favorite.
Thanks. It's not every day. We already start to have too much light!
I've seen Michael McDonland live a few times .. but it's been a while -- I'm thinking Saratoga Winery -- maybe 2018? I'm a fan!
@@ShootOnFilm Lovely and intimate venue! Great voice and song writing.
Some phenomenal photos here.
Thanks, thanks!! Appreciated.
This is great - no long journeys and close to where you live twelve 6x6 frames. Sometimes I feel a bit frustrated that I can only take pictures close to my home again, but that state is short-lived, so I go again and take pictures in the same places. Seemingly similar, but still, each time new, different photos are created!
Regards 😀
PS: Great photos, thank you ❗
Thanks, thanks. Yeah, even if we photograph the same things over and over again, our pictures are always unique and different!!
Yes 12 pictures is ideal. I had a Rolleiflex and I loved that camera, but I always had a problem holding it resulting in camera shake. I tried setting it on a tripod but that seemed to defeat the purpose of this camera. The photos were always very sharp, the sharpest of any camera that I shot with. But I am too used to shooting with my Hasselblad and my 4 x 5 Chamonix, on a tripod. So I reluctantly sold the Rolleiflex. Great pictures.
Yeah, it depends. I feel a TLR is built 100% for my way of shooting. And a Rolleiflex above all ....
You are blessed to live in a flat light B&W heaven so many months of the year, Ari. Lucky you. We get some foggy days in the redwoods that get close but nothing as bright white as snow The Doobie Brothers were a staple of my high school and college years. Bought their albums on vinyl, 8 track, cassette,CD and more recently digital download. Seems like the first purchase should have granted me the right to use. Thereafter I should only be charged to convert that content to new media but not charged for the right to use again. I don’t think the attorneys allow for that kind of pricing. 🤔
I agree. This is an awesome place to photograph 9 months out of 12. I bought all Steely Dan albums first on vinyl, then as CDs, then as a CD Box, then as Apple DRM, then without DRM, and now I listen to Spotify and pay monthly. Something doesn't add up :-)
No snow so far this winter in my area in Germany. I'm not really sad about that.
My wife has already bought Bolivian organic wool to knit a pair of those gloves for me with the open fingers plus a cap to be folded over them. I hope of no longer cold hands when taking pictures in winter.
I love TLRs. They are still my favorite film camera type, I have around 15 of them by now, of I believe 10 or so different brands. My Rolleiflex TLRs are now living on a cupboard. I use mostly a Voigtländer Brillant S (with the Heliar lens and the Compur-Rapid shutter). It's quirky and not as easy to use as a Rolleiflex by far, but it is much smaller and lighter and has a phenomenal viewfinder - and, at least for b&w photography, its lens is in a class of its own. For the rare occasions I use color film I take either an Olympusflex 2.8 (best lens in my opinion) or a Koniflex (second best lens for color photography and second best viewfinder of all TLRs).
I'm really a fan of TLRs. My favorite, too!! I made this a while ago: ruclips.net/video/ptLDYQzq87o/видео.html
a roll of black and white film, a medium format camera and wonderful winter weather, the perfect fit. thanks for this video.
I really enjoy those three. Thanks for watching!
I love how messy but effective your developing method is! Time to buy some more tanks ;)
Groove on! :-)
Great job 👏 my friend. Reminds me of Kennas HOKKAIDO work❤
Oh wow! Thanks!
Thanks Ari. Always inspiring.
Thanks, thanks!!
I love Finland
Yeah. Could be worse! :-)
That looks like a lovely Sunday, even if you have to do the laundry! I like your parallel development process, that is a real learning point. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!! Yeah, that parallelism also minimizes idle time during development ...
Inspirational. I've been wanting to get out and shoot a high contrast project like this but we've had no winter to speak of this season. I've ordered some Ilford (35mm since I can't seem to find my TLR!) to shoot with a Y2 filter on an old SRT202. Love the assembly line processing - smart and efficient!
Thanks thanks. A proper winter is more rare nowadays. But we still seem to have a few good snow months!
Well, I watched this video a second time and liked irt even more than the first time! There's just something about using a quality mechanical camera for Photography!!
It indeed is an awesome feeling to use these old precision tools. And I believe the feeling also affects the pictures positively. Thanks for watching!
Such amazingly beautiful images, always!! I look forward to seeing your RUclips’s and photos !!
Oh, thank you, thank you!! And thanks for watching!
One of my tricks is to develop up to four rolls of 120 in the same tank at the same time. I have a Super System IV "three reel" size (called that because it'll hold three reels set for 35 mm). I load two rolls in each 120 reel: load the first with the end just past the ratchet balls, start the second, and tape the head of the second to the tail of the first before I finish loading (and repeat for the second reel). This works because the reels, sized to take 135-36, can also accept 220, which is exactly two rolls of 120 all in one piece. The only trick is having tape that doesn't come loose in the process, but in my experience, cheap masking tape works fine -- it's often loose between the film at the end, but I believe it comes loose in the wetting agent step at the very end (no marks on the film from it wandering around earlier, no overlaps).
Looking at another comment, the camera I'd be most likely to take out for this kind of project can be operated with even pretty heavy gloves -- my RB67 with left hand grip (which includes a trigger for the shutter release). Body cocking, film advance, dark slide, focus, the only thing I'd need the gloves off for is setting exposure and that will often stay more or less constant as long as the lighting doesn't change. The shutter speed rings on the lenses can even be adjusted with gloves, so if I just pick an aperture, I can run a whole roll over a reasonable range of light without ever taking my gloves off.
But you either pay less for film or more for beer than we do in America -- I can get a pint in a pub for around the price of a roll of Fomapan, never mind half a pint for the price of FP4+. Buy a pack at the supermarket to bring home, and it's about a quarter as much for each pint as for a roll of Ilford's finest -- and that's premium craft beer. The cheap beer is cheap enough to use for developer!
BTW, that roll is almost enough to make me want to move somewhere that gets actual snow again. I especially like frame 10.
If I understood your development method -- you need more than one liter of developer?
I have the kind of gloves that leave my fingertips out -- they are really good. But I forgot them this time. 🙂
A pint beer in a bar -- 10-14€. Fomapan 200 -- 5€, Ilford FP4+ -- 7€. It's, of course, cheaper than a supermarket but I'm not into kalsarikänni but rather have a pint with my friends in a bar. (google that word :-) )
I really love seasons. I lived almost 10 years in California -- awesome weather -- but no proper seasons.
@@ShootOnFilm No, I need exactly one liter of developer to cover two 120 sized reels. Each reel has two rolls on it, one following the other. Even the tape is optional, but without it the film can move in the grooves and overlap. Another way to prevent overlap is with a short (30-50 mm?) piece of plastic folder spine strip clipped onto one of the ends where they meet, but I never remember to get those binders when I'm not thinking about developing 120.
I get a pint of locally brewed craft beer at a local pizza restaurant for about US$8-10, Fomapan or Kentmere 400 is $6 or so (last time I bought some, anyway), and FP4+ above $11 (plus shipping for both films, because I can't buy 120 or B&W locally).
@@SilntObsvr Interesting -- so film is cheaper here!!
@@ShootOnFilm Well, at least European and English made films are. Kodak might be higher there than here (made in USA, more or less), and heaven only knows about Fuji these days. Shanghai GP3 is about US$11, but that's for 220; 120 is about the same price as Fomapan or Kentmere.
Very nice, 6 is my favourite love the contrast reminds me of an ink drawing.
Thanks, thanks. I love those days when the snow is fresh and there is just black and white. Nothing in between.
Another Great Video!!! Photo #12 is my favorite! Your music is a great addition to your videos. Youer skill on the piano rivals your skill with the camera!
Thanks for watching :-)
I love, "I think it makes the world a better place." Shooting film is the gift I give myself. Your mass development is incredible. I do not know that I could do it that well. Your images are great. I had a few favorites. Love the shots with a tree and bench; minimalism. Good day to you!
Thanks for watching. To me, a picture on film feels special. It is a physical thing, it really exists! It's more than a stored representation of a thing.
@@ShootOnFilm That is a statement I can relate to, but never been able to put into words myself.
That is a good arrangement with your wife! Haha I lived the pictures! I was hoping to take snowy pictures this winter here in the NJ/NY area, but it has not snowed at all. There is some snow falling now, but nothing is sticking except very little on the cars. I hope we get some snow this year.
Yeah, she's great! I thought you had some snowstorm earlier this year -- no?
@@ShootOnFilm we did, but it did not stick, just like today.
Very enjoyable. Thank you. I've never shot medium format. You may have convinced to try it. Just have to figure out which budget-friendly camera to buy and how I'm going to scan. Hmmm.
Thanks, thanks. A few ideas:
The most budget-friendly medium format may be a folder, like a Nettar. Japanese TLRs are always an excellent choice.
Scanning: a Valoi? www.valoi.co/
@@ShootOnFilm Thanks for the feedback!
Great images from a great camera - thank you. Any tips for exposing for snow?
yes. 2 stops above during daylight. Your light meter doesn't know it's snow and it underexposes thinking it's medium grey. I made a video about it: ruclips.net/video/r-roy0wO9S8/видео.html
Enjoying your videos! Curious about how you scan your negatives for display here? Do you use a glass carrier on flat bed scanner? Cheers from Raleigh NC USA 😎
Thanks. I'm a simple and lazy guy. The film never dries 100% flat. So, I just put the film strip on my flatbed scanner (Epson V850) glass curvy side up to prevent Newton rings and scan it with "Film area guide" -settings. That's it :-)
Nice 👍🏽
Thanks for watching!
TLR-B/W is photographic equivalent of upright piano...acoustic guitar...or four piece drum set❤️👍
I totally agree. It's not your digital workstation keyboard, but a solid good upright!
Fine photos! However, in Sweden we are not allowed to pour the used developer into the drain!
I would never ever pour developer, stop or fixer into the drain. I always collect them and take them to the waste collection appropriately. As you can see, it was only prewash in the video -- and that is practically non-toxic. I always prewash my films for better results
@@ShootOnFilm Ok, that's great, but the reason for my comment was what I saw at time 3:25 of the video.
taking it to the streets
Absolutely!!!
Trees can be so expressive when in front of a camera. Their souls illuminate those that appreciate them ;)
More great work, Ari. You make exposing for snow look so…simple!
Thanks, thanks. We've got snow from December to April -- enough time to practise :-)
I am not 100% sure about your tanks, but my Jobo tanks allow me to develop two 120 films at a time. If the spool is good for 135 films, it should work. Just make sure to push the first one to the end, otherwise they overlap with ugly results.
I do that occasionally. Didi just the other day -- and it works fine. But, there is one more place to get things wrong and films overlapping :-) I cut a little notch to the first film end so that the next film stays put. That helps.
Wow .. I did not know we can reuse developers. Can all brands of developers be reused?
No, only some. That is one reason I like XTOL and similar.
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Doobie Brothers!
:-)