In this video I accidentally said that we shot with a Chamonix H2 - but it is of course the H1. Heiner had the H1 for loan but owns an F2 now, so my brain of course had to make a remix between H1 and F2. Thanks for watching and don't forget to get your daily dose of film photography! 🤍
Karin, at 8:50 what Heiner was doing was calculating bellows extension, the theory is that, like a macro lens bellows in 35 mm format, the further out the lens from film plane, the more light it needs, so for approx. every 1/2x more than focal length of the lens away, 0.5, or 1 stop is added to account for this loss of light, like filter factors. this is normally no problem with mirrorless or dslr's as the focus tube in the helicoid focusing system built-in, doesn't take the lens elements even close to this point; for NORMAL operation, with EXT. tubes, YES, you do have to exposure compensate.
Karin, one thing about the film holders, to remember how those darkslides go, think of: White is yet to see the light!! ; Black is to go BACK-home to the darkroom 😃, if this pneumonic helps, also think of the Hasselblad MF cameras, white dot is "ready for shooting" like the film back dots!!
one more tip, when film sheet loading, with your left hand use the thumb and first finger to touch the start of the slides in the holder, that way you guide the film edge into the bottom, so it loads into the right slot. Also placing the darkslide in 1/2 way lets you know instantly, if you made this mistake, as the darkslide stops the film from going all the way into the wrong slot.
Nice video and the images were fantastic. I'm rather new to 4x5 but I'm having fun and shooting B/W because I can develop them myself. No darkroom needed just a changing bag, a tank and the chemicals. I have GAS really bad, at least that is what my wife tells me, I have a monorail and field camera in 4x5. I have 2 Mamiya RB67's and 2 Hasselblad's. A Mamiya M645 and a Fuji GW690. A 35Ti, F3 and F4 Nikon and of course my Canon digital cameras. With the virus I have mostly been shooting in my backyard and the parks in town but am looking forward to a trip to the Oregon coast. Just remember it isn't how many cameras you have but how much fun you have using them.
I just found your channel today. I absolutely love your perspective and your personality. Your candid view of photography is amazing. Thank you and keep up the great work!
Everybody who is interested in photography should try to shoot large formats even once. It's just an incredibly different way of taking pictures. For the first time, you did an awesome job. Congrats. And obviously a good teacher (which everyone needs at the first time...)
Hello Karin, and Greetings from Kentucky, USA! I'm a 77 y/o, and in the 60s, I was a photographer/reporter at a northern Wisconsin daily newspaper. At the time, we were using Graflex 4 x 5 press cameras. At first, they can appear to be intimidating, especially if you're accustomed to using a medium format, or 35mm camera. After using it several times, I must admit I became rather attached to it! The only european 4 x 5 I'm familiar with, is the Linhof Technika. I had stumbled upon your RUclips channel, and find it quite interesting. Much success to you, in your photographic adventures!
Thank you for your kind comment, it was a pleasure to read! :) So interesting to learn about your experience as a photographer/reporter working with 4x5 cameras. I actually got myself a 4x5 camera since I made this video - so hopefully there will be more 4x5 videos in the future :)
@@KarinMajoka Thank you, Karin! I'm curious...what type of film (brand, speed, etc) do you work with? In my newspaper days, we shot with Kodak Tri-X Pan. Back then, the film speed was expressed as ASA 400. I understand today, a different system is used. I could go on 'forever' about this! Until next time...
I've done that journey. From 35mm to 6x4,5 to 6x6 to 6x7 to 4x5. Now I'm deep into 8x10. It's four times more expensive than 4x5, but when you hold those negatives, it's worth every penny!
Over the past 30-odd years I've gone from 35mm to medium format to 5x7 to 4x5 and then 8x10. And after all this time, when I'm holding an 8x10 negative in my hands I still have to remind myself to breathe. 😀
Lovely video! I caved I bought a Graflex Crown Graphic. I also ordered the Lomograflok instax wide back which I think it will be a blast! Something I found funny is my Oma used to call my Opa Heiner even though his first name was Hans and his father's name was Heinrich.
Karin, loved the Introduction 😅😅😅 I literally felt like you were reading my mind, like my own spirit came out of my body and was talking to me 🤯🤯🤣🤣🤣. And guess how I found your video? Searching for videos about the Chamonix H1 😱😱😱😱😱 Get away from me your demon 👻👻👻👻😈😈😈 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hi Karin, I just discovered your channel and I must say that I love what you do. I agree with you about the type of cameras you like and after watching this video dedicated to the 4x5 format, I agree even more hehe. I have had a Chamonix 045-N2 for 5 years and I really enjoy it, it is wonderful to shoot with it and the whole development and copying process. I understand all your doubts about the format change, but I see that you later bought one, I am happy for you. If you are interested, on my channel I have several videos dedicated to the 4x5 format and how to use a large format camera, although I imagine that everything I explain in them you will already know after using it for a while. I have already seen several of your videos and they are really nice, you do it very well. With the last two, on your visit to Japan, I was very envious of that trip to see all the stores you visited hehe. Well, I'm glad to have discovered your channel. I'll keep watching more videos and congratulations on your work. Regards Luis. (Sorry for the Google translation)
Your reaction when you saw your first 4x5 inch image on a view camera was similar to my reaction when I saw my first 4x5 inch transparency on a light box. I started with my father's medium format camera when I was 5-years old. I bought my first 35mm small format SLR when I was a teenager. I returned to medium format as an adult. I began shooting 4x5, 8x10, and larger formats when I worked for a reproduction studio. Today, I still shoot 35mm film, 6x6, 6x7, 6x9, 6x12, 4x5, and 8x10 film. My 4x5 inch camera is a monorail view camera with 135mm, 90mm, 65mm, and 47mm lenses. I also have a variety of medium format and large format pinhole cameras. I develop my own 35mm to 8x10 inch black&white film. At one time, I developed my own 35mm and 120 color slide film. My optical enlarger will handle up to 6x7cm negatives. My digital scanner will handle up to 8x10 inch negatives. When I shoot 4x5 inch film cameras, I also carry a digital compact camera (set to a 5:4 aspect ratio) to scout locations, determine composition, and determine exposure.
Large Format cameras are so cool. 😍 Those movements to correct your perspective are really handy. I think i would buy a medium format back if I had a large-format camera. cheaper and easier to develop than 4x5. 😄 or a polaroid back. If i would shoot 4x5 sheets i would be broke in a month. 😆 like your frame in frame triptychon, nick carver would be proud. 👌 Your pictures in front of the camera also turned out pretty nice despite your perfectionism.
Love your Channel, i recently got into MEDIUM format with a HASSY 501CM, i got bit by the large format bug and now got on the CHAMONIX 45-F2 list for June, you are correct this stuff is addicting. LOLOL.
I want to apologize for not having subscribed to your Chanel before!. Found you a while back when you made your M6 Titanium Videos and I thought i had subscribed already. Thanks for your videos and Colabs, specially the one with Samuel lol. I see Bryan comes to see you too !!!.
Great video. It was nice to see you learning, with Heiner’s help and encouragement, to successfully shoot a LF camera for the first time and I’m glad that you were able to use some of your expired film to capture some nice images :) So… previously buying expired LF film at a time when you had no camera to use it in; I think your G.A.S. was subconsciously prepping you for your next camera kit purchase lol ;)
Hi Karin! I can pronounce your name, but a German friend with the same first name pronounces it with the accent on the second syllable, KahRIHN. I love the way you explore new things - that mad scientist look at 0:45 says it all. Your frequent use of framing and sub-framing is right in my wheelhouse as well. Well done! And I also need to add that your modeling is quite good - your poses leave a tiny window as to your thoughts, but don't say too much. I hope you will not mind my saying that you are very beautiful. As to large format, I have a Crown Graphic that I shoot only rarely due to the cost of film and my lack of a 4x5 scanner. So for me, it is also a once-in-a-while adventure. The enforced discipline of having only a few shots forces a different approach entirely. In my film days (first time through - fifty years ago) I thought 36 exposures was plenty to work with, but when I went digital I really got too far into the spray and pray approach. My film resurgence took me from 35mm to medium format, and I must admit that the large format is becoming even more appealing. Keep up the wonderful work - I look forward to every one of your videos. Andy
Thank you for your comment, I appreciate it! :) It’s interesting to see how the amount of frames we have to shoot can influence our photography. I heard that many people use DSLR scanning for 4x5, since there is only a limited amount of flatbed scanners capable of scanning large format in one piece.
Hello Karin, I think you are addicted. As a psychologist you should already know that. Thank God it could never happen to myself. Coz I already got my lovely 35mm camera. An recently got a 6x6 medium format (Bronics s2a). I am absolutely happy with that and will NOT go down that rabbit hole and shoot large format, NEVER! Great shoots, the porta at iso 50 really worked well. I wonder if non expired porta also looks so good. Thanks for sharing, this was nice to watch.
Well done, my most important thing just like Heinrich is to bring along my little dachshund Olive. Get started with a Speed Graphic 4x5, a Stearman Press SP-445 development tank and scan with your digital camera. I found that set up relatively cheap and a good introduction to the process. Later on keep or sell the Speed Graphic and upgrade to a nice field 4x5. Either way if they get King Kong back on stage you can use the Speed Graphic .
So cool seeing someone use 4x5 for the first time! When I got my first 4x5 I didn't have a teacher (other than RUclips) so I bet that made the process easier as it can definitely be intimidating. And in fact, even though I've been shooting 4x5 for a few years now, it wasn't until my vacation a few weeks ago where I finally got comfortable-ish breaking out my 4x5 in the midst of a sea of people. So my level of addiction is, uhm, high I guess :) (Double meaning win!) since my favorite format is 4x5 and shoot it as often as I can. But in reality I shoot 35mm and 6x6 as well (and generally more often than 4x5). I can say though 4x5 gets both easier and more addicting (glass plates!?!). And it's fair to say though 4x5 is my favorite format, my Yashica Mat TLR is maybe my favorite camera.
Absolutely! If I had to figure it all out by myself I probably would have taken forever and would have been even more cautious. Therefore: probs to you, for learning it all by yourself! I think it’s good to have various formats for various purposes at hand. 4x5 would probably not be anything I shoot everyday, but it would surely be the right tool for a lot of situations.
Very nice Karin getting out of your comfort zone! I have a Chamonix 45H1 and have not use it yet…I need to brake the ice and look for those mushrooms…thanks for sharing. Be safe…Cheers!
This was so much fun! I really like the theme you had with the frame-within-a-frame compositions. The portrait was also really nice~ the quality is so good! 😩 I still haven't tried large-format photography myself, though I have thought about getting an intrepid 4x5 and one of those Lomo graflok backs for Instax wide film... maybe at some point I'll try it haha 😂
Thank you Bon, I appreciate it! :) actually, several people have mentioned the possibility to shoot instant film on 4x5 and now I would also love to try that so bad 😱
I really enjoyed your video :-) . Have been shooting large format (up to 18x24cm so far) for a while, but nearly exclusively collodion wet plates, most of them in the atelier. One of my projects for 2022 is to shoot outdoor portraits with the 4x5" camera... lets's see where this leads to! So thanks for your video which reminded me again how much fun this can be!
I like your eyebrows. And as an Estonian, i have no problem with your name. Oh and somewhat on topic, as someone who started his journey on 35mm film in the 90s, i'm slowly re-discovering the wonders of it now and your videos are a great inspiration. Thank you!
Sounds like most of my time on the planet so far . After a decade of exclusively shooting digital I have been sucked back into film and rediscovered my addiction to photography. Digital is truly speed shooting film makes me slow down and enjoy the process abs art of photography.
I`m in the middle of my honeymoon with my X-Pan, thanks to you and Baxter! But I still hang with my old 500 C/M from time to time, just to get that medium format dose in my life.. Great video! Nice of you to step out of the comfortzone!
No addiction here, just joy. I shoot from 135 to 4x5 (check my last video if you like portraits of strangers on LF). Whatever fits in my bag that day. My tip for GAS, buy the cheapest camera and put a roll of film through it. Usually helps. My last buy was a Vitessa 1000 SR. It's a tiny compact rangefinder with a leaf shutter and a lens just like a large format camera. Aperture, shutter speed, iso setting, all in the lens. Super fun for 40 euros! Unbelievable these days. Liebe Grüße aus Berlin, Chris
Great photographs from you and your friend Heiner. I know this is older upload, but I was wondering if you could ask him what model tripod he was using that day? Thanks for the upload!!!
Karin, one tip about your technique, at the 9:42 minute mark, the way you shoot can be improved, before you shoot, test fire!, this ensures that the 'focussing switch' the one that holds the shutter open for composing is SHUT, and that, when the darkslide is removed, NO light enters the film holder and prematurely starts the exposure (an in-advertant overexposure); one way to test for this, without film!!! is to cock the shutter and press the release, if the button touches the cable guard the focus switch was OFF!, every cable release and shutter type, and style (copal, Sinar, Linhof) are different, LEARN where the cable STOPS for YOUR camera and cable combination, and make it a routine, so you DON'T waste film, by technical mistakes with using the camera.
Thanks for your tip, I appreciate it. All shots were test fired beforehand actually - I just did not leave everything in the video. And since I am very unexperienced with large format cameras I guess it's just my uncertainty that looks a bit clumsy :) But I will surely keep that in mind, thanks a lot!
@@KarinMajoka no worries, we all go through it, I am a beginner to, but felt the same when I first shot my Hasselblad 500c\m, as I didn't know if there was a light leak, lens worked, etc. and even then I over exposed it!, but the next shoot I had a lens hood, and took my time, that's what matters, do it slowly, so if you make a mistake, you can catch it in time (like a dark slide, focus lever, metering for the right film, etc); also practice with an empty holder, so you just do a "drill", you don't use real film until the basic mechanics of camera 'ops' are down, and you have a good long time to do the shoot, as if you rush things, that's when mistakes happen, also use a cheap film, also you can use a polaroid (lomograflok back-with Fuji INSTAX wide)-so you can get instant feedback; also take a digital mirrorless with you, and use the histogram to check for flare and glare {the right ] in the box, it does form part of the meter!}-I learnt this the hard way (above 500c\m experience!!)-it illuminates, but is very hard to see it!
Thanks for the fun video Karin, I'm right there with you. I think I'm going to have to dive into 4x5 in the next year or so now that I'm comfortable with 6x7 :)
I love your videos (and jokes). definitly have been infected with GAS that was such a vibe ... heiner needs to start a youtube-career, we need a "german bryan birks" - haha.
Great to see you shoot 4x5. Nice images too! I've been shooting more and more 4x5 (on a Chamonix 045-N2) since last summer or so... It was slow going at first. The major hurdles had been getting used to the tripod "lifestyle" (eventually just had to get a better camera bag, and a sturdier but lighter tripod) and working out development (I feel getting consistently good development had been a lot more difficult than medium format & 35mm)... But these are mostly behind me now, and I think recently I've been shooting more 4x5 than anything else. I find it really suits my style - I shoot a lot of urban landscape sort of stuff, and I like my verticals vertical, so the movements are a godsend; and I like that I can be (or, sort of, must be) very precise with my composition.
Glad that you overcame all of the little bumps on the road and feel comfortable shooting 4x5 now! That’s exactly the point that is stopping me (for now): it’s not only necessary to buy a 4x5 camera to shoot it, but all of the accessories (like a bag, tripod, developing and scanning equipment) to make for a good shooting experience pile up rather quickly.
Fun video! I use mostly my Bronica GS-1 6x7, but my 4x5 field camera is great for dry glass plates and direct positive paper, not options with medium format. And for getting straight vertical lines when shooting buildings, as no tilt shift lenses for the GS-1. So far I have resisted 8x10, but for alternative process contact printing it would be great. Good luck, cheers from Montreal!
Great photos! Darn I really want to try Large Format someday...I know I wouldn't actually get around to using it much so it'd be a waste but someday I totally want to be like all the cool large format youtubers and make the awesome big photos.
Awesome! I have a tale of woe when it comes to large format. Years ago my wife gave me an old 5x7 for my birthday. I went as far as ordering some HP5 for it before breaking the ground glass. Did you know those things are removable? I didn't. Recently I dug it out and have been contemplating getting it running. I even have a pack of HP5 expired in 1997 which Jamie Maldonado assures me is "perfectly shootable". See you at the wet plate workshop.
It is never too late to give it another try! And I have heard about several cases of broken ground glass - even though it’s still an absolute bummer, you don’t seem to be the only one with that issue. You should give that good old HP5 a try for sure! :)
I am shooting a Shen-Hao HZX45-IIA 4x5 camera. You can look at Stenopeika as a good cheaper option. I can relate to looking through the ground glass for the first time, it is overwhelming. Enjoy the journey
GAS? I'm addicted to Panoramic Photography, I use a 35mm unperforated film (34mmx70mm) 120 film (60mmx170mm) and a film back adaptor 4in x 10in Film (I cut the 8x10 film) and I stitch digital images. Thank you for your videos :)
Awesome video as usual. The addiction is so real on my end, it's all I think about 🤩. I also have you to blame for putting thoughts of getting a bronica in my mind, after watching you talk about yours. That was a fantastic video to and very helpful. I guess I know what I'll get myself for my birthday 😂.
Hahahaha, I would apologize for planting the Bronica thought in your head, but I can’t since it’s just a fantastic camera 😬 but be careful: it will probably only get worse from there 😅😂
Shooting 4X5 is a great commitment with great satisfaction when done well. Learn your way round the camera, its movements, lens settings and take it from there.
Damn That resolution is INSANE. This is definitely a drug type I would stay away from and just inhale second hand through other people's film channels xD beautiful images Karin
Hello Karin, super great video! I have also been able to get to know the Charmonix F2 with a friend and have also ordered the H1 for which I am now eagerly waiting. How did you digitize the pictures? By digital camera or scanner? Greetings from your neighboring town Lünen, Marcus
Hey Marcus, thanks for your comment! That's awesome, sounds like you had a great first large format experience if you ordered your own camera after that. :) In this case I did not digitize the images myself. The color images were scanned by a lab in Poland and the b&w images were scanned by Heiner (using a digital camera).
Zu große Negative kann man nie haben! Zum glück bin ich vorerst bei einer 6x9 Pressekamera hängen geblieben. Mag ich wohl, das Video, beste Grüße aus Norddeutschland.
Liked this video and camera. I am hooked to analog photography but when I watch in general ,videos about analog photography I am surprised by the quality of the video cameras you use. Gorgeous digital video! It is always shocking to me. I must add that nothing beats actually shooting analog cameras.
Silver Halides are a hell of a drug. 😝 I don’t really have a ton of desire to use film heavily, owing to being bit by its downsides in my youth (try affording film and development as a twelve year old), but speaking of large format, I’d definitely like to try a Speed Graphic.
The portraits turned out so good!! I'm still consuming the gateway drugs and just recently got into medium format...I'm sure it won't take long until I want to try out large format though 👀
I really like your frame-within-a-frame shots. It’s neat to see how two photographers will see a location so differently. The thing that has driven my large format GAS is I like lenses with big image circles. But if I have a lens with a big image circle, I feel I really ought to have a camera that can properly make use of it. And then I want to get lenses with large image circles for the larger format. That’s how I ended up with a 210mm Super Angulon and an 11x14 camera. (And I have a couple of lenses that cover 20x24, so who knows…)
For expired film those turned out really nice! I have a love/hate relationship with expired film. Also, I googled Snow King and that phone number, turns out it's a resort in Wyoming.
Same here, most of my expired film experiments went well, but sometimes I also had unusable or heavily fogged results. Oh, really? That’s crazy! I bought the film I Germany, so this leaves room for even more questions haha
In this video I accidentally said that we shot with a Chamonix H2 - but it is of course the H1. Heiner had the H1 for loan but owns an F2 now, so my brain of course had to make a remix between H1 and F2. Thanks for watching and don't forget to get your daily dose of film photography! 🤍
Karin, at 8:50 what Heiner was doing was calculating bellows extension, the theory is that, like a macro lens bellows in 35 mm format, the further out the lens from film plane, the more light it needs, so for approx. every 1/2x more than focal length of the lens away, 0.5, or 1 stop is added to account for this loss of light, like filter factors.
this is normally no problem with mirrorless or dslr's as the focus tube in the helicoid focusing system built-in, doesn't take the lens elements even close to this point; for NORMAL operation, with EXT. tubes, YES, you do have to exposure compensate.
I love seeing the process! Also he looks so fed up at 13:04
Those portra photos look amazing. so much detail.
Thank you :)
Karin, one thing about the film holders, to remember how those darkslides go, think of: White is yet to see the light!! ; Black is to go BACK-home to the darkroom 😃, if this pneumonic helps, also think of the Hasselblad MF cameras, white dot is "ready for shooting" like the film back dots!!
“Long dog, Long camera” was one of the funniest things I heard all day
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one more tip, when film sheet loading, with your left hand use the thumb and first finger to touch the start of the slides in the holder, that way you guide the film edge into the bottom, so it loads into the right slot. Also placing the darkslide in 1/2 way lets you know instantly, if you made this mistake, as the darkslide stops the film from going all the way into the wrong slot.
The level of detail in those shots. I can see how it's addicting to go large-format.
Portraits on large format are something magical! Great episode 👏
Heiner ist cool, so hieß mein "Lieblingsopa" und Heinrich ist der Knaller. Die Portraits sind toll und 4x5 werde ich probieren..Daumen hoch!
Nice video and the images were fantastic. I'm rather new to 4x5 but I'm having fun and shooting B/W because I can develop them myself. No darkroom needed just a changing bag, a tank and the chemicals. I have GAS really bad, at least that is what my wife tells me, I have a monorail and field camera in 4x5. I have 2 Mamiya RB67's and 2 Hasselblad's. A Mamiya M645 and a Fuji GW690. A 35Ti, F3 and F4 Nikon and of course my Canon digital cameras. With the virus I have mostly been shooting in my backyard and the parks in town but am looking forward to a trip to the Oregon coast. Just remember it isn't how many cameras you have but how much fun you have using them.
Wow, that is a proud collection I would say! :) And congrats on making the jump to 4x5, you sound like you enjoy it a lot. Keep on shooting!
I just found your channel today. I absolutely love your perspective and your personality. Your candid view of photography is amazing. Thank you and keep up the great work!
Thanks so much for your kind comment, I appreciate it a lot and I am glad you liked the video(s) :)
Everybody who is interested in photography should try to shoot large formats even once. It's just an incredibly different way of taking pictures. For the first time, you did an awesome job. Congrats. And obviously a good teacher (which everyone needs at the first time...)
Hello Karin, and Greetings from Kentucky, USA! I'm a 77 y/o, and in the 60s, I was a photographer/reporter at a northern Wisconsin daily newspaper. At the time, we were using Graflex 4 x 5 press cameras. At first, they can appear to be intimidating, especially if you're accustomed to using a medium format, or 35mm camera. After using it several times, I must admit I became rather attached to it! The only european 4 x 5 I'm familiar with, is the Linhof Technika. I had stumbled upon your RUclips channel, and find it quite interesting. Much success to you, in your photographic adventures!
Thank you for your kind comment, it was a pleasure to read! :) So interesting to learn about your experience as a photographer/reporter working with 4x5 cameras. I actually got myself a 4x5 camera since I made this video - so hopefully there will be more 4x5 videos in the future :)
@@KarinMajoka Thank you, Karin! I'm curious...what type of film (brand, speed, etc) do you work with? In my newspaper days, we shot with Kodak Tri-X Pan. Back then, the film speed was expressed as ASA 400. I understand today, a different system is used. I could go on 'forever' about this! Until next time...
Girl, you are hilarious!! Always got a smile on my face after watching your video. Loved it! Cheers!!
Ganz großes Kompliment für deine Arbeiten.. für diese Arbeiten mit Filmkameras...
Vielen Dank! :)
Love my Chamonix F1. I mostly shoot medium format 6x6 but 4x5 is also in the mix.
Your portraits are great, beautiful photos, beautiful woman.
I appreciate it, thank you :)
Cool vid love the portraits 👏🏼👏🏼
I've done that journey. From 35mm to 6x4,5 to 6x6 to 6x7 to 4x5. Now I'm deep into 8x10. It's four times more expensive than 4x5, but when you hold those negatives, it's worth every penny!
I feel like 4x5 is already huge, therefore I can only image how it must feel to hold an 8x10 image!
Over the past 30-odd years I've gone from 35mm to medium format to 5x7 to 4x5 and then 8x10. And after all this time, when I'm holding an 8x10 negative in my hands I still have to remind myself to breathe. 😀
Lovely video! I caved I bought a Graflex Crown Graphic. I also ordered the Lomograflok instax wide back which I think it will be a blast! Something I found funny is my Oma used to call my Opa Heiner even though his first name was Hans and his father's name was Heinrich.
Karin, loved the Introduction 😅😅😅 I literally felt like you were reading my mind, like my own spirit came out of my body and was talking to me 🤯🤯🤣🤣🤣. And guess how I found your video? Searching for videos about the Chamonix H1 😱😱😱😱😱 Get away from me your demon 👻👻👻👻😈😈😈 😂😂😂😂😂😂
great shots! everyone seems to be getting into 4x5 at the same time, which is kind of exciting!
It’s such a weird coincidence indeed!
Hi Karin, I just discovered your channel and I must say that I love what you do. I agree with you about the type of cameras you like and after watching this video dedicated to the 4x5 format, I agree even more hehe. I have had a Chamonix 045-N2 for 5 years and I really enjoy it, it is wonderful to shoot with it and the whole development and copying process. I understand all your doubts about the format change, but I see that you later bought one, I am happy for you. If you are interested, on my channel I have several videos dedicated to the 4x5 format and how to use a large format camera, although I imagine that everything I explain in them you will already know after using it for a while. I have already seen several of your videos and they are really nice, you do it very well. With the last two, on your visit to Japan, I was very envious of that trip to see all the stores you visited hehe. Well, I'm glad to have discovered your channel. I'll keep watching more videos and congratulations on your work. Regards Luis. (Sorry for the Google translation)
Such a fun video - I love how obviously and childishly excited you were about the whole process. And your photos came out great!
Oh yeah, it felt like Christmas and birthday at the same time 😂 thank you! :)
The retired photographer was trying to send you a message: "Dont shoot large format. There's no coming back. Save yourself."
Snow King got me, it’s too late now 😂
Your reaction when you saw your first 4x5 inch image on a view camera was similar to my reaction when I saw my first 4x5 inch transparency on a light box.
I started with my father's medium format camera when I was 5-years old.
I bought my first 35mm small format SLR when I was a teenager.
I returned to medium format as an adult.
I began shooting 4x5, 8x10, and larger formats when I worked for a reproduction studio.
Today, I still shoot 35mm film, 6x6, 6x7, 6x9, 6x12, 4x5, and 8x10 film.
My 4x5 inch camera is a monorail view camera with 135mm, 90mm, 65mm, and 47mm lenses.
I also have a variety of medium format and large format pinhole cameras.
I develop my own 35mm to 8x10 inch black&white film.
At one time, I developed my own 35mm and 120 color slide film.
My optical enlarger will handle up to 6x7cm negatives.
My digital scanner will handle up to 8x10 inch negatives.
When I shoot 4x5 inch film cameras, I also carry a digital compact camera (set to a 5:4 aspect ratio) to scout locations, determine composition, and determine exposure.
Large Format cameras are so cool. 😍 Those movements to correct your perspective are really handy. I think i would buy a medium format back if I had a large-format camera. cheaper and easier to develop than 4x5. 😄 or a polaroid back. If i would shoot 4x5 sheets i would be broke in a month. 😆 like your frame in frame triptychon, nick carver would be proud. 👌 Your pictures in front of the camera also turned out pretty nice despite your perfectionism.
Wait, did I just get Nick-Carver-ed hahah? 😂😬 Polaroid on 4x5 would be dope indeed! Thanks for your comment, Dan! :)
Such a fun video. Enjoyed it thoroughly!
Thanks so much, I appreciate it! 🤍
Love your Channel, i recently got into MEDIUM format with a HASSY 501CM, i got bit by the large format bug and now got on the CHAMONIX 45-F2 list for June, you are correct this stuff is addicting. LOLOL.
I want to apologize for not having subscribed to your Chanel before!. Found you a while back when you made your M6 Titanium Videos and I thought i had subscribed already. Thanks for your videos and Colabs, specially the one with Samuel lol. I see Bryan comes to see you too !!!.
No need to apologize, it’s all good and I am glad I got you on the team now! :)
Delightful, Karin Majoka!
thank you! :)
Great video. It was nice to see you learning, with Heiner’s help and encouragement, to successfully shoot a LF camera for the first time and I’m glad that you were able to use some of your expired film to capture some nice images :)
So… previously buying expired LF film at a time when you had no camera to use it in; I think your G.A.S. was subconsciously prepping you for your next camera kit purchase lol ;)
Hahahaha well observed, I think my mind subconsciously tricked me into preparing for 4x5 without me knowing!
Love dog - long camera!
Hi Karin! I can pronounce your name, but a German friend with the same first name pronounces it with the accent on the second syllable, KahRIHN. I love the way you explore new things - that mad scientist look at 0:45 says it all. Your frequent use of framing and sub-framing is right in my wheelhouse as well. Well done! And I also need to add that your modeling is quite good - your poses leave a tiny window as to your thoughts, but don't say too much. I hope you will not mind my saying that you are very beautiful.
As to large format, I have a Crown Graphic that I shoot only rarely due to the cost of film and my lack of a 4x5 scanner. So for me, it is also a once-in-a-while adventure. The enforced discipline of having only a few shots forces a different approach entirely. In my film days (first time through - fifty years ago) I thought 36 exposures was plenty to work with, but when I went digital I really got too far into the spray and pray approach. My film resurgence took me from 35mm to medium format, and I must admit that the large format is becoming even more appealing. Keep up the wonderful work - I look forward to every one of your videos. Andy
Thank you for your comment, I appreciate it! :)
It’s interesting to see how the amount of frames we have to shoot can influence our photography. I heard that many people use DSLR scanning for 4x5, since there is only a limited amount of flatbed scanners capable of scanning large format in one piece.
Hello Karin, I think you are addicted. As a psychologist you should already know that. Thank God it could never happen to myself. Coz I already got my lovely 35mm camera. An recently got a 6x6 medium format (Bronics s2a). I am absolutely happy with that and will NOT go down that rabbit hole and shoot large format, NEVER!
Great shoots, the porta at iso 50 really worked well. I wonder if non expired porta also looks so good. Thanks for sharing, this was nice to watch.
Thanks so much, I appreciate it! :) Sounds like you are immune to large format, which is probably a good thing for the wallet haha.
Man those photos look so good. I am currently just shooting 35mm but looks like I am on the path you just described :)
Thanks so much! Oh, I feel you, give it a couple of more weeks and you will find yourself browsing eBay for medium format cameras haha
Well done, my most important thing just like Heinrich is to bring along my little dachshund Olive. Get started with a Speed Graphic 4x5, a Stearman Press SP-445 development tank and scan with your digital camera. I found that set up relatively cheap and a good introduction to the process. Later on keep or sell the Speed Graphic and upgrade to a nice field 4x5. Either way if they get King Kong back on stage you can use the Speed Graphic .
Sadly my cat Momo will only join me for photo adventure in our garden - sadly not any further than this haha. Thanks for your ideas!
What an experience, crazy image quality too! Another fun video KArin Majoooka 👍🏻
Really engaging video. I’ve subscribed and am looking forward to your journey.
thanks a lot for stopping by, I appreciate it! :)
Great video! Subscribed!
So cool seeing someone use 4x5 for the first time! When I got my first 4x5 I didn't have a teacher (other than RUclips) so I bet that made the process easier as it can definitely be intimidating. And in fact, even though I've been shooting 4x5 for a few years now, it wasn't until my vacation a few weeks ago where I finally got comfortable-ish breaking out my 4x5 in the midst of a sea of people.
So my level of addiction is, uhm, high I guess :) (Double meaning win!) since my favorite format is 4x5 and shoot it as often as I can. But in reality I shoot 35mm and 6x6 as well (and generally more often than 4x5). I can say though 4x5 gets both easier and more addicting (glass plates!?!). And it's fair to say though 4x5 is my favorite format, my Yashica Mat TLR is maybe my favorite camera.
Absolutely! If I had to figure it all out by myself I probably would have taken forever and would have been even more cautious. Therefore: probs to you, for learning it all by yourself!
I think it’s good to have various formats for various purposes at hand. 4x5 would probably not be anything I shoot everyday, but it would surely be the right tool for a lot of situations.
Very nice Karin getting out of your comfort zone! I have a Chamonix 45H1 and have not use it yet…I need to brake the ice and look for those mushrooms…thanks for sharing. Be safe…Cheers!
You absolutely should dive right in! Have fun on your 4x5 journey :)
This was so much fun! I really like the theme you had with the frame-within-a-frame compositions. The portrait was also really nice~ the quality is so good! 😩
I still haven't tried large-format photography myself, though I have thought about getting an intrepid 4x5 and one of those Lomo graflok backs for Instax wide film... maybe at some point I'll try it haha 😂
Thank you Bon, I appreciate it! :) actually, several people have mentioned the possibility to shoot instant film on 4x5 and now I would also love to try that so bad 😱
@@KarinMajoka yesss do iiit!!! 😂
I really enjoyed your video :-) . Have been shooting large format (up to 18x24cm so far) for a while, but nearly exclusively collodion wet plates, most of them in the atelier. One of my projects for 2022 is to shoot outdoor portraits with the 4x5" camera... lets's see where this leads to! So thanks for your video which reminded me again how much fun this can be!
Wet plate collodion is something that fascinates me a lot and that I would like to try in the future. Thanks for your comment. :)
@@KarinMajoka If you are ever in the far West of Germany, let me know ;-)
love the portra 160vc! RUclips just suggesting this video when I am getting interested in parge format now.. such a smart youtube…
Oh yeah, RUclips knows exactly how to push us into the loophole hahah. Thanks for watching! :)
@@KarinMajoka thanks 👍 I will probably looking into large format soon…
Nice!. I have an intrepid 4 by 5. It's freaking awesome
4x5 is the gateway to 20x24
"The magic mushrooms of film photography." Will use this forever. haha.
Also, love the shots and video. I can't believe the Portra held up so well!
Thank you, Jamie! Same, I was almost certain the shots would come out unusable, so I was pretty surprised by the results.
Great video. Your exposures were spot on and you're 100% right about the gateway to large format lol. Welcome to the darkside!
Your reactions are so cute! I’m in awe.
I like your eyebrows. And as an Estonian, i have no problem with your name.
Oh and somewhat on topic, as someone who started his journey on 35mm film in the 90s, i'm slowly re-discovering the wonders of it now and your videos are a great inspiration. Thank you!
Thank you! Welcome back on the addictive path of film photography :)
Wow, so sharp and lovely depth of field, well done.
Sounds like most of my time on the planet so far . After a decade of exclusively shooting digital I have been sucked back into film and rediscovered my addiction to photography. Digital is truly speed shooting film makes me slow down and enjoy the process abs art of photography.
That sounds like the good way of having a relapse - welcome back to the analog world! :)
How cool is that! Do you think that you can use more of large format in the future?
I`m in the middle of my honeymoon with my X-Pan, thanks to you and Baxter! But I still hang with my old 500 C/M from time to time, just to get that medium format dose in my life.. Great video! Nice of you to step out of the comfortzone!
I totally feel you, even after owning it for so long I am still in the honeymoon phase with the Xpan as well! Enjoy and have fun shooting! :)
Looking forward to your 4x5 content! 😂
Nooo, no am still trying to resist 😂
No addiction here, just joy. I shoot from 135 to 4x5 (check my last video if you like portraits of strangers on LF). Whatever fits in my bag that day. My tip for GAS, buy the cheapest camera and put a roll of film through it. Usually helps. My last buy was a Vitessa 1000 SR. It's a tiny compact rangefinder with a leaf shutter and a lens just like a large format camera. Aperture, shutter speed, iso setting, all in the lens. Super fun for 40 euros! Unbelievable these days.
Liebe Grüße aus Berlin,
Chris
Great photographs from you and your friend Heiner. I know this is older upload, but I was wondering if you could ask him what model tripod he was using that day? Thanks for the upload!!!
I guess it's easier to ask him directly, I am sure he will be more than happy to answer all of your questions: instagram.com/heinerbeisert/ :)
Karin, one tip about your technique, at the 9:42 minute mark, the way you shoot can be improved, before you shoot, test fire!, this ensures that the 'focussing switch' the one that holds the shutter open for composing is SHUT, and that, when the darkslide is removed, NO light enters the film holder and prematurely starts the exposure (an in-advertant overexposure); one way to test for this, without film!!! is to cock the shutter and press the release, if the button touches the cable guard the focus switch was OFF!, every cable release and shutter type, and style (copal, Sinar, Linhof) are different, LEARN where the cable STOPS for YOUR camera and cable combination, and make it a routine, so you DON'T waste film, by technical mistakes with using the camera.
Thanks for your tip, I appreciate it. All shots were test fired beforehand actually - I just did not leave everything in the video. And since I am very unexperienced with large format cameras I guess it's just my uncertainty that looks a bit clumsy :) But I will surely keep that in mind, thanks a lot!
@@KarinMajoka no worries, we all go through it, I am a beginner to, but felt the same when I first shot my Hasselblad 500c\m, as I didn't know if there was a light leak, lens worked, etc. and even then I over exposed it!, but the next shoot I had a lens hood, and took my time, that's what matters, do it slowly, so if you make a mistake, you can catch it in time (like a dark slide, focus lever, metering for the right film, etc); also practice with an empty holder, so you just do a "drill", you don't use real film until the basic mechanics of camera 'ops' are down, and you have a good long time to do the shoot, as if you rush things, that's when mistakes happen, also use a cheap film, also you can use a polaroid (lomograflok back-with Fuji INSTAX wide)-so you can get instant feedback; also take a digital mirrorless with you, and use the histogram to check for flare and glare {the right ] in the box, it does form part of the meter!}-I learnt this the hard way (above 500c\m experience!!)-it illuminates, but is very hard to see it!
Fantastic Video and Great Storytelling!
Thank you :)
Dang both the color and black and white are equally stunning 😍 great shots! If you’re ever in Hannover you’ll aughta hit me up do some 4x5 shooting 👍
Thank you! Absolutely, will do ✌🏼☺️
Thanks for the fun video Karin, I'm right there with you. I think I'm going to have to dive into 4x5 in the next year or so now that I'm comfortable with 6x7 :)
Thanks for your comment, Ryan. :) Yeah, it's addicting, right?
I love your videos (and jokes). definitly have been infected with GAS
that was such a vibe ...
heiner needs to start a youtube-career, we need a "german bryan birks" - haha.
Thank you! :) and yes, I second that suggestion ✌🏼
Great to see you shoot 4x5. Nice images too! I've been shooting more and more 4x5 (on a Chamonix 045-N2) since last summer or so... It was slow going at first. The major hurdles had been getting used to the tripod "lifestyle" (eventually just had to get a better camera bag, and a sturdier but lighter tripod) and working out development (I feel getting consistently good development had been a lot more difficult than medium format & 35mm)... But these are mostly behind me now, and I think recently I've been shooting more 4x5 than anything else. I find it really suits my style - I shoot a lot of urban landscape sort of stuff, and I like my verticals vertical, so the movements are a godsend; and I like that I can be (or, sort of, must be) very precise with my composition.
Glad that you overcame all of the little bumps on the road and feel comfortable shooting 4x5 now! That’s exactly the point that is stopping me (for now): it’s not only necessary to buy a 4x5 camera to shoot it, but all of the accessories (like a bag, tripod, developing and scanning equipment) to make for a good shooting experience pile up rather quickly.
Those were some great shots. Now I have the 4x5 itch.
4x5 is so fun and I’m glad I got into it
Thank you, I appreciate it :)
Fun video! I use mostly my Bronica GS-1 6x7, but my 4x5 field camera is great for dry glass plates and direct positive paper, not options with medium format. And for getting straight vertical lines when shooting buildings, as no tilt shift lenses for the GS-1. So far I have resisted 8x10, but for alternative process contact printing it would be great. Good luck, cheers from Montreal!
Ha ha ha ha, already grinning in the intro Karin :) Fantastic video ! Going to Germany next week and shoot a little in Hamburg, only 35mm though !
Haha thanks, I appreciate it! Have fun in Hamburg, it’s a fun city for street photography :)
Great photos! Darn I really want to try Large Format someday...I know I wouldn't actually get around to using it much so it'd be a waste but someday I totally want to be like all the cool large format youtubers and make the awesome big photos.
Awesome! I have a tale of woe when it comes to large format. Years ago my wife gave me an old 5x7 for my birthday. I went as far as ordering some HP5 for it before breaking the ground glass. Did you know those things are removable? I didn't. Recently I dug it out and have been contemplating getting it running. I even have a pack of HP5 expired in 1997 which Jamie Maldonado assures me is "perfectly shootable". See you at the wet plate workshop.
It is never too late to give it another try! And I have heard about several cases of broken ground glass - even though it’s still an absolute bummer, you don’t seem to be the only one with that issue. You should give that good old HP5 a try for sure! :)
I am shooting a Shen-Hao HZX45-IIA 4x5 camera. You can look at Stenopeika as a good cheaper option. I can relate to looking through the ground glass for the first time, it is overwhelming. Enjoy the journey
Thanks for the tip, I appreciate it! I will do some research and take a look! :)
At end and after all the teaching and supervision, did heiner get the box ?!
GAS? I'm addicted to Panoramic Photography, I use a 35mm unperforated film (34mmx70mm) 120 film (60mmx170mm) and a film back adaptor 4in x 10in Film (I cut the 8x10 film) and I stitch digital images. Thank you for your videos :)
Wait, unperforated 35mm film exists?! Could you elaborate? This is extremely interesting :)
Awesome video as usual. The addiction is so real on my end, it's all I think about 🤩. I also have you to blame for putting thoughts of getting a bronica in my mind, after watching you talk about yours. That was a fantastic video to and very helpful. I guess I know what I'll get myself for my birthday 😂.
Hahahaha, I would apologize for planting the Bronica thought in your head, but I can’t since it’s just a fantastic camera 😬 but be careful: it will probably only get worse from there 😅😂
Shooting 4X5 is a great commitment with great satisfaction when done well. Learn your way round the camera, its movements, lens settings and take it from there.
4x5... that's where the photographer makes decisions and commits to an image.
word!
4x5 certainly takes you to the skies, but you should try 8x10 ...
Lol that intro… so true 😂
Glad I am not the only one 😬
You are funny 👍👍
Damn That resolution is INSANE. This is definitely a drug type I would stay away from and just inhale second hand through other people's film channels xD beautiful images Karin
Passive consumption is definitely cheaper and healthier 😂
Hello Karin, super great video! I have also been able to get to know the Charmonix F2 with a friend and have also ordered the H1 for which I am now eagerly waiting. How did you digitize the pictures? By digital camera or scanner? Greetings from your neighboring town Lünen, Marcus
Hey Marcus, thanks for your comment! That's awesome, sounds like you had a great first large format experience if you ordered your own camera after that. :) In this case I did not digitize the images myself. The color images were scanned by a lab in Poland and the b&w images were scanned by Heiner (using a digital camera).
Outstanding work. U used the seconic meter?
Excellent video Karin. I am still on 35mm at the moment with my Contax G1 but I am now tempted to go larger size in the future :)
Oh oh, be aware, you are right in the downwards spiral.
Enjoy your G1 for now! :)
Zu große Negative kann man nie haben! Zum glück bin ich vorerst bei einer 6x9 Pressekamera hängen geblieben.
Mag ich wohl, das Video, beste Grüße aus Norddeutschland.
6x9 ist auf jeden Fall auch ein wunderbares format und auch gar nicht mehr allzuuuu weit weg von Großformat 😬 Danke dir, Grüße zurück. :)
(This will be understood by Italians that are well into Barbascura X)
Heiner: Takes the shot real quick.
Karin: "Già fatto?"
Liked this video and camera. I am hooked to analog photography but when I watch in general ,videos about analog photography I am surprised by the quality of the video cameras you use. Gorgeous digital video! It is always shocking to me. I must add that nothing beats actually shooting analog cameras.
Thanks for your comment, I appreciate it. That is an interesting perspective! :)
Great episode Karin! Also, I can kindly look after your M6 while you experiment with large format... 👀👀
I just took my first frames with an Intrepid 4x5 today, so it's all over for me too
Silver Halides are a hell of a drug. 😝
I don’t really have a ton of desire to use film heavily, owing to being bit by its downsides in my youth (try affording film and development as a twelve year old), but speaking of large format, I’d definitely like to try a Speed Graphic.
Haha, you name it! I totally understand your thinking behind it - and also see why 4x5 might still be so appealing :)
GAS … so that is what it’s called … I knew it, I recognized the symptoms when I picked up my latest, a used Sinar P2 😄
I just hopped into 6x6 from the get go after 35mm
fun thing to do on a view cam: tilt the back back to gain perspective and sharpen the image.
The portraits turned out so good!! I'm still consuming the gateway drugs and just recently got into medium format...I'm sure it won't take long until I want to try out large format though 👀
The craving crawls in slowly, but I promise you, when it hits it hits 😬
I really like your frame-within-a-frame shots. It’s neat to see how two photographers will see a location so differently.
The thing that has driven my large format GAS is I like lenses with big image circles. But if I have a lens with a big image circle, I feel I really ought to have a camera that can properly make use of it. And then I want to get lenses with large image circles for the larger format. That’s how I ended up with a 210mm Super Angulon and an 11x14 camera. (And I have a couple of lenses that cover 20x24, so who knows…)
Thank you, I appreciate it! Well, that’s also a way to slowly commit to bigger and bigger formats 😬
Heinrich, Heiner and I... dreamteam ;-)
☺️
I love 4x5, i have a pinhole and a Linhof technika 4 and want more lol
Never. I will resist. (Good thing i have neither money nor time)
(But also i want a speed graphic)
For expired film those turned out really nice! I have a love/hate relationship with expired film. Also, I googled Snow King and that phone number, turns out it's a resort in Wyoming.
Same here, most of my expired film experiments went well, but sometimes I also had unusable or heavily fogged results. Oh, really? That’s crazy! I bought the film I Germany, so this leaves room for even more questions haha
love the intro!
Thank you 🙌🏼