I'm 22 and I'm the only person I know who still shoots film (pretty much 90% of the pictures I take), but watching this encourages me to keep going. Fantastic video!
Thank you for your comment. It's very encouraging to see so many young people using film. It gives me hope that the technology will not die. There are pros and cons for both film and digital and they should continue to exist together.
@@Nias2sweetsorro I just think that this historical year we're living deserves to be documented and archived, and film might just be the best medium for that. We'll see in a few decades how many digital files still stand.
What a great video. I remember Kodachrome 25. The images were mind blowing. I remember thinking about medium format but Kodachrome 25 in 35mm was more than enough detail. Kodachrome 25 had a resolving power of 200 lines per millimetre. If you do the math, you would need a 138 megapixel digital full frame camera sensor to get the same detail. Lenses are better today and obviously help in resolving more detail, so digital may appear sharper than film. Back in the day most of us could not afford expensive lenses. Put a modern corrected lens on a 35mm film camera and if you could still get Kodachrome 25 I guarantee it would blow the socks off any full frame digital camera. How sad we gave up film for convenience.
Thank you for your compliment and your informative statistics. I recently had my Minolta SRT 101 repaired, I just wish I could still get the Kodachrome.
I still live in hope that Kodachrome will come back one day. At least we can still get Ektachrome E100. Good shooting with the refurbished camera. I will never give up film. Thanks again for a great video.
I have some 74 year-old Kodachrome family photos which look just as good as the day they were developed. Just amazing to see the 'natural', undisturbed colors from the late 1940s / early 50s.
Such a beautiful video on such a great film, how I love the colors...since a couple of weeks I started to use filmrecipes on my fijifilm camera's. I'm sure I won't get the same results as on your photographs but everything near will b already satisfying for me. I'm really happy I could see this unbelievable color photographs Thanks.
I just absolutely loved every minute of this. Probably one of my favorite RUclips videos that I’ve seen in the last couple of years and I’ve seen probably thousands regrettably. I hear so many people talk on and on about cameras and film but from the very first second I knew that this man had a real understanding and experience with the craft and more specifically Kodachrome which is somewhat of a myth nowadays to us young ones who are joining the resurgence. Thank you so much for sharing your stories and experience!❤️📸
Thank you so much for your enthusiastic and articulate praise. I'm very happy that I'm in a position to pass on my experience of something that's gone, possibly forever.
Nice post. I started with an SRT 101 (silver like yours), the 50 f1.7, and Kodachrome 25 and 64. Branched out to many other things over the years. But just that name brings back so many fond memories.
From 1976 to the end of Kodachrome i had 3 Canon F1 camera main one was K25 and he others one was K64 and K200 and i used many Canon lenses like 24mm f/1.4, 55mm f/1.2, 85mm f/1.2 and 300mm f2.8 . I was probably the only photographer using 25 ASA film at the Formula 1 Montreal grand prix but WOW the quality of K25 and EKTAR 25 pictures. i got tears in my eyes watching this video.Thank you
@@Nias2sweetsorro I worked all my life in 3 big complete commercials photographers studio with full lab that processed B/W, C41 and E6 and i used thousands of Fuji and Kodak E6 slides films for work but for my personals pictures or works with no rush i only used Kodachrome 25 even if it was more expensive because i could proccess for free my personal film at work! that is how much i loved my Kodachrome. One of my Kodachrome 25 slide was used for the original background picture of the Biodome in Montreal.
@@denispelletier4381 It looks like you were lucky enough to make photography your career. For me it was only ever a hobby. There were occasions when I'd be hiking in the wilderness, completely out of contact with civilisation, for a week. I'm glad I didn't have to worry about charging batteries. I don't know how I'd go now shooting digital in that situation. Anyway I'm starting to get too old to carry a week's provisions on my back.
I still have my Canon F1-N camera from the 1980’s. Still works fine & you can still can shoot it with certain shutter speeds, even if the camera battery “dies.”(What a remarkable feature to have in a camera.Try to find this feature today on a digital camera.) Shooting slide film or print film was absolutely a pleasure to do with this camera. Opening my box of processed slide film was like opening up a package on Christmas Day!😊❤️👍
Merci pour cette vidéo ,superbe , que de souvenirs , la Kodachrome 25 , mon Olympus om2 toute ma jeunesse.Vos photos sont magnifiques ,les couleurs sont éclatantes et irremplaçables. Thank you for this very nice vidéo .
as I recently started my photography with film I've stuck to mostly 400 iso film due to a fear of low light situations You gave me more confidence to try some more low ISO slide film and I am excited to experiment Thank you for sharing your history with kodachrome 25
Lovely video! Could watch nostalgic content such as this all day. Your narration was profound as well, without the words “um, like, and I mean” interjected between every sentence.
My dad shot thousands of photos in the sixties with his Richo 35 mm that he bought when he was in the Army in the early 1950's. I'm pretty sure he used Kodachrome ASA 64, and all of his outdoor and landscape pictures, are to this day the brightest most vivid pics I've ever seen. The colors really came out on cloudy days because of the diffuse light.
I only ever tried Kodachrome 64, but I got some excellent images. I recognize some of the tendencies of that film in your shots here. They eventually managed to make some pretty good 100 speed E6 film, which I am pretty happy with. I have some that are slightly over 20 years old that still look good today.
Thank you for sharing your experience with K25! I think with proper precautions digital files will last, but there is something beautiful about the physicality of slides.
I still miss my Kodachrome 25. 😒 The last camera I used to take Kodachrome with (left the box tab on the camera) was an OM-2n the only auto camera that seemed to meter it consistently correct. I ended up shooting many more rolls of E-6 but was only because I needed fast developed and ability to project it for a very large audience. But for personal or work that I was going to print (on Cibachrome) nothing bet Kodachrome.
Loved this video so much and found it so interesting, I was born in the mid 80s so I grew up with film then digital came along, I now use a Fujifilm X100V with a 1/8 diffusion filter to get that nice highlight rolloff for my documentary style photography and I have an extremely basic Kodak camera from 1987 that I shoot film on, looking to upgrade to a better film camera. I just love the way film renders, it captures a moment stuck in time.
Wow! That's quite a compliment. Thank you. I would think those rolls of 220 Kodachrome would be a great rarity. As I understand it the medium format Kodachrome was not popular because the processing turnaround time was too slow for professionals.
Thank you for this video! I have family Kodachrome (10ASA) slides going back to 1954. The other film types have deteriorated. I used Kodachrome 25, then 64, right up to the End. Like you, I have a Minolta SRT-101- still working well. Your photos are excellent.
Thank you for your comment. No-one in our family had a camera during the 10ASA period so I have no experience of that film stock. You're lucky your Minolta still works. I wish they still made them.
I've been scanning old family photos from the 1950s and 60s, most were Kodachrome and they still look as good as the day they were developed. Other rolls were Ektachrome and they hadn't aged very well, colors had faded and they had an overall blue cast. With some digital manipulation I managed to restore the Ektachrome colors but the results were just adequate, they still looked a little 'off', they didn't pop like Kodachrome does. When I bought my Olympus OM-1 in 1978 Kodachrome 25 was the only color film I used, there was no contest, it was the best.
Great story. Back in the 1960s I had a good old Minolta SR-1 with a Minolta clip on light meter thrown in. The SRT-101 had just come out so the SR1 was on special. Got some great Kodachrome 25 and 64 shots although I mostly shot B&W and did my own home processing. A real hobby. One had to think about taking a photo re composition, exposure etc. .
I often feel that digital photography is so much trial and error, because it's able to be. Back in the day we had to get it right without being able to confirm it. There was a degree of skill that we're losing now.
Kodachrome is still the standard bearer for colour archival photography, bar none. I shot for a few local magazines in the 80s as well as stock and chromes were the rule of the day. Save for a few publications, Kodachrome images were almost always in demand. K-25 was always a challenge even in great and abundant light, I preferred K-64. Fond memories indeed.
I think the secret to my being able to get low light shots with K25 was that the Minolta SRT 101 had an exceptionally smooth shutter. Plus I was younger back then and more steady of hand.
@@Nias2sweetsorro Here in Europe you can find a couple of labs, and I think also around the globe as well. It is the same Kodak Vision 3 film as the 16 and 35mm cinema films, meaning every lab suited for ECN-2 process is capable of doing it :)
Thank you for your comment. Yes, that black one is a beauty. In fact I'm at present trying to find a repairer that will take it on. Its meter is caput, and the shutter button needs adjustment. The old, mechanical cameras are better suited to the practised way I used to get candid shots. They're also more robust and easier to carry on mountainous hikes.
Great video! I started shooting film in 1999 for a few years, then went digital, and now am coming back to film again. I don’t think we will be looking at our digital photos 50 years from now, all stored on hard drives. I think the best way to keep your photographic memories are on film and printed photos, and keep them in a box you can come back to now and then.
I too am tempted to go back to film. The main holdup is the lack of new cameras just like my old Minolta; all mechanical, manual, and in a leather jacket with a front cover that can be unclipped and ready for shooting in two seconds.
@@Nias2sweetsorro I had a Nikon FM10 that I wish I didn’t sell.... I recently bought a great condition Nikon F4, and have been shooting with it. That’s the best we can do these days, buy old stuff in nice condition.
@@ManyDoors777 A difficult problem with old cameras, no matter how well looked after, is that the photo electric cell in the light meter degrades with age and can't be replaced.
@@Nias2sweetsorro interesting. Well I sent off a couple rolls of Portra 400 to be developed, so I’ll see how it turns out before I invest in developing equipment for myself. Fingers crossed.
I have been asked what camera I used to film this video (The query disappeared from my comments). For the main shots I used a Sony A7s II. For the close-ups I used a small 10-year-old Sony handicam that doesn't have progressive scan; only interlace.
This video was an absolute joy to watch. Nostalgic and educational. Brought back memories. I wasn’t into photography then and bought my first non disposable camera 2 to 3 years ago. I do remember using the cheap cameras we had in the house and mailing the film and waiting for results. I recently ordered an entry level Fujifilm camera and noticed their film simulation system. Started reading up on it so when my xt100 arrives I will have some knowledge of what they’re about. Reading up on them and watching your video has given me a new found respect for film photography. I drink way too much coffee to have the patience required to shoot film but I can still appreciate the artistic commitment that goes into it. Thank you for posting such a well produced and thought out production.
Thank you for your comment. To get the best out of film you need a fully manual, mechanical camera. And as far as I know they don't make them anymore, except perhaps Leica.
Thanks for a great little trip in the time machine. I never shot K25 , but I did use a lot of K64 and a bit of K200. I have all my day's slides dating back to the late 1940's. Most of them are Kodachrome and they still look great.
You are so lucky to have such an archive of Kodachrome images. Mine begins and ends with me. My family didn't have a camera till I got one and when my dad did eventually get a camera he shot either Ektachrome or Agfa.
Firstly: A huge thank you for what might be the first video on RUclips that really features Kodachrome 25! I previously wasn‘t even award that this film stock was available. Beautiful captures as well, the colors are amazing still today... Secondly: What were they doing on the photograph shown at around 4:19 ? Stitching a wound with a safety pin? Poor guy... (I‘m a medical student, by the way, so im particularly interested) Thirdly: I not only wonder if digital photos will last for 50 years, but if we will show them at all, because of the huge amount. I am already annoyed with my 23 years to go through all of the digital photos I have. So I started shooting film in 2019 and since then really enjoying it. Slide film like Provia 100F is of course particularly nice, but really expensive here in Germany (about 18 Euros for one film), so I shoot mostly black and white film. I hope my poor English ist understandable... Greetings from the Ruhr-Area in western Germany!
Thank you for your delightful comment. Your English is good. The guy with the injured knee is my brother. They are digging a splinter out. We had no first aid kit. After that I always carried a pocket knife with pick and tweezers in it, but never had to use it. If more and more people like you start shooting film, maybe they'll bring back Kodachrome. It was losing popularity even before digital took over, because it was difficult to get good prints from it unless you used expensive Cibachrome paper, which was fabulous. But now with modern scanning technology that's not a problem. Do you develop your own black and white films?
Of course they will still be shown. I think it's survivorship-bias. There were plenty of film photos. We all have them in our attics and garages. Only the best will stand the test of time.
Sony mirrorless and any mirrorless really has given all the old film lenses new life. I used to dabble with my father’s canon Ae-1 back in the 90s and when I got back into photography with a little Olympus I bought any film lens I could find sub 100. I wish I would have bought more. I’ve since snagged a Minolta film camera, man I wish I could’ve snagged a few more lenses b4 the recent surge in popularity. Now I mainly run around with my Sony a7rII a couple sigma 1.4s
I occasionally use my 58 mm F1.2 Minolta lens on my Sony A7sII, but the lack of auto stop down makes focusing difficult on moving subjects. I wish I could buy a new camera just like my worn out Minolta SRT 101.
@@Nias2sweetsorro auto focus for moving subjects was a big reason I started moving toward sigma art primes and the tamron zooms. With the film lenses you get their little bits of character but focus for anything on the move is a challenge. Plus with the price of some of the great film lenses costing as much as an autofocus lens I had to just make the move up.
Maybe you could make more videos with slide photos from your collection and talk more on where to measure light - for us who don´t have the human lightmeter you seem to posses! Absolutely marvelous pictures!
After all these years since K25 was discontinued my brain is still calibrated for estimating exposures at ISO 25, which is not much use now. The best advice I can give is to look for a part of the scene that equates to medium grey. Set your camera to that, then frame up and take your shot.
Thanks for your comment. I see you have a Minolta SRT 101. I currently have three: two have dying photo electric cells and you can't get replacements; one has a worn out film transport mechanism and one has a tired shutter. I wish I could get one good one out of the three, but the only repairer who can do them is in his 80s and has been out of action during Covid.
@@Nias2sweetsorro You're welcome! I've two Nikon's FM and FA that need repair but they're to complicate to fix and I'd need about two days of peace and quiet to do it. However there are plenty of SRT101 knockin' about in Austria on the secondhand market from 35 - 100 euros. Or you could chance fixing it yourself! In my last video I bought 6 Canon AF35M because I love them so much especially for biking and on the go. The SRT101 is a great camera although very unrated will all the return to film hype going on these days.
Thanks for a memorial of a shared photo past. I used K11 and K25 for most of my 35mm days in M Leica and Leicaflexes. You got used to the slow speed and tended to use the lenses pretty wide open using 1/250 most of the time. The benefits of the film were consistency of colour, resistance to fading and high resolution. I bought a Nikon D100 in 2004 and although the colour was good the resolution was way lower than well scanned K25. I still have my Kodachromes kept in their yellow boxes in the dry and dark. They are still as shot. Most of my early digitals are God knows where! Now we back up but then seldom. Such a pity the film was discontinued. Now that film is usually bought online worldwide perhaps if Kodak had hung on in there it might have been economically possible to keep one production line and a couple of labs open.. Thanks again.
I agree with your sentiments. We seem to have lost something precious. Kodachrome printed on Cibachrome paper had a quality that's never been surpassed and both were archival.
Nice video. It's unfortunate that Kodachrome has gone away, I have a few rolls but can't develop in Kodachrome chemistry so I have to figure out how I want to go about it.
Great video Gary, I found you video because I have had a roll of this stuff sitting around from back when my parents bought their AE1 new. i'm planning to use the roll through my nikkormat fm as soon as i find a special place to use it! It's a shame you can't really find it anymore.
Hello Gary, Thank you for sharing your experience about Kodachrome 25. Unfortunately, I nerver shoot with Kodachrome... but I know Kodachrome 25 was the best version of Kodachrome film. Steve Mcurry make his carrer with it... The best color film with the best fine grain definition ever made. I guess Kodachrome is the film that missing in the market place today... and if Kodachrome is bringing back, it's would be the 25 asa version because there no equivalent... Unfortunately, we know all Kodachrome can't bring back because we needed a factory for process it... Kodachrome is an black & white film to which we added the dye during the process (fourteen bath...) it's really complicated... You don't be sad because it's over about Kodachrome (I understand you !) but smile cause you were able to enjoy it ! (It's not my case...) Today, I only do film photography, no digital ! I take my pleasure with Fujichrome Velvia, even if he does not compare with Kodachrome, it's also unique ! I guess it's the last color film such unique color. Thank you for all, greeting's from France (and sorry for my english) Lionel
Thank you for your sentiments. You are right, I am lucky to have lived at a time when Kodachrome was available. If Kodachrome 25 were reintroduced, then I would want a new camera just like my Minolta SRT 101 to shoot it with. Sadly I don't think either of those things is going to happen.
@@Nias2sweetsorro You're right... I guess that Nikon or Canon should be make an full metal & manual film camera with a top of the line lenses range in focal fixed length... I'm sur there is a market today for this ! Leica proves it with MP and M-A camera still available, great's camera's but extremely expensive ! I hope you don't stop film photography... You can buy a great used SLR camera's like Minolta XD7, 303b... Pentax, Canon, Olympus and Nikon ! I advise you to try Fujifilm Velvia 50 exposed at 40 isos, you could have good surprises ! Have a nice day !
@@layonel9900 It would be good if the factories would buy back the old cameras and re-build them, making new parts where required. The Velvia 50 worked well for my aerial photography (See my video 'My Medium Format Film Episode'), but for general photography I found the colour to be too saturated.
Nice presentation Gary. I miss Kodachrome 25 too. I still have all my Nikon film cameras and lenses and want to get back to shooting film but since I switched to digital I reach for one of my Canon cameras either the 7Dll or my 5Dlll for the instant gratification. You mentioned you wanted to get the FM3n but didn't, you should have gotten it even though Kodak stopped making the Kodachrome 25. The 64 was still great stuff. My Nikons are 2 FE's one black one chrome, one FE2, chrome and 2 FM2's, one black,one chrome and they are all in working condition. Oh, I was not very happy with the Ektachrome either. Colors coming out of digital camera aren't bad but really don't compare to Kodachrome 25, IMHO. Is it the grain or texture that makes the difference ? So thank you for your wonderful presentation, I've subscribe and given you a thumbs up and looking for more of your content that I'm sure I will enjoy. You also just re-stoked my interest in getting back to shooting film.Thanks again.
Thanks for your comment and for subscribing. I do regret not buying the Nikon FM3a. B&H recently rated it the all-time best mechanical SLR. The biggest problem with digital cameras is that they have so many buttons they can't be encased in a protective leather jacket with a front cover that can be unclipped in a second. If you want to carry a digital camera in rough terrain it has to be in a shoulder bag or backpack. By the way, I presume you are aware of my other photography themed video: My medium format film episode. The link is above if you haven't seen it.
Digital has a lot of advantages which I don’t want to miss. I remember the hurdles with films good enough. Yeah, does film can be charming… yes, but some digital shooters did teach me a lesson… and I am sure with AI we soon mimic the look of KK 25 or 64 to a T…. 😮
Saw this video of yours months ago and I still keep coming back to watch it from time to time to appreciate kodachrome's beauty. Thanks for making this video anecdote Gary! I hope you make more videos on kodachrome.
Lovely video. Hand holding at 1/4 with sharpness like what was displayed in this video is amazing. I struggle to create sharp images at 1/60th unless I'm resting my arms on something and even my TLR seems to jump around when I am still! Need to breathe properly I guess Wonderful work, glad YT recommended this video to me today.
I only ever shot Velvia on medium format, so a comparison with 35 mm wouldn't be objective. I think I only shot one roll of 50 ISO and concluded that the colours were a bit artificial and the ISO needed adjusting to maybe 32. If you check out my Medium Format Film Episode movie the shot of the two Cessnas in formation was Velvia 50. The rest of the aerial shots were on Velvia 400 if I remember rightly. It worked well for that type of photography, but I wouldn't use Velvia for portraits.
Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I grew up with crap film and disposable cameras so when I decided to shoot film as well as digital I was surprised at the quality that a real camera and professional film could offer.
Great video, so nice for younger photographers to have a glimpse at the rich history of film photography. Hopefully, they find a way to bring Kodachrome back like they did Ektachrome. I'm sure many people would love more videos like this, maybe even your thoughts on newer film technologies. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for your appreciative comment. If film makes a big enough comeback it's my view that the camera manufacturers are going to have to start reissuing 1970s-style manual, mechanical cameras if we're to extract the full potential from the old medium.
Wow, thank you so much for sharing your experience with all of us. I am sure shooting Kodachrome was amazing, I haven't shot any colour-reversal film, yet, but I often wonder about the great pictures that could be taken today should Kodachrome still existed. Keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to hearing more stories!
I often look through my father's K25 slides, they still look amazing even though they are from the 80s. I shoot film still today and sometimes struggle with films like Ektachrome 100 or Velvia 50, 25 would be rough.
The Minolta SRT 101 had an exceptionally smooth shutter and I was using fast prime lenses, so low light situations weren't as challenging as they might otherwise have been.
I was using my Olympus OM-1/2/4s for 35 years since 1973 and almost exclusively with Kodachrome films in traveling. I must admit, however, that KC64 was my main-stay, as KC 25 tended to be both harder to find and more expensive. Still, its sharpness was just stunning. The problem is: who will want to keep theses slides after us? So, I probably will have to bite the bullet and digitize the better ones.
I started out with a Nikon F2A back in the late seventies and K25/64 were my choice with slides. Similar to Gray, my films began and will end with me. I began digitizing all my 135/120 with a Minolta Scanner right after I bought the Canon D30 in 2000. In preparation for my final day, I have started to shred my slides, negatives and prints.
Alas, I'm not tech savvy enough to know how to emulate film with digital. A micro four-thirds camera I bought as an entry to digital had a menu item for retro colour. That's as close as I got.
@@Nias2sweetsorro Thanks for the reminder! I didn’t receive the notification. I’ll give it a watch now. I’m turning on the “give all notifications” bell for this channel, youtube sucks at giving notifications.
I didn't get into colour negative films till the advent of the one-hour processor occasionally tempted me away from Kodachrome. By then it was Kodacolor Gold 100.
Thanks for sharing your story Gary. The first camera I bought was a used Minolta SRT 202 and it is a joy to shoot with. Have you considered trying out a roll of CineStill 50D? I'd be interested to see what your opinion of it is and how it compares to K25. Cheers!
It's at least 10 years since I last shot film. At that time I decided that Portra NC 160 was the best film for me. Being a bit out of touch I wasn't aware of the Cine Still film till you mentioned it. I googled images of it and wasn't all that impressed. It would be hard to compare it with the Kodachrome, being a negative film rather than reversal. One thing in its favour is the 50 ISO, which is only one stop from 25 and so it would be easy to transpose from the exposure guesses I used to make with K25. I've long since been unable to get parts to repair my Minoltas.
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My best photography was accomplished with the use of Kodachrome 25 film. IMHO, nothing else compares.
And nothing else lasts as long. I've already lost a bunch of photos to a 5-year-old USB that will no longer open.
Great photos capturing a moment of time with a great story of your journey in film. I hope they bring back kodachrome.
I loved Kodachrome 25 and 64, though I preferred 25. I once shot fireworks on 25 handheld.
So cool to see these old film shots - the colours are so different than what we're used to today.
I'm 22 and I'm the only person I know who still shoots film (pretty much 90% of the pictures I take), but watching this encourages me to keep going. Fantastic video!
Thank you for your comment. It's very encouraging to see so many young people using film. It gives me hope that the technology will not die. There are pros and cons for both film and digital and they should continue to exist together.
@@Nias2sweetsorro I just think that this historical year we're living deserves to be documented and archived, and film might just be the best medium for that. We'll see in a few decades how many digital files still stand.
@@jmguitarnavy Good images from any year probably deserve to be archived and film is definitely your best bet.
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What a great video. I remember Kodachrome 25. The images were mind blowing. I remember thinking about medium format but Kodachrome 25 in 35mm was more than enough detail. Kodachrome 25 had a resolving power of 200 lines per millimetre. If you do the math, you would need a 138 megapixel digital full frame camera sensor to get the same detail. Lenses are better today and obviously help in resolving more detail, so digital may appear sharper than film. Back in the day most of us could not afford expensive lenses. Put a modern corrected lens on a 35mm film camera and if you could still get Kodachrome 25 I guarantee it would blow the socks off any full frame digital camera. How sad we gave up film for convenience.
Thank you for your compliment and your informative statistics. I recently had my Minolta SRT 101 repaired, I just wish I could still get the Kodachrome.
I still live in hope that Kodachrome will come back one day. At least we can still get Ektachrome E100. Good shooting with the refurbished camera. I will never give up film. Thanks again for a great video.
I have some 74 year-old Kodachrome family photos which look just as good as the day they were developed. Just amazing to see the 'natural', undisturbed colors from the late 1940s / early 50s.
I believe the ISO (ASA) rating of Kodachrome in that era was 10. I'd be fascinated to see some of your images.
This is one of the finest videos I've seen on photography. Simple, intelligent and aesthetically on point.
Love hearing about the experience of shooting in the 60s. Thanks for sharing.
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Amazing photos and video Gary. V inspiring Newly subscribed.
Kodachrome was a good film. I used it for years. A little on the warm side, but nice. Good color, that can last, and last.
Such a beautiful video on such a great film, how I love the colors...since a couple of weeks I started to use filmrecipes on my fijifilm camera's. I'm sure I won't get the same results as on your photographs but everything near will b already satisfying for me.
I'm really happy I could see this unbelievable color photographs
Thanks.
I just absolutely loved every minute of this. Probably one of my favorite RUclips videos that I’ve seen in the last couple of years and I’ve seen probably thousands regrettably. I hear so many people talk on and on about cameras and film but from the very first second I knew that this man had a real understanding and experience with the craft and more specifically Kodachrome which is somewhat of a myth nowadays to us young ones who are joining the resurgence. Thank you so much for sharing your stories and experience!❤️📸
Thank you so much for your enthusiastic and articulate praise. I'm very happy that I'm in a position to pass on my experience of something that's gone, possibly forever.
Nice post. I started with an SRT 101 (silver like yours), the 50 f1.7, and Kodachrome 25 and 64. Branched out to many other things over the years. But just that name brings back so many fond memories.
From 1976 to the end of Kodachrome i had 3 Canon F1 camera main one was K25 and he others one was K64 and K200 and i used many Canon lenses like 24mm f/1.4, 55mm f/1.2, 85mm f/1.2 and 300mm f2.8 . I was probably the only photographer using 25 ASA film at the Formula 1 Montreal grand prix but WOW the quality of K25 and EKTAR 25 pictures.
i got tears in my eyes watching this video.Thank you
And thank you. Wow, you had some great gear!
By the way, I tried a few rolls of Ekta, but for whatever reason the store where I got it developed couldn't get the colour balance to my liking.
@@Nias2sweetsorro I worked all my life in 3 big complete commercials photographers studio with full lab that processed B/W, C41 and E6 and i used thousands of Fuji and Kodak E6 slides films for work but for my personals pictures or works with no rush i only used Kodachrome 25 even if it was more expensive because i could proccess for free my personal film at work! that is how much i loved my Kodachrome. One of my Kodachrome 25 slide was used for the original background picture of the Biodome in Montreal.
@@denispelletier4381 It looks like you were lucky enough to make photography your career. For me it was only ever a hobby. There were occasions when I'd be hiking in the wilderness, completely out of contact with civilisation, for a week. I'm glad I didn't have to worry about charging batteries. I don't know how I'd go now shooting digital in that situation. Anyway I'm starting to get too old to carry a week's provisions on my back.
I still have my Canon F1-N camera from the 1980’s. Still works fine & you can still can shoot it with certain shutter speeds, even if the camera battery “dies.”(What a remarkable feature to have in a camera.Try to find this feature today on a digital camera.) Shooting slide film or print film was absolutely a pleasure to do with this camera. Opening my box of processed slide film was like opening up a package on Christmas Day!😊❤️👍
Some beautiful images! Thanks for sharing your story
Thank you. I started photography with Kodachrome 25. I wasn't as good as you but after a while I learnt what it was all about. cheers geoff
Wonderful, thankyou for sharing your love of K25 👍 Truly missed by me too.
Wonderful. I enjoyed watching this.
Merci pour cette vidéo ,superbe , que de souvenirs , la Kodachrome 25 , mon Olympus om2 toute ma jeunesse.Vos photos sont magnifiques ,les couleurs sont éclatantes et irremplaçables.
Thank you for this very nice vidéo .
thanks for sharing the stories and the slides!
What lovely photos and exposure is spot on. Thanks for showing.
love this channel, and definitely will try more lower asa films because of this vid!
Beautiful pictures!
as I recently started my photography with film I've stuck to mostly 400 iso film due to a fear of low light situations
You gave me more confidence to try some more low ISO slide film and I am excited to experiment
Thank you for sharing your history with kodachrome 25
Nice. I bought my SRT 101 about the same time and it lasted until 2001 when I sold it, still in working order.
Thanks for sharing, Gary. Thoroughly enjoyed the video
Lovely video! Could watch nostalgic content such as this all day. Your narration was profound as well, without the words “um, like, and I mean” interjected between every sentence.
Thank you!
My dad shot thousands of photos in the sixties with his Richo 35 mm that he bought when he was in the Army in the early 1950's. I'm pretty sure he used Kodachrome ASA 64, and all of his outdoor and landscape pictures, are to this day the brightest most vivid pics I've ever seen. The colors really came out on cloudy days because of the diffuse light.
If you could hold steady enough Kodachrome would give better results in low light than fast films.
I only ever tried Kodachrome 64, but I got some excellent images. I recognize some of the tendencies of that film in your shots here. They eventually managed to make some pretty good 100 speed E6 film, which I am pretty happy with. I have some that are slightly over 20 years old that still look good today.
Thank you for sharing your experience with K25! I think with proper precautions digital files will last, but there is something beautiful about the physicality of slides.
Thank you for your positive sentiments. I know you can get archival CDs but whether there'll always be machines to play them is an unknown.
what a wonderful video. So much emotion, so much history, such power, all in a simple format. Thank you.
I loved the video format. And see all your passion for photography.
Lovely video! I personally like low iso film! I also love my Minolta Srt-101!
This video was amazing
I still miss my Kodachrome 25. 😒 The last camera I used to take Kodachrome with (left the box tab on the camera) was an OM-2n the only auto camera that seemed to meter it consistently correct. I ended up shooting many more rolls of E-6 but was only because I needed fast developed and ability to project it for a very large audience. But for personal or work that I was going to print (on Cibachrome) nothing bet Kodachrome.
Loved this video so much and found it so interesting, I was born in the mid 80s so I grew up with film then digital came along, I now use a Fujifilm X100V with a 1/8 diffusion filter to get that nice highlight rolloff for my documentary style photography and I have an extremely basic Kodak camera from 1987 that I shoot film on, looking to upgrade to a better film camera. I just love the way film renders, it captures a moment stuck in time.
My favrite film of all time! And I have thousands of those slides in my files! I still have several rolls of Kodachrome 64 in 220. Thank you!
Wow! That's quite a compliment. Thank you. I would think those rolls of 220 Kodachrome would be a great rarity. As I understand it the medium format Kodachrome was not popular because the processing turnaround time was too slow for professionals.
The film had to go to the Rochester lab and tutnaround was 2 weeks plus mailing timr.
Thank you for this video! I have family Kodachrome (10ASA) slides going back to 1954. The other film types have deteriorated. I used Kodachrome 25, then 64, right up to the End. Like you, I have a Minolta SRT-101- still working well. Your photos are excellent.
Thank you for your comment. No-one in our family had a camera during the 10ASA period so I have no experience of that film stock. You're lucky your Minolta still works. I wish they still made them.
I've been scanning old family photos from the 1950s and 60s, most were Kodachrome and they still look as good as the day they were developed. Other rolls were Ektachrome and they hadn't aged very well, colors had faded and they had an overall blue cast. With some digital manipulation I managed to restore the Ektachrome colors but the results were just adequate, they still looked a little 'off', they didn't pop like Kodachrome does. When I bought my Olympus OM-1 in 1978 Kodachrome 25 was the only color film I used, there was no contest, it was the best.
Yes. Likewise, negative films such as Kodak Gold, when scanned, can't match the depth of Kodachrome.
Great story. Back in the 1960s I had a good old Minolta SR-1 with a Minolta clip on light meter thrown in. The SRT-101 had just come out so the SR1 was on special. Got some great Kodachrome 25 and 64 shots although I mostly shot B&W and did my own home processing. A real hobby. One had to think about taking a photo re composition, exposure etc.
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I often feel that digital photography is so much trial and error, because it's able to be. Back in the day we had to get it right without being able to confirm it. There was a degree of skill that we're losing now.
Kodachrome is still the standard bearer for colour archival photography, bar none. I shot for a few local magazines in the 80s as well as stock and chromes were the rule of the day. Save for a few publications, Kodachrome images were almost always in demand. K-25 was always a challenge even in great and abundant light, I preferred K-64. Fond memories indeed.
I think the secret to my being able to get low light shots with K25 was that the Minolta SRT 101 had an exceptionally smooth shutter. Plus I was younger back then and more steady of hand.
Excellent information, couldn't agree more...I got the same equipment and used the same Kodachrome film stock.
Thanks for sharing your story.
What a mad lad! I love it
Thanks for sharing this, I enjoyed your stories throughout the years
Thanks for the comment. Where do you get your Super 8 film processed? I didn't know you still could.
@@Nias2sweetsorro Here in Europe you can find a couple of labs, and I think also around the globe as well. It is the same Kodak Vision 3 film as the 16 and 35mm cinema films, meaning every lab suited for ECN-2 process is capable of doing it :)
Love this video! Super interesting and love the photos!
Beautiful pictures and interesting information! I know what you mean. Anything I like has been discontinued or obsolete.
Really enjoyed your monologue. My buddy from the seventies started off with a Minoltal SRT 101, or was it the one up (201). Love your 101 Black Body..
Thank you for your comment. Yes, that black one is a beauty. In fact I'm at present trying to find a repairer that will take it on. Its meter is caput, and the shutter button needs adjustment. The old, mechanical cameras are better suited to the practised way I used to get candid shots. They're also more robust and easier to carry on mountainous hikes.
This was excellent, thank you!!
Great video. Very enjoyable.
Great video! I started shooting film in 1999 for a few years, then went digital, and now am coming back to film again. I don’t think we will be looking at our digital photos 50 years from now, all stored on hard drives. I think the best way to keep your photographic memories are on film and printed photos, and keep them in a box you can come back to now and then.
I too am tempted to go back to film. The main holdup is the lack of new cameras just like my old Minolta; all mechanical, manual, and in a leather jacket with a front cover that can be unclipped and ready for shooting in two seconds.
@@Nias2sweetsorro I had a Nikon FM10 that I wish I didn’t sell.... I recently bought a great condition Nikon F4, and have been shooting with it. That’s the best we can do these days, buy old stuff in nice condition.
@@ManyDoors777 A difficult problem with old cameras, no matter how well looked after, is that the photo electric cell in the light meter degrades with age and can't be replaced.
@@Nias2sweetsorro interesting. Well I sent off a couple rolls of Portra 400 to be developed, so I’ll see how it turns out before I invest in developing equipment for myself. Fingers crossed.
I have been asked what camera I used to film this video (The query disappeared from my comments). For the main shots I used a Sony A7s II. For the close-ups I used a small 10-year-old Sony handicam that doesn't have progressive scan; only interlace.
I really enjoy this video so much. Looking forward to more contents from you. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Thank you for prompting me to think about my next video.
I have uploaded another movie, but evidently RUclips isn't notifying people. It's called My Medium Format Film Episode.
@@Nias2sweetsorro Hi. Thank yoy for informing me. Will watch it
This video was an absolute joy to watch. Nostalgic and educational. Brought back memories. I wasn’t into photography then and bought my first non disposable camera 2 to 3 years ago. I do remember using the cheap cameras we had in the house and mailing the film and waiting for results. I recently ordered an entry level Fujifilm camera and noticed their film simulation system. Started reading up on it so when my xt100 arrives I will have some knowledge of what they’re about. Reading up on them and watching your video has given me a new found respect for film photography. I drink way too much coffee to have the patience required to shoot film but I can still appreciate the artistic commitment that goes into it. Thank you for posting such a well produced and thought out production.
Thank you for your comment. To get the best out of film you need a fully manual, mechanical camera. And as far as I know they don't make them anymore, except perhaps Leica.
Thanks for a great little trip in the time machine. I never shot K25 , but I did use a lot of K64 and a bit of K200. I have all my day's slides dating back to the late 1940's. Most of them are Kodachrome and they still look great.
You are so lucky to have such an archive of Kodachrome images. Mine begins and ends with me. My family didn't have a camera till I got one and when my dad did eventually get a camera he shot either Ektachrome or Agfa.
Firstly: A huge thank you for what might be the first video on RUclips that really features Kodachrome 25! I previously wasn‘t even award that this film stock was available. Beautiful captures as well, the colors are amazing still today...
Secondly: What were they doing on the photograph shown at around 4:19 ? Stitching a wound with a safety pin? Poor guy... (I‘m a medical student, by the way, so im particularly interested)
Thirdly: I not only wonder if digital photos will last for 50 years, but if we will show them at all, because of the huge amount. I am already annoyed with my 23 years to go through all of the digital photos I have. So I started shooting film in 2019 and since then really enjoying it. Slide film like Provia 100F is of course particularly nice, but really expensive here in Germany (about 18 Euros for one film), so I shoot mostly black and white film.
I hope my poor English ist understandable...
Greetings from the Ruhr-Area in western Germany!
Thank you for your delightful comment. Your English is good. The guy with the injured knee is my brother. They are digging a splinter out. We had no first aid kit. After that I always carried a pocket knife with pick and tweezers in it, but never had to use it. If more and more people like you start shooting film, maybe they'll bring back Kodachrome. It was losing popularity even before digital took over, because it was difficult to get good prints from it unless you used expensive Cibachrome paper, which was fabulous. But now with modern scanning technology that's not a problem. Do you develop your own black and white films?
Of course they will still be shown. I think it's survivorship-bias. There were plenty of film photos. We all have them in our attics and garages. Only the best will stand the test of time.
Sony mirrorless and any mirrorless really has given all the old film lenses new life. I used to dabble with my father’s canon Ae-1 back in the 90s and when I got back into photography with a little Olympus I bought any film lens I could find sub 100. I wish I would have bought more. I’ve since snagged a Minolta film camera, man I wish I could’ve snagged a few more lenses b4 the recent surge in popularity. Now I mainly run around with my Sony a7rII a couple sigma 1.4s
I occasionally use my 58 mm F1.2 Minolta lens on my Sony A7sII, but the lack of auto stop down makes focusing difficult on moving subjects. I wish I could buy a new camera just like my worn out Minolta SRT 101.
@@Nias2sweetsorro auto focus for moving subjects was a big reason I started moving toward sigma art primes and the tamron zooms. With the film lenses you get their little bits of character but focus for anything on the move is a challenge. Plus with the price of some of the great film lenses costing as much as an autofocus lens I had to just make the move up.
This is terrific! Loved learning about the experience using this film.
Thanks. And good luck with your A7 IV.
Maybe you could make more videos with slide photos from your collection and talk more on where to measure light - for us who don´t have the human lightmeter you seem to posses! Absolutely marvelous pictures!
After all these years since K25 was discontinued my brain is still calibrated for estimating exposures at ISO 25, which is not much use now. The best advice I can give is to look for a part of the scene that equates to medium grey. Set your camera to that, then frame up and take your shot.
Thank you for replying. Greetings from Sweden
Gary, fantastic story very enjoyable.
Thanks for your comment. I see you have a Minolta SRT 101. I currently have three: two have dying photo electric cells and you can't get replacements; one has a worn out film transport mechanism and one has a tired shutter. I wish I could get one good one out of the three, but the only repairer who can do them is in his 80s and has been out of action during Covid.
@@Nias2sweetsorro You're welcome! I've two Nikon's FM and FA that need repair but they're to complicate to fix and I'd need about two days of peace and quiet to do it. However there are plenty of SRT101 knockin' about in Austria on the secondhand market from 35 - 100 euros. Or you could chance fixing it yourself!
In my last video I bought 6 Canon AF35M because I love them so much especially for biking and on the go. The SRT101 is a great camera although very unrated will all the return to film hype going on these days.
@@GavinLyonsCreates Thanks for the info. Austria? Of all places!
Such an enjoyable video. Thanks for sharing.
this story is amazing, thanks for sharing!
Thank you. And good luck with your studies.
@@Nias2sweetsorro thank you!
Thanks for a memorial of a shared photo past. I used K11 and K25 for most of my 35mm days in M Leica and Leicaflexes. You got used to the slow speed and tended to use the lenses pretty wide open using 1/250 most of the time. The benefits of the film were consistency of colour, resistance to fading and high resolution. I bought a Nikon D100 in 2004 and although the colour was good the resolution was way lower than well scanned K25. I still have my Kodachromes kept in their yellow boxes in the dry and dark. They are still as shot. Most of my early digitals are God knows where! Now we back up but then seldom. Such a pity the film was discontinued. Now that film is usually bought online worldwide perhaps if Kodak had hung on in there it might have been economically possible to keep one production line and a couple of labs open.. Thanks again.
I agree with your sentiments. We seem to have lost something precious. Kodachrome printed on Cibachrome paper had a quality that's never been surpassed and both were archival.
Nice video. It's unfortunate that Kodachrome has gone away, I have a few rolls but can't develop in Kodachrome chemistry so I have to figure out how I want to go about it.
Sir you should share more of your experience with us. Keep doing!
I'm glad you think so. But I like to keep the quality of content up and that takes time.
Love this channel
I have a roll of Kodachrome 25 from the 80's. Wish I could use it...
You are not alone.
Great video Gary, I found you video because I have had a roll of this stuff sitting around from back when my parents bought their AE1 new. i'm planning to use the roll through my nikkormat fm as soon as i find a special place to use it! It's a shame you can't really find it anymore.
Unless there's a start-up somewhere that I haven't heard of, you won't be able to get your Kodachrome processed.
Hello Gary,
Thank you for sharing your experience about Kodachrome 25. Unfortunately, I nerver shoot with Kodachrome... but I know Kodachrome 25 was the best version of Kodachrome film. Steve Mcurry make his carrer with it... The best color film with the best fine grain definition ever made.
I guess Kodachrome is the film that missing in the market place today... and if Kodachrome is bringing back, it's would be the 25 asa version because there no equivalent... Unfortunately, we know all Kodachrome can't bring back because we needed a factory for process it... Kodachrome is an black & white film to which we added the dye during the process (fourteen bath...) it's really complicated...
You don't be sad because it's over about Kodachrome (I understand you !) but smile cause you were able to enjoy it ! (It's not my case...)
Today, I only do film photography, no digital ! I take my pleasure with Fujichrome Velvia, even if he does not compare with Kodachrome, it's also unique ! I guess it's the last color film such unique color.
Thank you for all, greeting's from France (and sorry for my english)
Lionel
Thank you for your sentiments. You are right, I am lucky to have lived at a time when Kodachrome was available. If Kodachrome 25 were reintroduced, then I would want a new camera just like my Minolta SRT 101 to shoot it with. Sadly I don't think either of those things is going to happen.
@@Nias2sweetsorro You're right... I guess that Nikon or Canon should be make an full metal & manual film camera with a top of the line lenses range in focal fixed length... I'm sur there is a market today for this ! Leica proves it with MP and M-A camera still available, great's camera's but extremely expensive !
I hope you don't stop film photography... You can buy a great used SLR camera's like Minolta XD7, 303b... Pentax, Canon, Olympus and Nikon !
I advise you to try Fujifilm Velvia 50 exposed at 40 isos, you could have good surprises !
Have a nice day !
@@layonel9900 It would be good if the factories would buy back the old cameras and re-build them, making new parts where required. The Velvia 50 worked well for my aerial photography (See my video 'My Medium Format Film Episode'), but for general photography I found the colour to be too saturated.
Nice presentation Gary. I miss Kodachrome 25 too. I still have all my Nikon film cameras and lenses and want to get back to shooting film but since I switched to digital I reach for one of my Canon cameras either the 7Dll or my 5Dlll for the instant gratification. You mentioned you wanted to get the FM3n but didn't, you should have gotten it even though Kodak stopped making the Kodachrome 25. The 64 was still great stuff. My Nikons are 2 FE's one black one chrome, one FE2, chrome and 2 FM2's, one black,one chrome and they are all in working condition. Oh, I was not very happy with the Ektachrome either. Colors coming out of digital camera aren't bad but really don't compare to Kodachrome 25, IMHO. Is it the grain or texture that makes the difference ? So thank you for your wonderful presentation, I've subscribe and given you a thumbs up and looking for more of your content that I'm sure I will enjoy. You also just re-stoked my interest in getting back to shooting film.Thanks again.
Thanks for your comment and for subscribing. I do regret not buying the Nikon FM3a. B&H recently rated it the all-time best mechanical SLR. The biggest problem with digital cameras is that they have so many buttons they can't be encased in a protective leather jacket with a front cover that can be unclipped in a second. If you want to carry a digital camera in rough terrain it has to be in a shoulder bag or backpack. By the way, I presume you are aware of my other photography themed video: My medium format film episode. The link is above if you haven't seen it.
Thanks for sharing. Lovely.
This is gold! Oh man, I'm feeling so nostalgic right now for people and places I've never even met or been to. I hope this gets more views
Thank you.
Digital has a lot of advantages which I don’t want to miss. I remember the hurdles with films good enough. Yeah, does film can be charming… yes, but some digital shooters did teach me a lesson… and I am sure with AI we soon mimic the look of KK 25 or 64 to a T…. 😮
This was incredible! And the shots are something else. Thank you for sharing your experience with us
Thank you. Have you checked out also 'My Medium Format Film Episode'?
@@Nias2sweetsorro Yes sir, I did. Now, I am patiently, but eagerly, waiting for a 3rd episode ahah!
Saw this video of yours months ago and I still keep coming back to watch it from time to time to appreciate kodachrome's beauty. Thanks for making this video anecdote Gary! I hope you make more videos on kodachrome.
I'm really glad you like it. Unfortunately there won't be more videos on Kodachrome unless someone starts manufacturing the stuff again.
Interesting! Thank you! Your photos are excellent! I enjoyed seeing them.
Thank you.
Lovely video. Hand holding at 1/4 with sharpness like what was displayed in this video is amazing. I struggle to create sharp images at 1/60th unless I'm resting my arms on something and even my TLR seems to jump around when I am still! Need to breathe properly I guess
Wonderful work, glad YT recommended this video to me today.
The Minolta had an exceptionally smooth shutter action. I think that was my secret. And good on RUclips for recommending my video!
Had a Pentax K1000 loved it. Kodacolor 200 ASA. Nice prints! (1985).
Pentax was a very competitive brand once they'd adopted the bayonet mount.
I love this video, youre speaking from experience not just from books. Love!!
Thank you. I guess it's one of the benefits of being old.
@@Nias2sweetsorro would love more film RUclips videos :)
@@RH-fc7nk I'll see what I can do.
Forgot to say that I saw your channel due to the Paul Simon - Kodachrome song. Have all his albums
I absolutely loved this video. Thank you for sharing your story! I wish more photography videos on RUclips were as interesting as this.
Thank you. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
I would just love to see a video about you doing a comparison of Kodachrome and Velvia 50
I only ever shot Velvia on medium format, so a comparison with 35 mm wouldn't be objective. I think I only shot one roll of 50 ISO and concluded that the colours were a bit artificial and the ISO needed adjusting to maybe 32. If you check out my Medium Format Film Episode movie the shot of the two Cessnas in formation was Velvia 50. The rest of the aerial shots were on Velvia 400 if I remember rightly. It worked well for that type of photography, but I wouldn't use Velvia for portraits.
@@Nias2sweetsorro did not see this comment, will check out the video right now!
What a wonderful account of your experiences, with great images! Thanks for sharing this!
Thank you.
this is amazing. thanks
Amazing video, looking forward to your future content!
RUclips hasn't notified anyone yet apparently. I have uploaded another movie. It's called: My Medium Format film Episode.
Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I grew up with crap film and disposable cameras so when I decided to shoot film as well as digital I was surprised at the quality that a real camera and professional film could offer.
Yes, film is quite unforgiving of exposure inaccuracies. No matter how good the camera, it's best to set your exposures manually.
It was a primitive but elegant and refined system. And i mourn that we have largely lost it.
Great video, so nice for younger photographers to have a glimpse at the rich history of film photography. Hopefully, they find a way to bring Kodachrome back like they did Ektachrome. I'm sure many people would love more videos like this, maybe even your thoughts on newer film technologies. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for your appreciative comment. If film makes a big enough comeback it's my view that the camera manufacturers are going to have to start reissuing 1970s-style manual, mechanical cameras if we're to extract the full potential from the old medium.
Wow, thank you so much for sharing your experience with all of us. I am sure shooting Kodachrome was amazing, I haven't shot any colour-reversal film, yet, but I often wonder about the great pictures that could be taken today should Kodachrome still existed. Keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to hearing more stories!
The difficulty of shooting colour reversal today is finding old, manual cameras that still work accurately.
I often look through my father's K25 slides, they still look amazing even though they are from the 80s.
I shoot film still today and sometimes struggle with films like Ektachrome 100 or Velvia 50, 25 would be rough.
The Minolta SRT 101 had an exceptionally smooth shutter and I was using fast prime lenses, so low light situations weren't as challenging as they might otherwise have been.
@@Nias2sweetsorro My father used an X-700, he gave it to me 4 years ago and i'm very happy with it.
Please make more of these videos really interesting
Thanks. I'll see what I can do.
@@Nias2sweetsorro 🙂🙂🙂
Your photographs are incredible!
Thank you.
It would be awesome if you kept uploading film photography related videos. Incredible content!
Thanks for the encouragement, but I fear I'll quickly run out of stories to tell.
I was using my Olympus OM-1/2/4s for 35 years since 1973 and almost exclusively with Kodachrome films in traveling. I must admit, however, that KC64 was my main-stay, as KC 25 tended to be both harder to find and more expensive. Still, its sharpness was just stunning. The problem is: who will want to keep theses slides after us? So, I probably will have to bite the bullet and digitize the better ones.
And when you've picked out the better ones, archive them. They'll last longer than the digitised copies.
I started out with a Nikon F2A back in the late seventies and K25/64 were my choice with slides. Similar to Gray, my films began and will end with me. I began digitizing all my 135/120 with a Minolta Scanner right after I bought the Canon D30 in 2000. In preparation for my final day, I have started to shred my slides, negatives and prints.
I really love the video, i would love if you share your experience of film colors and how we can emulate them in digital on your way. Thanks.
Alas, I'm not tech savvy enough to know how to emulate film with digital. A micro four-thirds camera I bought as an entry to digital had a menu item for retro colour. That's as close as I got.
please make more videos on film photography. I love these.
Thank you. I'll see what I can do.
You might not have received notification. I have made another video. It's called My Medium Format Film Episode.
@@Nias2sweetsorro Thanks for the reminder! I didn’t receive the notification. I’ll give it a watch now. I’m turning on the “give all notifications” bell for this channel, youtube sucks at giving notifications.
Nice stuff Garry. Legend!!
My film of choice was kodak color ll at 80 ASA in my Canon AE1 which I still have.
I didn't get into colour negative films till the advent of the one-hour processor occasionally tempted me away from Kodachrome. By then it was Kodacolor Gold 100.
Thanks for sharing your story Gary. The first camera I bought was a used Minolta SRT 202 and it is a joy to shoot with. Have you considered trying out a roll of CineStill 50D? I'd be interested to see what your opinion of it is and how it compares to K25. Cheers!
It's at least 10 years since I last shot film. At that time I decided that Portra NC 160 was the best film for me. Being a bit out of touch I wasn't aware of the Cine Still film till you mentioned it. I googled images of it and wasn't all that impressed. It would be hard to compare it with the Kodachrome, being a negative film rather than reversal. One thing in its favour is the 50 ISO, which is only one stop from 25 and so it would be easy to transpose from the exposure guesses I used to make with K25. I've long since been unable to get parts to repair my Minoltas.