Shoot Film On Vacation!
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- In this video i share some stories and insight on why shooting film on vacation is the best way to enjoy your trip and have something special to look forward to when you get home. I share some travel photos of my own and also share tips on getting through airport security with film in your bag.
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I like film because they are so simple. You see a moment, you expose properly and capture the moment, then forget about it and enjoy being there in the moment. Also, the fact that you have less photos, but better quality is a win win for me.
Good tip about the 3200ASA film. At the beginning of 2020, I travelled to Havana from London via Mexico City and all three places hand checked my film with no problems. It was all unpacked in a clear bag - making it easy and a smile helps a lot, asking rather than demanding goes a long way too. I think it helps if there's not too many rolls - no one wants to hand check a hundred rolls of film!
I usually take an XA with me on holiday, it's an excellent travel camera. But even an OM1 isn't exactly massive, or heavy.
The biggest reason for me is 'being present'. I don't want to experience my life through the preview screen of a camera. You spoke a lot about memories, and I think that the trigger-happy preview-chimping nature of digital actually disconnects you from the world in an intangible way - I don't think you make as many memories in the first place when you're shooting and reviewing thousands of photos in a single trip. Since switching to film, I've begun to live my experiences rather than just record them.
I had a similar experience to you a few years back, I wasn't fully converted yet so I took 2 film cameras on a family trip, my DSLR, half a dozen lenses, all the electronics, SD cards etc. I used my DSLR one day and took more photos than all my film put together - but I didn't enjoy it, I spent the evening backing up photos, cataloguing and editing, and showing them to my family who insisted on seeing everything. With film, I see a photo, take the shot, and that's it. I'm still there, in the moment, enjoying life - not fretting about whether the exposure was right, the crop, did anything move, etc. That was the last holiday I ever took a digital camera.
wonderful comment kai, I'm so delighted to hear that I'm not the only one who feels this way. I am so glad i realized this before i went on more amazing trips. having lost my china photos combined with the intense amount of work i did on that trip for those photos really made me feel foolish and tainted the digital camera experience for me because i knew that losing them was possible. since I've switched to film i have become a much more relaxed shooter and get to enjoy my camera again, enjoy the film advance and sound of the shutter and really connect with my environment because I'm never stuck staring down at my screen zooming in on photos checking sharpness and all that bullshit. Thanks for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Likewise, It's great watching these videos from someone so passionate about film.
I'm going to play devil's advocate here, but first I should explain that I'm an enthusiastic film shooter and I never leave home without a film camera (Olympus XA in my bag at all times). I got my first camera when I was 16 - a fuji prosumer digital - and I shot digital as an enthusiastic amateur for the next ten years, at which point I found my enjoyment of the practice was waning. I was finding that nearly all of my photos were boring, and that I was embarrassed at how bad they all were. Around this time I finally found a nice film SLR at a yardsale for 20$, and I loved how every time I pressed the shutter, I thought hard about whether or not I actually wanted to spend the 1$ that the film/development/printing would cost. It changed the way I shot, putting the pre-thought first and foremost, and the number of shots I was happy with increased dramatically. Plus there was the novelty of reliving my childhood through the process, and the satisfaction that comes from using beautifully engineered mechanical devices from another era.
But when you get down to it, what makes 35mm film photography worth the thousands of dollars I've spent in consumables is:
- Staying in the moment since you can't check the photos immediately
- Forcing myself to think more since every shot costs a noticeable amount of money (maybe 25c now that I develop my own black and white)
And you say this in your video.
That said though, the fuji XT2 with its wonderful manual control layout is making me rethink this. With it you can get the benefits of film by:
- Not using the rear LCD (tape it over if you have to) so that you're not reviewing shots in the field
- For every photo you take, print it (so you have a physical backup) and put 25c in a savings jar so that there's an equivalent feeling of "investment"
- Spend a part of what you save on film/processing on extra batteries
As added benefits, with the fuji digital you:
- Avoid wasting hours scanning the results (never worry about curled negatives again!)
- Get better resolution than any home scanner (and most pro scanners, including the pakon) can provide, without worrying about dust or scratches
- Don't "Throw away" all that money on film and processing (use a fraction of what you save to get good backup equipment/services, so that even if your house burns down you don't lose your photos)
- Don't have to bring a box of film with you when you travel
- Don't lose the occasional roll to botched processing (I've never had a flash memory card die on me in 15 years of shooting digital - but I've lost a good number of shots to shoddy processing)
So I have to say, if you do digital right, the only thing you lose vs 35mm film is nostalgia. And you gain a whole lot.
Medium or large format is another matter though, and there are still legitimate benefits to film there though
at the end of the day i want images on film to hold up to the sunlight.....no fuji digital can give me that. I'm an all film shooter all the time but i made this video about vacation for people who aren't but still like you said in your first paragraph your film slows you down and makes you look harder resulting in better images. any digital camera ruins this simply put.
I think this is a great Video! I do the same thing when I travel. Put the film in the JCH cases. Literally nine out of ten times they will check it with no issues.
I think your points are spot on regarding film versus digital when traveling. I have found that people treasure the photo's in a completely different way.
A good video with VERY good points. Just came back from Thailand and realised the same things when i was there. Had my mobilephone and a pocketfriendly Canon G11 with me. I never stopped looking at my mobile screen, continuously taking hundreds of photos, and using alot of time editing and sending them out to social media or saving “in the cloud” In a rather tight time schedule i felt it all rather stressful, and i realised that did not enjoy this habit, “ but it had to be done” to please myself or others....sort of like “if i did not do it, it did not happen”......:) With my G11 tho digital with screen, I deliberately used the tiny viewfinder as a way of escaping the screen. And very seldom i previewed the photos, because i wanted to wait until i came home to Norway. And that leads me to another point; remember during the film era, how exiting it was to wait for the paper copies to come back from the shop, and than how rewarding it was to experience the holiday again. To even feel physically the memories between your fingers. And it didn’t matter if the photos were imperfect whatsoever, you relived your good memories and experiences. Seeing the world through a screen, instantly checking the photos takes both the focus off the real experience of being present, and the rewarding joy of reliving the priceless moments of being there again. Not to mention thousands ( or was it millions...) of digital photos stored which is too tiresome to ever look through..... Bought some 35mm film cameras last year, time to change habit:) Thanks for your fine videos.
Less truely IS more. You should have a good time shooting in the Tetons and Yellowstone. We have had some early-season snow here in Idaho. That should help the photographs!. Enjoy your trip!
oh i like the sound of that! i can't wait to see what the tetons have in store for me
And this is why I shoot analog photography! Great story Travis! Thanks for sharing your backstory with us all! Loved it!
I agree 100% with this video too, it's so, so true. I'm amazed how you always not only explain stuff so well, but you can rattle off a 20 minute monologue on every subject without even pausing, and it's so concise and never veers off or gets uninteresting. Great video.
thank you so much! i make all my videos in one take without a whole lot of planning ahead of time, sometimes they end up being long winded but its natural so i let it be, if people care to listen they can. it makes me happy knowing that you appreciate my long stories and loose style. thank you!
Totally agree, i had the exact same experience on a trip to NYC. The pictures i took seem so contrived because i was overthinking it way too much. With my film cameras i just enjoy the moment...that's it. Way more relaxed.
When I travel with film, I always use a lead-lined bag. Domke makes excellent film pouches in various sizes. I've never had an issue when it's gone through the x-ray machine. The x-ray machines for checked luggage are much stronger - don't pack your film in your checked luggage.
You are one of the most knowledgeable persons I have come across on youtube concerning photography... Your Knowledge of Film cameras is impressive... There are many people Posting on RUclips, however your expertise of FILM Cameras is straightforward and thorough. Thank you! ..
Been there done that. Even when I shoot film on a day trip, there's still the fun of reliving and guessing where you were after you get the negatives back. The Olympus Stylus series has become my camera of choice. Great video Travis!
This is great.... i just finish a skate tour around europe... and it was the best feeling when i got the films develope and saw all picture, i was travelling with other 11 skaters.. so all the time when i got my films photos, they was so excited to see the photos... now i stop in england for few months and i still having some films to developed from the last 5 months tour...
i passed through 7 airport... and i just and i just put my films in the back.. and nothing wrong happens to them.. but just had 400asa and 200asa, and 100asa.. no i have no idea about the highest asa.
thank for other great video !
I really enjoyed this video. This year I started to shoot film again (after a 20yr break) and was so excited to look at the results a few weeks after returning from my holiday. Especially the 6x6 positive slides blew me away and made me relive the moment.
Great video, very insightful! Love your clips !
I totally agree, last year I went on a three week long roadtrip making a circuit around the US with my girlfriend and two dogs. I shot 100% of my images on film with my RB67 and 35mm Kodak Retina. I ultimately only shot maybe 10 rolls of 120 and 8 of 35mm but I treasure those images and they live on forever. Sadly my dog has passed on now but we will have those pictures of us adventuring through the country forever.
I enjoyed every second of this video
Yep. Just returned from Tahoe with 5 rolls ready to process, can't wait :)
I just bought my first slr about a week before my recent trip to South America (I've had point and shoot cameras for a couple years). I learned to shoot on my trip and it was an exercise in getting to know my camera. I had to learn two languages in a way, Spanish and my camera. And it was wonderful. By the way, your video on exposure helped me understand iso, aperture and shutter speed. It was very helpful.
Hey Travis, your stuff is always very inspiring. Thanks, man, great video.
Wow.. OMG.... Watching your channel inspired me sooo much. I too have a Hasselblad. I also shoot digital, but long since sold my dslr bodies. Kept the lenses, have a mirrorless sony a6000. I come from the film era, I have learned on film, then went digital early 2000. But found it so cumbersome to edit all those photo's. Was spending more time behind the pc editing, than actually taking pictures. I never sold my Hasselblad. Sooo inspired to grab it and start shooting film again. You explained exactly what it is to shoot film. I'm deffo going to shoot more film and my next holiday it is going to be a digital free zone. I have been dabbeling in film again for a while now on and off, but not fully committed, but I think I will now. Thank you so much for this video. So inspiring. Great channel and keep on going with it.
Awesome vid man. Didn’t even realize you are in California. Just ended up getting my grandfathers Nikon F2 and moms Nikon EM. Loading up film has been awesome. Your channel has been super helpful with learning! Hope to send some film your way at some point.
Great video. Totally agree.
Great thoughts Travis! I acquired a fuji 400 disposable a few years back. When I finally got it developed, I fell in love with film. The colours are great and I don't have to mess about much in LR/PS, which becomes tedious and just boring tbh. Some of my favourite images were on that roll. I find it really helps my anxiety too, slows me down. :)
Love it........ inspiring subject and words :-)
Like always, great work man.👍
Fantastic video Man!... Flying over to Beirut, Lebanon in a few weeks... Bringing my Zeiss Ikon alone this time around
I travel with a mid-70's Olympus Trip 35. No batteries required because it has a selenium light meter.
You are very inspiring, keep up the god work!
Awesome video! I totally agree. I started out in film back in high school but have been part of the digital crowd for so long. I recently realized that although my photos are fairly good, my skills to achieve them weren't. I needed to get back to basics and improve my photography knowledge. So, I've gone back to film. I'm still going to use a digital camera too, but I think I'll lean more towards film for most of my work. Many think that film is a novelty and useless these days, but that's crazy. The digital world will never be able to replace the magic of film. You mentioned the scene in Private Ryan with the dirt. For me, it's the scene in Walter Mitty where he's on the mountain top with Shawn the photographer. Walter asks him when he was going to take the picture of the "Ghost cat". Shawn replied, "Sometimes I don't. Sometimes, when I'm really in the moment personally, I stay in it and don't let the camera get in the way." My favorite part of that whole movie. Always love your videos man. Thanks.
thank you so much. i agree that film is not a novelty it IS photography. to truly utilize your digital camera to its full potential you must understand how the image is made and that is usually best taught with a simple film camera without a screen. glad to hear you're exposing some film again these days!
Time for me to take out my Hasselblads . I was shooting film for a long time and switched to digitalis. The value of the film photographs is the creativity of the shot. WITH digital you shoot as much as you want and not think of creativity and if you dont like it you delete it. I DON'T like to sit behind the computer editing the pictures. In film it let's be you the creator of the photographs that you want. Film makes you think, it's all analog the shutter,aperture, it's fun. Your video inspired me to take a hard good look
At film ,which I still have, and doing film processing , and enlarging my self ,as i still have a dark room . Creativity is coming back, and film is still alive.
Thank you, thank you! I agree wholeheartedly.
By the way, I am enjoying your perspective on film vs. digital, as well as your helpful tips sprinkled throughout your videos.
I know precisely what you mean about turning a vacation from a once-in-a-lifetime, wondrous experience into a working shoot when I bring my digital SLR. We went to California Adventures and Disneyland in February where we were given a VIP celebrity tour. Rather than enjoying the VIP treatment and seeing the lands, I was behind a camera the entire time. When asked what I thought about the experience, I could only say that I have terrific photos to show for it, but could not really remember too much about the enjoyment of the entire experience. I took probably around 1,100 photos on my DSLR. I was afraid of having my film destroyed by the TSA scanners at the airport, so I left my SLR at home, sadly, after reading others' negative (no pun intended) experiences with their film being ruined and their shots being lost forever.
I still shoot film with my Pentax ME Super and Pentax Spotmatic SP, which I have owned since high school (30+ years ago). For paid gigs, however, I carry both my Nikon F5 film SLR and my Nikon D810 digital SLR. I will, however, be gifting my Pentax cameras and, most likely, my Kodak Retinette IB to my wife's niece who will be entering high school after the summer break and who is very much looking forward to taking photography in school. I would send her to your videos, but her parents would not want her to listen to your occasional bad words, albeit not frequently uttered.
I switched from film to digital in the early 2000's for work (photojournalist for TV and newspaper in my area, as well as a crime scene photographer for my state), but I still loved shooting film on occasion. Two years ago, however, I decided to get back involved in film photography again. I missed the thought processes I went through before clicking the shutter for every precious shot (having only 24 or 36 exposures with film vs. 1,000's for digital). I missed the joy of developing the film or having it professionally developed and awaiting the stack of prints to see how they turned out, then getting reprints made or blown up for display. I missed the graininess, that imperfect analog "feel" that carried more emotion for me than those countless digital photos. I missed opening up an album or my portfolio to show others a physical print vs. sending them to online catalogs (the various "cloud" services) via hyperlinks or other websites, including my own.
So, thank you for your honesty and enthusiasm for analog/film photography.
Truly inspiring! Thank you.
Just the video i needed to make the decision if i should take both with me on our vacation to Greece.. I’m going to leave my digital at home and take 2 film cameras with me instead one is a Rollei nano 80 aps point and shoot and the other is a minolta xg-1.. your photos are awesome! Great video!
When I go on vacation, I shoot with a vintage Olympus Trip 35. No batteries required, sharp images, and it's a discreet shooter as well!
Holy words! I completely agree with you! I kept too much digital equipment with me, and I didn’t enjoy my travel pictures anyway more heroic come back
Love your videos man.. i start with film photography and developing at home also .. just c41 for now ...
I have had a Nikon FE + 50mm + 7-200 zoom for a few years (ok since 1986) now and to be honest they could do everything for me. However I bought a Trip35 on a whim and love that, and an 35RC and love that!! The minimalist thing really is liberating...
Great video and I totally agree! I am about to go on a monthlong trip to Vietnam and after watching this video I took my Canon 60D (which I have had doubts about bringing since it’s hella heavy and I barely use it anymore) out from my backpack and have decided to solely shoot with my Leica M2 and Minolta Riva Zoom while I’m there. I realised that I have been shooting film 98% of the time on the smaller trips I have recently taken and enjoyed it much more, so there is no point in bringing a tank-like dslr which I probably will never use.
Oh and in case I REALLY need to take a digital picture, I can always use my phone. Phone cameras are not half bad nowadays.
Dee Lee this is great to hear! You will not be disappointed. Coming home with 100% film photos will never leave you wanting more.
Awesome mate - I have never shot with a digital camera (apart from odd phone images) Such good points you make. I'm currently on vacation in Georgia (from the UK) with my Rolleiflex and F2.
I recently came across your channel and I've been on quite a binge. I was just having this conversation with my husband about how I don't want to bring my 5d Mark III to Italy with us because it's just such a chore. I'd rather bring a film camera and just use my iPhone for the things that aren't worthy of the limited film frames.
The Casual Geek please please please do! You’ll be so glad you did!!! I convinced my mom to do this who doesn’t even shoot photos at all. She brought an Olympus stylus and brought 6 rolls to Europe for two weeks. She came back with so many amazing images and was able to enjoy her trip all over again from a brand new perspective since she didn’t get to see any of those photos when they were taken. It’s truly the only way!
I’d like to bring a medium format camera but don’t currently own one. Any recommendations that won’t break the bank?
@@theanalogueadventure6824 Get a nice vintage folder with good bellows and nice lens - maybe a Perkeo II with Color Skopar lens or a Zeiss Ikonta. Just have to make sure the bellows are light tight. Vintage folders produce wonderful results and they fold up to fit in your pocket! I can't recommend the Seller who starts with C and ends with 6, but they can be found through other channels. If you want something more automated and modern, look for a Fuji GA645, either the S (60mm) or the W (45mm).
Yes! It's a vacation, and keeping the technology simple, and relaxing is how to enjoy it. I've felt what you said about the meh in having seen all those digital photos before (because, chimping), but had not articulated it. Yeah, that is a big part of the thrill of film, seeing the picture for the first time at home. I did a road trip early this year and I took along four brownie box cameras loaded with Ortho 25, Ektar 25, Crossbird 200, and Pan 25 120 film. I shot each on a different day, and never reloaded. No thinking involved, except, the 200 I shot at dawn.
I never have had a problem with 100 asa on carry on x-ray. I forgot I put some exposed Ektar 120 in my suitcase, and the checked luggage x-ray ruined it. One thing about hand checking carry on; think ahead. I put a bunch of 120 rolls of Etkar 100 in one of my wife's zip-up makeup-type bags in her carry-on, and decided at the last minute to have it hand checked. The TSA woman said okay, and I reached in and handed her the bag of "film." In a little bit, three TSA guys approached me and dumped out a bag of my wife's hair rollers, and asked me what I was trying to do. DOH!
Inspiring! Thanks!👏👏
Well, be honest, you could adopt the filmworkflow to digital photography.
Cover the display, keep up the memory cards for 2-3 weeks before importing to Lightroom.
You COULD do that.
But I agree completely with you. Be present, enjoy the moment, look forward to your results, shoot film.
I love your channel.
Thanks for this video, very good. I've had 120 film hand checked and they swabbed it with those "bomb juice" wipes. After shooting the film I just shipped it back home so I wouldn't have to deal with a second airport and screening.
As a working photographer I can't go to film, not in these days and age. However, from time to time I do shoot film for fun. Recently I got all my mechanical film cameras fixed and I enjoy them very much, especially the Yashica LM from 50's, in which I run my first film currently - I got her broken, and I needed years until I found the guy who can fix it.
Yes you don't necessarily need a digital camera to shoot your vacation, in fact, the majority of people don't, who shoot vacations, christmases, birthdays and that's pretty much it. The cost of any (ok, maybe a used one) digital camera can not be justified for that alone. Not for the pics you'll put in the album or hang on the wall at least.
One more thing - if you are afraid of putting your films thru the x-ray here's a hack: buy your films locally, in the country you are traveling in (if that's not a s*** hole of a place), and when your'e done, send it to your home via post office, UPS, DHL, whatever. That way most probably films won't be x-rayed, especially if you are travelling inland course that way your films will travel on a train. Most probably. Just a thought...
Great Video Travis
I always take a film camera on holiday, my go to camera is a Fuji GS645S with a 90mm super sharp lens, only needs batts for the light meter. I also pack a nikon or a pentax SLR with one or two lenses. with regards to film and airports:-roll film is plastic and paper does not set of scanners(some film is wrapped in foil just take it off), I also re-load plastic reusable 35mm film carts and just walk through the scanners with them in my pocket....Never had a problem they are only looking for METAL things
john papandreou that's a very smart tip John! Never even considered walking through with 120 in my pockets. Learn something new everyday
Film Photographers sometimes look outside the box, Have a nice Vacation Travis
Great points, mister.
I sold my digital camera a while ago. Last year I also fell over on holiday and damaged my Fuji X pro 1.i now travel with my Rolleicord Art Deco tlr. It's a lot of fun to use and I get a lot of attention from the locals and other tourists. It's also quite cheap to develop film abroad. It's also a challenge having only 12 shots per roll.
Spot on.
I always say that the best part of film on vacation is coming home and reliving the whole vacation when you develop and scan your film. It is awesome.
Thanks for clarifying the x ray part for film I asked Chinese customs to hand check they seemed confused and feel like they were going to put it in the x ray machine anyway. Thank god they didn't do that yet. Now I have two x ray bags to prepare for future travel.
I recently took 30 rolls of film with me to Myanmar, and it truly is a different, freeing experience than shooting digital. It is tough not being able to see what you shot right away though--at least for me. In fact, for me, I'd say that's the biggest "difficulty" with shooting film. The waiting is very hard, but I'm working on it. Oh, and on the in Yangon, I saw a guy with a Hasselblad, but I didn't have the chance to talk to him.
I agree but if I had not heard you I would have taken the digital.
Hi Travis. I really appreciate your videos. Your videos on film vs digital are part of the reason I came back to shooting film (along with Ted Vieira's video on Accros 100 with the M6). Not over technical but long enough to get into the mind process of film shooting. I love as well your camera reviews (especially the M3). I do have one quesiton for you, pertainig to this topic: I will soon be flying from Europe to Canada and will be visiting my son near Montreal. Weather expected is very cold, a lot of snow and we'll probably be spending time indoors as well. So, the question is: which film should I bring along or more precisely, I have 5 rolls of Portra 800 and 5 rolls of Tri-X 400 (and an "4x"ND filter)------- is that a starting point or am I way off the mark? Thanks again for your videos and keep up the great work.
Another great video. My mate went to Chille recently and shot about 1600 images too. When he got back, he spent days going through them and deleted about 800. Where's the fun in that? But he still has 800 images left. Most of them are probably rubbish but he can't bring himself to delete anymore. And he's certainly not going to print 800 images. People don't realise that digital is a lot more hassle than film, they just don't see it. With film, you slow down and think more about taking the photos that really matter so every photo you take is one you want to keep. Taking 1600 photos is a waste of time. A true photographer doesn't have to take 10 images of the same thing and then pick the best one.
New video?
Love your channel mate.
Great video! So what gear are you taking on this holiday? For me it is a decision between a Pentax 6x7, Nikon F Photomic FTn, Nikon F90x or Yashica Super T4. I hope soon to get another camera. Maybe a Hasselblad 503CW or a Leica M3. Enjoyed your video on the former. It was very helpful.
William Staniewicz that's a good question. Thankfully I'll be traveling in my camper which allows me to bring a a ton of gear without making me tired. I'll certainly be bringing my Leica and graflex speed graphic. Perhaps a Polaroid camera and I'm not sure. Maybe the Hasselblad! I haven't been giving her enough love this year.
I traveled to Cuba earlier this year with both film and digital. Of all the photos I took the only ones I thought were worthwhile were on film.
on ya bro good info
what a dope gun
Olympus XA, baby!
Hey Travis, since you process film by hand, are you able to process enc-2 motion picture film? I recently got about 1600 feet of vision 500t and need some one to process it once I start rolling and shooting it. As far as I know little film lab is the only lab that processes motion picture film, but I would much rather send it to you if you can do it. Also I got about 80 feet of aerochrome infrared film, would you be able to process it to? It's official process was AR-5 but developing in e-6 gives excellent results as well.
Thanks.
Im from Germany and if you don't want your film in the X-ray scanner just tell and don't let them talk you down it's your right in Germany to say "NO"
I travel with film and digital. I love film but digital is the saver in low light situations. The only way i would take only film is if i could shot 24 or less images per roll but that would be very costly to develop/scan. I take my time to shoot thru a roll of 36 so basically film photography is my daylight weapon (low iso for the roll) while digital covers my low light needs (flexible iso)
of course low light photography is more difficult on film but certainly not impossible. when i travel i always bring a few rolls of hp5 with me and when i really need that low light capability i shoot it @1600 iso and mark the canister for push processing later. the results are excellent and just about anything is still possible to shoot. but, truthfully if I'm on vacation my cameras get put away at sundown and i enjoy my nights without the need to shoot its really the best
I travel with canon canonet 28 and nikon coolpix A. On a last trip to romania i had opportunity to shoot my photo series mad memories. and i had to borrow a digital camera for it because it was in difficult light. I usually put my Film in a laggets i travel with 6 kg sports mag from nike and a laptop bag. I usually do voluntary work so i am away for months.
my problem is that I always bring a lot of gear :). I going going on a three week surf trip to France and Im bringing my Hasselblad, Nikonos and Canon 1v, and on the Digital side my 5d. of course also a bag of Portra and Trix :)
MarcS4R you know you don't need that 5d if you're bringing an eos1!
Can you.make a video how do you start for creating your lab ,what scanner do you bought first , everything:)) how do you.make your lab it is very interesting and important;)
I traveled on 4 flights to Spain/Iceland last winter with a lead bag, and none of the airport people actually even noticed when it went through in my carry-on. On one of the 3 flights a cranky screener refused to hand check, but other than that it was smooth. Not saying this is the typical experience, but at least it's possible those guys aren't paying enough attention to even notice a lead bag.
Digital is my primary medium for travel, but the film images I take are just as important. The limitations of consumer 35mm film in low light/night scenes are completely overcome with digital, so I just use the most appropriate medium for the situation.
As for your harddrive dying and losing all the images of China plus more: as a digital shooter, multiple backups are just as important as a box of negatives and an album of prints. You obviously know that had you backed up your images, they would still be available to you.
Which Hassy did you use?
i dont know why people always bring up that "vintage" argument whenever talking about analogue photography. to me it is a more modern and up to date technology than anything else. we live in a time where foreboding signs of "digital amnesia" are all around us. i wonder if people will come to realize at a certain point that all they did was creating zeros and ones over the years, most of which were lost in the process, never to be seen again. this realization is what slowy but surely brings back analogue photography. and yet i have read some strange, almost aggressive statements from digital photographers on analogue photography, saying things like "it doesnt make sense", "its nothing but a short-lived trend" or "its too expensive" and all that bs. the last comment pisses me off particularly. apart from the fact that it is simply not true, people invest thousands and thousands of dollars a year for other hobbies, like sports, cars etc but when it comes to analogue photography, one of the greatest activities i can think of, people are not willing to spend a dime. the true reason for this behaviour is simple, a lot of photographers are so disconnected and used to staring at the screen of their digital cameras most of the time, they are afraid of confronting the purest of aspects of photography: taking a definitive photograph.
I was laughing because I used to bring all my equipment also on trips and then not use it.
Where you gone to man? This was your last video, 2 months old.
Wtf!! You have been in my hometown Gothenburg!!
agreed
60-70 good shots out of 1600 illustrates perfectly the pernicious influence of digital on making us careless about photography. On a film roll of 12, at least 3-4 will be very good. Charging cameras and phones, OMG, what a pain!
With the Rolleicord I must have taken 50 shots maximum in a week on holiday.
Very good video but it could have been shorter.
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I get the point, but why misinform? "Frank was 31 in 1955 when he secured the Guggenheim Grant that financed his various road trips across America the following year with his wife and his two young children in tow. He shot around 28,000 pictures."
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/nov/07/robert-frank-americans-photography-influence-shadows
MeekFilms what did I misinform about? That's awesome information but I didn't say anything in the video that opposed this? I just said Frank was not born in America. Which is true?
It`s on your video: "Robert Frank was on vacation when he was shooting The Americans"..."He was me"... "He wasn't over doing it".. etc. But film rocks, we agree.
oh haha yea i know he had a grant but still he was seeing things for the first time ever and certainly 28,000 images is a ton, i wasn't aware of that statistic.....nonetheless i was inspired to shoot in a new country by it
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Travis Mortz
On vacation I want to shoot photos... and not collecting data...
As someone who used to work airport security I have to say the risk to your film with x rays is minimal. Most of this stuff about x rays being bad for film date back to the 70s and 80s and the machines used now use a tiny fraction of the radiation of those ancient first and second generation machines. I would be shocked if any of those old machines are used anywhere because the reason they got rid of them is they are dangerous to humans. The operator day in and day out was getting dosed with way more radiation. Also 99.9% of those "lead bags" are total scams and are just mylar and as effective as a ziplock sandwich bag for protecting film. They were the UV filter scam of the film era.
I've heard stories about it still affecting faster film, so I wouldn't discount it entirely. There's no reason they can't be hand inspected however.
great to know! being paranoid never hurts though haha
Daniel Stewart I worked years in REAL law enforcement. TSA is a joke. X-rays DO ruin film. As Travis pointed out, it's a cumulative effect. If every airport passed through on vacation scanned film, it would definitely ruin it. I've seen how the quality is degraded by the number of exposures to x-rays. X-rays, visible/invisible light, sound, etc., all have their respective frequency on the electromagnetic spectrum. We expose film to light to "expose" our image. Enough x-ray "exposure" will not only expose the frame, it will expose the whole roll--every roll that you carry. It's the same concept with nuclear radiation and the human body. Nuclear medicine has a cumulative effect on the body, whether getting x-rays or inducing substances directly into the body. It's ridiculous to think radiation is harmless to light-sensitive medium. One exposure through an x-ray scan will have negligible results that are probably not noticeable, but it's still an effect. Several passes through the scan will yield noticeable image quality degradation. Go ahead and expose your own film to x-rays but leave the rest of us out of your personal experiment.
there is definitely still a risk, minor or otherwise. I lost any entire set of photos from when I went to Banff because of Xray.
I watched this video from Carlos photography last week, and it seems his opinion joins that of these ones => ruclips.net/video/v50sjmWAGaI/видео.html
So I think asking for a hand check is always more safe than trust an officer who claims "below 1600 asa no risk". Personally i don't like to take risks with my films when I travel with.
I am not giving you the point on this one, film is a pain in the ass to travel with, with the constant danger of not getting a nice flight safety officer and therefore ruining your film with x Ray and having to spend time of your vacation finding a film lab locally to develop before returning. It is a complete nightmare ...
VortekShow that's unnecessary steps that you might decide to take. I have never done that and as you can see my photos are fine. Someone else in this thread said their films were scanned multiple times with no issues. This is a very small part of traveling with film and certainly doesn't make it impossible to achieve.
Ive traveled with film 2 times, in puerto rico once they ran my film thru the big suitcase scanner and in horror i begged for it to be spared and they wouldnt budge. Came back home, sent to the lab and the photos were fine. Ive done the regular passenger scanners with film too. Never had an issue. I never traveled with anything above 400 iso though
VortekShow That's total BOLLOCKS. I've travelled with film to 2 different countries at a time, meaning that film was scanned more than 4 times at the airport, and every time it has never had any affect on the film. Yes, if you're using film rated at 800asa or over, than get it hand checked, but anything under that is fine. Stop spreading shitty untruths about airport scanning ruining film, because you're just frightening people away from this beautiful experience of shooting your holiday (or vacation as you Yanks call it). It sounds like you just can't be bothered with film, so you'd rather see other people not doing it, hence justifying why you don't do it. And PLEASE, don't come back with how it once ruined your film, or it happened to someone you worked with, or your uncle's wife's dad told you so, because it's BOLLOCKS.
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Travis Mortz