Back in my film "daze," I typically carried 5 to 10 rolls. I was always limited to 180-360 shots or so. Can't imagine what that would be like with today's cost. Yipes. Good vid.
I’ll have to give this challenge a go with my Fuji X100V … lens cap off natch!! PS: Ta very much for those excellent Whitby snaps … great memories from my numerous trips there whilst pursuing my interest in James Cook! 📷🙂🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇦
Thanks for sharing this challenge! All your shots looked very intentional and told a great story! I liked the ones at the church ruins and the cemetery. Also really liked number 14. Super clean.
Yes! I have not shot film since 2003 and I wanted some of that film experience but with instant gratification. So I bought a beat up Polaroid sd-70 alpha and a sx70 sonar, and had them refurbished. With 8 shots at 2.50 a photo I found I was being extra, extra careful on how I framed the shot. I think it’s made me think more when shooting digital.
Love this video! Definitely surprised with your amount of subscribers due to your photography talent and video professionalism. Wishing your channel all success!
I frequently set my Fuji X100V in "film mode": Manual focus and exposure (aperture and shutter, fixed ISO), OVF, rear screen off, no monkey checking. The M10 is usually set at ISO 200 and no LV. Having shot film cameras for decades before the advent of automation, for me it is the natural way of thinking. I even prefer Sunny 16 to the TTL metering of my MP as this is the way I shoot my other film Leica, an M2. Ditto the FM2 SLR's.
Thoughtful, fast paced post, Goughie. Nice cove pics. Some images appeared underexposed - YT rendering, I suppose. Having started photography back in the analog days, I can opine that I don’t miss film, or filmic experience, at all. Did the home developing “dance” including slides and home processing “kits” - good riddance to the chemicals. Delayed “gratification” was too often delayed disappointment😊. Unless I missed it in your vid, how did you meter the scene? Ever use external meters? Talk about slowing things down. We’ve all done the “lens cap” thing😂 - big of you to admit same. Cheers!
I know my script said spot metering with the camera! But I often delete this stuff by accident so good chance it’s gone! 😂 I agree about the under exposure! Many of them are! It’s often protected the highlights a little too much! Great for RAW but not so much straight out of camera JPEGs I missed the external meter question! I’ve never used one, I don’t won’t to have to carry one! was the main reason I went for the M6 over M4. With other film cameras I’ve done sunny 16 or use a phone app in a pinch!
I like this challenge. Could do similar also. I would edit my black and white JPEGs though (just contrast , shadows etc.) Not going to wait for one week (no enough patience) Did you use 35mm lens in every photo by the way?
For this challenge, most cameras have the option of turning off automatic previewing of images captured, so there are work arounds if you don’t have an optical viewfinder. Also try using a low memory SD card… a 512mb type if you can find one. This has the advantage of using a few of them to be surrogate rolls of film. So using one for mono, one for colour etc.
Only thing I’ve found is some of these old memory cards are so slow they end up having write issues You can switch preview off, and the lcd off on most cameras, but you then run into the problem of focusing without a screen or EVF
@@Goughie how is focusing with a rangefinder or EVF with image previewing turned off any different? The only real disadvantage is if you’re baking in a certain look straight to jpeg, so in that regard it doesn’t work. But an EVF is only ever an approximation.
Each to their own, to me getting to use cool old mechanical, fully manual cameras and developing the films myself is an important, maybe the MOST important, reason to shoot film. The whole experience of doing it the old way. You can probably get the look with digital but not the feel.
I hear you! I’ve shot a lot of film on the channel and I do enjoy it! But the time constraints with the channel is too much for me! What do think was missing from the feel department here? Anything I could have done to push it further?
@@Goughie As said, to me it's very much about the look, feel, sound, even smell of old mechanical cameras and equipment. Also the process of developing and printing, the magic of seeing the picture appear on the paper. I use digital for everyday documentary pictures but to me shooting film is more about the equipment and the whole process than the results, though I do love the results too. I currently only shoot B&W as that's what I'm equipped to develop and also because I like to differentiate the film and digital. To me digital is for "utilitarian" pictures, for example preserving the memories of a holiday trip or recording something I need to be able to view later or show someone, film is for recreational hobby and art, for photography for it's own sake. By the way, to me even 36 exposures/roll is a little too much, I mostly shoot medium format so 8,10,12 or at most 16 frames/roll depending on the camera/film back. That's why I like bulk loading for 35mm, I can load shorter rolls if I want to.
This is a really fun concept and something I have done now and then for years - I first started doing it with my Canon 5Dmk3. I'll only do it once, maybe twice a year (less so now I have a collection of film cameras) but I'll still do it occasionally with my X100F, although I don't limit the number of images I take I will still turn off the screen and controll thinsg as if it were a film camera. I might only do it for part of a day, or flip back and forth, but I still find it enjoyable. And even though I don't place a restriction on the number of images I take, like you found I usually end up taking significantly fewer photos anyway. Thanks for another great video Goughie 👍
Has anyone tried using Sunny 16 Rule on digital camera ? I like to practise exposure on my x100f when I bought an analogue camera which has no built in light meter, It is fun, though not the same experience as shooting film because film negatives have more latitude in highlights. Modern ISO standard might be different too.
Can’t say I have! Not in it’s true form. I think using sunny 16 with film helped me with being able to approximately guess what settings I need to dial into my digital cameras, and then using the metre for the last bit.
Sort of! A lot of films advertise as covering a range, Cinestill as an example! Results vary and you can always do something like stand development to try and still get consistent results
James and Goughie making the right moves.
I like the challenge of placing constraints on your photos. I find it helps me be more creative. Thanks for these suggestions and the lovely photos.
Great episode Goughie. Always great to set some enjoyable challenges in your photography. :) 🍻
Great video man, I am going to try this now.
Back in my film "daze," I typically carried 5 to 10 rolls. I was always limited to 180-360 shots or so. Can't imagine what that would be like with today's cost. Yipes. Good vid.
I’ll have to give this challenge a go with my Fuji X100V … lens cap off natch!! PS: Ta very much for those excellent Whitby snaps … great memories from my numerous trips there whilst pursuing my interest in James Cook! 📷🙂🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇦
Great ending! Always keeping it real
Great video!! Looks like a fun experiment
Was a lot of fun!
Thanks for sharing this challenge! All your shots looked very intentional and told a great story! I liked the ones at the church ruins and the cemetery. Also really liked number 14. Super clean.
There’s a few I really liked! Agree with the ones you mentioned! Couple were a little too underexposed for my taste!
Thank you for doing this so I don't have to. And thank you for convincing me digital is better for me.
Ahah! Love it!
Yes! I have not shot film since 2003 and I wanted some of that film experience but with instant gratification. So I bought a beat up Polaroid sd-70 alpha and a sx70 sonar, and had them refurbished. With 8 shots at 2.50 a photo I found I was being extra, extra careful on how I framed the shot. I think it’s made me think more when shooting digital.
Love this video! Definitely surprised with your amount of subscribers due to your photography talent and video professionalism. Wishing your channel all success!
Far too kind!! Thank you!
I enhance this with an Olympus EM10 and an adapted vintage Zuiko 50mm f1.8. So manual focus, manual mode but auto ISO.
Thought I drove past you in Robin Hoods Bay this week. I was there with my Leica M8
Oh really! I was at Robin hoods bay on Monday!
@@Goughie so was I - and it turns out I’ve taken a very similar set of images as well (except in colour) 🤣
@@alexbeard88 ahhh!!! You should have said hello! I’m normally pretty good at spotting other Leicas in the wild! Can’t recall seeing you!
@@Goughie I was in the car - I nearly shouted out the window but thought, “nah, it’s probably a lookalike” 🤣
@@alexbeard88 😂😂😂
I frequently set my Fuji X100V in "film mode": Manual focus and exposure (aperture and shutter, fixed ISO), OVF, rear screen off, no monkey checking. The M10 is usually set at ISO 200 and no LV. Having shot film cameras for decades before the advent of automation, for me it is the natural way of thinking. I even prefer Sunny 16 to the TTL metering of my MP as this is the way I shoot my other film Leica, an M2. Ditto the FM2 SLR's.
Thoughtful, fast paced post, Goughie. Nice cove pics. Some images appeared underexposed - YT rendering, I suppose. Having started photography back in the analog days, I can opine that I don’t miss film, or filmic experience, at all. Did the home developing “dance” including slides and home processing “kits” - good riddance to the chemicals. Delayed “gratification” was too often delayed disappointment😊.
Unless I missed it in your vid, how did you meter the scene? Ever use external meters? Talk about slowing things down.
We’ve all done the “lens cap” thing😂 - big of you to admit same. Cheers!
I know my script said spot metering with the camera! But I often delete this stuff by accident so good chance it’s gone! 😂 I agree about the under exposure! Many of them are! It’s often protected the highlights a little too much! Great for RAW but not so much straight out of camera JPEGs
I missed the external meter question! I’ve never used one, I don’t won’t to have to carry one! was the main reason I went for the M6 over M4. With other film cameras I’ve done sunny 16 or use a phone app in a pinch!
I like this challenge. Could do similar also. I would edit my black and white JPEGs though (just contrast , shadows etc.) Not going to wait for one week (no enough patience)
Did you use 35mm lens in every photo by the way?
Yes! I used the 35mm lux for everything! Zero cropping or anything!
For this challenge, most cameras have the option of turning off automatic previewing of images captured, so there are work arounds if you don’t have an optical viewfinder. Also try using a low memory SD card… a 512mb type if you can find one. This has the advantage of using a few of them to be surrogate rolls of film. So using one for mono, one for colour etc.
Only thing I’ve found is some of these old memory cards are so slow they end up having write issues
You can switch preview off, and the lcd off on most cameras, but you then run into the problem of focusing without a screen or EVF
@@Goughie how is focusing with a rangefinder or EVF with image previewing turned off any different? The only real disadvantage is if you’re baking in a certain look straight to jpeg, so in that regard it doesn’t work. But an EVF is only ever an approximation.
@@Goughie if nothing else, these little tricks are good for enforcing discipline or good working practice in your workflow. So it’s all good stuff :)
Each to their own, to me getting to use cool old mechanical, fully manual cameras and developing the films myself is an important, maybe the MOST important, reason to shoot film. The whole experience of doing it the old way. You can probably get the look with digital but not the feel.
I hear you! I’ve shot a lot of film on the channel and I do enjoy it! But the time constraints with the channel is too much for me! What do think was missing from the feel department here? Anything I could have done to push it further?
@@Goughie As said, to me it's very much about the look, feel, sound, even smell of old mechanical cameras and equipment. Also the process of developing and printing, the magic of seeing the picture appear on the paper.
I use digital for everyday documentary pictures but to me shooting film is more about the equipment and the whole process than the results, though I do love the results too. I currently only shoot B&W as that's what I'm equipped to develop and also because I like to differentiate the film and digital.
To me digital is for "utilitarian" pictures, for example preserving the memories of a holiday trip or recording something I need to be able to view later or show someone, film is for recreational hobby and art, for photography for it's own sake.
By the way, to me even 36 exposures/roll is a little too much, I mostly shoot medium format so 8,10,12 or at most 16 frames/roll depending on the camera/film back. That's why I like bulk loading for 35mm, I can load shorter rolls if I want to.
Quite funny ever since I got my M 10 I’ve never had the screen on while shooting
This is a really fun concept and something I have done now and then for years - I first started doing it with my Canon 5Dmk3. I'll only do it once, maybe twice a year (less so now I have a collection of film cameras) but I'll still do it occasionally with my X100F, although I don't limit the number of images I take I will still turn off the screen and controll thinsg as if it were a film camera. I might only do it for part of a day, or flip back and forth, but I still find it enjoyable. And even though I don't place a restriction on the number of images I take, like you found I usually end up taking significantly fewer photos anyway.
Thanks for another great video Goughie 👍
Has anyone tried using Sunny 16 Rule on digital camera ? I like to practise exposure on my x100f when I bought an analogue camera which has no built in light meter, It is fun, though not the same experience as shooting film because film negatives have more latitude in highlights. Modern ISO standard might be different too.
Can’t say I have! Not in it’s true form. I think using sunny 16 with film helped me with being able to approximately guess what settings I need to dial into my digital cameras, and then using the metre for the last bit.
You wont be able to use any other metering except center weight when using the RF, unless it is M11 onwards
Yes! Good shout! I always get centre weight and spot mixed up in my head
I would have taken a couple of rolls ;)
Hahah! 😂 maybe 3 or 4 roll and I’d have been fine 😂
Enjoyed your trip to Whitby?
Yes! Loved it! Also liked what we did just before Whitby that’ll be in next weeks video!
According to Stephen Schaub (Figital Revolution) you can shoot variating ISO on BW film
Sort of! A lot of films advertise as covering a range, Cinestill as an example! Results vary and you can always do something like stand development to try and still get consistent results
for $7k. I'd hope my photos were better
I’d hope your manners were… but here we are
This is ridiculous. Use a M6.
😂😂😂😂
You will never push film on a shitty digital sorry
click fcn bait!!!!
What did you expect? Film somehow in a digital camera 😂