Best Street Photography Settings for Film Cameras - Canon 7 and Olympus OM20

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  • Опубликовано: 3 дек 2024

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  • @TX10X10
    @TX10X10 4 года назад +9

    Great video as always! I am still shocked that you don't have a bigger following on youtube, your videos are so fun and informative. Keep up with the great consistency!

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      Really appreciate the support! Thanks for the kind words 😄

  • @brankokosteski
    @brankokosteski 3 года назад +9

    "rangefinders are small. slrs are..."
    picks up an olympus
    "can be small as well" 😂

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  3 года назад +1

      haha exactly. the olympus is teeny. such an underrated camera

  • @NPJensen
    @NPJensen 4 года назад +5

    Yeah, as Lori Brooks wrote, the Olympus XA is worth considering. Matt Day made a video about it earlier this year, if you're not familiar with it.

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад +2

      good call! def gonna check it out

    • @frankgeck8866
      @frankgeck8866 2 года назад

      @@ribsy Consider also xa4 (28mm), i have both, xa4 is pure fun, i did a lot of street phot at nyc. zone focusing at 3m, shooting even without framing at all.

  • @VictoriaMatthews
    @VictoriaMatthews 4 года назад +7

    You made zone focusing seem so much less intimidating. Thank you! I'm going to give it a shot!

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад +1

      yea its very easy honestly. its just a matter of being aware of how far you typically will be from your subject

  • @MsElleBee
    @MsElleBee 4 года назад +4

    Have you ever checked out the Olympus XA? Its a tiny rangefinder camera, with an almost silent shutter. It's also all black and very incognito and very, very small. Also has a lovely lens and short throw on the rangefinder, or just set hyperfocal and treat like a point and shoot. The shutter button is very light tough, so you can shoot easily at slower speeds.

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      I have! Well I know of it, but never used one. I’m def considering getting a small point and shoot style. That one is a nice hybrid

    • @MsElleBee
      @MsElleBee 4 года назад

      @@ribsy Its a really cool camera. In fact, all the XA's (with the exception of the XA1) are great. XA2/3 are three zone focus, so really easy to use and the XA4 has a 28mm close-focus lens on it. I went back to the UK this time last year visiting family and the XA was the only camera that I took with me on the trip. It was more than enough to be honest. Load it with either black and white or color or slide -- you'll get really good results.

    • @atroche1978
      @atroche1978 4 года назад +1

      @@MsElleBee the XA is definitely a little beast for street shooting. Sharp and contrasty 35mm 2.8 lens. I set mine to f16 and 9 feet. The DOF at these settings is huge.

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад +1

      Yea that’s a great range! Good for bright sunlight

  • @xaviegarcia2657
    @xaviegarcia2657 4 года назад +2

    Love the OM system and their glass! Great video! Can't wait to see the gold you make!

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад +1

      Thanks! Yea I’m excited - street photography has been a lot of fun so far

  • @AselaArt
    @AselaArt 4 года назад +2

    Great video bro. I'm looking forward to more vids on your street photography journey!

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      thanks! yea i am excited about making them. maybe some POV action coming soon too haha

  • @poniatowski3547
    @poniatowski3547 4 года назад +2

    Love your channel Ribs. You my man talked me into trying color film and after you talking about C41 Cinestill powder kit, I went and bought a kit and gave it go - thanks, that powder kit rocks - so easy. Have a Merry Christmas! and stay safe over there in pommy land.

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад +1

      thanks! i am glad that it is working well for you. hopefully things improve after Christmas for all of us 😊

  • @mikethomas1073
    @mikethomas1073 3 года назад +1

    I have a mint Canon A-1 & was thinking of this rangefinder for my second camera. I've heard very good things, thanks for posting.

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  3 года назад +1

      can't go wrong!

  • @BigACinAZ
    @BigACinAZ 4 года назад +3

    Great usable tactics. Been wanting to do more street myself.

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      Yea! I think these could help anyone. I’m a newbie and it’s helped me already

  • @caldera878
    @caldera878 4 года назад +3

    If you want wider focal length lenses for the Canon 7 without paying for expensive wide angle LTM lenses, you can use the "Canon Mount Converter B". It allows you to mount inexpensive and readily available Canon FD lenses on the Canon 7 with infinity focus. This opens up a huge range of lenses like the 24mm, 28mm which you can zone focus with more depth of field for street.

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      Great call! I was not aware. Def gonna check them out 🤟🏽

    • @caldera878
      @caldera878 4 года назад

      @@ribsy Only negative thing is that you lose rangefinder coupling so the split image focusing won't work but you use can zone focus perfectly.

    • @Resgerr
      @Resgerr 4 года назад

      Ooh I didn’t know that !- good excuse to get a Canon 7

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      😃

  • @rodrigopfs
    @rodrigopfs 4 года назад

    Most valuable channel for beginners by far

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      thanks for the support! 🤟🏽

  • @kevinhoelscher8234
    @kevinhoelscher8234 4 года назад +2

    Really good tips man. I'm gonna try some of these

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      Great! Hope they help

  • @ZainRiza
    @ZainRiza 4 года назад +3

    Yeah man. Looking forward to shooting street with you man. If you can shoot street in Brixton comfortably, you can shoot anywhere haha. When I feel uncomfortable and shy, I go ahead and take the shot anyway and just pause with my camera to my face. Most of the time they think I’m still framing and they walk on and don’t say anything, but that level of comfort shooting takes a bit of time.

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      For sure! Let’s do it. Brixton has been fun - def wanna try other parts of the city as well

  • @CalumetVideo
    @CalumetVideo 2 года назад

    I have shot many street photos using your technique “shooting from the chest”. I have got many great photos and even a little tilt makes it looks great!

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  2 года назад

      Great! It’s not a bad technique

  • @crimsonred9207
    @crimsonred9207 11 месяцев назад

    Great video man! I picked up a model 7 recently and was looking for something like this!!!

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  11 месяцев назад

      Oh yes!

  • @EdwardIglesias
    @EdwardIglesias 4 года назад +3

    I find that personally, when shooting film, a TLR is great. Between the quiet shutter and the waist level view finder people really don't register that it's even a camera.

    • @elliotthogg1934
      @elliotthogg1934 4 года назад +1

      I agree completely. Also, if people do notice you, having a camera like a TLR seems to invite genuine interest and positive reactions

    • @caldera878
      @caldera878 4 года назад +2

      People tend to lighten up and look less intimidating when I shoot with a TLR.

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      For sure! I have a TLR and plan to take it out for some street action

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      Haha for real! Has happened a couple of times to me

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      It’s def one of the best for street. I haven’t used it that way tho but gonna try

  • @tomislavmiletic_
    @tomislavmiletic_ 4 года назад +2

    If you want to shoot totally inconspicuously, on top of shooting from your chest, you can use your left hand, casually covering the camera, while taking a shot with the palm of your (left) hand. It isn't hard to do, it's even easier if you have soft release button added to your shutter button (it makes it easier to reach with your palm).

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад +1

      Good point. I may give that a try 😀

  • @maxhernandez109
    @maxhernandez109 4 года назад +2

    Hell yeah ribs teach us the way 🙏

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      haha im not master. i am learning myself

  • @paultaylorphotography9499
    @paultaylorphotography9499 Год назад

    Shooting from the hip or the nip is a great technique, using it you can get so close to people.

  • @CoffeeNdCameras
    @CoffeeNdCameras 7 дней назад

    I just picked up a canon 7 from Japan but struggling to find a decent lens that works well with it. What would you recommend? Other than Leica haha.

  • @onigrapher
    @onigrapher 4 года назад +1

    Curious what you think is a good lens for street? 50mm you have distance with your subject but you don’t have that inmate closeness in photos. Or you think something around 24/28mm? Or 35mm which almost everyone uses. Just curious 🧐!? Lol thanks awesome video 👏🏼

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      I prefer 35. 50 could work but focusing will be tougher if you are moving fast

  • @forevergrain
    @forevergrain 4 года назад +2

    So nice of you sharing this begging of the street journey. I'm a bit more confident and tempted to give it a try now... I'm so shy :) Where do you get Double X "cheap" if I may ask? Keep going, you're doing really well :)

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      I’ve been getting cheap double x from a friend 😀 who bulk rolls

  • @henrigraber2741
    @henrigraber2741 Год назад

    Nice video. I would advise to use the Olympus Xa4. It has an excellent 28mm lens. I love the Canon 7, but I am not always in the mood to take permanently with me such a heavy camera.

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  Год назад +1

      yea i actually own an xa now! video coming soon

  • @manlarmar
    @manlarmar 4 года назад +1

    Nice video, as always!

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      thanks for watchinng! 😊

  • @jennychaw9605
    @jennychaw9605 3 года назад

    heyy can you explain about the light meter sensitivity knob beside the viewfinder? thank yiu in advance!

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  3 года назад

      I don’t use it! Sorry 😅

  • @stefanol9272
    @stefanol9272 3 года назад +1

    Hi great to follow your channel. I like when you test films you use them for real projects or personal shots. Instead other channels just burn rolls on a corner of a building just to show the style. But I use a Nikon F3 for street and all other things. I do own a Leica monochrome 246 but I no longer use so much. I prefer films. Keep up brother ✌️✌️😎😎 I forgot to mention on my Nikon I use a 24 mm and I use it with F/11 or 16 and from 2 meter marker 😎😎😎 And I just loaded my baby with a Ilford Hp5 with a yellow filter.

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  3 года назад +1

      thanks for watching! that camera/lens combo is killer

    • @stefanol9272
      @stefanol9272 3 года назад +2

      @@ribsy Oh yeah and, and I do the this if someone say hey man you shooting photos of me. Yes sir I do you like look awesome. And no worries nothing to be affraid of. If you complimate many times you get away with a good future customer. Or someone comes hey man you shooting photos of me. I say what I was pointing at the building behind they say ohhh I am so sorry. Depends lol 😂😂😂😂✌️✌️✌️

    • @stefanol9272
      @stefanol9272 3 года назад

      @@ribsy Anytime brother
      😎😎😎

  • @d.idowuolutosin4250
    @d.idowuolutosin4250 4 года назад +2

    Welcome to the world of street photography bruh! You'll develop your flow and style in time. No need to rush. You're coming into it at a very strange time given the impact COVID-19 is having on the world not to mention the UK. That said, you will learn more about light and shadow than you've ever known by shooting street. Very different than shooting in a studio setting where you can control the light and how it behaves. You seem to have a good crew there in London. Put those guys to work. I'm from Harlem, so you know we got a different flow in NYC but that flow has to be fluid it because the Bruce Gilden approach to street photography doesn't work everywhere in the world. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад +2

      thanks! yea i won't be flashing people in their faces, but i do hope to get up and close! haha

    • @d.idowuolutosin4250
      @d.idowuolutosin4250 4 года назад

      @@ribsy indeed brother, indeed. 💪🏿

  • @SinaFarhat
    @SinaFarhat 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for the info and thoughts :)

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      Of course! Hope it helps 😃

  • @oldgittarist
    @oldgittarist Год назад

    Just found this, very informative!

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  Год назад

      glad you enjoyed it

  • @EuroGunOrg
    @EuroGunOrg 3 года назад

    Tried street photography with the Pentax 67? I need to try that...

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  3 года назад

      haha na i havent. id blow through film too fast 😅

  • @gc6391
    @gc6391 3 года назад

    I’m based near Gatwick. Wish the weather would clear up so I can go to Brighton and shoot some film.

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  3 года назад +1

      Yea definitely! Great place for photography

    • @gc6391
      @gc6391 3 года назад

      @@ribsy I’d love to hire an old fire engine with a ladder and then get shots of things we never get to see from street level.

  • @mp3remix171
    @mp3remix171 3 года назад

    im thinking of picking up a jupiter 35 f2., would you recommend it?

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  3 года назад

      I def do! Great bang for buck. It’s stopless tho, and it’s mas annoying

    • @mp3remix171
      @mp3remix171 3 года назад

      @@ribsy really? I figure that the way you det the apature in the front you have to be careful not to move it, but is there some resistance or does it move easily?

  • @youngum78
    @youngum78 3 года назад

    Damn ribs. You playing a bass while you shooting?

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  3 года назад

      haha why cuz the camera hangs low?

  • @mistyarea4512
    @mistyarea4512 2 года назад

    Thx for good advice.

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  2 года назад

      You’re welcome

  • @madskdz
    @madskdz Год назад

    I know this is an old video but what lens are you using

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  Год назад +1

      in that video is the jupiter 35mm f 2.8

    • @madskdz
      @madskdz Год назад

      @@ribsy that’s the Jupiter 14 right

  • @alfredoguri
    @alfredoguri 3 года назад

    You should try waist lever view finders for the street :)

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  3 года назад

      haha yea that'd be cool. even sneakier

  • @shuddercount6278
    @shuddercount6278 2 года назад +1

    The Olympus just sitting there wishing to be touched

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  2 года назад

      Hahaha it gets plenty of use

  • @shotsbyjasper
    @shotsbyjasper 4 года назад +1

    ive been trying street photography as well and I read somewhere that teh sweet spot is 7-10 feet

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      Yea street photography is a good time! 7-10 feet is good for easy focusing but I want to get up closer

    • @shotsbyjasper
      @shotsbyjasper 4 года назад +1

      @@ribsy oh I see, You want something like what Bruce Gilden is doing, his work is up close and personal

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      Lol not like that. But generally a bit closer

  • @Raevenswood
    @Raevenswood 2 года назад

    Lately when I've been out shooting even if I'm not shooting images of people I get these paranoid individuals that break out their phones and start videoing me lol. I was shooting some images of this cool looking stair case on the side of this warehouse the other day and one of the employees came out and started standing in my shot holding his phone up videoing me (so I got a shot of him too lol) then a number of employees started peaking out the door like I was doing something illegal. I was simply shooting an image of a building from a public street. Then yesterday I pulled my car over and I was sitting waiting for someone to move away from a subject I wanted to shoot and she saw my camera so then she broke out her phone and started videoing me because she assumed I was sneaking pictures of her LOL. This seems to be a relatively new phenomena that I haven't really experienced until recently. I give big props to those who can do blatant street photos and don't care about the reaction. It's getting tougher these days I think.

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  2 года назад +1

      Haha yea it can get crazy out there

  • @starling1360
    @starling1360 Год назад

    This is a great video, with a lovely Canon 7:)
    I was just surprised when you talk about being conspicuous but you are using ass-big strap for the camera:)

  • @macwoj101
    @macwoj101 4 года назад +1

    Good luck with your local project. What kind of lens do you have on your Canon 7? It is very simillar to Russian 35 mm lens Jupiter 12 (M 39 mount). There is also very interesting social aspect of street photography. For instance do you plan to talk to people, get to know them etc? EduardoPavezGoye (ruclips.net/user/EduardoPavezGoyevideos) had a very interesting take on this topic.

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад

      yea i have a jupiter. it gets the job done! it all depends - i will be doing a mix of candid snaps and some posed shots. it all depends on the situtation

  • @dmitrybelyakov
    @dmitrybelyakov 4 года назад +1

    Oh mate you're my neighbor

    • @ribsy
      @ribsy  4 года назад +1

      Haha dope 🤟🏽

  • @chriscorey5164
    @chriscorey5164 Год назад

    You forgot to mention that Olympus camera…