Kodak Vision 3 500T
This is how I shoot and develop Kodak Vision 3 500T 35mm Color Negative Motion Picture Film. Sadly, this professional grade film is no longer available for sale to the general public. It’s sad because buying 400’ of Kodak Vision 3 500T, or any vision 3 motion picture film, was the only way to buy color film in bulk and save money. I felt like I hacked the system and figured out THE most affordable way to shoot great looking color negative 35mm film.
How to Camera Scan 35mm
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This is how I camera scan 35mm film. BUT! This video doesn’t just address HOW to camera scan film, but WHY one should camera scan their film images. Yes, you could go many different routes. You could get a purpose-built unit from Kodak, Plustek, or Nikon. You could also use a flatbed scanner from Epson, or a fancy Hasselblad Flextight or a Heidelberg drum scanner. But that’s dumb. You should camera scan film. Because that’s what I do. Don’t you want to be like me? Also, I show how I convert my scanned negatives using Negative Lab Pro. And finally at the very end I breakdown the costs of my gear and rationalize all the money I've spent to be able to post analog trash can BANGERS!
How to Archive Film
I Love Film Photography, but with all my images stored as a tangible real world object, rather than a bunch of 1’s and 0’s, it can be hard to stay organized. So I’m sharing my method for archiving my film negatives. This isn’t the only way, but it is the way I store, label and organize all of my film so that one day when I have finally built a darkroom, all my film will be as good as new, and it will be easy for me to find any shot in my lightroom catalog and do some analog printing. BIG SHOUT OUT to @bruce_gilden Bruce Gilden and especially to @grainydaysss Jason Kummerfeldt for yet another cameo!
Paper Beats Film
I love film photography! But large format film is expensive. So I decided to test out my FIRST LARGE FORMAT CAMERA, the Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 Film Press Camera, by shooting directly onto ILFORD Direct Positive Paper and developing it in my @pinstacamera. It used to be sold as HARMAN Direct Positive Paper. Direct Positive photo paper, made by Harman Technologies (a.k.a. ILFORD), is a special sort of photographic paper.
Once you develop the paper, anywhere that light touched the paper becomes BRIGHT! So you can load it directly in your camera and shoot away. It's basically cutting out the middle man. Don't tell "BIG FILM"! Or else kodak will be coming for me!
Photo Walks Suck
Real world review of the Minolta X-700 MPS 35mm SLR film camera. To test it out... I went on my first ever Photo Walk for my Birthday! Sarah and I went to San Antonio, TX to shoot some street photography with a special guest @moneyshotphoto who graciously showed us around.
Is this Minolta going to compare with it's fancier cousins like the Minolta XD11 or the Minolta XD5 ? Watch and see what features it has. We run some Fuji 400 through all the cameras. Eric set his to ISO 200, while sarah and I left em at box sped. Sarah also ran some Eastman Double X black and white motion picture film through her camera. Does it have auto exposure fun stuff? What about the lenses? Special lens at the end.
Dehancer Film Emulation Review
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This is my brutally honest review of the Dehancer film emulation plugin for Davinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere/After Effects, and Final Cut Pro. How good is Dehancer? How good are Dehancer's color grading tools? Can you actually use it to achieve THE FILM LOOK? And most important... is it worth it?
Thank you to Ian Perlman for the sample footage and the interview! Love you! Check out his work at: https://www.ianperlman.com/
1952 Expired Eastman Super XX
I bought some 35mm film that expired in 1952. Can I successfully shoot and develop this 72 year old film? Kodak Eastman Super XX is a black and white 35mm motion picture film. I bought three boxes of it, each with 100ft. How am I going to load it in my camera? What ISO do I rate the film at? How do I go about developing the film? And is this just a big waste of time and money?
Blind React to My Photos
Schmoopie Surprise Episode 1! 4th of July Edition. I suck at sorting photos in Adobe LIGHTROOM. So Sarah went through my 2,000 photos from our event gig and picked her TOP 10 favorite shots that I took. Join me as I blind react to my own photos for the first time.
1981 Expired Ektachrome
The internet said it couldn't be done, but I found three ways to successfully develop Ektachrome that expired back in 1981. I had seven rolls of this Ektachrome 200D. Now I'm down to 3 and a half.
Grainy Days EXPOSED
@grainydaysss LIED about the Minolta Weathermatic underwater 35mm point and shoot film camera. In today's episode of Film Tubers Exposed, we debunk his vicious slander with empirical evidence and rigorous scientific testing to show... the Minolta Weathermatic Dual 35 is a FUN camera.
Pinsta Camera
This is the @pinstacamera Instant pinhole camera PINSTA!!!! You can make direct positive prints on 4x5 photographic paper. Analog photography at its finest with amazing large format pinhole camera one of a kind prints on Ilford direct positive paper. Instant film photography has never been so accessible with this amazing camera.
This is no boring Pinhole photography tutorial. Its a story of struggle and overcoming the odds. This video production took everything I had, and some truly unique camera gear. Grew as a person as I filmed this Pinsta review. Photography with 4x5 paper and pinhole camera tips never looked so good. Instant print photography like nobody but the BEST WORST photographer could shoot. Creative photography techniques need not apply. Because this experimental photography gear is creative enough.
If Film Were People (Season 1)
Kodak Ultramax 400, Fujifilm 400, Kodak Vision 3 500T, Cinestill 800T, Kodak Portra 400, Fuji Instax Mini, Kodak Aerochrome, Kodak Ektachrome E100, Harman Phoenix 200, Kodak Gold 200, Lomography 400, Polaroid SX-70, Fomapan 400, Kodak Tri-X 400, Kentmere 400, Ilford HP5+ 400, and LomoChrome Purple.
Thank you to everyone who's requested film stocks on these funny film photography shorts. Season 1 has been a heck of a ride. Can't wait to do more of these. Let me know who you want to see in season 2!
Battle of Olympus Pocket Cams
The Olympus Mju II (also known as the Infinity Stylus Epic) and the Olympus XA are two legendary pocket sized 35mm film point & shoot cameras. While they both have 35mm f2.8 lenses, they are quite different in operation. So Sarah & I decided to pit them against one another in a street photography shootout on the busy main street of Fredericksburg, Texas.
The Tristand
This is how I scan my 35mm film with the brand new TriStand by Michail Sgouropolis of @DispoLens and my Sony a7iii with the Sony FE 90 mm F2.8 Macro G OSS lens. This process is commonly referred to as camera scanning or DSLR scanning. You can scan with a way cheaper set up camera and lens wise, so don’t buy this stuff just cuz I use it.
I also use the essential film holder, made and sold by Andrew Clifforth. He makes masks for all sorts of film formats like 120 film, 35mm film, and 110 film. He even makes masks that include the film borders, sprocket holes, panoramic masks, 6x4.5, 6x6, 6x7, 6x9. He’s a genius. But if you’re on a budget you can get away with some construction paper.