The cameras there in the shops are too expensive compare to Europe. Way too expensive!

@soranut111

4 жыл бұрын

Demand is really high in Thailand so the price goes up with it.

Another place where I recommend for shopping film camera in Bangkok is MEGA PLAZA, there are many shops on the 5th floor :)

"well it was funny for myself." i felt that.

Great video Robin! i made a few street photography videos based on my recent trip to Korea and Japan and those videos were inspired by your How I Shoot series, thank you so much for constantly inspiring other photographers *also in Seoul, South Korea film rolls were expensive too, over 10 bucks for portra 400 so I settled for the kodak gold 200 which was 7 bucks, still expensive haha

Theres actually a building fills with films camera shop near yaowarat roads. Most of the shops in bkk is scattered around the city

very enjoyable video. I do agree siam tlr is a very nice shop, been their lots of time. the price is not bad and the owner is really friendly and the service is great. Another place I would recommend you is Mega plaza burapa, go to 5th floor there's a lot of film camera store up there you can find everything from compact cameras to leica to old 4x5 cameras.

I love how you found the Kodak 126/7 instamatic cool, and found the Kodak disc camera interesting, yet we thought they were dire when we had them from new. The cameras sounded overpriced as far as I could see.

oh heyy you came to my country in bangkok, very cool. :) did you go to "mega plaza" at china town before? I feel they have many more film camera shops all in one floor

Love your videos Robin!

Was in Bangkok 6 months ago and visited Airlab and Lert.

The Rolleiflex that you viewed at 09:30 is a Rolleiflex T with 75mm f3.5 taking lens. The T range was a budget alternative with Tessar or Xenar lenses like the Rolleicord series but the advantage of lever wind. At almost €2000 that is about 4x more expensive than it should be. They sell for under £500 in the UK, even from bricks and mortar camera shops. If you are tempted don't be put off by the fact that they were originally more of a mid range Rollei. The Xenar and Tessar lenses are still excellent performers with good character and they take Bay 1 accessories which are more affordable and easier to find.

Thanks for the video, man. I went to Siam a lot of times and never noticed that there are several film camera shops there. But yeah in Thailand the price has been rising rapidly due to the demand and trend of Thai celebs using them. Stay safe while traveling, guys.

SIAM TLR K' Surasak are the nicest guy..good person. I miss visiting his shop and near his shop theres good Thai food shop..aroi mak

Hi , another great video, enjoyed watching it and thanks again for sharing. Since I am following you for quite a while now, I wonder , you are spending a lot of time there , do you live there now , what's the story, if you don't mind asking ! Anyway, still enjoying your footage and shots and thanks for the eye candy ! Stay safe !

Enjoyed watching this now that it's been up for 2 years. I just checked a lot of these shops out last weekend, going to share my video about it soon as well!

@Scarrr3d

2 жыл бұрын

Any specific shops to reccomend? Im heading there in a week's time and hopefully find a lens for a good price!

@DrewWillson

2 жыл бұрын

@@Scarrr3d Sure thing, mega plaza in Chinatown is a great spot right now depending on what kind of lens you're looking for. There may be a number of film photography gear events like the one they had at the Lido Connect building in Siam last week so i would go to some shops and find someone speaking english, then ask about events and expos.

The small TLR is a Yashica 44. It uses 127 film. It is a very capable camera with a good yashinon lens. It produce 12 photos 4x4cm by roll. Good Camera

Hi there. thanks for the interesting clip. Since I'm residing in Bangkok I was watching the clip with interest. As you found out the film price in BKK is crazy so I've been struggle to uphold my film photography hobby. Nevertheless the Labs you dropped by provide excellent quality of developing and scanning which are upside of BKK film photography. There are some other famous shops in BKK but I wonder how you chose them.

It's 2020 and I went back to film (35mm) using Canon's EOS camera bodies (I have six of them) and five EF lenses do to the high cost of going to a DSLR full frame camera. All used equipment from Ebay of course in excellent to mint condition. Right now I have my film processed and scanned through a company called "The Dark Room" located in California and they are still open for business!

Another great video. So many cameras one would think they would be much cheaper. Were any of these camera prices an actual bargain or have those bargain discovery days long gone?

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Yashica 44 it’s a 127mmf film TLR you can adapt one of the 135mm magazines

Have you been Mage Plaza? For this time there are a bunch of film camera shops there.

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I think you missed the Mega Plaza, Bangkok's Akihabara. ...cool video BTW!

That yashica is a 127mm format, it's a bit smaller than 120 and is probably not in production

@neilpiper9889

4 жыл бұрын

You can buy 127 film from Analogue wonderland here in the UK

The yashica 44 uses 127 film. Bigger than 35mm but smaller than 120. I believe the film has been discontinued for a while. I have a film cutter that cuts 120 film down to 127. Problem is, its spool film, so you have to source the spools

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@therealsirrobin

2 жыл бұрын

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That 67 was way over even mint online retail prices, absolutely insane. You can pick up most medium formats at bargain prices of 6 to 800.

Not sure what Canon rangefinder you looked at but the Canon P has a nice big and bright viewfinder!

I get a bit sad seeing so many camera's in shops. I really think most of those cameras will never leave there again while many people are looking for some. Nothing to do about it though...

@comfortablyblind6853

4 жыл бұрын

I feel, every film SLR I buy like, I'm saving it from a life of unlove. I'm also very careful with them. Figure, it's lived this long, being a loved shooter, I'm not going to be the one to kill it.

Rode sounds great but couldn't help noticing it pops into view every now and then.

Wow, those prices seem awfully steep but then again they are brick and mortar shops with overhead to deal with. Gone are the days when we descended on places like Hong Kong to find great bargains.

the 3rd shop is not A$B.It's Hung and Na Studio. A$B is beside and have various film and maybe best price you can find. The 5th floor MEGA plaza would be the place! there 're lot of film camera shops with 15-30% higher than market price but it's still good you guy can touch and try.But right now all of them should be closed according to COVID situations.take care.

Most of us shop for films camera via online shops and also at a films camera fair which happen 3-4 times a year those shop you went is most of the time overprice..the reason is that films camera became a trend in thailand over the pass few years causing the price skyrocketed

You missed out Mega Plaza at chinatown. Loads of film camera shops in a single building.

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There’s a shop in MBK mall that must have over $1,000,000 of Leica bodies and glass, I stumbled on it when I was getting a sim for my phone this past February

@davidj.7779

3 жыл бұрын

"FotoFile"?

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maybe check out the Mamiya 645Af Series or the older Hasselblad H series! They are great 645 Af camera!

I believe the Yashica 44 took 127 roll film - I would love to own one. in Brown (very cool brown(

Damn, I need to sell my cameras in Thailand!

OMG those prices! 😮

Welcome to Thailand

OMG!!!!!!

Film prices are what put me off using my analogue cameras now. I used to think it was expensive back in the 70s, 80s and 90s, but now it's just ridiculously expensive because it's now trendy / cool to shoot film. Anyone want some hardly used analogue trend setters ? EOS1, 650, 600, AT-1, A-1 Underwater, Yashica T4

@FramesPerSecond

4 жыл бұрын

John Taylor The film prices are also so the companies don’t have to file for bankruptcy again after only getting out of it a few years ago.

@kiwipics

4 жыл бұрын

@@FramesPerSecond .... My problem is that I started with film back in 1977, and it was the norm not a trend. A roll of film was still expensive in a way, but only because I was still at school. Film was about £2.50, and processing / printing was about the same. The only real expense came when shooting Kodachrome, but it was an all inclusive cost. Apart from ilford, Fuji (and Kodak .. just), the film companies aren't the original manufacturers of the films / emulsions of past years, and most are just rebranded anyway. I also don't get why shooting expired film has become a trend ... weird.

@o.l4890

3 жыл бұрын

How much for the A-1

I live in Bangkok. Everything is over price here. That's why most people buy from Japan and Taiwan. Thais are use to being ripped off so they happily pay whatever's asked.

We have to do this in Taipei.....

@the_real_sir_robin at14:19 how you mean that Fujicolor 200 is not available anymore?

You should visit Mega Plaza ,5th floor ,bro. Enjoy shooting.

This is my Home Recommend go to Mega Plaza in Bangkok

My heart 200 is a Chinese film. The fact that it's kodak film is relabeled

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Even if it is trendy, you have to admit this is a good thing for the world of photography. I just wished more film cameras were being produced. I really hope Kodak produces an SLR, I honestly think that would be a good way to cement themselves in this film war.

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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@hughzev2336

2 жыл бұрын

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If you want a Pentax 645 take the 645n or the 645nII.

They are so expensive compared to european prices!

May i know the name of the store that you bought my heart film roll?

Am very curious about the heart photo Roll Robin.

The popularity of film photography is on the rise in Thailand right now, hence the expensive film stocks. I usually go buy at the place you go in at 19.30 into the video. Comparatively, the films there are cheaper than the rest. They sell out often though.

@mikaelkijbunchoo667

4 жыл бұрын

Also, my heart is a Chinese filmstock

Hey nice vid, however the third place is not A&B Lap. A&B Lap is next door actually! That shop that you went in, he more of a repair shop then a film camera shop. And next time the A&B shop do sell 120 and 135 cheaper price then that shop you went in hahaha

Fuji XT system is a grail

In Thailand all of cameras are expensive to sell, and for sure everyone in Thailand think and think again when them what to buy it. and me too haha.

@blendercsgomore2626

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for visit, Much love from Thailand enjoy and safe trip bro.

Why no pricing for the Canon?!

i love your shirt

They are ripping you off with those prices.

The yashica 44 is 127mm film a “discontinued” film stock

@vangstr

4 жыл бұрын

126 not 127

@WuphMusic

4 жыл бұрын

Teng Vang google it

@WuphMusic

4 жыл бұрын

Teng Vang I have one it’s not a cartridge camera

@l0stxs0ul

4 жыл бұрын

@@WuphMusic Yeah it's 100% a 127 camera. 4x4 images.

@hansa3580

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, 127 rollfilm; the Yashica 44 was one of the few high quality 127 TLR cameras; there is also the Sawyers Mark IV, TLR, also 127. Rollei had an awesome 126 cartridge camera, the Rolleiflex SL26, Kodak had a Retina Reflex as well, 126 cartridge camera, also Zeiss-Ikon. If it's worth the trouble, check out McKeowns Price Guide(s) to Antique and Classic Cameras, most recent edition, 12th edition.

HIS with the heart film?

You really need to use decimal points not full stops with the US and Euro pricing. I keep thinking they’re tens of thousands of dollars hahaha

The yashica 44 takes 127films. But they are hard to find!

@JasperBunschoten

4 жыл бұрын

Rera still produces new BW 127 roll film

The Kodak disc is not digital, it is a very weird film format, with tiny negatives on a rotating disc

What's with the prices? Seems way more expensive than here in America.

@TheKamrenB

2 жыл бұрын

Import tax of 7-20%

OMG did you not go to MEGA PLAZA??

I prefer you go to Persona Camera in Bangkok much way cheaper and nice owner! Tell him affan sent a regard to him :)

You can get that my heart film on eBay really cheap. I think it's repackaged Fujifilm. Not sure though.

@N.Eutered

4 жыл бұрын

Got a few a couple weeks ago; one of them was kodak, the rest was fuji - all expired around 2002, and all different frame numbers (22, 17, 36, 24), even though the packaging on each of them said 24. The mystery of not knowing exactly what it is or how many shots you have is actually pretty fun :)

@alinconstantintanasa8207

4 жыл бұрын

Mine was Agfa

'LUCKY HOME', is a big film camera store in Thailand. Can you check it ?

@davidj.7779

3 жыл бұрын

"Lucky Home" (one km from SAMRONG BTS) is unbelievable!! More than 10,000 used cameras and lenses, stacked in boxes and bins. Most are kaput but if you dig, there are amazing bargains to be had. Unfortunately, good vintage prime lenses are hard to find as the piles are well picked over. I've been into photography for 50+ years and I found an example of every camera I ever owned.

Thailand is pretty expensive indeed...wonder why, given that everything else in the country is generally cheaper than most places

@Peerapolzz

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Silva its because film camera became a trend in thailand over the pass few years with 3-4 film camera events in bkk per year... the camera and films prices went absolutely ridiculous here

INSANE PRICES!!!

It’s funny, you use a comma , when you mention prices in US Dollars. We don’t use a comma unless it’s in the one hundred thousandths place. A camera that is $305USD isn’t represented as 300,00 is just represented as $305USD and no additional commas necessary. Sweet video though.

@Vashu-san

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah same in the UK, we just use ‘.’ To separate between pounds and pence, so I was super confused!

@MiracleWinchester

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. I got confused with the posted prices. I was thinking it CAN'T be that expensive 😅

I visited several film camera “shops” in Chiangmai. Any cameras worth having were not for sale. What was for sale was overpriced rubbish. I suggested they renamed their “shops” to “museums”. The owners were not amused. Thailand is not the place to buy used film cameras :-(

you pick on wrong place guy. i can point you to someplace to buy some film camera. Used - Tested Shop Mega Plaza - near Chinatown , MRT Samyot it's have many shop to pick, or even repair it. or if you want some fun It's have some place that sale "untest-sold as it" but the good news is "You can pick and test it before buy" old SLR / or digital SLR that they sell at price 300-2700 baht ( 10-90 USD) i pick some cheap slr+beercan Minolta lens (70-210 F4l) for about ~10 USD and another slr+ 28-70 f2.8 at same price. it shop call "KingKai Corp." near BTS Bearing.

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I know now where I will NEVER go to buy a camera, or film.

If you like medium format and don't have a Rollei, you need to get one! @mediumformula

Mega plaza is a place that I can buy Film camera.

Pentax focus turns the opposite way to Nikon lenses

If you want to get some good film cameras and lenses I would suggest you go to Guangzhou ,China. A Canon film camera will cost you about 100 USD max with the lens. Also most of the vintage lenses about 50 USD. Thailand is the worst place for cameras and electronics.

Why are you out shopping during this covid-19 situation?

Most of these old cameras will need new light seals.

@kennylin2425

4 жыл бұрын

M Salmon Plasterers pretty sure it was all CLAd before putting on shelf

BREAK! DOWN THE WALLS!

You got the thai currency out by 2 decimals

myheart is not good film. it's just sticker Repackaging c200 or colorplus200

I think you went to the wrong places for film camera shopping in BKK that’s why the price was way too high. I’m Thai and I live in BKK all of my life. My suggestions (if you guys still in Thailand), check these Instagrams out: aroundtheflim ; highly recommended! because the owner is so friendly and capable to find many rare film cameras in good condition, filmfotocamera, rareitem111 and kongfilms ; reasonable film roll price.

Surely they expect to barter!! Those prices are out of touch.

@billyabroad8057

3 жыл бұрын

Nope I live here.........unless a Thai friend comes with you

You want expensive Portra 400 Robin? Come to Japan it's $17.00 per roll here, better not ask about Portra 800! It's even more...$$$

The Yashica 44 is a 4x4cm image size that takes 120 roll film.

I bought a Olympus Pen at that store. The guy is very nice but not so many interesting cameras.

How to pronounce "Siam" = Sa-Yarm. Do it slowly, you will get it.

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127 film