How to take long exposures with film

I try to take a long exposure of the stars, and then explain how I figured out the settings for that shot compensating for reciprocity failure.
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  • @thealaris
    @thealaris2 ай бұрын

    I'm so grateful that you've made this video, even tho I know a lot about photography itself, "reciprocity failure" was a thing that I've never thought about, so now I'm another step closer to making great shots with out ruining them

  • @AndersBjornTH
    @AndersBjornTH4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making your book available to us. Your channel is the best.

  • @efomarcel9906
    @efomarcel99062 жыл бұрын

    this was so pretty to watch, and your photographs are amazing!

  • @jagman1953
    @jagman19534 жыл бұрын

    Great topic Adrian. This will help me a lot.

  • @lamanhnguyen6462
    @lamanhnguyen64624 жыл бұрын

    OMG free PDF. U're so kind. thank you sir

  • @aows

    @aows

    4 жыл бұрын

    Of course! Hope you like it.

  • @miapepsi
    @miapepsi4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making this video I have been meaning to get around to reading your book, ive had it downloaded to my phone for a couple of months now, I will probably read a bit of it sometime soon.

  • @ayrtongonzales4845
    @ayrtongonzales48454 жыл бұрын

    Genial! Muchas gracias por la información, definitivamente la usaré y leeré el libro.

  • @stillshootingfilm
    @stillshootingfilm4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the introduction... fits pretty well as i am gonna go for some long exposure shots the next weeks with my hasselblad 500cm. lets see how they will turn out. could get any of the really long exposure shots in my last video. I think the longest was a 9min exposure from the Lofoten. :D Enjoy your day and keep up the nice work.

  • @JayGrapherTh
    @JayGrapherTh4 жыл бұрын

    very interesting subject about film , totally didnt know about it - will be prepared in the future when doing film long exposure night photography

  • @fishtacoguy
    @fishtacoguy4 жыл бұрын

    Great subject! I have only tried really long exposure at nights with digital. I think in spring I will give it a go with some Acros (original stock) in my Bronica ETRS.

  • @wahyuprasojo5148
    @wahyuprasojo51484 жыл бұрын

    great vid, thankyou very much 😁

  • @alinconstantintanasa8207
    @alinconstantintanasa82074 жыл бұрын

    As you already used us... Fantastic!

  • @danielemilazzo432
    @danielemilazzo4324 жыл бұрын

    Los videos mejoran cada vez. Y la casa de enfrente con todos esos colores es fenomenal!!!! Un saludo desde Australia. Espero pasar a ver a mi familia en Salamanca este año. Por su pasas por ahí :)

  • @saimonperezg
    @saimonperezg4 жыл бұрын

    Excelente, muchas gracias voy a intentarlo con una canon ae1

  • @josephasghar
    @josephasghar4 жыл бұрын

    Like the full moon shots.

  • @canturgan
    @canturgan4 жыл бұрын

    What about the extra dark exposure for digital noise?

  • @mdbdoc
    @mdbdoc4 жыл бұрын

    thank you for this video. a question because I’m new to this: why did you push the film to 1600 when you were already doing long exposure?

  • @BadCooper

    @BadCooper

    4 жыл бұрын

    He always said he loves how HP5+ looks when pushed to 1600

  • @gianlucarusso3358
    @gianlucarusso33584 жыл бұрын

    Nice video and beautiful shot! I do love the topic and my question is the following: what if I don’t have a digital camera or a digital lightmeter? Is there a way to know/predict what’s the correct exposure time (e.g. the 10’ in the case of your video) to multiply for a reciprocity factor (in order to compensate for reciprocity failure)? P.s. I used your values for compensating the reciprocity failure in a shot of mine, I did use ilford hp5 plus at f/2.8 for 45mins, no filters, and the shot came out nice but not good as I expected (it was overexposed by two stops I guess). I’ll send you an e-mail, maybe it’s better :)

  • @brauliomorrison
    @brauliomorrison3 жыл бұрын

    A+

  • @pefawa
    @pefawa3 жыл бұрын

    How did you figure a 10 minute exposure with your digital camera.?? I understand everything else but how you metered for a 10 minute exposure using your digital camera.

  • @someonemearth5197
    @someonemearth51973 жыл бұрын

    Hey thats was great. I just hate math.

  • @Julianign
    @Julianign3 жыл бұрын

    8:13 espectacular 😍

  • @josebainakielorriagaarriet2066
    @josebainakielorriagaarriet20664 жыл бұрын

    todavía no me he atrevido a hacer largas exposiciones con la Bronica,y eso que me encantan las sedas marinas....,asignatura pendiente,aunque ya lo hice una vez con la Olympus y un carrete de Fuji Acros ,que apenas tiene fallo de reciprocidad ,pero salía muy caro el carrete y encima de momento es difícil de conseguir ,solo en japón.La App de Ilford lo tenía en mi teléfono Android ,pero no lo encuentro para Iphone .Que es mejor ,tener una tabla ya hecha en un cuadernillo ,o empezar con el móvil a trasegar mientras estás con poca luz y se te está haciendo de día a marchas forzadas .....de momento intentaré hacerlo en pleno día con un filtro de 10 pasos hasta coger ligereza en el manejo

  • @RR-zq3mk
    @RR-zq3mk5 ай бұрын

    You related to Claude? The guy who tells the story about the Hippo?

  • @ruudmaas2480
    @ruudmaas24804 жыл бұрын

    The long exposures with film do look more beautiful somehow.

  • @VengefulBatz

    @VengefulBatz

    3 жыл бұрын

    i agree. i just learned in 2020, that long X was possible with SLR cameras.

  • @josebainakielorriagaarriet2066
    @josebainakielorriagaarriet20664 жыл бұрын

    He revisado la APP de Ilford reciprocity y me da un resultado un poco extraño da igual que modelo de película sea , el fallo de reciprocidad es el mismo. Una foto con el fp4 si tengo un FR de x1,4 ,osea si la medición me da 2 segundos ,la Recip...me dice que tengo que disparar a 2,8 ,pero si utilizo otra película de otro modelo Ilford ,incluido xp2 que se revela en C41/color ,y también es una medición a 2 segundos ,el disparo tiene que ser a 2,8 segundos.Me falla la APP ?,en teoría son otras emulsiones ,y me supongo que el resultado tendría que ser diferente,o no?