Film cameras are like vinyl records, they are never enough

@kmreddy-du2lb

4 жыл бұрын

I have a same issue. Gear Acquisition Syndrome

@inevitablecraftslab

3 жыл бұрын

i would say film stock is like records, cameras are like record players. Can't have too many records but for sure too many players ;)

@raylandecker5932

2 жыл бұрын

you probably dont care but does anyone know a tool to log back into an instagram account..? I was stupid forgot my account password. I would appreciate any assistance you can offer me

@zahirivan9155

2 жыл бұрын

@Raylan Decker instablaster =)

@raylandecker5932

2 жыл бұрын

@Zahir Ivan thanks for your reply. I got to the site through google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

You can never have enough. That’s my take anyway.

Your KZread studio lighting and 4K video quality is on point. It's so clean and crisp. I love it.

Already a good morning thanks for the new video Matt hope all is well with you and your family!

I’m in the same boat! Film cameras predate me so I’m trying my best to experiment with all different types I can get my hands on! So glad to hear you have an FM2. My mother gave me hers and I’ve loved it ever since. It needs to be repaired and one day I’ll get it fixed like brand new.

Completely agreed with you! I also used to owned quite a lot of film gears and in the end selling those for replacing something else. But was very glad that I can experience different gears from the pass and create different tastes of film photos.

I'm doing the same too, mostly with lenses. But I'm loaning the cameras that I don't use indefinatley to friends who want to get into film. That way, they technically stay mine, but they actually get used by the people I love. I think that's a win win.

I try to stop myself from collecting cameras. I sold a lot of gear, and now stick to one of each time (i.e. one P&S, one 35mm, one 645, one polaroid, etc.) which worked out great.

@marcusgoins1393

4 жыл бұрын

This me too

Man I’d love to start up a little collection. I just find myself moving around so much at current stage in life lol. Once I settle into a house/apt I’m definitely saving shelf space for some cameras! Thanks for the vid Matt!

Nice to see the Ondu cameras in your “collection” Matt. Just ordered their new 4x5 easy version, looking forward to trying large format pinhole.

Thanks for the video! In regards to you sending you cameras in to get work done on them, I'd love to know who you use or how you best find shops to modify, CLA, repair etc.

That looks like my collection! I’ve gotten most of my cameras given to me by friends and coworkers cleaning out their places when they move. My plan is to clean up what I have and shoot on everything at least a few times. Not only to show that you can make great photos with any camera, but also to see what I like shooting with. From there, pare down my collection like you’re doing. Great plan once you’ve figured out what you like 😊👍 The only cameras I’ve spent money on are a Minolta X700 (like my mom’s camera) and a Mamiya 645 1000S, neither of which I plan to get rid of.

@KodakBoy

4 жыл бұрын

Stephanie Vetterly nice, the Minolta x-700 is a great camera that I regret selling. Keep it forever don’t ever make the mistake of selling it haha

I also went from owning a collection of over 30 cameras to just four , my blad, a mamiya 6 with all three lens , an Instax and my digital Fuji, much happy for it , great video

@jessestruyvelt7593

4 жыл бұрын

@Bobby Brady I doubt the quality of the RX100V is better then 35mm quality. Source: owning an RX100 and film myself.

@DNAtraveling

4 жыл бұрын

@Bobby Brady I do have a sony rx100 :P but it's a mark one and it's been around the world and all sorts of crap thrown at it. So isn't work selling, just waiting till it fully dies.

And that is a great mindset to have, I recently went through the same process of culling my camera collection. Nothing against camera collectors but I felt that having a few unused cameras wasn’t doing me any good, at now someone else might be able to use and enjoy them. I only kept a Leica M6 and a Leica SL.

I've been looking at these panoramic pin hole cameras lately, as well as the Diana because I think I read somewhere that there is also a panoramic version of it(?) - So I'm very excited to hear your two cents on these cameras very soon, hopefully!

Just got my Mamiya c330 last week. I'm loving that camera system. I, actually, just slimmed down my arsenal and it feels so good. Canon P, Mamiya c330, & Olympus XA. What more can I ask for? haha

4:23 I totally agree on that one. Magnificent lens!

ive got loads of cameras from Rollei 35 to medium format to ussr rangefinders and slrs as long as you use them there's no worries

I have the Rollei 35 and it is a great camera, I use it a lot for street photography. It’s low profile and can take some very sharp images. I also own the Mamiya C330 and it is also a capable camera, it is heavy but great for stills and landscape work with the wide 55mm lens.

Looking forward to the pinhole reviews! Those look awesome!

I used to have a bunch of cameras I didn’t use, and I didn’t like it surprisingly. So I withered it down to 5 cameras: Nikon F2, Leica iiic, Mamiya 645, Graflex 2x3, and my wet plate cam

I can't believe someone gave you that Rollei 35 I have been keeping an eye out for a reasonably priced an original Rollei 35. Great collection. I have the Canon New F1 as well and really look Iike it, but doesn't get much use, because I love my Nikon F2 haha.

Hahaha! Self-control is hard in the camera world. I have too many film cameras, too. You hear about one, buy it, try it, and then hear about another one!

Good advice. I just try to have one of each type of camera that i actually use but the flesh is weak man :D. Would love a 'walking around taking shots' video with the l35af. Love that camera to bits.

Can you update us where you send the SX-70- for a conversion, really keen on getting mine done professionally as well.

Would be very interested to watch a video you do on the Pentax 645n and the rollei 35. I'm down to just 4 cameras at the moment: Lomo instant wide, Olympus mju, Holga 120 Cfn, and one I am keeping for life, Rollei 35. Really want to try more medium format cameras, and 4x5 at some point.

I’ve been collecting for a while but you are right about a few many can be too many, i would like to concentrate more Into my photography and having less will mean more time and more consistency...I need to move some of the cameras I don’t use!

Hi Matt. always satisfied with all amazing explanation you done on each one of your camera and video. just one question tho. have you had any interest in DIY camera that re quite popular like the one from Goodman , or cameradactyl ? what are your thoughts on them. thanks !

Great vid as always. I totally love that moustache with the baseball hat. I thought I was watching a Super Mario episode.

Right now I have a camera I want to add and about five I need to sell off. I love all my cameras but yeah they are tools that need to be used. John Free is married to the Nikon F3. He knows the ins and outs of that camera to the point where does not need to think of the technical and he can just go out and make pictures. I have so many camera systems that I always have to give myself a refresher if I have not used the camera in some time. I have really been wanting to just narrow down the tools I use.

I also own the Rollei 35, great little camera! I think you'll enjoy it.

@CalumetVideo

4 жыл бұрын

I use it a lot for casual street photography.

I own 300+ film cameras. I should sell most of them since I obviously don't have time to use them all but I just can't get myself to do that. I love them too much!

@charliefm826

4 жыл бұрын

LeBrigand please let me know if you want them to go to someone who will use them!

@StephanieVetterly

4 жыл бұрын

Wow! That’s fantastic!! Are they all in working condition, or are some of them projects to be cleaned/fixed?

@lebrigand4115

4 жыл бұрын

@@charliefm826 I think I'm gonna start doing giveaways on Instagram.

@lebrigand4115

4 жыл бұрын

@@charliefm826 I'd say about 85% of them are in working condition. The rest of them are either fixable (but maybe/probably not worth the time and effort) or just beyond repair (but still looking good on the shelves).

Hi Matt, can you PLEASE let me know when you decide to sell your Mamiya C330? I have been wanting one for quite some time now. I honestly prefer the C220, but the C330 is great.

Cameras that are great: Rollei 35 - small compact 35mm camera Nikon FM - Fully mechanical 35mm, great smooth! Nikon F4 - Flagship 35mm great metering, always get nice chromes! Mamiya C330 - TLR, plenty of lenses! Strong and robust! YashicaMat 124G - 3.5; 80mm, light newer TLR Bronica SQ series - great Medium Format with plenty of backs for 6x6, 645 and 35mm. Good budget MF slr. Voigtlander Bessa I - 105mm Vaskar Lens, 6x9 at a price that is far below a Fuji 690 series.

Still quite a pile on that table behind ya there, Matt 😉 Great content as always

Man that canon F1-N is high on my want list. I’ve got an A-1 which I love but I’d sell it for the F1-N in a heartbeat

inspired! thanks Matt.... Question.... looking at the M6 for a long time and think I'm ready but want to use a 35 and 50. would you suggest the .72 or .85... I can't decide which is best. they say .72 for 35 and .85 for 50 but would like one body and just those 2 lenses. thanks so your opinion!!! keep up the excellent vids.

Hi Matt, really interested to know about your experience shooting with Pentax 67 lenses in the Pentax 645n body. I believe you mentioned in a past video. Cheers!

I recently bought a digital camera but it broke when I tried to develop it.

Did you sell the Mamiya 6? I just recently picked one up..loving it so far

Hiya, could you help out with recommendations on two point and shoots that I'm trying to decide between. I have a choice of either Voigtlander VITESSA 70, Zoom 38-70mm or Olympus Stylus cameras (excluding the MIU), what are your recommendations? Thank you!

do you combine you iPhone photos and Leica photos together in a post? I have film simulation software, and a Leica Q2. A trip to Paris and I love some of my iPhone shots but don't want to cheapen the post or little picture package by including them.I don't see people doing it, but I may not even know its an actual iPhone shot. Thanks in advance. great videos.

In 1 month I bought 5 film camera, cheap ones though :D My favourite is my cheapest Minolta srt100x for 20 dollars, stuck shutter, but got it to work. so happy!

Hey Matt, In regards to the SX-70 600 modification. Maybe think twice. At first thought it would seem like no brainer but it does have downsides. I just had my two SX-70s modified by Retrospekt and they both work great now. However, I took the camera to the beach recently and on a sunny day. The camera simply can't cope, it doesn't have a small enough aperture or a fast enough shutter speed to not over expose in bright daylight. I am still testing what conditions it can handle now. My recommendation is to get a second SX-70 and have that modified or splurge for an SLR 680.

Like you I love my M6 and FM2 and will never sell them. My FM2 cost £420 new in the mid 1980s., the M6 a lot more in 1998. I have a bunch more film cameras but not attached to them.

I love my Mamiya c330.

Yasss geek out video!

Nice collection I have a bit more cameras in my collection but that’s not a brag, it’s an admission of guilt lol Keep up the great content 👍

@35mmking94

4 жыл бұрын

I Hate Photographers lol i just watched your collection video... yeah you got way too many cameras 😂

@barrydduggan

4 жыл бұрын

As you as good though?;P

@KodakBoy

4 жыл бұрын

Barry Duggan I am mediocre

Matt, you should get another Sx-70 to modify the 600 films is still not as good as the sx-70 film. there was a great article comparing them both. This video is making want to get out all my cameras as they are scattered around the apartment...

"I'm not a collector, I'm a photographer." I agree 100%.

You’ve inspired me to sell some of my gear today. Thanks!

Sometimes it may be necessary to just scale down the gear. I rarely sell a camera that I have bought, especially after it has been CLA by a pro! There is just too much loss of money in selling. Plus, if you ever want the same model again down the line , the next one may not be as good in condition and will need to do the CLA all over again.

I had the Pentax 645n but ended up selling it because I always went for the 67 instead, but such a nice camera

My big question is, “If you have the same film in very camera (such as Fuji) and get it developed would you be able to tell what camera it come from?” You might buy the size/format of the print but beyond that maybe not. I see what you are saying about the tools.

I have a Minolta X-700 (my first camera) a Minolta SRT200, Olympus XA2, Yashica Mat 124G, and Pentax 6x7 :)

What are your thoughts on Fuji X-S10? Would you recommend for a beginner?

Curious to know where you are getting your sx-70 modified Matt?

Ondu makes a great camera, i need a medium format one. I have a 135 pano mk3 and a 4x5 telephoto pinhole cameras

So during the start of this quarantine, I decided to purchase a bunch of film cameras and feature them on my channel when things go back to normal. I’ll sell them right after that but I already know I’ll be keeping some to be part of my collection. Those are the Kyoceta T Scope and Pentax Pc35afm.

Have you had your SX-70 modified yet? would love to see the results from it! :)

Nice! Really looking forward to the pinhole video.

I like getting a sneak peak at all the videos coming 🌝🌝👌🏻

Still can't believe you got rid of the Mamiya 6 ;) I'd love to try out the GF670 some day. Some day...

I like your channel, could you talk about your experience with hand lightmeter. 

Want a medium format with a portrait lens which gives a shallow depth of field. What’s the best combo?

4:25 noooo! You can't recommend that lens! What will my bank account say?!? :D

@JohnSmith-gs4zv

4 жыл бұрын

The prices for the Version IV got absolutely out of hand! For the last couple of years it was stable between 1200€ - 1400€, but recently the Made in Germany ones go for 2500€!! It's quite insane, it's almost as expensive as a new ASPH Version II, which came out in 2016.

@labradorhund7769

4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-gs4zv puh, that is a lot!

Just handed in my Pentax 645 system to a camera store yesterday to sell on consignment. If you don't use it you lose it! Wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.

Hey Matt remember to archive!

Which would you rate higher? A Mamiya C330 or a Yashica Mat 124-g

If you want to get ready of one or two i will be happy to adopt one i only have a yashica d mamiya 645j and a canon rebel6 35mm all film

What kind of film need the polaroid SX70?

Question: Why are you modifying the SX-70 to shoot 600 instead of just using a neutral density filter? What's the advantages/disadvantages of both options?

@elliottong2949

2 жыл бұрын

could be because of the viewfinder is much darker if you use a ND filter ?

You should do a video on your picks for the best leica alternatives

Nope, you can never have enough film cameras.

There's no such thing as too many, Matt! :)

can't wait for the m6 video ; )

I'm not collector, I'm photograher - exactly make photos

What happened to your Hasselblad and Rolleiflex, Matt?:)

The Pentax 645 is something I seriously considering getting.

As i got more into film cameras I made a decision early on that to intentionally limit myself to owning no more than 5 film cameras at a time so I don't focus so much on gear and I can actually focus on photography itself. This is the list I've settled on: 1 35mm compact/point and shoot (Olympus XA), 1 35mm SLR (Canon F1), 1 35mm Rangefinder (Leica IIIf), 1 medium format Camera (Pentax 6x7 MLU) and one instant film camera (Polaroid SX-70 Sonar). The list will for sure change in the future at some point but i'm making a rule for myself that if i buy a new camera then one of my old cameras has to go and I've been eyeing a Leica M3 lately so i'm sure my Leica IIIf is gonna go up for sale soon.

I've got just one camera (K1000) and three lenses (28, 50, 80-200) and I think that's safe and responsible low limit set in place. But maaaan would I like maybe just one more... That's how it starts, right?

A friend said: “when you find a pair of shoes that fit, you stop searching for shoes”. If I were you Matt, remembering your very deliberate landscapes, I would shoot 5x7, 8x10 view cameras (think Joel Meyerowitz). The jump in 3D staging will blow away everything you’ve ever done.

I completely understand this video. Gear acquisition syndrome (GAS) is a real mental condition in my view. It takes over your time to just shoot and be creativite.

I'm on the completely opposite side of the spectrum. While I use all my cameras and only shoot analog, I don't consider myself a photographer. The photography aspect is not my main focus. Where you might consider a camera body as just a box that lets light through (which it obviously is), I see pieces of craftmanship and engineering with their own history and feeling attached to it. I value the body of a camera probably more than anything. I want to feel comfortable using it, I want it to be intuitive/ergonomic/useful for me personally. All those things are what drew me into getting more and more cameras. Now I have over 120 of the nicest ones out there and I can appreciate them to the fullest. I don't necessarily care about lenses all that much. Most of what is available, will give you great results, especially for most people who just share their stuff online or make small prints. I honestly like my Nikon 50mm f1.8 as much as my Canon FDn 50mm f1.2 as much as my Leica Summicron 35mm v4. I love having the diversity of cameras to use. It's what makes film most interesting for me. I've only started analog 5 years ago and never shot digital, but all the differences is what got me interested in all of this in the first place. I could never shoot only one camera. I rotate through my collection constantly and being that interested in all the technical aspects, I am never held back by the cameras itself when I do go out and take pictures.

My aunt just gave me a 600 Close Up exactly like yours a few weeks ago!

Would you part with your Mamiya C330?

How could you sell the RZ ? :)

Would you do a video of all your tattoos and maybe a small side story about them?

How much for your Mamiya C330, Matt?

You could use nd filters made for 600 film instead of modifying. 🙏

When I look back over the cameras I have bought and sold over the 20 years, I realize, financially, as an invest, I would have been better off holding onto them. Those cameras have double in market value every 3 to 5 years. More and more young people are getting into film photography. With as many as 1500 parts to a film camera, its too expensive to manufacture them. That said, I still sell off a camera from time to time. People seem very grateful to be able to pick up a like new, well maintained camera that is 30 to 70 years old.

Selling the mamiya or the holga?

I wish I had this problem sigh

Um the stack of film in the back is a bit untamed. Love the cameras also.

Dreamy eyes emoji tbh

interesting collection, but i find more interesting how your pile of film to archive is not going down. I am very committed to remember you, as you asked for, thank me later.

Compared to a lot of people, myself included (I have nearly a dozen Holgas alone), that's not a big collection. You've already got a Leica, or I'd suggest you dip your toes into some Russian rangefinder goodness.

Never enough, try having a Nikon D3, DF, D810, Fuji X100, Nikon FM, Nikon F4, Nikon F5, Nikon F100, Rollei 35, Leica IIIf, Canon L2, Voigtlander Bessa I, Bronica SQ, SQ-A, Mamiya C3, C330, C330f, C220f and YashicaMat 124G, Rolleiflex D 2.8, Rolleiflex 3.5 and Rolleicord VB2......I wonder if that is enough?

“I have too many film cameras “ said no film shooter EVER.

Hello Matt, please let me know if you want to sell your Canon F-1 had that camera back in the day and would enjoy shooting with it again 😁