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I’d like to try the new Pentax but I can’t afford to buy one so will wait til someone I know gets one I can borrow or they start appearing on the secondhand market. The Ektar H35 is great as a carry-around until then! Enjoy your photography, whatever the camera 🙂

Muchas gracias 🙂

Thanks. My general approach is to be keep the shutter speed over 1/500s, zone focus on the spot where I expect runners to pass, and keep the aperture as narrow as possible for my ISO...F8 is usually good enough...and I either go c.28mm and low down/side on for drama or c.200mm and face on from a good distance for "participant portraits"...400 speed film, maybe push it to 800...I like b&w with plenty of grain for action stuff. But it's horses for courses, and this apprach might not work for anyone else. Best of luck with your pix anyway! Have a good week 🙂

Thank-you. I'd like to try an XA4 one day...especially for the close-up focusing. I'm not sure I'd get on with the wider angle though...35mm is as wide as I usually go. My go-to is a 40mm lens. Have a good week 🙂

Thank-you so much for the compliment on my picture. It's a long time ago that I shot it (2005) on a trip to Cuba, so I can't remember 100% what I used for this particular picture...but I think I was carrying an Eos300 film camera loaded with 100 ASA Kodak colour negative film and an Eos Digital - probably the 20D - both used with 50mm f1.8 and 24-70mm f2.8 lenses. I think I was using the film camera for this shot but can't be sure. No filters were on the lenses, but it was shot through a coach window which was probably polarised glass. I may have increased the saturation in Photoshop before sending the image file to be printed. I fear both my original negatives and the hard drive with the RAW files on it are lost to time, so I can't check. Hope this helps anyway. Happy shooting!

Thanks for commenting. You might be interested in the short video I made about Disc film, which is linked to from the current video. I'm interested in what you say about the price of silver, as I've not heard that given as a reason for the introduction of the disc format before...I had always believed it was to do with making consumer cameras smaller and more amateur-friendly (as there were cartridges rather than reels of film to fiddle with, and most casual photographers rarely enlarged prints beyond 7"x5"). Happy shooting 🙂

Hi, thanks for watching and commenting. I think it's one of those things about film photography where there are so many factors at play...not just the film but the camera, the exposure, the development, the scanning, and of course the final output with processing software and further processing as part of the video. I think - and I might be misreading - that the film is expected to have mainly muted tomes with some pops of colour...which would match my experience. We were shooting quite muted scenes in flat lighting, and rated the film at 200, when we could have shot anywhere between 100-400...if we'd shot more varied colours on a sunny day at 100 ISO then we might have got something closer to what you are expecting. Let me know how you get on with your two rolls...it'd be interesting to compare. Thanks again for taking the time to watch, and happy shooting 🙂

I think those signs are from back in 2020 and have just never been painted over/cleaned off...it’s amazing how things just become part of the scenery!

@@studioswinden That only came to my mind after posting that question, right! They just look so permanent like markings for crosswalks. In Germany - at least what I saw - those markings only were placed on the ground with some kind of glue but not that permanent kind.

There's stil a bit of signage sadly. It was only ever guidance anyway.

And thank you, for watching and commenting. Always nice to see your name in the comments section 🙂

Thank-you! 🙂

Yes they are, but they take good enough pictures for memories or on holidays where you don't want to worry about gear. Used ones aren't for everybody. I had a point and shoot from the 90s with auto focus. But the auto focus took way too long most of the time, making it a nuisance. Now I got the Agfaphoto Half-Frame (like a sister model to Kodak's Ektar) and as it is focus free, I truly can point and shoot in an instant ;)

​@@lelandfitz1762 Ricoh Auto Half SE2 is fully auto, it has infinity focus from 1,5m to infinity. And is pretty solid, great built quality. But thank you for the agfa, didn't know about this camera. its 37$ on amazon, for such a price its hard to complain :)

I tend to use those films a lot myself, as they’re more affordable and readily available than some others. It’s certainly nice to get more shots for your money. Enjoy shooting, whatever camera you end up with 🙂

From the cameras i actually have,i can choose between a canon ae-1, or my 1960s german voigtländer vitomatic 3b, i got the voigtländer in a second hand Shop in my hometown, for 5 Euros.the voigtländer has a built in light meter, and doesnt need a battery,for the First test of the voigtländer, i have used Black and white Film, kentmere iso 400/36.pictures came back perfect.

Thanks. Happy you're still enjoying the videos! Have a good week 🙂

Hi, Thanks for watching/commenting. I’d be interested in trying out the H35N to see if it was significantly better...I knew the H35 wasn’t just released, it’s just new to me and I was glad of the opportunity to try half frame for the first time. I guess the improved optics of the N version might be helpful to make the most of the small frame size but without being able to control exposure my guess is that grain from under/overexposure might negate some of the gains in many situations? The bulb mode and star-filter might be fun, but what I’d really like is a choice of, say 1/60, 1/125, and 1/250 shutter speeds, so I could use the same film in more varied lighting...and potentially use a slower, finer grain film like Ektar100 that would offer more resolution. But I like the H35 for what is...I like to have to shoot mindfully, and to not see the results for a day or two instead of instantly on a screen. I like the authenticity of the medium and the possibility to carry out the whole process from capture, through development, to printing if desired. But when I want a top notch image these days I’ll almost always pick up a dSLR or mirrorless digital camera and shoot RAW. Thanks again for watching. Have a good week 🙂

Cheers Steve...I can’t believe I missed the henge monument...never even knew of it! A good excuse for me to go back there 🙂 I googled “capital of the peak” and it seems to be one of those weird ones where there are “historical”, “administrative” etc arguments for various towns. I just remember my dad always calling Chapel the capital, so I (perhaps too hastily) went with that. Thanks for the thumbs-up anyway, and appreciate you taking the time to watch/comment👍

@@studioswinden It’s not like it’s got standing stones but it was probably a henge with wooden posts. The miracle is how the surrounding circular bank survived in an area where the entire ground was mined or built on, hence all the lumps and bumps in the area. Search for the ‘Bull Ring’.

Thanks Steve. I googled it as soon as I saw your comment and it was amazing to see there was indeed a henge. I still can’t quite place it but will go take a look next time I’m passing. Judging by the pix online it a eems to be best viewed from the air though? Have a good week 🙂

Thanks. I hope you got some good shots at Castle Combe, and didn’t get rained on too much? I feel like the weather has been really working against me recently...but then I’m a big fan of shadows! Have a good week 🙂

Thanks Steve, I will be back! 🙂

Thanks for commenting. Yes, it usually feels worth it afterwards, however hard it is to drag yourself out/do the prep beforehand 🙂

Hello, and thank you for subscribing. Yes, I think you should definitely get that Olympus Trip out...I have happy memories of that camera - never owned one but lots of my friends at school had them to take on trips. Happy shooting 🙂

Many thanks, again!

Thanks! And thanks again for watching. Hope all good with you 🙂

That's really interesting, to hear you had similar issues. Thanks for sharing - and watching the video 🙂

Ah, that's interesting. I think I did read something about that as I had a look around the internet before trying the camera out...but I probably didn't do the right thing in my haste! A lesson learned. Thanks 🙂

@dzindevis5078 This is correct. FED, Zorki need to be cocked first IIRC, but it shouldn't matter on a Zenit. But overall it depends on the camera.

I'd like a Pound for every person I've heard ask that question. Back in the 1970's, I worked for a camera shop in London and at frequent intervals, someone who had bought a new camera would bring it back, complaining that it was faulty and showing us the photographs, to prove it. As it was a new, more expensive camera that their previous model, we would ask if they'd read the instructions. The Incredulous look on their faces said it all, which was immediately followed by "I've been taking photographs for years; I don't need to read the instructions". Our next question was, "Can you read, Sir?". "Of Course I Can Read" came the angry retort, "I'm Not Stupid". "In that case, Sir, would you be so kind as to Read the Sign above my head, Please". The Sign read, "When All Else Fails; Read the Instructions FIRST". Said customer usually shut their mouth and left the shop looking very embarrassed. Some of them eventually had the common decency to come back and apologise to us, when they had their next film developed and printed. Despite my advanced age, it never ceases to amaze me, just how ignorant, arrogant and stupid, some people can be... especially when it comes to something as simple as taking a few minutes to read a few instructions. I trust you are not one of those people. Russ. UK

@@russbetts1467 I always read the manual, but that's not the point. The camera in question here has three settings, and one doesn't really matter. The OP is a photographer. He can figure out how a Zenit works. By the time I worked in a camera store (2006) digital was entrenched, and long manuals became The Thing, and were necessary. A friend gave me a Retina IIc. I figured it out.

Sorry to hear that health issues have restricted your shooting...but I hope you still manage to take a few pictures when you feel the urge. It is certainly hard to deal with analogue these days, despite the resurgence in interest in the medium. Thanks for all the interesting information you posted, and - of course - for taking the time to watch my video. Best wishes 🙂

Yes, those light boxes are amazing...cold consistent light. In the past it would've been really hard to get an even illumination (and not melt your negatives!) but it's great (a) not having to pay for scans, or (b) not having to wait minutes at a time for each frame to crawl through a line-by-line film scanner. Thanks for watching - and commenting!

It is certainly a loud camera! Thanks for watching 😀

I guess a lab could be worried if nothing came on a film they agreed to develop they might be blamed for the result...but I'm glad to hear you got a good result from your disposable. I don't know what my lab would say if I asked them to put a colour film in the b/w chemicals...probably it might not be an option if it could "taint" the developer. I'll have to ask them if that's a concern. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@@studioswinden You're welcome.

Thanks! That's kind of you to say so 🙂

Thanks! And thanks for keeping watching 🙂👍

Thanks! And thanks for keeping watching 🙂👍

Thanks for commenting! I know what you mean...time seems to stretch and contract so much. I remember thinking HD video of 720p was as hi res as I’d ever need...now folks are shooting in 8k... Cheers 🙂

Thanks for watching. I was truly amazed that anything came out...but what did was pretty ropey! 😂

Thanks again for watching! Hope you are enjoying your photography 🙂

Thanks for commenting. Interesting what you say about the lenses...I'll have to try swapping to the 50mm prime to see if I find the same difference. I don't think the film's horrible, but it's certainly different - and less "flexible" in my opinion - than other films I've used. I have one more roll to play with...and I'm waiting because I really want a sunny day to shoot it at ISO100 and then get the lab to pull it...after doing that I reckon my mind will be made up one way or the other...Thanks again for watching the video, and have a good week 🙂

hi Steve, thanks for watching. The only expired film I've shot so far has been the Vericolor III that was 30 years old and I did a vlog about last year. Next time I'm at a camera fair where I can get some cheap out-of-date stuff I'll do some more tests and might be able to offer better advice, but until then I'll just repeat what I've been told by others which is to overexpose by around one stop per decade expired...but remember storage conditions have an effect (if it has been kept cold then there's less degradation) and it might be worth bearing in mind that higher ISO films tend to lose sensitivity more than low ISO ones...not sure how b/w differs fro colour...I guess at least the colours can't shift! Happy shooting...and let me know if you learn anything that might be helpful to me when I get my hands on some film to try out...

There's no way to test for how expired film exposes unless you get sealed multipacks because of the time they have been sat around unaccounted for. A stop a decade is a good rule of thumb for c41 but I've seen E6, for example, expose fine at box speed after 25yrs and need 3 stops overexposure

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for watching🙂

Great idea...I'll put it on my list of vlogs to do, and will definitely get around to it soon. Thanks for watching!

Thanks, that’s really great to hear! And I’m happy it was helpful. Cheers!

Thanks JC, for your kind comments. Really glad you enjoyed it 🙂

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 👍

I just googled that (had never heard of it) and it looks really cool. Are the results good?

Yes, I agree to a large extent. If colour IS the point, then it's necessary, and if colour would be a distraction then it should be avoided. My "beef" is when draining colour just makes a banal scene look "interesting" simply because we don't usually see that scene in B/W...where making the shot monochrome hasn't revealed a structure, it has just made it "different from reality". Thanks for watching, and commenting. I appreciate your input :)

Thank you 👍

Thanks Steve. Glad it was interesting 🙂👍

Thanks! You're absolutely right...does the world of good 🙂

Thanks for watching 🙂

Thanks for commenting Ian 🙂

Thanks Lee, appreciate you commenting and subscribing too 🙂 Good to know the algorithm thinks The video was worth promoting!

Thanks! And thanks for watching 🙂