Using a 1950s film camera in 2020? | Voigtlander Vito B | APX 400 | film street photography walk
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- čas přidán 13. 08. 2020
- Using a camera from the 1950s in 2020? Join Eva with this 70 year old camera in a film street photography walk around the Swedish city of Uppsala. The super silent and small Voigtlander Vito B loaded with Agfa APX 400 film did super well for this purpose.
If you are looking for an affordable, well built and sharp classic camera we can totally recommend this one, provided that you use a dedicated light meter or app on your phone. The zone focusing system is very straight forward if the camera is used at f/5.6 or smaller.
You can check out more about this camera, how it is loaded and the zone focusing system in our previous Vito B video: • SHOOT FILM | Voigtland...
We really hope you like this walk and use of a vintage camera in 2020 for some street photography. Please let us know by commenting, liking and subscribing and we will keep them coming!
Love,
Eva & Jimmy
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Video filmed on iPhone XR.
Photos developed at home with CINESTILL DF 96 Monobath, scanned with Epson V500 perfection scanner & edited with Negative Lab Pro/Lightroom.
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Thank you so much! I just inherited my grandfather's Voigtlander Vito B, and now I can't wait to get out and use it.
"I'm gonna try to get a bike" meanwhile in the back a guy riding a bike with a cello...😁😁😁 Nice video!
Hey Eva you rock!! Upsala looks beautiful. That delicious looking ice cream was well deserved. Keep the science nuggets and fun facts coming. Congrats on another awesome vid!
Thank you! Science always rocking of course 🤓
Cool video! I recently picked up a Vito B and have been working through the first roll of film and really enjoy the feel of this little tank of a camera in my hands. I'm a real estate and construction photographer by day and have this little guy along with me most of the time and try to find interesting scenes along my routes. I really like the forced simplicity in using this camera, but figuring out the focus without a rangefinder is where I get nervous with it. I like street photography as a genre and would love to get out and explore my city once it gets a bit safer out there. Stay safe and keep dropping those interesting nuggets of science wisdom!
So great you are also using a Vito B! I understand the feeling of not having a real way to focus but I believe the more you practice the better you’ll get a estimating distance and will get good results more often than not. If you use Instagram don’t hesitate to connect with us there so we can see also your work! Take care and thank you for engaging ☺️
You love those old cameras. Impressive ♥️
Great video. I have a Vito C that I bought 5 years ago because I thought it was a beautiful looking camera, but never used. You have inspired me to take it out of hiding and head out onto the street for some fun !! thank you
You’re very welcome!! Hope you had fun with it and keep using it. It’s definitely a great functional little camera ♥️
I love those old cameras..♥️♥️♥️💞💞💞
I really like viewfinder cameras! I was worried when using one for the first time, but all my shots came out perfectly focused and exposed!
I recently bought the Vitomatic ii. It has a working range finder and light meter and is utterly fabulous. I am not a big fan of the APX, preferring something a bit more contrasty like Rollei RPX or Rollei retro. Excellent video, full of interesting detail. Well done
Great video Eva your pictures were super!! Thinking about getting me also manual film camera too just to learn more about shooting film. I just started back since the pandemic so i need to catch up a lot! This camera seem to be the one i m looking for!!! I myself love street photography the different types like urban or night shooting!!
So great!! Yes, this camera is really good for street because it’s small and silent, although if you are just starting with film maybe getting also a camera with some automatic functions would be cool so you can focus more on the experience of shooting street. Let us know what you end up doing and show us your results on Instagram! Thanks for commenting and passing by ☺️☺️
I have a Vito B mk1 also mk2 with large vf and f2.8 skopar 50mm
Have also just bought on e bay a beautiful Vito ii haven't got it yet..... looking forward to shooting with it.... a very beautiful camera....
Thanks for very smooth video my dear... ♥️♥️
I really enjoyed this video thanks. One of my film cameras is an Agfa Silette camera which is very similar to the Vito B in all respects. It is a solidly built, all mechanical metal camera, also from the 1950s. It is the actual camera my dad used to take photos of me when I was a baby in the early 1960s so I have a real connection to it. It is excellent to use for street photography being very small and discreet, and almost silent in use, again very much like the Vito B you use here. I just love mechanical film cameras since they require some thinking and knowledge to use effectively. Kind regards.
hi Ian! this is such a lovely comment - heartwarming story about your relationship with your camera. The story behind old cameras is one of the things we love about them. Another reason we love old cameras is precisely how they slow you down and make you think before shooting :D we just got a Kodak Retina also fully mechanical and I am dying to go out and try it!! :D Take care.
@@CrunchyFingers Can you also take colored pictures with this camera if you use a different film?:)
Yes, sure thing! The characteristics of the photo regarding color come from the film used, so if you use color negative film, like fuji c200 or Kodak ultramax (to mention two readily available ones) you will get color images. Good luck with shooting!
The kid with the skateboard is my favourite one! This vlog was so relaxing to watch
Glad you liked it!! thank you!
My God someone who likes vintage cameras that is beautiful and has that amazing accent and a cute piercing unicorn
You can control your camera with one hand😮
By the way I just bought the Vito ii a,that bring me here, thanks for your video
I still have my fathers Vito B he bought in 1957.
I have one like yours. Excellent little jewel. Good video.
Very cool video. I love those old cameras.
Thanks so much! We also love them, they just make you be connected with the process in a way modern ones don’t ☺️ also, quite more robust!! Cheers!
5:08 "You are not going to die here" 😅 Good to know. Cool video and nice camera.
我也有一台vito b很喜歡她的作工造型拍出來更是有濃濃的古典味
Eva! You are sooo cool! Biologist and artist. That is awesome :)
🥰🥰 thank you Sheree! Like Rick Sanchez (rick&morty) once said: “Sometimes science is more art then science Morty. Lot of people don't get that!”
@@CrunchyFingers love that hahahah
you are a multitasking wonder great video 👍
Haha it was a real fun to go out and shoot like this! ☺️☺️ thanks for the nice comment!
Nice video - thanks for all your work :-)
Thank you for watching and commenting!! Glad you enjoy the channel - more coming soon! ☺️☺️
@@CrunchyFingers Looking forward :-)
brutal el video Eva
Jajaj gracias Jaume! Más vídeos nuevos en cuanto vuelva el sol y el calorcito ☺️ un abrazo!
Acabo de rescatar una Voigtlander Vito II y una Minolta X700 y ando enganchadisimo!
Estaria guay subais algun video explicativo/tutorial tambien
Keep it up! And you can try even much older cameras (pre-post war retinas etc). So much fun!
Thanks!! Haha if it were for me I would try all the cameras in the world... and perhaps I will! Haha every camera is indeed a different type of fun 🤗🤗
Have a post war Retina IIc. Love it!
I’m very interested to try one like the Retina IIc with the exposure value system shutter! How different is the experience to using a shutter with aperture/speed? Thanks for commenting!
@@CrunchyFingers I have a Voigtlander -barn door- Vitessa with this system and it is really annoying for me! hahaha. Anyway with b/w you need nothing more in most daylight situations than the sunny f16.
Haha sounds like a challenge for sure!! Yeah sunny 16 rules! We are working on a video now using just a 1960s lightmeter and I’m keen on doing another later just using sunny 16 🤗
Good job 👌👍
Very nice video! But you need to train focusing. The vito b makes very sharp pictures when in focus. Use the two focus positions at 3.5 m and 10 m for better zone focusing. And have endless fun as I have since tenth of years!
I like your looks :)
Why " crunchy fingers?" Enjoyed your video.
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I just got one of these. Question. Do you see any focus changes through the viewfinder when you change focus?
Hey! No, this is a point and shoot and the viewfinder doesn’t have connection with the lens, for that you need a reflex lens camera, either single or twin (SLR and TLR respectively). Hope you enjoy shooting with your new camera! 🙌🏻
@@CrunchyFingers Awesome! That's what I figured but just wanted to make sure before I went out and grabbed some film
What is the tool you looked thru that showed you the lighting and f-stop?
It’s a lightmeter. This one is a reflective spotmeter in particular - Pentax brand! You set your film iso in it and look at a point in your scene and the lightmeter gives you an exposure value for that specific spot. Then you move the dials to set that value in, and you get the correspondent shutter speed and aperture needed to get a good exposure. We will make a video about using this kind of meter very soon ☺️ stay tuned!
Love your videos. What meter is that you guys have?
Thanks!! In this video we are using our beloved Pentax digital spotmeter, which works like a charm! 🤩
LUX app on iPhone.
I (Jimmy) use Lux sometimes just to quickly check if i need to. Eva has one called Pocket lightmeter. they both work fine for certain applications especially at very dim scenes where the pentax is practically useless
don't like APX400, not in Boxspeed at least.. maybe try Caffenol or push it to 800 or 1600 ...
What light meter are you using? It’s so cool!
Hi! It’s a Pentax digital spotmeter - really fun to use!
is this camera radio active?
Hi! I don’t think so. I have heard of some vintage lenses being a bit radioactive because of some specific compound in the glass. I looked into it a bit more now and can’t seem to find any reports of the lens in the vitoB being radioactive. But if you are curious as to which lenses might, check here: camerapedia.fandom.com/wiki/Radioactive_lenses
@@CrunchyFingers ok i got the same results too! i just bought one today and was just worried
@@ezekieldelrio6635 hope you have ton of fun shooting with it! ☺️☺️
Swab rhe camera with cotton amd alkohol.. It will blink again
You say last photo. Isn't it 36. You didn't take 36 photos in this video
Ey! Yes indeed I didn’t take 36 in this video - I took the initial ones of this roll for this video: czcams.com/video/uLP8FeYwp6Y/video.html, and the remaining ones resulted on a somewhat failed experiment ☺️ thank you for watching and commenting!
@@CrunchyFingers Saw your other video as well. I'm from India, I saw a vintage camera listing of this camera. The seller don't know the name of the camera 😂 he has written yughander lol. Going to trick him and get it for less than €5 like you 😜
@@CrunchyFingers Photos from the other videos are awesome. Perfect sharpness. DOF was amazing in one photo where you set f 3.5 if I remember correctly. Great work 🙏 Is crunchy fingers your Insta?
Eyyy yes!! Crunchyfingerschannel is the insta! Nice, glad you like how this camera does and you will get a copy! Tag us on insta when you get some photos up so we see your results 🤗 take care and happy shooting 🤩
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Nice video, except: CAMERA STRAP!!!!
haha thanks! this camera has super weird strap connection so I couldn't fit any of mine!
Where is no human in the picture is urban photohraphy. Not street...
Hi!! I have a Voigtlander color-skopar 1:3.5/50 Vito B, I can't find manuals o something like, it was of my grandfather, I would like use it a lot! All seem ok but, the botton to shot, seem don't work, like if is blokked, what I can to do??? You Will put here some tutorial for inespert????🥹🥹🥹 I have find only you with my same model of camera! Thank you in advances!!