Starting out with film photography: 7 tips (Leica M6 & medium format)

Renting film cameras (Belgium and Netherlands): fotohandeldelfshaven.nl/rentals/
Film lab (Belgium): morifilmlab.com
Film lab (Europe): carmencitafilmlab.com
IG: instagram.com/@berndvdc
00:00 Introduction
00:27 Rent and test a couple of cameras, formats or systems
01:37 Light meter, a phone app is fine
02:27 When in doubt, overexpose
03:02 Experiment with different film stocks
03:46 Metadata notes
05:14 Local film lab
05:57 Print

[@doyoudevelop]

Some great advise here! Something I see a lot was people that were new to film often metered with a digital camera and then just translated the settings over to their film camera -- this'll give you underexposed images most of the time! So like you said, using a lightmeter (or a good app) is the way to go.

[@berndvandecruys]

Thanks for sharing this additional piece of valuable advice 🙏🏻

[@NunoAlmeidaPhotography]

Nice tips man, definitely useful!

[@berndvandecruys]

Thanks! Happy to read it helps to some extent ✌🏻

[@hugomartinsphoto]

Thank you for the tips, Bernd!

[@berndvandecruys]

Happy to read they were useful 🙏🏻

[@jonatascd_]

good tips!
as soon as I have my Pentax 67 back from CLA we could go out somewhere in Belgium, maybe Brussels, and I bring the Pentax and the Mamiya - while I also have a run with your 645 + f/1.9 lens =D
my Pentax had to go to CLA because of a lomo roll broke the winder mechanism, but the tip to test as many as different film stocks is such a good tip
and I definitely fail and writing down the data of each photo - I do have the notebook but somehow is never something I remember

[@berndvandecruys]

Thanks! Sounds like a plan. A camera swap in Brussels is a great idea. How long do you have to wait for the CLA return?

[@jonatascd_]

@@berndvandecruys no idea when the Pentax returns, but the Mamiya 7 is ready

[@tibodesaegher8753]

nice video! Let's go shoot that 800T together some time haha

[@berndvandecruys]

Thanks! I’ll bring the 50 Lux for you to shoot with then ✅

[@andreasd.8928]

Great tips! Is film making you approach photography differently/more deliberately? Any changes you will be taking back to digital (if and when you go back, of course)?

[@berndvandecruys]

Film is definitely more deliberate, especially with a manual camera and no light meter. Film prices are also quite expensive, so you 'think' a lot more about a shot before you take it. The trick now is to find a good balance between film and digital. Something that is workable and complementary. More on that in a later video :-)

[@shishkebab-i4z]

Thanks

[@berndvandecruys]

You’re welcome ✌🏻