How to use this SLR Canon FTb QL
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
- Hey there!!
Here is the video of how to use this 35mm SLR Analog Camera Canon FTb QL.
I do three videos per Analog Camera:
1. About the camera (previous)
2. How to use it (this one)
3. Shooting & Results (next)
Camera Specs:
SLR 35mm
Canon FTb QL
Lens f/1.4
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I just found my grandfather’s old camera (the FTb) he’s had it since launch in 1973 and has been stored for over 30 years! I really needed this video! 😂
Wow, you found a treasure, huh? I bought mine at Facebook Marketplace on Oct. 2020. It came with three lenses, all Canon brand. You can download LIGHTMETERFREE on your phone app and use it as a light meter if you don't want to use the built-in light meter on your camera. Also, if the shutter is cocked and you are not using the camera, set the shutter speed at B, so as not to strain the shutter.
Same here man, my nonno had two and left them to me
Hey Kim, I just got my FTb QL today and I've been saving this video so I can watch it and follow along with you. Thanks for making this. 🙂
Isabel Razc yeeeeeeiiii! Congrats! I’m happy to help 🥰 let me know how it goes with your camera and photos!
Very helpful and clearly explained. A HUGE THANKS!
This was the most helpful video thank you so much!
Great video, thanks for explaining so well!
Thanks Kim, I realized my battery was in backwards! Thanks for the detailed vid!
Omg Thank you very much, my grandfather gave this camera 4 years ago and I haven't used it because it seems so complicated, but with your video it seems fairly easy!!! Thank you a lot!!
Leslie Garza hii! I’m glad you like it :) that’s one of my favorite cameras, I hope you enjoy taking photos with it as much as I do :)
Thank You! You explain with a lot of details and I learned a lot :)
Thank you Kim for a very good video on this camera! Great Job explaining how to operate this classic!
Omar Aviles thanks for watching! 🥰 I’m happy to help 🙌🏻✨🎞📸
I just bought this bad boy, I got a little scared from the comments that it was gonna be hard to learn but after watching this it's actually exactly the same as my Chinon CE-4! Main difference was battery and battery placement, excited to get it and shoot!
Thank you so much for this video! It was easy to follow!
The QUE PASA Family Thanks dear!! I’m glad you liked it :D
This is great. I just bought this camera while waiting for my z6ii
Thanks for posting! Def helpful! 🙌🏻
SushiRollFilm thanks for watching! 🥰 happy to help! 🎞✨📸
Thanks so much for this! 💖
Thank you! Your video is really helpful :D
awesome video, thanks! I'm excited to shoot with this :)))
Well explained!
best ftb video I have seen so far. I fell in love with this camera. I got the black and the silver :)
Aaron Ughetto Thank you dear!! :) I’m glad you like it. Did you shoot with them? Show me the photos in case you have instagram :D mine is @kimgarza.art
thank you for this video it really helped
This is very helpful thank you very much!
Az Roy hi! I’m glad that it helped you ☺️
Thank you for the video! I had a bit hard time figuring out how to mount the lense, but with your help I did it)
Best wishes, have a nice day!
I'm very happy it helped!! :)
Thank you so much for posting this video. My dad gave me a Canon EX Auto years ago but I only recently started thinking of whether or not I should use it. I can barely work a digital camera let alone a manual one lol. So even though theyre quiet different, I still got the general idea thanks to this video.
Daphne Irons you will love analog! 🎞❤️ try it! Let me know how it goes 😃
I have this same camera!!! I love it so much
I've had this camera since the 70's and the 1.35 battery replacement for it now is made by weincell MRB625 at about 5.00 dollars each. online or at a good camera store.
Thank you!!
Thank you ! I’m going to receive my FTb soon and this video helped so much, you saved me from a lot of trouble 😂
I everything is perfect with your camera and photography!! :)
nice video i was totally blank abt this camera but thanks for your video i can use it now ❤❤❤
Thanh Phamthi I’m glad the video helped! 📸💕
Just got my dads ftb! Thank you very much.
Amazing!!! let me know when you have some photos, I would love to see them!! this is one of my fav SLRs :)
I haven't used my Canon FTb for so long. I just bought a roll of Ektachrome and away I go again. I love this film camera! Thanks for reminding me of a few things Kim.
Kevin E. Hyde yeeeeiiii! These kind of messages make my day! I hope you got an awesome back to analog! 🎞✨📸🥰🙌🏻❤️
@@KimGarza I did! 😍
Hi Kim, Loved your tutorial video. Thank you for sharing. I noticed that you did your shooting in Berlin with this camera. How did the shots come out?
I still have two of these cameras as well as an original Canon F-1 that I have had for many decades. Except for the battry issue, it is a great beginner camera. I use a hand meter with mine. Great lenses and I love the breech lock mounts most of mine have.
My grandpa left me this camera. It's going to be very cool to learn to use it!
Amazing!!! yessss!! let me know when you have some photos I would love to see them :)
Hi Kim very nice and useful video. Please help me to understand a think. I've the same camera and a lenses 50mm 1.4.SSC like yours. Using this lenses when I turn the f ring, the diaphragm opens and closes by itself. If I use any new-FD series lenses, the diaphram closes only when I fire the button. Can you please tell me if you also see the same behavior?
Thank you very helpful
That "line with the circle" sign to the right of the viewfinder is actually a sign where the focal plane is and not to show you how to cross the line and the circle in the viewfinder. It is found on every single one camera.
You are correct. She is describing the match needle system of metering. But the focal plane diagram is similar, so it helps new users understand the concept.
nice of you I was having the same FTb QL with same 1:1.4 wonder of the world colour lens sc a study holding of size { ie }study to expese slow shutter speed with out blure of image so fntastic I love the camera & I also love your voice....
Thank you for the nice video. What is the model and voltage of the battery you are using, and does it last long?Thank you for your assistance.
Hey, can I ask you wich battery did u use? Thank you🥰
Hi! I was just wondering which battery you use?
thank you this is very usefull
thank you!! I'm glad it helped!! :)
Amazing Queen
Thanks deaar!! :)
I'll look forward to that 3rd video of you actually going out and shooting with the camera. :) Thanks for asking and listening to your fans! 😊
S. MacChan I’m very excited to do those videos 💫 will be great 🎞 and thanks to you for watching 💕
Im wondering if this i do not have a battery is this still working? Thanks for your answer
Hi Kim, Congratulations for the video it is very useful.
I have a question regarding the battery of the camera and the light meter.
Do you use a 1.5V camera? If yes, do you have accurate metering or there is no affect at the photo ?
Also, regarding the metering, the needle must be in the middle of the cycle or it is ok it is a bit up or down ?
(Keep going with the good job!)
Bgiwrgos hi! Thanks for your message, I do have an accurate lightmeter, external and the lightmeter in the camera works properly, what I do is that I always have one lightmeter well calibrated (also I use an app) and then I check the lightmeters of the camera to see if the measurement is the same. It does not need to be exactly on the center, but if it is a bit of or down then you will have more or less light on your film, remember that is background, the more light you let enter the film, the more darker will be (as negative work backwards). Let me know if you need anything else :) I would love you see your analog work!
@@KimGarza Thank you very much for your reply, I really appreciate it. I didn't thought to check it with a light meter, very good idea ! Also, i didn't know exactly how a negative works, thanks for your advice :) I am sure that someone else will find your comment useful.
Keep going the good job !
What battery model does that camera use?
I try pulling up on the left knob of the camera to open the case but it wont budge.
I am not sure if Im not pullling hard enoguh but at the same time I am afraid of going too hard and breaking that knob.
any suggestions would help
Dear Kim,
I really enjoyed your video and the simple step to step way of teaching!
I also enjoyed the music! ^^ could you tell me the artist and the title of it?
Thanks!
what kind of film do you use
Actually couple questions if I may. I bought this camera because of its affordability and availability but also because I already had a Canon FD 28 mm lense. Can you recommend a good film brand for this and second question, would a wider lens of 28 mm be a usable lense for this camera? I’m sure this question is rather silly since the mount is made for this Camera but I just thought I would ask since it’s an older camera. Thank you for making a clear and very useful instruction for this camera
IF you can find a wider lens go ahead. Canon made 20mm and 17mm and 14mm. They are a bit rare and expensive.
Hey , thats a very nice walkthrough. I need a help . I hope u can answer my issues.
1. My counter failed to reset to 0 when i pulled open the door lever. How to reset to 0 ?
2. if its a difficult task , can i use the camera by remembering the frames ?
The counter can jam when old. There is a fix if you disassemble the camera. But also Check for sticky foam rot along the film door, especially near the film winder.
Hi quick question. Do you know how to restart the film counter. My camera is no longer starting on “s”. Great video by the way!
Yours may be broken. When the film door is opened, the counter should reset. If it broken, you can work around it by just keeping tract of how many frames you shot. Or you can get the counter fixed.
What is the type of battery for the light meter? I cannot see clearly in the video
Thank you very much 💕 It's really helpful 💕 I just want to ask what happens if i don't have battery??
Download the app on your mobile phone called LIGHT METER FREE. You can use your mobile phone as a light meter. After you download it, press on Camera Meter, set your iso to match your film speed, then you are ready to use it.
There is a rule of thumb called the Sunny 16 Rule. You set the lens at f16 on a sunny day and set the shutter speed near the ISO. Here is a video czcams.com/video/yhViAnM1MjM/video.html
Hi there Kim. I saw watching your video that you are using a 1.5 batery. I´ve read somewhere that the FTb QL was ready for using old Mercury 1.35V batteries. So if you use a 1.5 battery might be "faking" the light mettering. Did you notice something like that? Thank you very much.
Film has a ton of latitude, especially color film. I usually shoot film with no meter at all and get good exposures just by gauging the conditions by eye.
HI Kim,I'm ready to get a ftb ql,but I still think about the lens, 50mm f1.4 and 50mm f1.8,which one should I get? thank you
50 mm 1.4 cost more and are harder to find. But a 1.8 is fine for most shooting. Boche on the 1.4 is nicer.
hello! I just started using the same camera. I just want to ask what if the small circle for the aperture doesn't move, how to fix it or what should I do? it only stays on the bottom part of the view finder. only the line is moving. hope you can answer my question. thank you!
Hello there!! sometimes the lightmeters of the cameras don't work, check if the niddle moves with differents kinds of light, if it does not move then the lightmeter doesn't work but you can use an app to measure light! some antique cameras didn't have lightmeter either. If the niddle moves then the lightmeter works but then you need to check if it is properly calibrated, just check the measure of the app with your lightmeter, if it is the same then is calibrates. I think I will do a video specific about this! Will be up in a few days :)
What does it mean when a red dot appears in the screen? it happens when I play with the light sensor.
@Kim Garza i heard that the battery for this light meter was discontinued cus i did some lengthy searches in 2014-2015 before my beginning work came to a halt? Any chance i can get battery brand and product name, number?? Thank u much appreciated
Adrian Marin omg! I’ll work to find a solution right away, should be other batteries that work for it
I'm curious if I could do a long exposure (night/ astro / Aurora) with this camera. My dad had this camera and he passed away years before I got into photography myself. I use a DSLR Nikon d850 so it's quite different. Do I need to get a high iso film to do a long exposure night shot? My usual settings for G1 Aurora storm is 15 seconds, f1.4, iso 1200 or so. A powerful G4 or G5 storm I can do iso 800, f1.4, 5 seconds. So if I only have film that's iso 100, I'd have to do an insanely long photo, which would result in star trails, which isn't ideal. Advice?
The fastest film I know was in usage when I worked in a camera shop over 20 yrs ago was ASA1600. Those were typically bought by the sports photographers who needed to work with really fast exposures to freeze action.
I'm just getting into film photography now myself so not sure if they make 1600 film anymore. I bet you can find lot's of advice in forums though.
What kind of film Is it?
Hello when i open my camera it has kind of metal mesh inside, whats up with that, it is also shown in viewfinder
Hi there! I was wondering where could I buy 1.5V batteries because I’m in Australia and theres only 3V for the coin size battery cell :(((
Tiffany Li did you managed to get one? If not let me know so I can investigate about the batteries
Check is for the battery check set for 100 Asa and 1000 so in the needle will be in center cut out near the bottom of the meter screen
Hey Kim. I am buying a new camera. I have to choose between canon ae 1 and canon ftb ql please help me choose the better on. Pls reply ASAP
kiran kumar I didn’t see this on time :( I would prefer the ftb ql, what did you chose?
@@KimGarza ftb ql
Its call a breech lock or a locking ring with red indexing indicator rotate counter clockwise or clock wise
sorry for my poor technical language hehe
@@KimGarza you are fine just my 2 cents from what was my life as a shooter
what is the battery name???
Hey kim. How to use self timer?
good question, haven't use it yet but you simple pull down the lever and click the shutter button, then it will start counting and when the time is up will take the photo
I think the older models have the 1,4 and the newer 1,8?
No more expensive buyers got the 1.4 while normal user just got the 50 1.8
Hi, KIM, me again; I'll be grateful if You could tell me what the letter A (in green), on the far right of the 35mm lens next to the aperture numbers, on my Canon FTb camera means.
Finding a ftb that hasn’t been beat to hell would be a miracle. btw, they don’t make the original battery for it any more. So the meter won’t read accurately
dflf I actually found a battery in Berlin, they sell it, let me check if I can find a replace for that one that can work accurately
I would just advise that you are careful not to touch the shutter curtain when loading film :)
BR SC noted ✅✨🙌🏻📸🎞
@@KimGarza Glad to help, if you have any questions about cameras, perhaps I can be of assistance :)
@@followthe-LightI accidentally fiddled with it and pushed it in, will it be oo
Ok
@@1cg158 sorry what are you talking about
"its a 1.4 so the details are really nice"
please explain
edward bedrosian the deep of field is stunning, like these portraits: www.kimgarza.com/kgprojects/equalism-project/
KimGarza yeah. that means shallow depth of field, not high detail. details actually increase when you stop down.
Both lens are sharp but the 1.4 can have a really shallow depth of focus. Sometime 1 to 2 inches leaving a image with blurred surroundings. Smaller aperture will increase the depth of field making more things in focus .
whens the next video coming out?
Isaac Veronica hi!! Will be ready in two weeks, this week I’ll upload an unboxing of a Lomography camera and then I have pending another video, after that the video of the usage and results of this camera as promised 🎞
KimGarza oh okay, thanks! I recently got this camera and I wanna know how to work it smoothly.
Isaac Veronica is an amazing camera, is one of my favorites and from my point of view one of the best SLRs 🎞 I will upload the video as soon as possible 🤗💕
KimGarza thanks Kim!
FTb is fully mechanical (not electric). That is important.
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I’m getting one of these cameras because I have many FD lenses I use for my digital cameras. Not sure if the light meter works until I receive it. If it works I will use your little tip with the circle and the line through it. Who cares about the film plane . You are so sweet. Great introduction video to this vintage camera.
Pas mal d'erreur dans la version française, c'est dommage.
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Few people asked you which battery you are using, you never gave a response. So you don't even know the brand and type of battery you are using, and it is there before your eyes..😁😁😁. You seem not knowing how to make a double exposure. The way you did it will end up with an overlap between the two exposures. You need to lock the rewind lever, while you press on the button at the bottom of the plate, and arm for your second shot, After the second exposure, you still need to do something else, before you are ready to take another picture, guess what it is??
Don't you know how to load a film into a FTb QL? OL means Quick Load. Put the film onto the red marker and close it. You were much to short.
I do, check my photos :)