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Greetings, and happy Sunday. I hope you are well and having a relaxing time. As we are mostly locked down and stuck at home in most parts of the world, you may be looking for something to do this Sunday. I have compiled some interesting videos I made about film photography for your enjoyment, so garb yourself a cup of coffee, or tea, and click away.
They all involve shooting outdoors - either with someone, or by myself. They also each feature a fault, an accident, or a quirk that affects film photographers. These are some of the reasons why film photography was/is so much fun and they keep people nostalgic about it. A lot of these "faults" are now being replicated in digital photography as "filters" which are very popular these days.
I hope you ejoy the compilation.
1. Lomochrome Purple
I purchased this film at the now closed Lomography shop in Soho, London, while out and about shooting another video with my friend Chrsity. I had no idea what to expect since it was one of Lomography's experimental (gimmicky) film emulsions.
I returned to Soho during the Jazz festival last year to test out the film. I used a Canon EOS 300 SLR with a 50mm (nifty fifty) lens.
2. Olympus 35 RC
Even though we shot the same Lomography film in this video as the one above, the video was actually about the camera - The Olympus 35 RC. This was our second attempt at this. The first video with Christy turned out to be a complete disaster at the end. I still uploaded the video though, because it was actually a fun day, and what went wrong is a classic lesson for getting into shooting film.
3. Konica Centuria 200 - 16 Years Expired
On a very cold couple of days I took the Olympus OM-2n out for a spin. I decided to shoot a film roll that had been sitting in my storage for a while. I found it in a vintage camera bag that was included in the lot I purchased once at auction. The first half happened in a park, while the second half took place in East London.
4. Zenit-E & Pentacon 135
I decided to do something out of my comfort zone and shoot street photography with a portrait lens. It introduced a whole bunch of interesting limitations in addition to those presented by the vintage Zenit-E SLR.
I accidentally exposed the film when opening the back of the camera, which lead to some interesting light-leaks.
Fun fact, this video was the first piece of content I ever shared on the Steem blockchain, via DTube, when I first joined!
5. AgfaPhoto Vista Plus 200 - Cheap But Beautiful
There was a kind of emotional feel to this video because I was down to the last 3 rolls of one of my favourite film stocks of all time. Poundland had been stocking the film for years, and I bought, and shot, so many of them that I had gotten used to the warm tones they produced. I could also always tell what scenes would look nice with this emulsion. Agfa had discontinued the film so Poundland couldn't stock them anymore. Shame.
I went out on one of the most beautiful days I've ever been out shooting on, a sunny day in Autumn, armed with my Olympus OM-2n, but with a macro lens. Birds are amongst my favourite subjects to shoot, so it was all so delightful to get to shoot them on the day.
I loved the results so much that I created a coffee table photo book from this set of photographs.
There you have it, five vintage videos for you. I hope you enjoyed watching. I understand most people would not actually watch all 5 - that's asking a lot :). So tell me, did you watch all five? If not, now many did you watch? Also, which one was your favourite video?
Peace & Love,
AdeΜ