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Interesting technique. If it wasn't under warranty I might have tried it although I'm not sure the bigger piece was your typical dust and probably would not have been removed using this technique.

@ Warranty is great to have. But I've had mine for a while. I was able to remove larger (long) suckers off my Sony Rx100 too. Cheers!

Thanks, they do look good it's just a shame the camera is temperamental. Thanks for the comment.

Thanks, I appreciate the comments.

I agree, maybe they will do something for the GR4; I do feel like they need weather sealing to a point if they want to keep people from just using their phones which do have a degree of protection.

Thanks, Diary edition doing well so far.

Cheers.

There are lots of options depending on what gear you have. Companies can scan them for you or you can use a digital camera and a macro lens. I do it this way then use a Photoshop plugin called CNMY invert to convert the negative to a positive image and then edit it like I do any other digital image.

@ okay thankyou so much i always wondered how on such old cameras people where able to get them on pc this helps so much

Also my view finder focus works flawlessly. At least when I move the lens the image in the view finder becomes clearer or blurs

Also also, if you shine a light through the view finder in a dark room and look into the compartment where the film should be, it should tell you if you have a light leak from your viewfinder. In my experience my viewfinder is tight it's just the backplate.

I did a a couple of subsequent videos on my channel with this camera after attempting to fix the light leaks and the shutter. I'm glad I got it working better but not sure if I'm going to use it again. Thanks.

Thanks for the comments, certainly you can probably match the look in post but in this video I was concentrating on SOOC.

I prefer the existing form factor I think, minimal bulk but I do keep it in a case which is still thin enough to place in a pocket.

I absolutely agree, the Ricoh GR series is great; mine might have had a unique dust related issue (part 2 covers this when released). The camera doesn't look that pocketable with that nisi filter attached to it mind.

Not a camera I have heard of but a quick review shows that it only has a 1" sensor compared to the APS-C sized sensor in the Ricoh GR series.

@@ChrisEdgecombePhoto It is very good. Colors are fantastic. I have 3 of them

Thanks for the positive comments.

Thank you, I think the dust issue I experienced may be unique to my particular GR but I don't have much basis of comparison. I agree that I tended to put the GR in a case and then a pocket which does make them less convenient to use, less so than perhaps a phone but then a phone can't deliver the same quality IMO. Yeah, the SOC colours were not good save for perhaps the positive film effect but I'm thankful that I found some prests which gave me a good starting point for further edits in LR.

Thanks for your observations.

I do like the 40mm FL but I think the 27mm would be too close to the 35mm.

Thanks I guess.

I'm am at that stage myself. Thinking about some more Fuji primes so it may become more used than currently. Thanks for the comment.

I don't know what is wrong with me, I can't let it go. I honestly was convinced when I filmed the video that it was going but by the time I came to edit it I had already changed my mind LOL. As I mentioned in another comment on this video, I even took all the pictures to list it on eBay but just couldn't do it. Thanks for the comment.

@@ChrisEdgecombePhoto haha , know the feeling, as my wife says it's an obsession! 😂

Thanks for comment.

Good spot!

@@ChrisEdgecombePhoto 🙏Fine video besides the tiny error 👍

@Martin_Siegel thanks.

Don't worry, that is definitely staying in my collection. I'd rather sell more film cameras then give that one up.

Thanks, that might be useful for someone who has an xpro1, I decided on the xe1.

I've been back and forth over the last few months, standby for more videos on this very topic 🤣

Have to agree with you Chris, the Canon 5D classic does have that special film like look to the photos. The Canon 6D is also a great camera. The colours produced by both these cameras and just the look of the photos are sublime.

@@SF-MCMLXVII Cheers SFxAce, I agree that I have also seen some amazing characterful images from the 6D so I might have to explore that camera at some point.

I'm not comparing those aspects, both are old heavy and big cameras hence the title of the video.

Thanks for the comment, i still have the xe1, sometimes I think about an x-t3 but not sure I'd like the output as much.

Thanks Mark for the kind comments.

It’s been a while since I filmed this, I’m currently trying out full frame (Canon R8). I still have my EM1.1. Thanks for the comment.

It's interesting what people prefer, thanks for the comment.

@@ChrisEdgecombePhoto I tell you this as well, all this talk about CCD being filmlike is just pure B.S. No digital device can mimick film. I have shot film for over 50 years and digital for nearly 25 years. Fuji, a primarily film and paper manufatcturer has tried very hrad selling this B.S to people that their ' film simulations ' are film like, and they haven't been too convincing. They have nice profiles/presets for their digital files based on the spectral response of some films, yet without the films organic nature, texture and grain. Digital noise is never going to simulate grain, as grain is the soul and fabric of the film and noise is just an unwanted bad signal. CCDs produce colours with a different look, that is it. Kodak profiled them in the beginning, reputedly of course, to mimick their Kodachrome 64 under standard lab conditions. They wanted to sell these sensors that were now out of military ownership and people had to identify with their colour reproduction. Sony is completely different. If I want to try and make my digital file look like film, I use the Raw file, make it as flat as possible, colour balanced with ambient temp and then use Nik software to start the process. Sometimes I get lucky and the conversion works, other times it takes a lot of work. So my advice is that if you like the look of the film, then learn to shoot film. A hell of a lot to learn, but a lot of fun and expense.

What currency? If £ that seems a little steep.

I did have the native 85mm f1.8 which was supposed to be fast at autofocus but I think the Sony as other cameras have done just struggled with my subject matter. On the other hand, the camera I have now (Canon R8) does work much better in this regards. Thanks for the comment.

@@ChrisEdgecombePhoto R8 is a beast of a camera. How do you find the colours compared to your 5DC?

@@PadPoet I haven't done a comparison yet but I don't think they are as good/natural as those from the 5dc, regardless of what profile I use. I didn't dislike the A9s colours but I'm not 100% sold on the R8 colours yet; sometimes they can look a little sickly.

@@ChrisEdgecombePhoto Indeed, I hear this a lot. Canon colour science is good nowadays but not as great as it used to be. On the other hand Sony has improved this a lot, it's very good on the new e-mount bodies (A7IV, A7RV and the later cameras) On the subject of ISO noise, experiment with DxO PureRAW, it's a game changer in removing noise.

@@PadPoet Noise isn't that much of an issue (I came from m43), I was working on an image last week and just noticed a bit of noise and the ISO was 10000!!! Lightroom AI noise reduction good enough for me.

Thanks for sharing.

No menu diving needed. There is a dial for each - Two wheels and a control ring (on RF lenses or the EF to RF control ring adapter) which can be configured/customised to suit. Also the m-fn button can be configured again to suit your requirements. Would an R6ii be better, yes but then it's double the price, bigger and heavier so it depends what is important to you.

I don't do that much menu diving when its all set up; there are two dials on the body that allow me to control aperture/shutter speed, a third one on RF lenses or on the EF-RF Control Ring Adapter which I have set up generally to control ISO when I half depress the shutter and you can also set up the m-fn button (and/or the Q button) to change ISO/Exposure Compensation extremely easily. So its not a deal breaker for me as the camera allows a high degree of customisation. Thanks for the comment.

I would consider other options but I needed/want a system with good autofocus for moving subjects and so far the R8 is delivering better than the Sony A9. Other brands appeal more but I think I would be frustrated with the CAF performance and they would not meet my needs as easily. Is it perfect? No, but it is impressing me with it's capabilities at present. My one wish is that canon loosens up it's iron clad grip on the full frame RF mount. At the moment, I'm continuing to invest in EF lenses. Thanks for the comment.

Thanks for the comment. Hope you enjoy it.

That lens was nothing but trouble for me, perhaps it was faulty.

@@ChrisEdgecombePhoto Give the lens a try again. Only a $60 CAN gamble. I have three of them. Two VRs. But even the non-VR one is sharp…and light.

@@chakwong I no longer have the D200.

@@ChrisEdgecombePhoto Then may I suggest keeping an eye out for a Nikon D3300 or D5100. The D5100 came out in 2011, 16MP, Live View, HDR. With the 18-55 VR lens, it produces very sharp images. The HDR capability is useful in high contrast situations. Live View makes D5100 half a MILC. Despite its size and weight, I don’t mind lugging it around town. A capable all-round DSLR. Perhaps my favourite Nikon DX camera. The D3300 came out in 2014. 24.4MP, compact, Live View, with Low Pass filter removed. My only Nikon DSLR modern enough to use the amazing AF-P f4.5-5.6/10-20 VR lens.

@@chakwong This video was all about slimming down my big old digital cameras, not adding to it 🤣

Thanks for the comment, I really liked the 35mm f1.8, I just struggled to get consistency with this combo compared to my other cameras.

60mm macro 2.8 good all round 👍

No problem, I just needed to rationalise my gear.

I hope this fit the bill/helped?

Yes, it locks exposure and focus so you can then recompose your composition. I've used this camera since and it doesn't really have a problem with overexposure. I don't generally shoot much portraiture so can't say whether this would cause you problems. Thanks for the comment.

I was expecting to like the cc'd colours better than I did but I just prefer the 5D colours. If I want a CCD fix, I have a Ricoh GR Digital but then I don't particularly like it's colours either but it's worth keeping for it's B&W images.

@@ChrisEdgecombePhoto Once i pump up the saturation and sharpening I am getting the look I want.

I used the 85mm f1.8 for the dog action shots, 24-70 was just for general walk about use. Thanks for watching. The next camera I have tried (Canon R8) is so far doing well, don't want yo go back to m43 just yet, I'd like to see a bit more life and innovation first.

Thanks for the positive comments. I also contemplated a newer Fuji but reports of AF issues put me off the system so I've gone somewhere now that I never thought I would go (canon).

@@ChrisEdgecombePhoto Will be interesting to see how your canon experience is. Seems we are on a a Similar journey there too. I have an R8 now and also have a very cheap R100 to double up the focal lengths of my R mount lenses. Oddly, I probably use the R100 more as it’s so tiny and light with the 28mm lens on it.

@@philiphunter3966 That is the camera I opted for (R8).

Thanks for the comment.

@@ChrisEdgecombePhoto I think a lot of the Canon v Nikon debate really falls on which one bought first . My first DSLR was a D70 I now use a D2x , D3s , D4 , D200 and D800 semi regularly my main camera is now an Olympus M1x due to shoulder issues . I also have several Canons including a 40d , 50d , 7d , 5D mk 2 and a 1ds mk2 which is a brick . I also have other micro 4/3 cameras . Major GAS!

@@gp60m122 My first canon was a recent 5D and then the Nikon so that argument doesn't really apply to me as I had no prior experience of either brand.

Sorry to hear that, hopefully the bronica works better.

Glad it helped, I almost decided on giving up on Fuji but have decided to keep the xe1 purely because it offers something my other cameras don't, it's like a film camera without the inconvenience of film.

I don't doubt it, it did feel good to use, I just struggled compared to my other old cameras to get consistent results out of it. Others might have different experiences but this is just my view.

When i got this camera i adjusted all settings to ken Rockwell recommendations, and then pictures looked like i wanted, 5d is also very good but not as ruggige.

Thanks, its an estate owned/managed by the National Trust in Wiltshire, England. Thanks for the comment; I have since fixed the Seagull so hoping for better results with it next time!

I've since worked out the problem, I must of knocked the cocking lever as on its return trip, it was interfering with the casing causing it to stop before closing the shutter. A little pressure and it now operates correctly. Thanks for watching and for the comments.