In one of my classes my teacher had a still functional kodack A-3 camera. It uses 122 film and I want to get into using it but it costs like $100 for just the film. It’s still really cool though
That’s really cool. Yea, if I recall correctly, we had a bit of a tough time finding film for the shoot for this video. It’s kind of hard to come by these days.
I love the results you got from the 127mm film grain Austin! Wished I could have tagged along for it! Always fun to see friends that enjoy the same passion! Great job of getting the film developed by Ryan!
I think you were getting the “light leaks” because you were shining the bright flashlight into the number window. Film back then was not red sensitive. Since film is now sensitive to it, it exposed a bright spot onto the film.
Thank you! I haven’t done a light leak test in the camera so it’s from a light leak somewhere. And not on purpose. But, the leaks do have a bit of its own charm.
@@austinlindsay My rainbow leaked around the edges where the camera body mates up with the back cover. my pics looked a lot like this until i fixed it. Shutter died so now its a pinhole camera.
@@austinlindsay Unfortunately I think it doesn’t work. The black part is pierced. Idk if anyone still repairs this kind of old device. Btw do I need batteries?
@Carl_G_Jung film is making a small comeback so, I’m sure there are companies out there that could repair it. Mine doesn’t need batteries, I would assume yours doesn’t either.
@@austinlindsay The lens in the vintage Kodak is not color corrected, it is uncoated, there was no color film available in those days. In 1907 the Lumiere brothers invented the autochrome, a first color process on glass plates using dyed potato starch. It is worthwhile you figure out how your camera works, and take the project of photographing with your vintage camera seriously. Find the light leak and seal it properly. You can use a viewing aid to enlarge the image seen in the brilliant finder. Put the camera on a tripod and focus with care. Use a distance finder or the scale on the camera bed. Use a calibrated exposure meter, set it to the ISO of the film. Having made an exposure, wind on immediately, which will prevent double exposures. Good luck!
@Autorange888 thanks for the info. I’m not really a film shooter, so this video was more of a fun experience just to see what would turn out. If at some point I may make another video using this camera, I’ll use the info you described and include it if I do a future video. 🙂
@@austinlindsay looking at your images I would say that lens is pretty sharp, if you use black felt ribbon on the back to stop the light leak and understand how this camera works, I think you have got a really good camera that will produce beautiful images. The bellows you can clean with pure neatsfoot oil and the lens & glass can be cleaned with a few drops of peroxide/ one drop window cleaning liquid. much better than a digital camera. Enjoy.
Gaita, I’m happy to point out that this comment was 8 months ago, and my subscriber count has almost doubled since then. 😉 I definitely welcome your comments though. Even though you’re a troll they still help my algorithm.
@@austinlindsay Is this an "unmanipulated, fresh from the camera image" or a product of tweaking layers in Photoshop or Lightroom to produce a "not seen in Nature image"? (Gee, that moon takes up the top half of the image.)
Thanks God you didn't work at Kodak's marketing department back in the 1900s. They would not sell a single camera. Terrible pics, mostly because you don't know how to use the gear.
@@austinlindsay it isn't about my standards. These pics are bellow any standard. And yes, I am ok. I am only criticizing the content you share and this episode is a complete waste of time. And don't blame the old camera. There are plenty of videos showing that these cameras can produce good images.
It is about your standards. Art is subjective. You can only state that you don’t like the image, but you can’t clam the standards of art. But, hey if you feel like I’ve wasted your time you can go ahead and leave me your credit card number and I’ll make sure I send you a full refund.
@@austinlindsay boo hoo... "Art"... C'mon... You didn't plan taking those awful, subexposed, double-exposed, out of focus crappy pictures. You screwed up because you are not able to use the gear and decided to call the crap results of a poorly planned photo shoot " Art"... Laughable. And sorry, no credit card number for you. I was already scammed while watching this "art" video of yours.
Ah Drat. You seem pretty dumb, I thought I could scam ya a second time. Thanks for watching and for responding back to the comments. You do know it helps out my algorithm right? 😉
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This was so much fun! That vest pocket camera looks v. pretty.
Thank you so so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it. Yea, it’s a keeper for sure!
In one of my classes my teacher had a still functional kodack A-3 camera. It uses 122 film and I want to get into using it but it costs like $100 for just the film. It’s still really cool though
That’s really cool. Yea, if I recall correctly, we had a bit of a tough time finding film for the shoot for this video. It’s kind of hard to come by these days.
Austin, you keep on bringing us truly amazing content, thanks.
I spend about 150 hours on this, so this comment is really amazing to hear! Thank you, Juan!
I love the results you got from the 127mm film grain Austin! Wished I could have tagged along for it! Always fun to see friends that enjoy the same passion! Great job of getting the film developed by Ryan!
Gotta thank Ryan, all the developing magic was because of him! And yea, I wanna do another video with you sometime!
"127mm film"? Nope #127 film is 46mm wide. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/127_film
Ok. Thanks.
This was so fun!
Yea it was! Thanks for the help man!
I think you were getting the “light leaks” because you were shining the bright flashlight into the number window. Film back then was not red sensitive. Since film is now sensitive to it, it exposed a bright spot onto the film.
Ohhh yea. That’s a good point. We definitely did not consider that at the time. Haha thank you.
ahhhh minimum focus distance lol. Really cool experiment!
Talking about the cat photo? Haha i was so hoping I nailed that. 😆
Nice but looked like that camera had some issues. Light leaks?
Oh yea. It had a toooon of light leaks. If I were to use it on a regular basis I’d for sure have to have it looked it.
Nice, fun, video. Question, was the edge light from leaky bellows or on purpose?
Thank you! I haven’t done a light leak test in the camera so it’s from a light leak somewhere. And not on purpose. But, the leaks do have a bit of its own charm.
@@austinlindsay My rainbow leaked around the edges where the camera body mates up with the back cover. my pics looked a lot like this until i fixed it. Shutter died so now its a pinhole camera.
I have a Kodak vest pocket model B from my great grandfather, I want to make it work again!
That’s probably even rarer than mine. You should throw some film in there and give it a whirl!
@@austinlindsay Unfortunately I think it doesn’t work. The black part is pierced. Idk if anyone still repairs this kind of old device. Btw do I need batteries?
@Carl_G_Jung film is making a small comeback so, I’m sure there are companies out there that could repair it.
Mine doesn’t need batteries, I would assume yours doesn’t either.
Why are the photos in color but back then they were only black and white?
Because we put newly invented color film in the camera.
@@austinlindsay Thing is, those cameras have uncoated, non-color corrected lenses, these are for black & white only.
@Autorange888 so, the color images I took didn’t work?
@@austinlindsay The lens in the vintage Kodak is not color corrected, it is uncoated, there was no color film available in those days. In 1907 the Lumiere brothers invented the autochrome, a first color process on glass plates using dyed potato starch. It is worthwhile you figure out how your camera works, and take the project of photographing with your vintage camera seriously. Find the light leak and seal it properly. You can use a viewing aid to enlarge the image seen in the brilliant finder. Put the camera on a tripod and focus with care. Use a distance finder or the scale on the camera bed. Use a calibrated exposure meter, set it to the ISO of the film. Having made an exposure, wind on immediately, which will prevent double exposures. Good luck!
@Autorange888 thanks for the info. I’m not really a film shooter, so this video was more of a fun experience just to see what would turn out. If at some point I may make another video using this camera, I’ll use the info you described and include it if I do a future video. 🙂
You might have a small amount of light leak on the bottom left but the majority of it was due to you pointing an uncoated lens towards the sun.
Haha yea. My “digital” self pretty much did everything wrong you can do when using this camera. 😆
@@austinlindsay looking at your images I would say that lens is pretty sharp, if you use black felt ribbon on the back to stop the light leak and understand how this camera works, I think you have got a really good camera that will produce beautiful images. The bellows you can clean with pure neatsfoot oil and the lens & glass can be cleaned with a few drops of peroxide/ one drop window cleaning liquid. much better than a digital camera. Enjoy.
@@_H_2023 Thanks a bunch. That info is super helpful!
Wee need your post production process alos love from india 💕💕
Love from America! I’m working on getting a retouching video done in the future.
9 years, so many videos and only 8K subscribers? How this is possible?
It’s the mystery of TH-cam! (And me not posting constantly in the early years haha)
Hopefully, things start to pick up though. :)
Crap content is the answer.
Gaita, I’m happy to point out that this comment was 8 months ago, and my subscriber count has almost doubled since then. 😉
I definitely welcome your comments though. Even though you’re a troll they still help my algorithm.
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I don’t understand your question.
@@austinlindsay Is this an "unmanipulated, fresh from the camera image" or a product of tweaking layers in Photoshop or Lightroom to produce a "not seen in Nature image"? (Gee, that moon takes up the top half of the image.)
Which image are you referring to? The thumbnail image OF the camera, or one of the many displayed in the video FROM the camera?
But today I still...DON'T! hahaha
And probably never will ha!
I’ve got a similar camera in my collection: nakleh.com/albums/still-life/content/989-3/ (shot over 6 years ago, not my best lighting, but F it)
Oooo that’s pretty. I think yours is the model before mine.
🤌👍👍👍👍
Thank ya kindly.
You forgot to focus the sense! Easy mistake with these cameras!
Yea. Focus was very difficult on this camera. Haha
I have that camera.....yes
The viewfinder sucks!
Haha so true. Have you found any good workaround, or just eyeball it?
@@austinlindsay thank you for amazing video but how much it dose cost this camera
You’re very welcome. I’m not sure the cost. My grandmother gifted me this camera. I’ve seen prices range from $20 USD and up.
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Thanks God you didn't work at Kodak's marketing department back in the 1900s. They would not sell a single camera. Terrible pics, mostly because you don't know how to use the gear.
Dude, you ok? You seem terribly bothered that my images went up to your standards.
@@austinlindsay it isn't about my standards. These pics are bellow any standard. And yes, I am ok. I am only criticizing the content you share and this episode is a complete waste of time. And don't blame the old camera. There are plenty of videos showing that these cameras can produce good images.
It is about your standards. Art is subjective. You can only state that you don’t like the image, but you can’t clam the standards of art.
But, hey if you feel like I’ve wasted your time you can go ahead and leave me your credit card number and I’ll make sure I send you a full refund.
@@austinlindsay boo hoo... "Art"... C'mon... You didn't plan taking those awful, subexposed, double-exposed, out of focus crappy pictures. You screwed up because you are not able to use the gear and decided to call the crap results of a poorly planned photo shoot " Art"... Laughable. And sorry, no credit card number for you. I was already scammed while watching this "art" video of yours.
Ah Drat. You seem pretty dumb, I thought I could scam ya a second time.
Thanks for watching and for responding back to the comments. You do know it helps out my algorithm right? 😉