Film Photography - Low Light & Ektar
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.พ. 2020
- Background
On a very windy day I decided to go to the coast and rather than use digital for the all important sunrise and sunset I opted for film, Ektar in this case. It was tricky but I did get a couple of shots I really liked, see if you can spot them!
Still images can be viewed on my Instagram page I no longer post images to my Flickr account.
Equipment Used
Nikon FE
20mm f/4, 35mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.8 and 70-150mm Nikkors
Velbon REXI L tripod with Manfrotto MG460 head
Kodak Ektar
Vlogging Equipment
GoPro Hero 7 Black
iPhone Xs
Rode Videomicro
Tascam DR05 with Rode Smart Lav
Incidental Music
Come to light (Epidemic Sound)
Contact Details
Email: steveonions1@gmail.com Twitter: Steve_ONions / steve_onions Instagram: steveonions1 / steveonions1
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I love your videos, thank God you make so many of them.
Two thumbs up!
Beautiful photographs Steve. Well worth a trip back at sunset.
Thanks Simon.
Again beuatiful photographs Steve.
Thanks Ruud.
Absolutely Stunning Steve !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the light compo n place .PERFECT !!!!!!!
3:00 that worked out really well. the coloured cloud reflected.
Thank you, the evening light was lovely.
Great shoot Steve. Watched most if not all your Vlogs and this is my favourite set of images from your shoots. Love the simplicity and peace of them.
Thanks Joe, they really are subtle.
Always something to enjoy here. Thanks for another inspirational video. I'm definitely going to do some landscape photography tomorrow afternoon.
Have fun 😀
Well done Steve. Great blog, great pics, pleasure as usual to listen to.
Cheers Brian 🙂
Lovely photos, I like a lot the image at 3:00, the colours and the 2 bigger clouds with one smaller in the center make a good composition.
Thank you Fabrizio.
Inspiring as ever, has me thinking what I could be shooting while I sip my morning coffee, thanks.
Thanks Steve.
Inspiring! Thanks for a good video and opening my eyes to possibilities I'd missed by leaving locations earlier than I should.
I need to stick it out longer too John, our eyes don’t do so well in the blue hour but the camera loves it.
I was always hesitant about shooting colour neg film in low light. Just goes to show that if you give it enough exposure you can indeed tease out every drop of colour in the subject. In my case it inevitably ended up with that awful green tinge of under exposed colour neg stock. Nice work again Steve.
It is awful with under exposure Alan, I always overexpose in low light.
Thanks Steve, really good focused vid; this helps me with understanding the capabilities of Ektar in low light.. as usual great job
Thanks Randy.
Always good to watch you at your work Steve..
Thanks Ian.
Second photo was gorgeous! Very painterly which I love about 35mm Ektar! My fave colour stock for 35mm
Thanks James, I was pleased that it came out looking natural but also quite vibrant.
Chilly coast 😅
Very smooth looking tones se skies 👍
Thanks Stuart, Ektar did a good job with the evening sky.
Steve, you are the boss. You just keep surprising video after video.
Thank you 😀
Lovely shots!!
A old favorite of mine was the Nikon FG20 which usually did really well at night in auto.
I bought one of those new in 1986 😀
Starts off the year by stating "will shoot less film", publish just film shooting videos afterwards. Still delivers immaculate results. Good work, as you were, carry on ! :-)
I’d have shot two rolls on this last year Jens 😀
I’ve been enjoying your videos for ages, Steve, but never commented before. Thanks for loads of inspiration. The thing is, I’ve only ever known digital. I’ve never owned a film camera. But, I love your passion for film, and the special qualities that film images have. So, my question... Have you ever considered doing a video (or series) to help digital folks like me get into film? Step by step... I don’t really know where to start! Thanks again!
Thanks Kudo, I’ve not really thought about doing such videos but it would probably be useful for a lot of people who would like to try film for the first time. I’d need to break it down into a series I think as there is too much to cover in one video.
I think you got some great images here Steve!
Thank you 😊
Really beautiful shots. Saleable too. This is stuff, you can see on someone's wall.
Thanks Simon 🙂
agree
GREAT !!! GREAT !!! GREAT !!!
😀
Really nice results! What always amazes me though on the night time vlogs is how incredible video is now. It’s disconcerting when you say it’s pitch black now but the video looks like early evening.
It is surprising Paul, I sometimes need to drop the brightness in post production to show what the scene looked like to my eyes.
Something about that image at 4:03 that really caught my eye. That's my favorite of them all. Thanks for sharing
Tony Blackwell care to elaborate?
Thanks Tony, that’s all my favourite largely due to the tones in the sky and the feeling of calm.
@@commisar44 The tones and the mood that the image invokes of peace and calm. It's simply a beautiful image.
Great video, especially enjoyed the first two images as the tones are wonderful. Do you apply much post processing to your scans?
Thanks Simon. These did need a fair bit of work as the basic scans were very flat. The evening shots needed less though and the last one is almost straight.
Having just started to explore Ektar, I found this vlog interesting and got the grey matter moving. We have 9 meter waves forecast for the weekend, so might be a good trip to the wild Atlantic way 😊
Cheers
Diz
Hope the weather plays ball Diz, stay safe.
amazing again, 90% of my photography is along the coastline of south australia using 35mm black and white films and an array of vintage camera's.
I’m also a big fan of 35mm B&W, some high speed stuff coming in a future video 🙂
Beautiful as always. Hope there are some 4x5 videos in the works. Regardless, look forward to whatever is next.
I’d love do some more large format Jim if only the wind and rain would ease up. I’ll see if I can find one in my backlog to post for you next week 👍
Great shots Steve. I must try colour sometime again, possable transperency.
Thanks Phillip, don’t forget to sell an organ to fund the slide film 👍
Yes Steve, for 8x10 all vital organs, OK 4x5 just heart or lungs.
Nice subtle colours. Love the idea of using the iPhone as a preview. Let's have some medium format in the same vein.
My Bronica said the same thing to me just yesterday 😀
Well done here with the low light conditions, Steve. I did like the morning takes slightly better then the evening ones, but all had a bit of calming effect in the end..... *>)
Thank you. Funny how the images look so calm given the freezing weather and strong winds 🌬
The patterns and shadows in the sand would have made for some nice abstracts. I sometimes have a hard time deciding between Ektar and Portra, but it looks like Ektar handled the situation quite well. Nice stuff, Steve.
Thank you. I also battle between Ektar and Portra but given the lack of colour on this day I think Portra would have been a bit too subtle.
Hi Steve, very nice pictures you produced there. The digitalos do not know what they are missing when you hold such negatives in your hands and print them, whether analog or via the printer.
There’s definitely magic going on 🙂
Those first two images are fabulous mate!
Glad you like them 👍
@@SteveONions where do you purchase your film? Just curious.
I use a couple of UK suppliers mainly, Firstcall photographic and Ag Photographic. Sometimes I’ll use Amazon but I’m cutting back on them as I prefer to support smaller companies directly.
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A great exercise in working with difficult conditions. I know what I’m doing tonight. Steve, how did you measure light here?
Thanks Michal. I just let the Nikon FE do the metering with a bias towards the foreground. After sunset I used a reading of +1.
Beautiful and simple. Would love to know how you scan your color negatives.
Thanks Rene. I keep planning to make a video on scanning but there are quite a few areas that need covering, not least the choice of scanner etc - I’m sure I’ll get round to it one day.
@@SteveONions Thank you Steve. Yes, it's a big subject indeed, but I do hope you get around to it.
Nice vid! How did you measure the exposure?
Just let the Nikon FE do it Thomas, made sure I pointed it away from the sky though.
yes and a lot nicer images than Digital......... :). what method do you use to add extra time for color negative film to account for recioprocity failure can I ask please ?
Thanks Gaius. When the shutter speeds go beyond 1 second I just add +1 to the exposure compensation if shooting in aperture priority.
thank you Steve , will be very useful and helpful..
Do you use any type of reciprocity failure for the Ektar? Kodak doesn't supply a chart but I did find one on the net.
Hi John. I just do +1 for anything over a second and it comes out great.
Did you use the in camera light meter or an external light meter like a sekonic?
It was the cameras light meter which is very accurate providing you bias away from the sky.
Interesting to see how the video (Go Pro) renders the colours v the Ektar colourneg - the closest being the image at 3.04 I reckon? As we didn't see that many images do I take it some of those later images didn't turn out as well as you hoped? Disappointing to see you no longer post the images on Flick, IG is not really my bag - the whole phone swiping exercise is a bit of a bug bear of mine. :( Atb Alan
Thanks Alan. I’ve become more and more disillusioned with Flickr and wouldn’t be surprised to see it go under to be honest.
A lot of the images later on the day were blurred due to wind and soft sand on long exposures. During the morning most were just rubbish 😀
Fascinating video, I'd no idea the Nikon Fe could handle long exposures automatically. I have an FE which is in lovely condition externally but the light meter does not work it seems and the shutter speed remains on the mechanical 90 on Auto or manual. Is it worth having it professionally repaired one asks one self!
It’s gone to the mechanical speed so either a power or shutter problem. Worth cleaning the battery compartment and contracts first as a repair is unlikely to be cost effective.
Interesting. I was hoping to hear the studio-review, too. bw
Another vid methinks 🤔
Steve, did you run into any issues with reciprocity failure with ektar? Or did you account for it?
I just do +1 for anything over a second Joe, works out fine 👍
What is your focus technique in such light? Also, what would you say is the equivalent in megapixels to 35mm film -generally? To me it seems about 20 megapixels maybe a bit more sometimes depending on the film, lens, technique and the like.
Focus was largely infinity given the lack of any foreground - the smallish apertures covered any problems too.
In terms of 35mm resolution it depends on so many factors, not least the film stock itself. As a general rule I’d agree with Canon who I believe once stated 12mp but I have seen extraordinary results that would indicate it is often much higher.
@Bobby Brady It would be interesting for someone to do comparisons of the same shot on digital and film and see at 100% what different films and scan methods yield in comparison to a full digital image. Difficult if not impossible to do perfectly due to lens differences etc. One wonders how all that compares to say using a D850 to make copies of film. I don't think I've ever seen any evaluations like that, that I can recall. Thanks for the information!
@Bobby Brady I find it interesting to think about. The dust issues was a pain in my behind when I used to print B&W at home years ago, and scanning it for more detail would enhance the headache. But film is just a different medium and it has its own look and fussy nature too. Thanks for the information. Very best wishes!
Super video and amazing picture😎! Something I want to try!
Thank you.