Superb assessment Benj. I'm 'old school' (@71 years of age - believe it! Kodachrome 25 was my 'go-to') and your results here are enough for me to try the new Ektachrome.
Now thats how you should do a first look vid! Actual comparison with other films, corrected/uncorreted views give the opportunity to form an opinion. Bravo Mr. Haisch!
I just finished scanning my 84 year old father-in-law's 7,000+ slides from the 1950s through the 1990's. Most of the Ektachrome slides had degraded terribly (all slides had been well cared for in metal slide boxes), some were unrecognizable as to what the image had been and some lost all color to the point of having just red. While the Kodachrome slides looked like they hadn't lost any of their vibrant colors. In case you're wondering about the permanency of developed slides. Nowadays we can scan slides as soon as we get them, so maybe it's not an issue for you.
Good stuff, Benj. I’ll have to limber up my FM2 with the Ektachrome. Used to develop it myself when I was stationed in West Germany. Also shot Agfachtome and, of course, Kodachrome 64. Looks like the good old days are returning just a bit. Enjoyed your work!
Wow! Love the photos you shot! They are great! And thanks for the blog it really inspired me to start look into film. Please keep up with the great work and keep posting videos!
Watched this thinking of my late Father who was a commercial photographer, he got me into photography and film, what I remember about Ectacrome was it was great for low level light conditions.
Oh yesssss, I would love to have 120 versions. Once I moved to 6x6, can't stand 35mm anymore. Less colour tonality and grain for colour became distracting...
Very nice image at 08:10 ... I've been to Mount Rainier, it is an amazing place to photograph. Great to see Ektachrome come back, there is nothing in digital that quite matches the look and feel of film.
Hi! I used to use Kodachrome 25 and 64. Still the best Kodak ever made. Still haven't tried out the new slide film... but now I will try out. Thanks for your video.
Jennifer M That’s not gonna happen as the developing process is too difficult, many of the chemicals are not available now. It’s possible they could bring back a more vivid Ektachrome which tbh would be just as good.
shame though - kodakchrome was the most chromatically stable film ever made, other slide films fade or colours go a bit wonky over time. ektachrome is just another E6, not much to get excited about over fuji (which was always the more highly regarded E6). You can dev kodachrome in B+W process, the magic is in the re-introduction of the dye into the different layers. Not an insurmountable problem for chemistry, but it would make for a very expensive film. I'm going out on a limb and predicting that like the resurgence of other analogue formats, it will get a revival, but not for a long time!! @@teleaddict23
Slide film was great when you could project it on the wall and see nice big colourfull images .There was a place for it then ..Now though a USB and a flat screen will do the same .I'm surprised its still being produced .
I never really liked Ektachrome. I guess, tbh it was because it was too real. I loved Kodachrome. It made stuff look better than real life. It was hard to use, and expensive to have processed, but every now and then, you’d nail the exposure, and Kodachrome would give you a treasure, a beautiful, saturated image with an almost 3D look that would become a way to peer back in time. Nothing else in photography like it. Oh, and hey- you’re a good photographer. Thank you for videos like this.
The dark blue shadows brought back some memories of using Ektachrome back in the 70s. Everyone shot (positive) slides back then, or black and white. Color negatives in 35mm were too small to maintain sharpness in the color enlarging process.
I seriously hope it does well so I can get my hands on some 120 format rolls! The photos you took were fantastic. The film looks gorgeous. At first I was worried it would look boring and almost digital but not at all. Gorgeous.
Nice to see people shooting landscapes on Leica M cameras. The M camera isn't just for street photography, candids, or reportage. Its more versatile than you think!
And vloggers are complaining why they switch from Canon to Sony, and how they are unable to take photos anymore when there are no new features like internal image stabilizers. Lol.
Image stabilization helps but it isnt needed. I bought the a6300 since it was way cheaper than a a6500. Dont need that fancy image stabilization. Photographers haven't needed that for over 100 years lol
if you don't understand that image stabilizing can save you 2 stops in street photography or telephoto sports, it's your problem. Ultra Fine Grain Colour Film E6 developer would be space age for 1850 and they would laugh the same at you, as you (try) to do here.
It’s funny that some Gen Z like me will find this on VSCO the next day. I like VSCO but the actual experience of shooting and developing film is magical!
I kind of missed shooting with film after seeing this video. Brings back memories of carefully composing and setting the focus and exposure to make sure each shot count. Film and development was expensive for a high school student back in the 80s.
Just had a roll delivered today! Can't afford a Leica but I did acquire a mint condition Minolta CLE with 5 lenses. Can hardly wait to find some cool subject matter and shoot the E100! Great video. Thanks. Keep up the good work.
On film days, before I went digital 2005, I always shot Velvia 50. I just loved it, the tones in sunset and small grain, despite it's questionable skin tones, very strong contrast, incredibly deep black and magenta like overcast. I mostly shot landscapes with tripoid with bracketing, but since shooting landscapes was my passion, my freezer was filled with Velvia and since that was the film I bought in bulk, that was the film I used for everything. In hindshight, maybe I should have had 400 to put in to my camera when I handed it to my brother to take photos at my wedding...
Thanks for the video: I can't understand why Alaris have done so little to promote this film. From your photos it looks to have much the same characteristics of the old Ektachrome. Oh, and Benj, please don't handle film with bare fingers
Only if your hands are cold. Fingerprints leave an indelible mark, particularly on the emulsion side of the developed film. So in the lab - gloves please :)
No kidding about their nonexistant marketing. I expected something from B&H or Adorama. I could swear I even put my email address on a Kodak list at some point, but maybe not. Frustrating, but thanks for this!
what a great video! would love to try the new ektachrome! this makes me want to try it even more! thanks for sharing this great content with us! really enjoyed watching this
Hi, I'm fairly new to film and wondering why you had uncorrected and corrected images in the beginning? I'm wondering if you had to spend a lot of time in the post processing editors to get the color right in all your images or why just the first few? Thanks!
Very nice! Reminds me of the old Agfa RSX II 100. I had the pleasure of trying out a roll of the Agfa that had been sitting in the freezer since it was new the other day, and boy did that look stunning! Very true to life and super detailed, much like the Ektachrome in your video. Can't wait to try it! And like many people in the comment section, I really hope they bring out the medium format version soon!!!
First time seeing your videos. Love seeing the PNW represented by creators on this platform. Also, solid video. I was just chatting with a dude from Spain who has some Ektachrome on order.
Thanks, Benj, for a tastefully done video. I've been leaning toward Ektachrome films and am sold now. What lens did you use on your Leica? and I'm looking for a sturdy tripod for my Pentax 6x7. Which one did you have here? We're moving to Bellingham by spring. Do you teach photog. classes in Tacoma? Thanks!
Any thoughts on the new Ektachrome handling 4, maybe 5 stops of light as metered by your spot meter? Do you average the scene for your settings? Thx. PS Waiting for Ektachrome 120. No problem, have to use up my expired rolls first.
I am going to have to find my old film camera and try this film. Would make a great "niche" to get more wedding photography. "We shoot with real film!"
First time on your channel. Good stuff man, thanks for sharing your experience. Love seeing Kodak putting slide film back out there. Subed. Pulling my 1N out and going to pick up a few rolls.
Great job on the review. Love the samples n the explanation on how it works. I subscribed to your channel. I want to start shooting with 35mm film again. Awesome job.
Very interesting. Back in the 1980s I shot a lot in that area using Kodachrome (my favorite), Ektachrome, and Fujichrome. I loved K25 and K64 as well as K400 for moderately low light situations. One thing I liked about the slide films of that era is that they were reasonably tolerant of slight under exposure which usually resulted in a bit deeper color. Typically I would set my Minolta X570 to under expose by 1/3 stop to help prevent accidentally blowing out the highlights. The new Ekta looks pretty nice but I suspect that it will not be as archival as Kodachrome was. I am difinitely going to dust of the Minolta and give it a try though when the opportunity presents itself.
Can I take a sec and congratulate you on that excellent shot at 0:47? Holy crap it is not easy to capture a through-the-viewfinder shot and get good results. Nice job! I'm guessing some form of handheld gimbal was involved 😃
I shot exactly one roll of slide film - back when it looked like Provia was about to die and I'd never get another chance. The scans came back hideously dissapointing because the scanner tried to correct the brightness - it looked awful. Like I'd overexposed and underexposed across the board. It's something I'd expected - given slide's reputation. The dissapointment lasted until I got an actual, physical, magnified slide viewer. The slides, when properly backlit, look stunning. They glow like miniature stained glass windows. I'm pretty sure that 'technically' some of my favourite shots were underexposed, - and a few definitely had too much dynamic range in the scene to come off - but the cooler colours and tones really suited the evening sky and let the oranges of the sunset and post sunset glow. Others, had the exposure nailed right down the line to get everything from the shadow on a rail, to a hint of colour in the blue sky directly beneath the high afternoon sun. There's something special about having something that can't be shared digitally. It's something that exists, and only one copy of it exists. And it can only be enjoyed by going to that copy and viewing it
The thing about colour negative film is the wide tolerance with exposure, especially towards overexposure. With slide film there is are limited tolerances.
Having a graduated neutral density filter is a must for landscape photography where the land and the sky are different brightness. This is especially important when using slide film.
I would like to see a video of some comparisons between slide and digital results. Maybe there are some already out there? I'm in my 60s with some vintage Nikon gear and I'm contemplating buying and shooting a roll of slide film, which I haven't done in many years. Thanks for the video.
Have a bunch of historical sides from the 40-70's that I was trying to think of how to digitize them. Just using a scanner didnt even occur to me... LOL! When Im not on other projects I'll have to try that out. Complete facepalm moment! Not that I had time to think on the problem being busy, but so sad... Great to see film again! Been shooting Digitally for a while, but still enjoyed dark rooms and playing with exposure the old fashioned way
great review, pretty sure exposure bracketing was almost a requirement for slide film, just in case... although now that it costs $2.50 per shot(excluding development costs), not sure if it is as viable. I have been noticing recently that when you take the "character" out of colour negative film I am not seeing a lot of reason to shoot it, I think that digital has gotten so good now that a good/affordable scan of negative film is not better than a decent digital. However seeing the clarity/detail in the slide film means there might be life in it yet. I love shooting with older cameras, a decent 35mm camera still weighs less than a dslr and especially a full fram dslr. thank you for the great video.
what did you use to scan the slides? That's my biggest challenge when I shoot slides: Scanning. It always comes out soft, or not as sharp as digital (of course) I guess unless I use a drum scanner...
Indie Film Lab scanned these for me and they used a Noritsu. I’ll give them a scan on my neighbor’s Epson V600 at some point though and see the difference. They definitely didn’t come out soft though.
The wedding shot on the rock at Big Sur is a amazing shot! Money in the bank 4 shure...Check out the mountain photography of Adolphe Braun, amazing stuff.
The shots my Dad took in 1947 with Kodachrome still look perfect. However the ones taken with Ektachrome turned red over the years. How archival is this new Ektachrome?
Fokadas man this is exactly what I expected when I click on a film video a guy thinking he's better than everyone and anyone for having a simple question good job you dick head
david hancock's video about ektachrome found (and showed) that even high end lab scans looked worse than DSLR scans. I find that interesting, also did you try projecting it since that is one of the unique things that can be done with slides?
Yeah slide film is like shooting digital without the benefit of being able to see the results instantly. The negative films were always designed to have the absolute widest latitude possible. It’s not possible with the reversal process. It boggles my mind that Kodak is still developing film technology. What’s different with this film compared to the older ektachrome?
Really good video. Do you perhaps have any tips for editing the scans? What and how much to do of what? That'd be extremely helpful. I am using an EPSON V700 if that helps ;) Cheers, Thomas
Is what makes this "New Ektachrome" is that they changed the formula to be compatible with the e6 process? I've got some old reversal film from my GP that I'd like to shoot.
Enjoyable and inspiring video. Any update now that it has been awhile? I am so happy to see this in 120 and 8mm X 50 too. Where to have it developed and scanned? I sold my 35mm film bodies and all Canon lenses but I've a lonely 500c. Thanks Benj.
So i only shoot digital with a Leica M10, Iam thinking about Film photography for 2-3 years now . Thx your video got me , Iam getting an M6 this year , Iam so pumped . Btw. wich strap you got?
So whenever you shoot film do you always need a light meter with you? Might seem like a stupid question but I really only shoot digital so dont have need for one. Ive shot some svema 125 but I have no idea what the negatives will look like... In other-words Im too scared to develop them :)
You don’t have to, it’s just really convenient. Sunny 16 or you could even just use one of the ones on your phone. That’s what I did on a trip to New Zealand a few years ago.
Good information and glad to see Ektachrome coming into the market. However, I have to agree with an earlier post that I've found Kodachrome to be a superior film. All my Ektachrome slides had badly color shifted within less than 10 years of being developed. I have Kodachromes from the late 1940s that are just as colorful as the day they were exposed.However, I also have Velvia slides taken in the early 1990s which have not color shifted. If this new E100 is as good as the Velvia (same ASA), then perhaps I'll give it a go when it becomes more readily available.
I shot a roll or two of Ektachrome E100GX from 2003 that still look great today. These newer E6 films are much better when it comes to resistance to fading.
my raw scans of Kodachrome definitely look to have more resolution/sharpness and come out with less of a color cast than the Provia 100F I shoot now. Without any post processing the Kodachrome scans appear as a higher quality image compared to those from Provia 100F.
Awesome video!! Man, sorry if it is a dumb question, but how do you dorrect? Is it in software or chemistry? I would love to get into film photography, but it still a bit mysterious for me. I would like to understand all the workflow. xD
I used Ektachrome 64 a lot back in the day. Great greens and blues. Interesting to see it coming back. My eye glasses are so thick now I'll never get my eye up to the viewfinder, though I still have my Minolta SRT just in case.
I am blow away by the detail...that is EXACTLY what im looking for..thanks...it is perfect...I wonder if I can use it in my Minolta 600si....Now I will be using my Minolta glass where it should be..off the Sony A57 back to the Minolta..It actually looks clearer than in person.
Love taking photos with my trusty Nikon FM. Except rather hard to find 35 mm film locally except for 400 ASA print film. For any other type of film have to go to specialty photo stores or mail/online order. Great to see Ektachrome coming back but my favorite was Kodachrome 64.
About 55 years ago my hobby was photography but I was never very good at it. I often underexposed. Although I enjoyed the technical side of developing and printing b&w photos I didn’t process colour. I couldn’t go back to using film after experiencing digital which is, for me, idiot proof. However I do hope more younger folk try film photography. One thing I remember is that professionals wanting clarity always used slide (positive) film as it had little, if any, grain. On the other hand b&w film by its very composition always had grain, even the very finest slow exposure film. They are made in a completely different way. Even then I realised that, as you state, Ektachrome was cooler than Kodachrome which was more vibrant and my usual choice. Just a little extra note: for b&w I used Kodak Tri-X which was a fast film (400 ASA) and by special developing technique I managed to overrate it to 3200 ASA. Fun days then.
Thank you for a wonderful video. Really enjoyable and informative. I’ve got a question about your tripod ball head/quick release plate setup: I note that you use a screw knob clamp, and not a lever release clamp. I’m in the process of trying to decide which one to purchase. I can understand some of the advantages of the lever release, but I’m nervous about accidentally catching the lever. Can you share your views/experiences with this, and your reasons for choosing the screw knob clamp, please? Thank you, Trevor Hawkins, New Zealand
Light leak from the machine(could be temperature's problem which oil was solidified and slow down the release of shutter curtain of his M6) and overexposed the pictures for that leaking area, which just kinda common.@@CraigMansfield
Superb assessment Benj. I'm 'old school' (@71 years of age - believe it! Kodachrome 25 was my 'go-to') and your results here are enough for me to try the new Ektachrome.
I always imagined that the only way Kodak would ditch Ektachrome was to make it better and rerelease it. I am glad I was right once in my life.
Now thats how you should do a first look vid! Actual comparison with other films, corrected/uncorreted views give the opportunity to form an opinion. Bravo Mr. Haisch!
Thank you! I tried to make it useful.
I just finished scanning my 84 year old father-in-law's 7,000+ slides from the 1950s through the 1990's. Most of the Ektachrome slides had degraded terribly (all slides had been well cared for in metal slide boxes), some were unrecognizable as to what the image had been and some lost all color to the point of having just red. While the Kodachrome slides looked like they hadn't lost any of their vibrant colors. In case you're wondering about the permanency of developed slides. Nowadays we can scan slides as soon as we get them, so maybe it's not an issue for you.
Good stuff, Benj. I’ll have to limber up my FM2 with the Ektachrome. Used to develop it myself when I was stationed in West Germany. Also shot Agfachtome and, of course, Kodachrome 64. Looks like the good old days are returning just a bit. Enjoyed your work!
Anyone remember Anscochrome? I used to process my own Anscochrome years ago. To bad the film had a short life and most slides are almost all faded
Wow! Love the photos you shot! They are great! And thanks for the blog it really inspired me to start look into film. Please keep up with the great work and keep posting videos!
Watched this thinking of my late Father who was a commercial photographer, he got me into photography and film, what I remember about Ectacrome was it was great for low level light conditions.
Great video, can't wait to get my hands on some Ektachrome.I really hope it sells well and we eventally get 120 Ektachrome.
Oh yesssss, I would love to have 120 versions. Once I moved to 6x6, can't stand 35mm anymore. Less colour tonality and grain for colour became distracting...
@@jameslane3846 I've shot this film, and the grain is invisible in any scan I've made, or even with a loupe.
@@dylangergutierrez ooh, awesome!
a year later, we're getting 120!!
So pumped!
Very nice image at 08:10 ... I've been to Mount Rainier, it is an amazing place to photograph. Great to see Ektachrome come back, there is nothing in digital that quite matches the look and feel of film.
Great shots Benj. Love Ekta colors. Always have. Great to have it back.
Those colors and compositions are just lovely!!!!
Hi! I used to use Kodachrome 25 and 64. Still the best Kodak ever made. Still haven't tried out the new slide film... but now I will try out. Thanks for your video.
I hope they bring back Kodachrome next.
Jennifer M That’s not gonna happen as the developing process is too difficult, many of the chemicals are not available now. It’s possible they could bring back a more vivid Ektachrome which tbh would be just as good.
shame though - kodakchrome was the most chromatically stable film ever made, other slide films fade or colours go a bit wonky over time. ektachrome is just another E6, not much to get excited about over fuji (which was always the more highly regarded E6). You can dev kodachrome in B+W process, the magic is in the re-introduction of the dye into the different layers. Not an insurmountable problem for chemistry, but it would make for a very expensive film. I'm going out on a limb and predicting that like the resurgence of other analogue formats, it will get a revival, but not for a long time!! @@teleaddict23
@@WeekdayProductions Kodak said that they are looking into bringing it back
@@wuzihuzi They'll have to find a safer way to develop it, the kodachrome process is super toxic and the EPA won't allow them unfortunately.
Slide film was great when you could project it on the wall and see nice big colourfull images .There was a place for it then ..Now though a USB and a flat screen will do the same .I'm surprised its still being produced .
Those dawn shots look GLORIOUS
I never really liked Ektachrome. I guess, tbh it was because it was too real. I loved Kodachrome. It made stuff look better than real life. It was hard to use, and expensive to have processed, but every now and then, you’d nail the exposure, and Kodachrome would give you a treasure, a beautiful, saturated image with an almost 3D look that would become a way to peer back in time. Nothing else in photography like it.
Oh, and hey- you’re a good photographer. Thank you for videos like this.
pushing ektachrome can give the most similar look nowadays to the old kodakchrome look
The dark blue shadows brought back some memories of using Ektachrome back in the 70s. Everyone shot (positive) slides back then, or black and white. Color negatives in 35mm were too small to maintain sharpness in the color enlarging process.
I seriously hope it does well so I can get my hands on some 120 format rolls! The photos you took were fantastic. The film looks gorgeous. At first I was worried it would look boring and almost digital but not at all. Gorgeous.
Nice to see people shooting landscapes on Leica M cameras. The M camera isn't just for street photography, candids, or reportage. Its more versatile than you think!
And vloggers are complaining why they switch from Canon to Sony, and how they are unable to take photos anymore when there are no new features like internal image stabilizers. Lol.
I agree! Excellent point.
Image stabilization helps but it isnt needed. I bought the a6300 since it was way cheaper than a a6500. Dont need that fancy image stabilization. Photographers haven't needed that for over 100 years lol
Canon image files are FLAT
if you don't understand that image stabilizing can save you 2 stops in street photography or telephoto sports, it's your problem. Ultra Fine Grain Colour Film E6 developer would be space age for 1850 and they would laugh the same at you, as you (try) to do here.
It’s funny that some Gen Z like me will find this on VSCO the next day. I like VSCO but the actual experience of shooting and developing film is magical!
I’ve just picked up shooting film again. And I have to admit there is a special quality in the shots.
I kind of missed shooting with film after seeing this video. Brings back memories of carefully composing and setting the focus and exposure to make sure each shot count. Film and development was expensive for a high school student back in the 80s.
Just had a roll delivered today! Can't afford a Leica but I did acquire a mint condition Minolta CLE with 5 lenses. Can hardly wait to find some cool subject matter and shoot the E100! Great video. Thanks. Keep up the good work.
5 lenses?! Dang! Which ones?!
Used to shoot Ektachrome all the time back in the day, time to get the OM's out..
On film days, before I went digital 2005, I always shot Velvia 50. I just loved it, the tones in sunset and small grain, despite it's questionable skin tones, very strong contrast, incredibly deep black and magenta like overcast. I mostly shot landscapes with tripoid with bracketing, but since shooting landscapes was my passion, my freezer was filled with Velvia and since that was the film I bought in bulk, that was the film I used for everything. In hindshight, maybe I should have had 400 to put in to my camera when I handed it to my brother to take photos at my wedding...
Thanks for the video: I can't understand why Alaris have done so little to promote this film. From your photos it looks to have much the same characteristics of the old Ektachrome. Oh, and Benj, please don't handle film with bare fingers
Interesting, that’s the first I’ve ever heard of this. Am I supposed to wear gloves while out on location? Haha
Only if your hands are cold. Fingerprints leave an indelible mark, particularly on the emulsion side of the developed film. So in the lab - gloves please :)
Ahhhh yeah, I just had some old negatives and slides that were duplicates to show the difference. Wasn’t worried about those frames at all :)
@@benjhaisch I'm cool with that. Can't wait to test some rolls in the lab in the UK. Pleased to see some real world results in your vid. Good stuff!
No kidding about their nonexistant marketing. I expected something from B&H or Adorama. I could swear I even put my email address on a Kodak list at some point, but maybe not. Frustrating, but thanks for this!
Shot my first Ektachrome 40 years ago... will try to do it again! Thanks.
what a great video! would love to try the new ektachrome!
this makes me want to try it even more!
thanks for sharing this great content with us!
really enjoyed watching this
I'm so happy that Ektachrome is back; what scanner did you use for the slides?
Hi, I'm fairly new to film and wondering why you had uncorrected and corrected images in the beginning? I'm wondering if you had to spend a lot of time in the post processing editors to get the color right in all your images or why just the first few? Thanks!
Wow, the photos of the mountain are so beautiful!!
Very nice! Reminds me of the old Agfa RSX II 100.
I had the pleasure of trying out a roll of the Agfa that had been sitting in the freezer since it was new the other day, and boy did that look stunning! Very true to life and super detailed, much like the Ektachrome in your video.
Can't wait to try it! And like many people in the comment section, I really hope they bring out the medium format version soon!!!
You made a pretty good analogy on color slide flim being like shooting jpgs. 😊
First time seeing your videos. Love seeing the PNW represented by creators on this platform. Also, solid video. I was just chatting with a dude from Spain who has some Ektachrome on order.
Nice film, I have to buy some to test too. Did you shoot at rated ISO or maybe at 125 for 1/3 under?
Thanks, Benj, for a tastefully done video. I've been leaning toward Ektachrome films and am sold now. What lens did you use on your Leica? and I'm looking for a sturdy tripod for my Pentax 6x7. Which one did you have here? We're moving to Bellingham by spring. Do you teach photog. classes in Tacoma? Thanks!
That's sick review man damn lookin good, it looks like taken with leica that vibrant makes it really nice. Keep up the goodwork man
So glad I saved my 35mm Olympus. This pictures look incredible.
@Fokadas 35mm processing is still done in many places. Have to look into processing Ektachrome but I'm sure that can be done too
Any thoughts on the new Ektachrome handling 4, maybe 5 stops of light as metered by your spot meter? Do you average the scene for your settings? Thx. PS Waiting for Ektachrome 120. No problem, have to use up my expired rolls first.
I am going to have to find my old film camera and try this film. Would make a great "niche" to get more wedding photography. "We shoot with real film!"
Hi just wondering if you can shoot this film on any camera or does it have to be a specific one??? Also does it come back in slides ?
Incredible landscape, great shots ❤️
Thanks for the info on this 'Return of the Ektachrome'! Enjoyed your summation and images :)
Loved this, and I'm so glad this film is back. Nice shots :)
First time on your channel. Good stuff man, thanks for sharing your experience. Love seeing Kodak putting slide film back out there. Subed. Pulling my 1N out and going to pick up a few rolls.
I said "wow" out loud when you showed the sunrise shots near the end. good lord those are some gorgeous photos
Absolutely beautiful. Stoked to shoot my first roll of Ektachrome.
Great job on the review. Love the samples n the explanation on how it works. I subscribed to your channel. I want to start shooting with 35mm film again. Awesome job.
Love the Citizens music in the background. Excited to shoot some ektachrome!
Very interesting. Back in the 1980s I shot a lot in that area using Kodachrome (my favorite), Ektachrome, and Fujichrome. I loved K25 and K64 as well as K400 for moderately low light situations. One thing I liked about the slide films of that era is that they were reasonably tolerant of slight under exposure which usually resulted in a bit deeper color. Typically I would set my Minolta X570 to under expose by 1/3 stop to help prevent accidentally blowing out the highlights. The new Ekta looks pretty nice but I suspect that it will not be as archival as Kodachrome was. I am difinitely going to dust of the Minolta and give it a try though when the opportunity presents itself.
I remember the days, when I was on Kodachrome 64... exposed as 100 ASA
Nice one. Love the results. A question: When you say corrected for the Big Sur shot, what does that mean? Corrected in like Photoshop?
it's the lab making adjustments in the scanner instead of it just being on auto
[I had them scan it both ways just to see the difference]
Can I take a sec and congratulate you on that excellent shot at 0:47? Holy crap it is not easy to capture a through-the-viewfinder shot and get good results. Nice job! I'm guessing some form of handheld gimbal was involved 😃
Salvaged Circuitry haha all handheld. Just sort of shot this whole video on my iPhone on a whim.
You have a new subscriber. You take better photos then the top 20 photography channels on youtube combined and didn't even brag about it lol.
Haha! Well I appreciate it even if I’m not sure that’s even slightly true :)
I shot exactly one roll of slide film - back when it looked like Provia was about to die and I'd never get another chance.
The scans came back hideously dissapointing because the scanner tried to correct the brightness - it looked awful. Like I'd overexposed and underexposed across the board.
It's something I'd expected - given slide's reputation.
The dissapointment lasted until I got an actual, physical, magnified slide viewer. The slides, when properly backlit, look stunning. They glow like miniature stained glass windows.
I'm pretty sure that 'technically' some of my favourite shots were underexposed, - and a few definitely had too much dynamic range in the scene to come off - but the cooler colours and tones really suited the evening sky and let the oranges of the sunset and post sunset glow. Others, had the exposure nailed right down the line to get everything from the shadow on a rail, to a hint of colour in the blue sky directly beneath the high afternoon sun.
There's something special about having something that can't be shared digitally. It's something that exists, and only one copy of it exists. And it can only be enjoyed by going to that copy and viewing it
Very true. Viewing my slides through a projector on the wall looks better than I've ever seen them look on any digital display.
Whoever printed your stuff just ruined it most likely..
Pretty much. The first slides on the roll were dark shots - and auto-corrected by the scanner. The same settings were applied to the rest.
If you want a print , use print film ..prints from slides always have been inferior .ONly great if you own a projector , otherwise a waste of money .
Awesome video ! Just waiting for my order to come in . Can’t wait to shoot it
What trail was this? I haven’t hiked in Rainier NP yet and am not sure how to plan a nice morning shoot like what you did.
The car in the slide looked like a 1950s Volvo. Can’t wait to get some of this film
Volvo 122S 1960s vintage.
Super informative video!
It is nice to hear from someone who knows their stuff when it comes to shooting film; subscribed.
Shit, I didn't know it was this close to being ready! Freakin sweet, man.
The thing about colour negative film is the wide tolerance with exposure, especially towards overexposure. With slide film there is
are limited tolerances.
Having a graduated neutral density filter is a must for landscape photography where the land and the sky are different brightness. This is especially important when using slide film.
100%. A little too difficult to use with a Leica though ;)
Fantastic video dude, subscribed for how clean and concise this content is.
I would like to see a video of some comparisons between slide and digital results. Maybe there are some already out there? I'm in my 60s with some vintage Nikon gear and I'm contemplating buying and shooting a roll of slide film, which I haven't done in many years. Thanks for the video.
Have a bunch of historical sides from the 40-70's that I was trying to think of how to digitize them. Just using a scanner didnt even occur to me... LOL! When Im not on other projects I'll have to try that out. Complete facepalm moment! Not that I had time to think on the problem being busy, but so sad... Great to see film again! Been shooting Digitally for a while, but still enjoyed dark rooms and playing with exposure the old fashioned way
Hey Benj, what side of the mountain was that sunrise shot from?
great review, pretty sure exposure bracketing was almost a requirement for slide film, just in case... although now that it costs $2.50 per shot(excluding development costs), not sure if it is as viable. I have been noticing recently that when you take the "character" out of colour negative film I am not seeing a lot of reason to shoot it, I think that digital has gotten so good now that a good/affordable scan of negative film is not better than a decent digital. However seeing the clarity/detail in the slide film means there might be life in it yet. I love shooting with older cameras, a decent 35mm camera still weighs less than a dslr and especially a full fram dslr. thank you for the great video.
Nicely done! I'll have to get some for my M2, too!
Great video! Love the camera :)
what did you use to scan the slides? That's my biggest challenge when I shoot slides: Scanning. It always comes out soft, or not as sharp as digital (of course) I guess unless I use a drum scanner...
Indie Film Lab scanned these for me and they used a Noritsu. I’ll give them a scan on my neighbor’s Epson V600 at some point though and see the difference. They definitely didn’t come out soft though.
The wedding shot on the rock at Big Sur is a amazing shot! Money in the bank 4 shure...Check out the mountain photography of Adolphe Braun, amazing stuff.
The shots my Dad took in 1947 with Kodachrome still look perfect. However the ones taken with Ektachrome turned red over the years. How archival is this new Ektachrome?
Is this like an analog SD card?
@@jc_montero Amazing time to be alive.
Only 1 film slot! Forget it!
Are you too young to back in the days film in photography was still a thing. Then you are wrong.
if i may ask what tripod are you using? thank you!
... that’s exactly what he did. Saw a tripod that probably fitted his needs and tries to get on. What’s the problem??
This is the tripod. No need to talk down to someone for asking a question. amzn.to/2Ei954w
thank you guys!
Fokadas man this is exactly what I expected when I click on a film video a guy thinking he's better than everyone and anyone for having a simple question good job you dick head
david hancock's video about ektachrome found (and showed) that even high end lab scans looked worse than DSLR scans. I find that interesting, also did you try projecting it since that is one of the unique things that can be done with slides?
I think i remember seeing that slide when i was in middle school. It got that white frame around it and it use a projector if i remember correctly.
Yeah slide film is like shooting digital without the benefit of being able to see the results instantly. The negative films were always designed to have the absolute widest latitude possible. It’s not possible with the reversal process. It boggles my mind that Kodak is still developing film technology. What’s different with this film compared to the older ektachrome?
Really good video. Do you perhaps have any tips for editing the scans? What and how much to do of what? That'd be extremely helpful. I am using an EPSON V700 if that helps ;) Cheers, Thomas
I had these scanned on a Noritsu by Indie Film Lab, so I don’t know about the flatbeds, but I adjust things in Adobe Lightroom Classic when needed.
Great vid. Beautiful photos
Is what makes this "New Ektachrome" is that they changed the formula to be compatible with the e6 process? I've got some old reversal film from my GP that I'd like to shoot.
Good Vid! what are you scanning your slide with?
Enjoyable and inspiring video. Any update now that it has been awhile? I am so happy to see this in 120 and 8mm X 50 too. Where to have it developed and scanned? I sold my 35mm film bodies and all Canon lenses but I've a lonely 500c. Thanks Benj.
Is kodak making this film for medium format also?
This makes me believe in film again!
I can’t believe that people still shoot film and I can’t believe that Kodak is still making film.
Yes real photographers shoot film. Every movie you see has been shot on film, either Fuji or Kodak.
So i only shoot digital with a Leica M10,
Iam thinking about Film photography for 2-3 years now .
Thx your video got me , Iam getting an M6 this year , Iam so pumped .
Btw. wich strap you got?
So whenever you shoot film do you always need a light meter with you? Might seem like a stupid question but I really only shoot digital so dont have need for one. Ive shot some svema 125 but I have no idea what the negatives will look like... In other-words Im too scared to develop them :)
You don’t have to, it’s just really convenient. Sunny 16 or you could even just use one of the ones on your phone. That’s what I did on a trip to New Zealand a few years ago.
Good stuff!! I have Ilford HP5 in both my film cams, buy just received rolls of Ectar 100, and
E100 slide film, can't wait to shoot :)
Good information and glad to see Ektachrome coming into the market. However, I have to agree with an earlier post that I've found Kodachrome to be a superior film. All my Ektachrome slides had badly color shifted within less than 10 years of being developed. I have Kodachromes from the late 1940s that are just as colorful as the day they were exposed.However, I also have Velvia slides taken in the early 1990s which have not color shifted. If this new E100 is as good as the Velvia (same ASA), then perhaps I'll give it a go when it becomes more readily available.
I shot a roll or two of Ektachrome E100GX from 2003 that still look great today. These newer E6 films are much better when it comes to resistance to fading.
my raw scans of Kodachrome definitely look to have more resolution/sharpness and come out with less of a color cast than the Provia 100F I shoot now. Without any post processing the Kodachrome scans appear as a higher quality image compared to those from Provia 100F.
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Awesome video!!
Man, sorry if it is a dumb question, but how do you dorrect? Is it in software or chemistry?
I would love to get into film photography, but it still a bit mysterious for me.
I would like to understand all the workflow.
xD
He mentioned correcting the scans. So it was done digitally.
Being from the Southeast, the Pacific Northwest is a place I yearn to visit
I used Ektachrome 64 a lot back in the day. Great greens and blues. Interesting to see it coming back. My eye glasses are so thick now I'll never get my eye up to the viewfinder, though I still have my Minolta SRT just in case.
Hey man, great video. Very informative and well produced. Please do more
Great video! I'm definitely gonna try that film. Man, California is absolutely beautiful!
I am blow away by the detail...that is EXACTLY what im looking for..thanks...it is perfect...I wonder if I can use it in my Minolta 600si....Now I will be using my Minolta glass where it should be..off the Sony A57 back to the Minolta..It actually looks clearer than in person.
Is that a Gibson J-55? What a stunner.
Great video. I have subscribed.
Love taking photos with my trusty Nikon FM. Except rather hard to find 35 mm film locally except for 400 ASA print film. For any other type of film have to go to specialty photo stores or mail/online order. Great to see Ektachrome coming back but my favorite was Kodachrome 64.
About 55 years ago my hobby was photography but I was never very good at it. I often underexposed. Although I enjoyed the technical side of developing and printing b&w photos I didn’t process colour. I couldn’t go back to using film after experiencing digital which is, for me, idiot proof. However I do hope more younger folk try film photography.
One thing I remember is that professionals wanting clarity always used slide (positive) film as it had little, if any, grain. On the other hand b&w film by its very composition always had grain, even the very finest slow exposure film. They are made in a completely different way.
Even then I realised that, as you state, Ektachrome was cooler than Kodachrome which was more vibrant and my usual choice.
Just a little extra note: for b&w I used Kodak Tri-X which was a fast film (400 ASA) and by special developing technique I managed to overrate it to 3200 ASA. Fun days then.
Yeah! I shoot Tri-X at 1600 all the time!
Do you scan the negatives yourself. What scanner do you use.
Thank you for a wonderful video. Really enjoyable and informative. I’ve got a question about your tripod ball head/quick release plate setup: I note that you use a screw knob clamp, and not a lever release clamp. I’m in the process of trying to decide which one to purchase. I can understand some of the advantages of the lever release, but I’m nervous about accidentally catching the lever. Can you share your views/experiences with this, and your reasons for choosing the screw knob clamp, please? Thank you, Trevor Hawkins, New Zealand
I love the light leak one the most at 6:33!!!
aha! thats what that is. I really like it too.
I think he caught a UFO in that split second it became visible!!
Joe Hsu
I noticed the two photos with nice - but bizarre - colours on them. Why does that happen?
I mean I grew up in the 1970s, but I don't know :)
Light leak from the machine(could be temperature's problem which oil was solidified and slow down the release of shutter curtain of his M6) and overexposed the pictures for that leaking area, which just kinda common.@@CraigMansfield