Reviewing the Cheapest 35mm Films
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มี.ค. 2020
- For this video we attempted to test four cheap 35mm options - Kodak ColorPlus, Kodak Gold, Kodak Ultramax (RIP), and Fuji C200. My goal was to give you guys a lot of sample images so you could see for yourself the potential each film has. I know it's not always possible to purchase the expensive films so hopefully this video brings some encouragement and value to you knowing you don't have to have the most expensive stuff to have fun and make good photos!
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Hahahaha, the all mechanical cameras do be the ones to shoot tho 😳
Contax do be unnecessarily expensive as shit doe ngl 😳
Exactly why I only buy full mechanical cameras. Maybe the Contax is a nice camera, but electronic will fail for sure at some point, and you end up with a several hundreds dollar brick.
Imagine having friends, let alone friends who also love photography TTnTT
Akasha Webb ughh rightt? :( going out and shooting with others sounds funn
Akasha Webb right! I need friends who are also into photography!
Find photographers, from you’re area, can find them on social media etc, around the same age as you and ask if they wanna go shoot with you. It’s a great way to meeting photographers, getting inspiration, and meeting new mates.
Friends? Heard that word somewhere before…
Corey and Willem Verbeeck both post a video in the same hour. Blessed be the film gods.
cheap film is dope. makes me enjoy shooting film that much more, less to fuss over
That Kodak Gold hit different
Gold 200 and ColorPlus are both great for the price and have great colors and latitude. Ultramax is in the same boat; cheap, good colors, good latitude - just with an extra stop to play with. None of these have very fine grain in my experience, but they don’t look bad by any means. As for the Fuji - I’ve only shot a few rolls of C200, but the grain and green cast in the shadows don’t make me want to shoot more of it. That’s just me and my experience tho. Loved the vid Corey!
C200 is where it’s at! Probably my fav consumer stock.
So the Contax rolled the film back into the "filmbox", did I get that right? There are actually tricks to get it back out again by licking the end of another film and putting that end through the slit of the "ruined" roll :D I tried it last week after watching a few youtube tutorials, and it actually worked.
works like a charm yes :) a very useful trick to know/learn
Everybody should please learn this trick. You'd be surprised how many times it comes in handy!
Or get yourself a film leader retriever tool ! Comes handy when you home develop.
Its actually realyl easy. Dont waste money on any tools. use a tiny piece of a different film, wet it a bit, so its dampf, insert it into the slit as far as possible. it will catch onto your film 9/10 times and you can just pull both out easily
I have a "extractor" thingy I bought for 3 bucks. Works wonders.
I love all of these stocks, c200 was my first stock ever it is really solid for what it is. Back then I just bought it because it was the cheapest film available but looking back to it having shot more stocks I found myself going back to it for more casual shooting. Loved the video, keep up the good work :)
One thing I've learned about photography after all these years: You only need flashy stuff when you're trying to make the mundane look interesting. Capture good content, and people won't really care what the quality of film is. That's what good film does, it makes the mundane more flashy. But capture something truly interesting to look at, and it really doesn't matter what camera or film you've captured it on, people will find interest. I think a mistake a lot of street photographers make is that they're out and about in "see what I can get" mode, see something that catches their eye, and try to make a good picture of it. But the problem is that what might have caught your eye, won't necessarily make for a good photo.
Good photography has a method and purpose behind it. This is what people mean when they talk about photography vs documenting. If you're just going around capturing whatever catches your eye, you're documenting. You need method and purpose. For example, I came up with my own genre of photography I call "multi faceted contrast". The method and purpose is to have simplistic photo's that are entirely made up of multiple levels of contrast, not just in color and light, but also the subject matters. Everything in the scene has to be a contrast to something else in the scene, but not in a chaotic or messy way that can be confusing. People may not even realize why they find interest in the images using this concept, but it gets them thinking. So for example, I'll contrast life vs death, before vs after, in focus vs out of focus, organic vs geometric, round vs angular, dark vs light, and more.....all in the same photo. And this can be done with something as simple as two mundane objects.
And that's what a person really needs to do before they click that shutter button, they need to stop and think "what am I trying to convey here? what am I trying to make people feel?". Sometimes it can be as simple as a nice place to sit that people can imagine themselves there. But it has to be something like that. And you can do this with the mundane too, as long as something is being conveyed. Sometimes it's as simple as finding the right angle/distance to get a background that helps convey something or changes how the subject matter is perceived.
My big thing is. I need reliable, tank like durability. Must be manual, must be mechanical, I must have control over my shutter speeds. Manual for me is easiest and best.
Kodak Gold was looking FIIINNNNNEEEEE!!! I’ll definitely be picking up a roll next chance I get.
Just discovered your channel about an hour ago. A few episodes in and can't stop watching. Just had to subscribe.
Keep up the great work dude
I love seeing my home city photographed like this. Also thanks for the film recommendations
Love Kodak ultramax 400 my go too film nowadays
Should've taken that Ultramax roll out and used the C200 tail and a bit of water/spit to put it inside the Ultramax can and yank the leader back out, works for me when I wanna switch rolls mid-roll!
Glad to see you still making videos among all the chaos in the world right now.
I did this with a roll I knew I'd be underexposed and the results were good.
Great video man. Relaxing and satisfying to watch. Keep it up
lol was actually looking forward to seeing the ultramax since i only shot it once and had a so-so experience with it, but it was still great seeing these other film stocks. haven't tried any of them yet, so it's nice to see how they compare to each other
The Unrecorded Photographer I always prefer Gold over Ultramax even though it’s slower. Ultramax is just ok in my opinion.
@@FramesPerSecond Good to know that it's not just me haha. I've heard a lot of good things about gold, but I have still yet to try it since my local store doesn't seem to have it in stock
They are pretty comparable, in my experience. Ultramax is just a little bit more grainy.
@@flachtsix Hm, that makes sense since ultramax is of a higher ISO
Lately I've been shooting ton of Ultramax, if you overexpose it you get some pretty nice images imo kinda like a budget portra but its grain is not that beauty either its colours but still pretty cool imo. Also I pushed it to 1600 and gave me nice results!
finally something good to watch while being quarantined at home.
Love Color Plus - Great video!
Aww man I was looking forward to seeing you shoot UltraMax. I've found it to be one of my favorites as I feel like Fuji's films (ha) turn out to be a bit too green.....
you can re-roll the lead to the ultramax load it back in and take as many shots as you did covering the lens so the negative wont be affected and still us the rest of the roll
Right on! Great photos as usual.
It’s not entirely over with film being stuck in the canister. You can still retrieve it there are a bunch of TH-cam vids that all help pls watch them it’s happened to me too :)
Really wanted to see the ultramax results. Hope you can make another video about it. Keep it up! 🤙
Would love to see a real comparison with 3 same camera setups and lenses. Nice vid man, but a pretty random vlog. Next time with Ultramax, make it happen!
Never had a problem with Kodak films. I used a lot of Kodak Gold 100 back when I first learned photography. I used to develop it to too . In the Army we had a hobby photo lab on Post. We had about a half dozen Color enlargers and color developing equipment. And a separate B&W lab. That was back in the 1980s
Ultramax is really good for a dynamic range as well, really quite vivid colours, I recommend it
the fuji c200 looks the best in my opinion. :)
you can get a tool to extract the leader from the roll. you could then reload it in the camera. these tools for for developing the film without destroying the canister so it can be used with bulk film, usually Black and White.
4:14 That background is aesthetic af
this is why I always carry a film retriever in my camera bag!
Love the videos and really like the photos you create!
i was looking forward to your ultramax photos. it is the first film i bought from amazon and i really liked the how the pictures came out. can we get a redo with the ultramax since there is not much videos about it out there? or at least i’d like to see your take with it.
Kodak is THE brand, but Fuji delivers so great colors I stay amazed to it. Principally c200 and superia x tra 400, comparing to colorplus, and kodak gold.
needed this, thanks man!
Great video and relaxing music, what else? Hope your channel grows as it deserves. Cheers from Italy ;-)
This video has been very helpful to me , thank you!
Hope you're doing well, Corey! Nice to see a reminder of what the streets were like before this mess.
These are some really high quality videos and photos!
Just thrills the shit out of me you young guys are shooting film. Bravo!
Thanks a lot especially to you as a beginner it is very helpful to see the cheaper 35mm films.
How do you manage to get such results at about 3:00 with ISO 200 film in that light? For me I would always get a much longer time like 1/8 or so if I measure with a mobile phone app.
Keep it up and many greetings from Germany,
Tobias.
if u accidentally rolled the film back, you can always try getting any negative, developed ones work, lick the end of it, stick it in the rolled film canister and wiggle it around. the spit should make them stick to each other and the end will come back out pretty easily. and then just reload it up and shoot up to where you think you were & then take your new shots. there’s no guarantees that all the photos will come out perfect, especially the ones that got taken before the rewind but u can always salvage it :)
Kodak Gold is my favorite followed by Color Plus and Ultramax, too bad they do not make Gold in 120. Also it is possible to pull out a film that is all rolled up in the film holder, you have to use a piece of wet film and pull it fast, there is a video on TH-cam on how to do it ... and it works
Shoot Lomo 100 in 120. It’s pretty close to Gold since it’s based on the Gold 100 emulsion. I have a video from last year shooting it in 120 if you’re interested.
@@FramesPerSecond thank you ... I will give it a try once this crazyness is passed
They make Gold in 120. 😬
Surprise kodak now make Gold 200 in 120
Nice comparison video Corey and yep Matt is right, mechanical is best although those electric beasts can be a lot of fun
I love Color Plus, I even print some pics for my first Expo and they come out extremely pretty I recommend it a lot. Kodak Gold is right behind for sunny days is just awesome. UltraMax and I have a really bad relationship haha I kinda hate it the colors get too much out of balance.
Can you tell me which one is the best for taking pictures at night (at parties maybe)
@@ketiberezhiani7024at night I’d recommend 400 or 800 speed film
Super ! Many thanx ! Good 2 know when not 2 shoot Fuji C200.
Shoot Colorplus at 100 and develop normally. That's where it's at.
why?
Alex Marchand because it probably looks better overexposed.
At 100? What does that mean? Just starting out
@@sriravipati6526 you do your metering pretending it is a ASA 100 film.
lakshmi sri so the film is iso 200, it’s a trick to overexpose or underexpose film and get a certain look, by this he means overexpose the film to one stop which is 100 iso
sent my contax t2 and t3 to Nippon photoclinic in ny to get fixed and it cost me around 400 bucks per camera. Super fast and speedy service.
Yo that Canon in the non tele version is the one that I use on the daily. It's actually an amazing camera.
Where can i see your non tele version photos with that Canon? (Sorry my english)
insane building, the light and the shadow.
Thanks for doing this.
Get a film leader retriever or do the licking trick to get the leader back next time.
Nice! Really enjoyed it.
Honestly, on a day to day basis, cheap film do more than enough. SICK vid as usual tho :)
What would be the speed to rate the Fuji C200 you recomment? I love the UltraMax and have shot it at ISO 400 and 200. Both work brilliantly. That film is really amazing. I want to try the C200 though.
I would take ether of those films if I got such a great processing and scans!
Out? You went OUT?!
In all seriousness, thoroughly enjoyable video. Did you figure out what happened with the Contax, and will you ever be using it again?
At what time of day was this video filmed? Such beautiful light
I enjoyed watching this video Thanks.
All you need is a film leader retriever, or sometimes you can use a cut piece of film as a retriever.
Thank you! Sheltered people need this while we're stuck at home!
beautiful video and beatiful images
It's not so much the cost of film purchase, Corey, rather more, the film D & P that can hurt the wallet (unless you're doing your own at home) - but then I am speaking of processing in the UK - in the States it may be considerably less expensive. In regard to your film rolling back into the cassette, you can buy retrieval blades that slot into the aperture slit - they're not expensive - & everyone I know from that era of analogue photography possesses one in their camera bag; I can't tell you how many times that's been one of the most valuable pieces of kit when out & about. Great presentation !
Nice video even with the film foobar. Downtown Knoxville is really quite nice for a medium size city. Stay safe.
Nice video! I think it's better to do such kind of tests with one camera to have the real result.
New Corey vid? Uhm yes please :))
What a nice location to shot!
I've got a much different experience with Fujifilm C200, my turned out always much too grainy (grainier or equally grainy than the Ilford Pan 400 which is the only film with higher ISO that I shot), but besides that the tones are quite pleasant, though lately I moved to ultramax (haven't developed it yet)
I love Fuji C200. It is my go to if I run out of Portra 400
If you wet a film leader of another roll and wind the two together you can pull the accidentally rewound films leader back out and have another go at it ...
Wow I was looking for a comparison with Gold, ColorPlus and C200....
Alex's shot at 1:52 tho... Absolute fire
I agree, that is a piece of art right there.
Just buy or borrow a “filmpicker”. No waste of film
BasLengemann ehh, hit or miss sometimes... but definitely worth a try!
Oh I forgot there is a old trick where you can use some film (developed or not) and tape to fish it out.
YOOOO, you guys were in Knoxville. It's crazy to think that youwere just 20 minutes away from me. Wow
what's the song that starts at 6:07
great video by the way
shot on all these stocks before and i love them all
That shot a 5:12 is fire dude
Where and what is the eerie liminal space building you guys were in at the start?
I’ve read that Color Plus is actually Kodak Kodacolor VR, a film with quite the 80s pedigree.
I'm digging that C200
really nice vid bro
I love Kodak Gold, but the C200 looked fantastic.
Hey man, really dig your content. Keep it up even when you're not feeling it, we all appreciate it!
a good wrap up to the video
Bummed about the ultra max 😭 Kodak Gold is 🔥
I thought the area you were shooting in looked familiar..I used to live in Downtown Knoxville for a few months!
I will gladly take a donation of a contax T2 if you no longer want it 🙂
Did you edit your photos of the fuji roll? Because when I shoot mine the greens looks horrible
I think the Fuji C200 is better for buildings and landscapes and Kodak(both) are for pictures with people. That's my opinion...🤗
Really wanna see Evan I’m more videos, love that guy
Should check out Fuji's Superia too if you get the chance
You lost me at Evans shoes, or was it when you said squad🤣🤣🤣
Is the T2 broken now? Just picked one up last month after watching your video and Sam Elkins' but would hate to know it's that unreliable.
RIP T2. Great video, Gold>Colorplus>C200 in my opinion.
I finished watching Willem and corey videos. Whats Next?
ADVR probably NegativeFeedback, at least if you’re sticking with the genre “dudes walk around and shoot film cameras to a lo fi hip hop soundtrack”
@@plateoshrimp9685 i did that already, and Also Matt, i tried grainydays but isnt my style at all
Joe Greer probably
hey corey.. do u guys do heavy editing for all the photos? i mean u also correct the colors? not just level , curve or brightness and contrast..? thank u before..
Henry Ua of course they do, default scanner settings don't give you nice colors and tones like those
The awesome thing is that there is no bad film.
colour plus is such a good film stock for its price!!!
CVS pharmacy carries Fuji film here in Massachusetts.
What’s the cost to get the 35mm films developed? And how many pictures do you get per roll?
I love Kodak Gold 200