What I'm packing VLOG | 6 weeks gear & film
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มิ.ย. 2024
- "Which cameras and gear/film to take?" It can be a tricky decision, especially for a long trip. With a 6 week holiday coming up, I share my decisions and process for what I'm packing.
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►CHAPTER MARKERS
00:00 - Intro
00:56 - 35mm film photography
01:42 - Lenses
02:50 - SLR?
03:09 - Digital camera
04:00 - Medium format
05:00- Adapting lenses
05:55 - Point & Shoot?
07:01 - Flash, accessories
10:15 - TLDR gear I'm taking
10:31 - Film
15:47 - Tripod
17:10 - Camera Bag
19:09 - Trip to the camera shop
20:14 - Everything packed
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Looks great! And ya definitely don't stress the film prices at home. Here in Tokyo you can pick up Kentmere for ¥950 and some other stocks a bit cheaper. Minus any Kodak or Cinestill though. Thats still crazy expensive here.
See you soon!
Thanks! Yeah I just took my speciality rolls and enough bnw to last the first two weeks or so... Then I'll top up bnw in Tokyo 😁 Looking forward to meeting up!
Very cool! Y'all have fun and be safe!
Thanks!
Great setup, this is a great video, I'm planning some trips and I was getting crazy on what to bring and this helps a lot, thank you
Hey, thanks so much! I really appreciate the support, I'll have to dedicate a film purchase to you in Tokyo 😁🙏
haha for sure, that was my intention, because I can not send you a physical film roll from new york haha, enjoy your trip, can't wait for the results@@pushingfilm
Nice one, Hashem! Hope you're having a fantastic time on your trip. Cheers
Thanks very much!
Clever trick with the dummy rolls of 3200! Looking forward to the work you make on this trip.
Thanks!
Thank you for this! Taking notes here. 🙏🏽👍🏽
Thanks for watching!
One suggestion - if you need batteries for your camera, take spares! On Norfolk Island I got caught out trying to buy A76 alkaline button batteries for the OM-40. These are as common as can be in mainland Australia, but even a short flight to an external territory can leave you stranded :(
Yeah! That's why I love the M-A, no batteries, no meter, no problem in cold weather either 😁
Pack out videos are really handy for us hybrid film/digital shooters. Thanks!
Glad you like them!
If you are still in Japan, ein camera sell Pro 400h online domestically (max order of one)
Hey! Enjoy my second home in VN. Let me know if you need anything while you're there. I know Sarah has already had a small taste of the place and culture, but I'm always happy to be a resource, if you're unsure of anything :) Safe travels, guys. Can't wait for all of the photos and videos to come, your travel content is always my favourite kind.
Thanks Ben! A lot of what I'm seeing on the streets so far reminds of your photos 😁
@@pushingfilm, that's great. I'm glad you're able to experience some of it for yourself. There are many film camera shops and labs there too, so hopefully you can drop by and check a few out.
That Fuji eterna is going to be interesting!! Your travel setup is very similar to what I do! I usually just bring my Sony kit lens and then adapt my LTM lenses from my canon p. Also how do you shoot your kentmere 400? I was watching one of your pov videos and the contrast in your photos was lovely and different than most of the results I’ve seen from other people
Yeah I'm looking forward to the Eterna results! I usually shoot Kentmere at 320-400. Sometimes yellow filter, develop in HC-110 (although I might try some XTOL for this batch). You can really control contrast a lot when scanning in NLP though.
Cool video Hashem. Have no worries, to us photo geeks what we pack never seems the “right” choice anyway. I think you did great with what you’ve packed. It’ll serve you well.
The best choice has already a been made and that’s the one to show financial savvy in order to make the trip.
Looking forward to seeing the videos of this trip.
Have fun to the both you.
Thanks man! We had a great trip, sorry for the late comment reply.
I bought that Astro tiny portable light meter and it was a disaster to use.
the MGS sound effect got me
Nice cat!
As a Brit traveling to Europe mainland my rule is one SLR or rangefinder and one point shoot. With the SLR I'll bring a 50mm lens with my 30mm one and that's it along with film.
On my trip to Istanbul last week I had 2 rolls fail on me because the point and shoot door latch failed and snapped off so had to buy film in Istanbul for a silly price for 24 exps. Pretty shitty but that's just how it is.
I've found take less gear and 2 lenses at best because carrying that stuff around isn't fun and you learn how to make the best of what you have taken
Vietnam is such an amazing country! I went there in 2017 and want to go back because the photos I got there are rubbish 😅 you’ll have an amazing time.
Thanks man! Yeah it's been great so far, on the way up to the far North now 😁
Hope you can get a hand check on the airport. I was under the impression that airports with CT scanners would have to comply to requests for hand checks. It’s so weird that every airport/employee hands it differently and there is not a standard procedure for everyone to follow. Last week I flew through London Stanstead (old scanners) and they were happy to hand check the film, which very rarely happens. I just have it as a habit to ask every time because you never know.
Interesting set up by the way. It’s a big struggle of mine to pack light as I really like medium format for certain shots, on the other hand I often times shoot very little 120 while travelling. Also having a lightweight 120 is out of budget. There are too few options at very high price points.
Looking forward to see your work on this trip, all the best, have fun!
I managed to get a hand check out of Melbourne (CT) after an initial refusal! But, already had one pass here in Vietnam before a domestic flight. At least that was just a regular xray though... probably a few more to come, if their insistence was any indication 😅
@@pushingfilm Glad you managed to get through! Still frustrating though, to have to beg or bully your way to it. Regular X-rays are fine, you should be ok fir the rest of the trip!
Wow!!! Did you see all that bulk film in the fridge!!! Hash is set up for quite a few trips!!! How many liters was the bag? It looked pretty nice....
Haha it's less than it seems (part empty packs) plus mostly expired and/or odd formats. The bag is 31L but expandable, yeah it's working out great so far!
Customs in Melbourne are a bunch of power tripping ass…..! Every time I go through with my film I have issues! Traveled all over the world and Melbourne is the worst experience by far!
Yeah they always say no initially, every single time I've been. But, I've always been successful (so far) after politely insisting and showing them some 3200 speed rolls 😅
You've put together some great travel equipment.
I also really like the film selection. Unfortunately, I no longer dare to take analogue photographs when traveling by plane. The new CT scanners are stopping me from doing that. Once through the CT scan and the films are broken. How do you do that if the airport staff refuses to hand-check you and accept the risk that all the films will be broken on the outward flight?
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Overwhelmingly I've never had an airport say no.
Thanks! Yeah I just take the risk I guess, since it'll almost never completely ruin the film with carry on scanners. I also always avoid the CTs, and luckily they gave me handcheck out of Australia. At first they refused, then I showed the dummy 3200 rolls and they accepted 😂
35mm AND a 28mm lens? I get the debate on which one to use, and for what purpose, but bringing both for a trip seems SO redundant! You have been on more travel photog trips than I, so zero judgment, I just can't comprehend bc I just left my 35 Lux home to bring my new 28mm 1.5 Voigtlander on a Dallas, Texas trip! Hope you have a blast!
Nah I have my purposes for both with this 6 week trip, and the series I'm working on! Plus, they're pretty tiny so I don't mind. And thanks, it's going well so far 😁
seems like sensible choices, I guess you could have removed either the 28 or 35 if you really wanted to narrow down the m-kit
Thanks! Yeah I'll definitely benefit from both with it being 6 weeks, and since they're so small it works out 😁 I would like to try going even more minimal some time though.
@@pushingfilm I am the same, I end up bringing both 28 and 35mm, but I'll usually just use one of them for the entire trip, sometimes that is 28 other times it's the 35mm. But I've tried just brining one and it ends up being more liberating and I don't even worry about not having the other one.
I don't know - folks are constantly talking about expensive film. I just don't see it. I swapped to Kentmere/Fomo from TriX, and Vision3 bulk rolls using a Jobo ECN-2 kit. The 120 cost, I mean I just shoot Gold 200 in 120, 250D ECN-2, along with Fomo and Kentmere. Got a mountain of Acros II on clearance in both formats too.
I really can't wrap my head around it. Guy has like $10k in gear and 100 bucks in film and some how films too expensive? Never will understand it.
Yeah that's the way to go!
1- You cant re-sell film, unlike gear. 2- My gear took me many years to afford, and some is borrowed or second hand. 3- I don't have unlimited money, so if I can buy film cheaper elsewhere, why not?
When it comes to film prices, isnt film pretty affortable in japan? So it could've been an idea to pack what you need for the first 2 weeks and then go and buy more from japan. A great excuse to visit some of the awesome camera stores they have too 👍
Yep, that's pretty much what I've done, with the exception of my rare/speciality stocks. Will be replenishing hp5/Kentmere by the time I'm in Japan 🙂
Thank you. That was a very interesting video. I, too, have a Leica M-A film camera. My one complaint about the M-A is that - unlike the 1954 Leica M3 - it doesn't come with a self-timer. Can you recommend a dependable self-timer?
Thanks :-) Yeah it would be nice if they left one on. So far I've been fine without it though, so don't have any recommendations, sorry.
@@pushingfilm , thank you.
Tri-x 400 $9.99 at B&H in NYC
how do you deal with airport scanners?
Try to get a hand check, don't check any film in, keep the ISO on the lower side if possible, and especially avoid CT scanners.
1st Vietnam , then Japan and then Bangladesh -- that is definitely not the most practical and most economical route for this trip .
But well -- I guess you do have your reasons anyway.
Hey, in fact it was the most economical cost-wise. We did also have a multitude of other reasons why it was ordered this way.
Please tell us what you recommend oh great, wise and all knowing one
You are taking too much gear and that is going to distract you. After 20+ years of shooting film and traveling I have limited my gear down to one camera, one lens, one kind of film (you have to choose between colour and black & white). In this way you are going to be more effective and your work will be more consistent (no big tripod, just a small one)
Have a nice journey!
I don't disagree! In some future point I will like to strip it right down. But, I'm better than I used to be with it 😅 Plus, I make TH-cam videos too so that adds a fair bit.