Dude! So great to see another Wisconsin photographer!! I was shooting my videos in Appleton and then Milwaukee the past 3 years! Recently moved to Colorado, but when I'm back home, would love to connect and shoot a video! :)
I actually had problems to cut Kodak Gold 200 in 120 format with my Film Killer (it's even weird to cut with scissors). But other than that - I really like it!
I don't know - you mentioned all the stuff I could think of. I have a really fancy (and expensive) cable release that is actually much better (and more robust) than every one I had before, but I would not recommend to go this route. Buy several cheap ones and have always 2 in your bag, and you're good!
I use a few different microfiber cloths. One came with the Purosil. I also use an Ilford artistic orange cloth and cut up clean cotton shirts as well. Never had an issue with fuzz.
A changing bag / dark bag - used to take it out w me all the time and take it out when I changed rolls of 135. Consistently got 39/40 shots out of every roll. Stopped taking it with me after I got a motorized loading camera though. Dang "smart" thing won't shoot a single shot beyond 36.
I saw the Film Killer and immediately bought it. I hate cutting film. It's super nerve-wracking. I'm always afraid I'm going to cut into a frame (which I've done). It's never even, and one of my cameras doesn't space the 35mm frames evenly, so I may have to cut in-between two closer-than-usual frames. I've also tried a small paper cutter, and that thing scratches the hell out of my black and white negatives, even after adding some tape to smooth out the flat cutting edge. The rest of the list is pretty comprehensive. You'd be surprised how often something like a stupid bag or a lens wipe can save your rear.
i use a film picker as well because thats a must for self development and bulk loading, also have film holders for my film. 35mm and 120. i need to get some filters and i have never heard of this film killer! i just used scissors xp how lame of me 🤣
Film retrievers ... aaaargh. Having fought with mine for hours (it really does work better with some makes of film than others) I've a couple of inches of old film with some double sided sellotape on the end that pushed in works just as well, turn film until you hear the click then slide the sellotaped film in a couple of inches and withdraw slowly; or best of all lick the emulsion side of an old piece of film and slide that in (this is all sounding a bit pervy) and pull it out carefully. Failing that use the bottle opener and get yourself a beer and calm down 😖 The real trick is avoid the whole damned problem and never wind your film all the way back into the cassette, there's five inches of fully exposed 35mm film before your first frame if you've loaded the film in daylight anyway.
Never tried the pervy ways 😂... My problem with leaving the leaders out is I have been known to reshoot the roll 🙄. Though I am a bit more organized now
@@Distphoto Yeah, I've developed blank rolls because the leaders out and they've got mixed up in the camera bag ... must have done every dumb thing wrong at some point, still do sometimes 😒
Film pickers are a route to total insanity. I can never get the things working. If I do want to pull the leader out I use a long bit of negative, wet it, push it in, wiggle the center sprocket a bit, and then pull it out. It works way more often than my old picker. (I mostly go bottle opener now, but I do want to start bulk rolling.
Dude! So great to see another Wisconsin photographer!! I was shooting my videos in Appleton and then Milwaukee the past 3 years! Recently moved to Colorado, but when I'm back home, would love to connect and shoot a video! :)
@@metalfingersfilm yeah man, let’s do it 👍
I recently bought the Film Killer, and agree with you, it is an excellent product and worth every penny.
I'm actually shocked how much I like it 👍🏻
I actually had problems to cut Kodak Gold 200 in 120 format with my Film Killer (it's even weird to cut with scissors). But other than that - I really like it!
I bought it also, until now, I like it a lot!
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Great video. Thank you
Glad you liked it!
I don't know - you mentioned all the stuff I could think of. I have a really fancy (and expensive) cable release that is actually much better (and more robust) than every one I had before, but I would not recommend to go this route. Buy several cheap ones and have always 2 in your bag, and you're good!
Having a back up is a good idea for sure, Thanks!
What lens cloth do you use? I use a velvety one made by Zeiss and it leaves too much fuzz on my lens
I use a few different microfiber cloths. One came with the Purosil. I also use an Ilford artistic orange cloth and cut up clean cotton shirts as well. Never had an issue with fuzz.
A changing bag / dark bag - used to take it out w me all the time and take it out when I changed rolls of 135. Consistently got 39/40 shots out of every roll. Stopped taking it with me after I got a motorized loading camera though. Dang "smart" thing won't shoot a single shot beyond 36.
Never thought to do that, cool idea! Usually get 37 from my older cameras and yeah I do feel cheted out of a shot with my motorized cameras 😂
I saw the Film Killer and immediately bought it. I hate cutting film. It's super nerve-wracking. I'm always afraid I'm going to cut into a frame (which I've done). It's never even, and one of my cameras doesn't space the 35mm frames evenly, so I may have to cut in-between two closer-than-usual frames. I've also tried a small paper cutter, and that thing scratches the hell out of my black and white negatives, even after adding some tape to smooth out the flat cutting edge.
The rest of the list is pretty comprehensive. You'd be surprised how often something like a stupid bag or a lens wipe can save your rear.
Indeed! I've found the film killer to work well on uneven spaced film as well as you can see along the blade precisely where it will cut!
i use a film picker as well because thats a must for self development and bulk loading, also have film holders for my film. 35mm and 120. i need to get some filters and i have never heard of this film killer! i just used scissors xp how lame of me 🤣
I just found out about the film killer too... So behind the times 😂
Film retrievers ... aaaargh. Having fought with mine for hours (it really does work better with some makes of film than others) I've a couple of inches of old film with some double sided sellotape on the end that pushed in works just as well, turn film until you hear the click then slide the sellotaped film in a couple of inches and withdraw slowly; or best of all lick the emulsion side of an old piece of film and slide that in (this is all sounding a bit pervy) and pull it out carefully.
Failing that use the bottle opener and get yourself a beer and calm down 😖
The real trick is avoid the whole damned problem and never wind your film all the way back into the cassette, there's five inches of fully exposed 35mm film before your first frame if you've loaded the film in daylight anyway.
Never tried the pervy ways 😂... My problem with leaving the leaders out is I have been known to reshoot the roll 🙄. Though I am a bit more organized now
@@Distphoto Yeah, I've developed blank rolls because the leaders out and they've got mixed up in the camera bag ... must have done every dumb thing wrong at some point, still do sometimes 😒
@@iainmc9859 Same here 🤦🏻
Spare batteries! My Bronica GS-1 has electronics even when not metering.
Always a good idea! Dead batteries is the worst reason to miss a great shot…
Film pickers are a route to total insanity. I can never get the things working. If I do want to pull the leader out I use a long bit of negative, wet it, push it in, wiggle the center sprocket a bit, and then pull it out. It works way more often than my old picker. (I mostly go bottle opener now, but I do want to start bulk rolling.
Interesting, never tried that. Like someone else stated some films work better with the film retriever than others for whatever reason 🤷🏻♂️