Why Would Anybody Buy This Camera - Did I Make A Mistake?
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- The Fuji GX617 panoramic camera is a serious bit of kit for the landscape photographer, but it's old, it's big, it's heavy and it shoots film. This camera has many limitations and it is easy to make mistakes, as seen in my last Landscape Photography video in the field. Today I want to share why anybody would buy this camera and show that it is possible to make successful images without too much trouble. Join me in the field as I shoot landscape photography with my Fuji GX617 panoramic film camera.
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"Photography Is Always About The Experience" -Thomas Heaton, 2020
Thomas is a very rare person. Generous, dedicated, humble, down to earth and thoughtful. He also takes a pretty good image . 👍🍀
Very happy to see more photographers using film, definitely a great way to shoot if you're burnt out! The GX617 is a beast! Also if you want to shoot film panoramas, but can't swing the dough for the cost of one, there are hacks which you can load a roll of 35mm film into a medium format camera
I purchased one of these and used it a lot, Although that was before digital. :) I found it took a lot of careful work using filters.
Boring experience, digital.
How did you use filters, I have purchased a few Haida 75mm square ND filters to slip into the lens hoods.
I love the minimalism of these images. We live in a world that seems to shout at us constantly; images like these offer serenity and tranquility. Good work :-)
The videos clips you say are not good are actually really evocative and really put across the nervous doubtful experience, chasing light, worrying about wind etc, i like it. Juggling making a video and thoughtful landscape pictures isn’t easy. Enjoying your recent videos, keep it up.
I started shooting film again after 10 years of digital this spring, it’s the best thing I could have done for my photography. It’s isnt the “look” or nice cameras but the pace, doubt, relief and disappointment that make me push myself harder, think more and take the process seriously. I value digital and what it can do but the experience working with film again has given me has reminded how we should work, on the edge, nervous and questioning every decision, your videos put that across really well. Sometimes I get frustrated with the materialistic nature of photo content on TH-cam. the anxiety and pressure you put in yourself is good to see, open and honest and it shows how real, honest photography isn’t about money but mistakes, hard work and patience, I hope young image makers appreciate that in your content.
I believe isn't a mistake buying old gear. I love to buy and use old cheap lens on my Canon camera, lens like Helios, Carl Zeiss Jena and I'm only an enthusiast not a professional. It is a creative way to make something different, exploring new views and emotions. Great photos Thomas, something of "magic" ...
2nd image is awesome. love the minimal composition
Thats somehow sweet, how this guy, whos Videos are so often be watched, who comfortly talkes to an audience of thousands and thousands of people twice a week, even about his personal honest feelings, completly "freezes" when someone is watching him talking alone. :)
Even a bigger Thank you for inspireing and entertaining us again and again.
Once i saw the first image i literally waved at the screen and yelled OH COME OOOOOON!! What a fantastic image! After your initial doubt i wasn't expecting much as you said in the video! GREAT WORK!
It's extremely honest and humble of you Thamas to be telling us about exactly how you are feeling at the point of your photo shoot.. Great to hear honest/ and straight to the point information that will definitely help old blokes like me to take better photos.. I'm with you every way and every day... I bid you a very safe, enjoyable and extremely interesting journey on board or on land.. We will be very interested in hearing about your journey.. I think about once a Month I get the urge to upgrade my Sony A/7/3 but I get my head onto my shoulders and just shuffle on my way with the gear that I have... It's not the gear, It's the bloke with the gear that is the problem... Stay safe Mate and enjoy yourself....
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The way you keep on putting yourself to new challenges is truly inspiring and needeless to say I absolutely love your minimalist approach to landscape imagary.
I like pano shots as well. The places that you go to are so beautiful. Those vivid colors of the mountains, etc...Thanks, Thomas!
The second day 1st photograph is stunning. Every moment is a priceless catch. Video-wise, I think it is absolutely perfect. No need to speak on scene.
You seem so comfortable on camera, so I was surprised the first time I heard you say you lock up when people are around. As someone who is always uncomfortable on camera, it is a comfort to know you still have issues! I apologize that I take comfort in your discomfort! And your images are brilliant as always!
Che spettacolo!! Adoro le tue foto !!! Complimenti 🤙🏻
Gorgeous work once more ! That is a totally different video from the previous one (which I love really for its pure honesty), and I can't wait to see how that GX617 beast is going to perform with you behind it !
Thomas...I being the primarily film shooter..I have a suggestion. Start shooting film, provia or potra 400, regularly for one year, and you will see the difference, the way you think. I am sure you will make film a part of your workload along with digital.
The second image actually my favorite, because of the "nothing".. It's so peaceful and abstract, I love it!
Oh gosh that has really tugged my heart strings. I was brought up in Wooler in the 1950s where my father was a professional photographer and my family lived next to Lindisfarne with my Mother born in Lowick. This scene is part of my DNA and nothing does it better justice than a Panorama. Most of my shots now are Panoramic. I have bought a Fuji GW690iii to produce panoramic prints with a bit of a crop in my retirement (havent found the time yet but, this video might give me a kick). I also just pick up my digital Sony A7ii for my panoramic street shots to avoid the fuss. The 6x9 negative is big enough to contact print & I cant see me buying an enlarger. Good luck with the future shoots ;-)
Excellent video! Film can be addictive, especially when the negatives / slides get larger and larger and somehow I think it’ll be quite tough to get back 100% shooting with your Canon 5D after this 😅
Tom you have shown that you can produce great results with that particular camera. I agree with your statement about photography. It is one I have shared with others as well. I have always loved the craft of photography. Keep up the good work!
In the 3rd Photograph the balance to me is the contrast of the interest on the top left side and the simplicety on the bottom right side. That works quet well and is very pleasing. I feel it is not a obvious balance, but there for sure ;-) cheers and stay safe
Thanks Thomas! Very informative as well as entertaining 👍
Hi Thomas. You’re a brave man going out with a camera like that. I own a hassleblad standard body with 5 lenses, and a SWC which I used for a good 25 years with film. You have inspired me to maybe get it out again, but the hassle (please excuse the pun) of getting the film developed etc etc is what is stopping me. I have gotten the digital bug but then I suppose you have not had the opportunity to play around with film like I have! A friend of mine got his old film cameras out to shoot every now and again. Initially I think it was to get people to stop and ask him questions about his gear, a conversation starter, as they had never seen such cameras (I think he was hoping to use these cameras as a chick magnet 😉🙂 but his success rate was virtually nil) but now I think they are doomed to the personal museum. Good luck with the film battle 🙂. Cheers 👍. Derek. Sydney.
I'm sorry, I won't excuse the pun. I'll have to fine you.
Antarctica is number 1 on my bucket must do list. What an amazing trip, I hope I can indulge one day too.
I have the older fixed lens G617 and it is one of my most important cameras. I have even been brave enough to shoot it handheld at a baseball game.
This photo camera is a jewel, superb photographs, analog forever, the real photography!!!
I prefer the last image. It shows the reality of life, not everything is balanced at every moment. I guess I'm more of a purest type and get depressed when I see some landscape images so manipulated in post that they might as well be from Pixar or Lucasfilm.
Very well said mate. You should take a picture and no post editing apart from cropping
@@alfflasymphonyx thats not how it works. dont go full blown luminar or 20 layer photoshop edits but the sensor does see things different from your eyes so you need to get that image close to how you see it. wrong setting in your camera and the image looks different. a collor checker would be a good idea.
Beautiful images. I prefer the 2nd one. The image might not be balance, but I like the line it does.
I found difficult has a landscape photographer, creating a emotion in my images.
Thank you very much for sharing your experience!!!
Don’t forget the moon landing
I couldn’t agree more 5stardave, as a complete beginner I don’t wish to get heavily involved in post editing, I’m trying to learn from my mistakes and get better images in camera. Perfection in nature doesn’t exist and shouldn’t be forced, I will probably get slated for that comment but I’m trying to stick with that as an amateur photographer. If I was making a living from it I would probably fail miserably 😀
Even your "Messed up" videos have a calm and soothing effect on me. I'd say that's pretty damn good.
I like so much this photos! What light and how much suited this format was for the scene
Some beautiful photos there... I have the older version - G617 - and love the sense of theatre as you set up to take a photo. Taking each image becomes a wholly immersive experience; it is an occasion - and this helps to make you focus on the basics of photography. Much as I love the convenience of digital work, I get more satisfaction from a good photo taken with a 6x9, 6x8 or 6x7 stills camera. The only downside for me is, not having personal transport any more, lugging around a tripod, light-meter, rolls of film and the camera is a real pain.
I started with film and shot loads of images in my youth but was so happy when I switched to digital. Not only was it a load off my wallet but it seemed to remove a lot of obstacles/walls between what I saw and how the images were processed. (I was shooting a lot of coloured slides towards the end and sending them off for processing). It also removed the nervous wait to see if that once in a lifetime image in a place I've never been back to would come out okay. I'm guessing the film resurgence is more younger people that haven't shot film before, wanting to have a go and less of the older generation that started with film and then switched to digital. I still have my film slr but it rarely goes out with me now. I put a film in it and put it on my desk in the hopes that I'd see it and want to take it out but it just sits there. I probably should sell it on to someone that wants to give film a go rather than have it sat as an ornament gathering dust.
Same here, I felt it was too expensive en took too long to see the results. And did I know what I did wrong when I saw the unsatisfying result? No of course not. It took too long and I'd forget. I stopped taking pictures for a while and when digital was within (financial) reach I went for it and never looked back. Interesting to see Thomas keep trying (with nice results I must admit). However I'm determined to stick with digital. I even like the processing in the computer and not depending on someone else!
@@mariobaert8346 I used to do all my own film processing and printing. I even had a dedicated darkroom and could print up to 30x20 prints. But it took so long. And the smells of the chemicals annoyed my family - and were probably bad for my health! A whole evening to process maybe 3 prints. It could take a week to completely process a 35mm film. The computer is so much more comfortable and predictable and a lot faster.
@@alangauld6079 Yeah, same here and I only used to do that in black & white.
Well, I'm an outlier then. Grew up with film, earned part of my income with 120 and 4"x5" film processed at cost externally, saw the very early days of digital when quality wasn't up to the market, wishing it would hurry up and save me money and hassle but then 'left' for 15 years just before it took over. Came back and worked through so many digital cameras it's silly (Olympus OMD5 then Pen-F, Fuji XE1 then XE3, Sony A6000 then SonyA7Rii, Leica Monochrom 246 - all gone, usually at a ruinous loss - and now settled on my second Canon 5DSr) driven by chronic GAS and dislike for/struggles with 'digital' colour (mainly greens) until the Canon.
BUT, I bitterly regret swapping my Linhof Master Technika for the Sony and have now been back to film, sparingly, for a year with a Technika IV in 6x9cm and Rolleiflex, plus some of the 35mm SLRs I lusted after as a kid. I love the cameras (more than the 'better' Canon) true, but it isn't just the mechanical loveliness of the machines or the steadying me down of the using, which can be a PITA, it's the subtle palette and tonal range of Provia and the fresh, 'light' appearance of Velvia on a Lightbox. They can be replicated to an extent, and digitising is obviously going back to digital, but there are differences I value. I'm sure I'm not alone.
@@kronkite1530 We live in a great time photographically. So many options for shooting. We can choose to shoot film cameras and/or digital ones. We can shoot film and then digitize it. We can shoot digital but with thousands of choices in lenses now. Vintage film lenses, toy lenses and adapted security cam lenses right through the spectrum of digital lens offerings from kit to the super sharp and really expensive. Something for every taste and wallet. It's a great time to be shooting :)
Careful Thomas - this camera was the reason i eventually bought a true 6x17 view camera, which in turn was the reason I now own an 8x10 ;)
It's a slippery slope
I say, just do it, since your processing lab won't process colour sheet film forever (e.g. colour slides). Shoot a bunch of them while you still can. One day, all we'll have will be dry plates and wet plates. So seize the day!
I have my eyes on a Shen Hao, I've been shooting a G617 for a couple of years...
I’m thinking of getting a 4x5 but the film is getting expensive, especially Kodak. Also worry about spending thousands on lenses, holders and the camera itself when the future of 45 film is unknown. Still super tempted though, especially movements.
@@jeromechiu I have confidence in Ilford being around for decades to come, if you can live with B&W. Unfortunately I do agree with you regarding color, hence my freezer-full of Velvia 50 (much to my wife's dismay)... though if Fuji does quit film altogether, that may give a bit more marketshare to Kodak's excellent C41 emulsions, allowing them to last a little bit longer
After watching alot of your video's I honestly believe the first panoramic is my favourite of your images. Jumping into the world of 35mm film tomorrow with a pentax k1000 so fingers crossed 🤞 😀 😊
Kudos to you for doing this and sharing your images. Nice work, keep going.
The GX617 uses 120 film - we all know that by now. That is the film used in Rolleiflex, Hasselblad 500 series, Pentax 6x7, Bronica, Mamiya - and more historically illustrious names.
For an old large format photographer, the GX617 has a high IWOOT score. Having looked for ones for sale, I quickly felt that they are in the category of all the reasons Tom mentions in the video, but I silently added another one: you buy it if you have too much money.
I have been looking at a large format camera in recent years and skipped a Sinar P 4" x 5" with five lenses that I should have bought. And then I skipped an 8" x 10" version of that P. The GX617 does not have tilt/shift that I could easily use with the model P. But it has a high IWOOT score, did I already mention that?
Again looking at the image (recording) format of this GX617, it dawned on me that the length of the format is the length of what we used to call 5" x 7" - 7 inches long (and the 60mm wide 120 film limits the height to 56 mm). That 5'x7" was the less used format between 4'x5' and 8"x10".
The beauty of these images is that a color film has something that a normal (Bayer) sensor does not. It has RGB information for every point in the film. The gradation resolution can be spectacular. Then how we get that into a digital system depends on the quality of scanning. And the technology used in the scanner to figure out RGB color for each coordinate.
A Bayer sensor has no RGB for each location but just a single monochrome R or G or B for each photosite. And we use raw processing to give us RGB for the R photosites, RGB for the G photosites and RGB for the B photosites. All that is dependent on the quality of raw processing software. Our RGB pixels from our digital cameras are fake, a guy in a gated white mansion would say.
As I have decided repeatedly in the past decade to stick with native digital, the question is how to get the gradation of that 2 1/5th" by 7" GX617 negative (or positive) in my digital "full frame" (i.e. small format) images.
I process my images with Lightroom (= Camera Raw) and Photoshop. And I noticed that LR can give my 45.7MP images random color processing noise - strangely. Strangely absent with adapted old mount lenses. Strangely absent in other raw processing software that has no formal support for my new lenses.
The hassle of that big GX617 camera, developing the film, contact printing them if negative, and scanning the images can be skipped. But it is replaced by a quest for proper raw processing that does not add its artifacts.
LR 10 (CR 13) has its artifacts. DxO PhotoLab 4 actually does a much better job when the deep AI is used - wow!
If we need more gradation, we can use PS to convert n image into 32 bits and we get surprised about gradation resolution revealed to us. If we need to scale our images up (which means we may have to replace 10 pixels by 100 and I call that upsampling) then Topaz has a great application. All these digital processing steps together seem like a huge amount of work, compared to the promise of LR for asset management and raw processing with excursions to PS for compositing, heavy retouch, stitching difficult panoramas, etc. And then I think of the weight, film, developing, contact prints, scanning. And the size and weight once again.
Well, Tom, you are a trooper for carrying all that weight around and sharing the experience to keep us motivated.
I shoot 35mm film 5 or 6 times a year. I would shoot more of it if I could afford the processing fees, lol.
The cameras themselves are lovely to work with, and the idea that you are limited to the number of exposures in that roll of film will make you approach photography differently, as will the fact that ISO, Shutter Speed and F stop aren't recorded. Take a pen and notebook, slow down and enjoy.
Loving your explorations with film. Amazing shots.
After trying my fathers nikon d90, 18-200mm, i wanted a fast lens, but i didnt have the money, so i got for 180 euros a nikon fm with a 50mm 1.4, not very useful right now for the landscape photography im doing. But going in vacations, so lightweighted, not even writing down the settings or the images taken was so fun... Not remembering the photos i had taken and seeing them after they got printed was magical.
I admit that sometimes I find your photos too minimalist but I liked both of those photos, the colours are very soothing! I'm afraid I have no inclination to go back to film but photography is just my hobby and I can understand why a professional like you would want to challenge yourself. Lugging it up a mountain must really test your enthusiasm for it!! :-)
As far as the image I think it leaves you the ability to put yourself in it. As for not being able to talk around people. It makes me feel better that you have that problem too. I guess there’s hope. 🙏
I like how you pointed out it couldn’t be cropped because of that thing in the center.. but I didn’t even notice it until you mentioned it. I would have been all for cropping it haha
I enjoy your videos immensely. Very calming and beautiful locations
For me, the first image from the second day is perfect. The reflection of the clouds is enough foreground interest for me and the image feels balanced. The foreground interest in the second photo is to dark and distracting for my taste. Great video as always.
I think all of the photos are fantastic because it is an unusual camera and because film and especially this format has so much detail and color. I experimented many years ago as a hobby with the Mamiya 7 for landscapes in Utah/Arizona and like the results from film. I think the 6 x17 format is well suited for the sea shore landscapes.
Yes, return of the outro music! I bet that camera could make some cool cityscape panoramas (blue hour with lights reflecting across some water?)
Absolutely incredible images Thomas!
I love minimalist images but the speck on the horizon could have been anything! Great colours; a comparison with a digital camera would have been interesting.
Thank you for your honesty in your videos.
I like the first shot that's "about nothing" but has nice color. With it being "about nothing", it leave my imagination to fill in everything else. It's just a nicely balanced and simple image.
Also, it makes zero sense to buy that camera. But I started enjoying photography more when I quit caring about buying equipment that makes the most technical sense. I shoot mostly 4x5 for landscape now. Its slow, and expensive, I shoot less images, I don't get to bracket and exposure blend and blah blah blah. But for me the process is magical. I enjoy the time setting up the shot I interact with the landscape more. Instead of previewing shots on the back of my D800, I preview them my looking at the actual landscape and engaging more. Like you, it can be nerve racking not knowing exactly what you are getting, but as I've done it more, I've become a lot more confident in what I'm going to get. Also, I've come to crave that feeling also. On a recent outing with friends I brought my D800 along because time wouldn't allow for the 4x5. Somehow I felt the experience had been cheapened by comparison.
I don't say all of this to say film is better. I still shoot wildlife on digital. But I enjoy the process of film more. If other don't that's perfectly fine. My point is more to buy what makes you happy, not what society says makes the most sense.
Quite like the image at 11:05... minimalist, colorful, beautiful.
Great camera and video. The GX is the large format of medium format cameras:)
#1 photo really does it for me. So tranquil.
I absolutely love all these photos, fine art photography quality.
Fantastic images Thomas, i would love to get images like this. One day i will succeed but I am my biggest critique ... Keep up the great work mate.
The photos are great. You made me want to take out my film camera snd shoot film.
I like this video. I really enjoyed the clip from the 2nd day and I think that in this particular instance, with the minimalistic and calm atmosphere and the perfect choice of music, you talking about it before and after the actual video works amazingly good. I personally like the first of the two images from the 2nd day the most. Even without foreground interest, the image really inspires tranquility and calm. As I have learned to notice since watching your channel, balance is very important to a photograph. While viewing the 2nd image, I get a slight weird feeling that something is not quite right (I did not know what it was with these kind of images, as mentioned, since I did not know to look for balance).
It's an incredibly challenging format to work with being that a 6x17 only does 6x17 and it's such a lump to lug around. I ended up moving to 4x5 and an old Zeiss 6x9cm folding camera as I just couldn't get into the groove working in 6x17
I used to own this camera, and would have a checklist to make sure that I had covered everything before triggering the shutter. I made plenty of mistakes, but still, loved the process.Have fun! :)
OMG this camera is a monstrosity. I could never see myself using something like it. But you really got some great shots there. I appreciate this angle you are taking on using film again recently. Very refreshing 👍
Thomas, as I said in my email to you last week, the 617 is a complex beast to come to terms with. Although my example of using this incredible camera was extreme, to say the least.
In my opinion, if you are keen to shoot on film, the better bet would be a lightweight 5x4 field camera, like a Wista for example. If you’re not going to be shooting using colour transparency film, there is no presentation value in colour neg film. A 5x4 field camera would give you far more versatility of focal length etc. But without the 2 stops ND light loss. Okay, so your finished image size would be 12cm x 10cm, more than adequate for A2 prints.
I guess that I sway away from the 617 because of my experiences, having to use it as an interiors camera.
Certainly no criticism of your images, I think they’re great.
John.
I actually ran into Thomas on a shoot in the Alabama Hills of California. After introducing myself and briefly serving up some hero worship I retreated to a safe distance, knowing Thom prefers working alone, lol.
right on ..... enjoy your own photography style :)
Landscape is seldom in symmetry. It is the photographer himself editing the scene using the camera, made it "seem" to be in symmetry.
All the shots are beautiful as it is. Especially the minimalist one. It is very relaxing looking at it.
I wish I could have one of these... even if I only shot it once a year, I'd love to have one.
Thomas now for a part 2 video printing panoramics on your canon pro 1000, both should look great printed at 17"×42" never mind a big 12 foot long print for someone's office wall like Nick Carver sells. Great video no matter what you think 😉 .
Hey Tom, I've just discovered your channel and I'm hooked. I've been watching for about a week and I'm being told that my photography and Lightroom/Photoshop skills have already improved. Can I ask how you organize your Lightroom folders, libraries etc? - Thank you for sharing your immense knowledge and skills so freely. Please don't stop posting
I too shoot "pictures of nothing." The minimalism is good for the mind, it resonates with the soul in the same way that Finzi's melancholic music does. So, YES! I love the second frame; the pick of the bunch for me.
My personal preference is for the second photo. It looks like a painting to me. Lovely gradient of color. I think if the bit of foreground was not there in the 3rd image, I would have preferred it for the vibrancy of color. However, since the foreground is there, I find myself distracted by it. That's just me though. All 3 images are very lovely, but I just prefer the simplicity and the coloring of the second one.
7:02 Giant print on the wall kind of shot.
I don't think YOU made a mistake, because this is your profession, but a camera like this would probably be a mistake for a lot of us who need or want the features of a modern digital camera. I do like all the images
I love the 2nd-day photos that you feel where not the best. All images are nice in my unknown opinion.
07:20 the shot was so epic! Well done.
All the images are amazingly beautiful!
I love your videos, Thomas.
Be interesting to know, where your taking your exposure from,the sky,foreground,then average them, or highlights shadows.
I just picked up the earlier G617 with the 105mm f/8. Now comes how to best scan the image
Your photos are beautiful!
I’ve been a long fan of this channel and your content. Like you, I started with film, switched to digital for work-only to find (after many years) that I had begun to lose my passion for photography. Re-acquainting myself with film, has brought new creative sparks.
I’ve only just begun to shoot with slide film, again. Unfortunately, my ‘success’ rate on capturing the scene, has been decidedly hit & miss. But I love a challenge-so I stick with it.
All this to say, I would be very grateful if you could talk through your metering process, a little more (either on location, or in post). My Sekonic doesn’t have the same spot-metering as yours, but I’d be interested to know your approach for averaging out the exposure calculations
Thanks for creating this channel
Good advice, pick the smallest possible ship for Antarctica.
I would be looking at the three images as a sequence. You have made three quite different photos of the same subject, and personally I think each of the photos has it‘s strengths - with the last one being slightly weaker than the other two in my opinion but still a good photo imho. But I believe that they really work beautifully together as a sequence when you put them side by side (or maybe top to bottom).
About your closing advice on film cameras. I am an average student with no stable income. I shoot a minolta x700 which is a great camera, however not quite. I managed to afford my first good lens and the difference of quality and capability is superb. Also film is not dirt cheap at all! A single roll of provia 100 is ~20 euros +5-8 euros process. I am not trying to go at you at all. I just get sort of devastated when people give this kind of advice when they have a 2000euro camera in front of them. I feel uninspired to try something. Why bother? This is not the correct mindset and everybody starts somewhere. Also rest assured that in my recent trip to the alps i put my 2 provia rolls hard to work on my 30 euro tripod. I guess I am simply equipment jealous.
For me it's the second image , the wife picks the first image , we've stood at the same spot and it brings back good memories, great videos , just off to search for my nikon f-401s ,
Love the shot, but also really love that knit sweater you had on in your office.
Just love the experiment to analog.... Love your videos, keep up the good work! Just curious, how do you get the digital files?
Great stuff. What light meter do you use? Thanks for any advice...
so awesome. How did you digitally render it? Did you scan the negative?
I can recommend having a look at the book 'Lee Frost's Panoramic Photography' if you haven't already. Some superb images in there - it's this very book that made me fall in love with the GX617!
£3.39 Harback on Amazon!!!! Bargain.
David Noton who uses the same camera has an excellent book too called ‘Waiting for the Light’ full of good narrative and photos.
I love taking twilight photos on Velvia 50 on the Glamorgan Coast. Velvia is a bit more saturated and contrasty than Provia and might not be to your taste. Also with Velvia you have reciprocity to deal with for long exposures which isn't an issue with Provia. I started with film, switched to digital early on and then went back to film 7 or 8 years ago. I rarely shoot digital now and I'm much happier. Not saying one is better than the other, film just suits me. And there's nothing like seeing a transparency on a light box is there? :) I haven't done 6x17 though.
Don't beat yourself up for not speaking............video was fine with the music. Images were excellent. I'd have the middle one on my wall for sure and be very happy.
Image definitely worked out :)
Great video, loved the resulting pictures
I love the images! And some exciting personal news, I'll bring my first roll of film in to get it developed tomorrow, can't wait to see the photos!
That's awesome. Good luck!!
@@ThomasHeatonPhoto thank you! I'm excited to see how well the celenium lightmeter has held up the last 40 + years (yes, its more than twice as old as me!)
I cannot speak about the camera, but I too am a very solitude focused photographer. Unless the people around me are well known to me, I greatly prefer to shoot alone
Hi Thomas..why do you keep f stop as small as 32. No diffraction is an issue as in DSLR's? Good job..cheers.
Watching this I just keep thinking of the images you could capture if you were back in the field like the Alps or the Himalayas and took this along with you
Probably when you only have 12 shots to work with, everyone would have doubts! Going from being able to shoot thousands of frames to 12 is a huge change
You only get 4 shots to a roll when you're shooting 6x17. 12 shots is 6x6 or 10 if its 6x7. Either way its a massive departure from digital.
Why do you think having the castle off-centre in the most saturated shot is a no-no? If you crop so it's between 2/3 and 3/4 of the way into the frame from the left (ie lose the darkest part of the frame), I think it would work - the bright sunset on the left and the angled dry patch in the bottom right seem to balance the composition. Admittedly I'm gauging this by holding my hand up against the frame after pressing pause on the video, so I may be completely wrong!
I love your every landscape photography
The secret is don’t read the comments ‘ just keep making the videos and let your creative juices flow ‘ no negative comments in your head then ‘ a free spirit ‘