That's a lovely bit of kit. Should serve you well. Is there a good budget option for home gamers who may only strip a camera or two a year? There's a couple of things on Ebay but they look like they're better suited to leaf rather than focal plane shutters.

2:19 Leica mp, m6 and ma like “ok then…”

Good video! Whilst it’s good to see new film cameras being produced, it’s going to be difficult to market them in the modern age when used professional 35mm cameras can be had for peanuts in comparison. In addition, the modern hype trends come and go so quickly that it’s hard for a big company to commit to developing a brand new product.

Great video. Love the "Take the camera apart, drink , coffee etc." part!

I am in Asia hopefully trump tariff don’t increase export fee, to see Flim price sky rocketing!

I’ve been watching you since your camera repair videos, and I really like your opinion and news videos now. Nice work! Great wrap-up to 2024. I’m still shooting expired film on IG lol as that is my niche 😂. Look forward to your insights in 2025. Anthony. 🇺🇸

I am hopeful about Lucky Color film, I am less happy about the possibility of tariffs making what is supposed to be an affordable film less so

Is Pentax done or will they make another film camera? I’d love to see a Pentax 120

This is like the Spotify wrap up forthe film photography world. Great job!

Very interesting headlines. ... You should consider a live stream show, with super chats & direct question and answer.

I watch your video regularly. your all video is so good . As a fan, i wish this channel will grow very fast. Best of luck

wow, it's an awesome video. keep it up

wow, it's an awesome video. keep it up

Good to know people still like tearing these old cameras down. I’m expecting an untested ME S in the mail today from eBay. I’ve been watching these camera repair videos, but I usually get too anxious to finish them🤣

For a manufacturer like canon it wouldn’t be so hard I guess. There’d be a price for making all these injection molds. They could revive let’s say the last canon Eos 7 diagrams and build from that. That was in effect a digital camera body as we know today.

Crazy, I just bought a Demi EE17 and I'm having a bunch of fun with it! Honestly, it's my first film camera with a coupled light meter so that may be part of the reason lol I don't think I have zone focusing down because I keep trying to just use the lenses' distance markings and guess instead of the pictograms as most of my photos aren't of people. Also, shooting more expensive films in half-frame cameras is kinda exciting because I find myself a bit less scared of shooting, but still having the restraint to try to carefully choose subjects, compose well, etc. This hasn't yet improved my focusing abilities or helped me not fire off a couple duds or misfires in my first roll lmao

What if I love my APS film camera and therefore am the greatest enemy of all lab technicians giving them rolls of 40 exposures on expired 200 colour 24mm film on a cursed APS film cassette. I do at least not ask for it back in the cassette I’m happy for them to come in a sleeve.

The main issue is that it's not economically viable or logically sound for film unless it's battery related or those evil guys making murderous chemicals. It's not a virtuous route if investing heavily into outdated tech. I love film, but I know the day will end once negatives become more than an hour of minimum wage😅

‘I want to get to that instant market, because that’s a market I have not monopolized’ is the truest and funniest blooper, I lost it there 😅😅😅😅

this is your best video to date. very thorough and thoughtful. also ice t is the TV cop, ice cube is the anti semite

I would say in the domain of color and cinema film, Kodak is far and away the market leader. For cinema, your only other choice is ORWO, which doesnt have the connections nor supply chains in the US, nor do they supply 70mm film, or do they produce enough to meet demand, I'd say. For color, Fujifilm is downsizing by the year, I'm sure their slide options won't be here by the end of 2025, ORWO sort of has a foothold but everyone seems to dislike how it looks (I like it, though.), and Harman is Harman. For Black and White, there is much competition, and Kodak lowering prices and general lower prices of their b&w relative to the competition vs color. They can abuse their market position to dictate prices, to me, Kodak is a monopoly for cinema and color.

It's so weird to be browsing youtube casually and then go "oh, it's council crest" lmao

What's the best way to contact you? I can't seem to get your email from KZbin and your website seems to be down. I have a Pentax k1000 I want CLA'd and possibly repaired I think its capping. Do you still repair cameras? if not I would love recommendations for tools to do it myself.

man i got an issues where when resoldering the mirror box the meter just goes straight to f2 no.. two seperate ae 1s. all contacts are the right...im lost any advice would be appreciated.

Loved the video! I found out about your channel recently and it is a shamed that I didn't do it earlier!

I love this video. I think youre absolutely right about many things, however i would counter your point about kodak not employing anti trust practices by only making motion picture film available to Cinestill. Kodak and Cinestill are absolutely in bed with each other, and kodak stands to benefit from their partnership as well as Cinestill's monopoly of repackaged cine film. After all Cinestill operates directly out of the Kodak factory and has a heavy hand in producing and distributing the new kodak minilab chemistry. Personally i dont see a difference between a monopoly and two businesses that work exclusively with each other to line their pockets and cut all competition.

daddy alaris wants it's money

Thanks for inspiring me to break out my LX. I bought it new in Knoxville in 1981. Man, that mirror is sticky!

What a great video! Sure would be a shame if someone took the main focus point, repackaged it in a less detailed and watered-down version and regurgitated it onto their channel for easy views 😏

Admire your anxiety inducing repair videos. Major skills, mate!

My issue with expired film is how insanely expensive it’s gotten. Expired film was supposed to be a deal bc the results are wildly unpredictable, but nowadays it’s damn near the cost of fresh film which is fucking insane

Too late already going down that rabbit hole 🤣

You make it look so easy... kinda.. 😅👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Seeing this has inspired me to drag out my EC and go shoot. The camera, like me, is old, heavy, and cantankerous, but can also be a lot of fun!

Thanks to you I've repaired an ME Super, a couple of Super A's and an MX curtain derailment. In spite of not always having quite the camera angles needed sometimes due to the awkward nature of positioning and leveraging whilst negotiating half loose mirror boxes, your general gist was useful as you ruminated on the mechanical functions. Quickly explaining the wire connections at the end of this one was apprecieted. The eureka moment to finding out I had actually managed to fix one of these things was when I realized there is a sort of grounding tab that needs to be soldered into a particular spot in the cluster of wires mounted to the relay PC board that I'd missed, because it wasn't an obvious colour coded wire. So I got a Black ME Super body working like new after straining the wires to get at the damping grommet. Had to do some resoldering which I, like you, had tried to avoid in the first place. Doesn't always work with my clumsy skills, but for £13 that "parts, not working" ebay purchase was well worth the trial and error and the failed repairs that went before it.

Oh -- once I get expired film, regardless of the previous storage, I put it into those old lead-lined x-ray protection film bags and then in my freezer -- so at least it should not get any worse than it already may be.

When I have shot expired B&W film (35mm/120/620) over 20 yrs old, if often has lost some light sensitivity (but not the 1-stop/10-years of age rule for expired C-41 film), but also has some base fog. So it is interesting, but yeah -- not as good as 'new' film....

I think that if you have old shot Kodachrome (still film) with family photos, never developed, there are some labs that can process it as B&W and you could at least get something out of it -- but yeah, not much point in shooting it now. FilmBoy24 processes found Kodachrome Super8 film as B&W at has recovered family home movies from the 70s/80s in at least watchable condition.

If it makes you feel better I just bought a roll of Kodachrome, albeit it was from the 50's/60"s so its in the cool old packaging and came with a metal canister that I’ll actually use. The roll will just sit on a shelf though..

Thanks for this video! My dad just gifted me my grandfather's old camera and I was having trouble with opening its back. I still am, but this helped a lot.

Regarding the Xpan camera, do you know the Press Pan alternative? I strongly recommend it to anyone. It took the monkey off my back.

The Kodachrome is a nice display item only now 😢

I have a rule for buying expired film. Buy it in packs. If its good or needs a little adjustment than thats what you do with the rest.

B&W film usually good past the expiration date.

Best luck I have had with expired film is B&W 120 film, they are also packaged and have their expiration dates. When in doubt I always shoot it a 100 iso.

I just wasted 8 minutes of my life watching a non-sensical video on film.

This was helpful. Thanks.

I don't buy expired film, but I *have* expired film. I think most of it has spent its life in the freezer at 0°F. Some of it sat around in cameras, was partially shot, and then stored in the fridge at around 34°F waiting for me to send it out. I don't know how well any of this will fare.