I’ve been conflicted. I want a 6x7 camera with waist level viewfinder for street, but so many say the RB67 is too heavy to lugged around. TLR’s square format would be a challenge to compose with. I guess there’s drawbacks to either choice. 🤷🏽‍♂️.

I want to take pretty pictures I take pretty picture I make picture even prettier I am satisfied

I like your moustache

Anything is fine to achieve the art you want to make. unless it’s stealing from another artist. Mixed media artists exist so who cares what other people say. In the end all that matters is if you’re happy with what you made. If saul leiter or daido moriyama listened to the naysayers we won’t have their work to inspire us.

Editing, per se, is not cheating at all. And the level of editing that crosses the line into cheating depends upon the final usage. Unless you are shooting for documentary/journalism where you are required to keep to a given standard, then have at it if it's "art." That said, Ansel Adams must have been the biggest cheater in photographic history. But that's what artists do.

you don't get it son, when I load porntra 400 into my MP, I'm getting the sumilux tonez

people saying they were editing photos in the past, like they have lightroom

On the rangefinder thing it really depends on what you're trying to do. On an autofocus camera I will probably take the SLR every time for the more accurate composition. But on a manual camera a range finder gives a very positive "yes you are in focus" feedback where with an SLR I'm constantly doubting myself, hunting back and forth wondering if it's really in focus or not. So if focusing fast and accurately with confidence is what matters, rangefinder is the tool for the job. If you have time to slow down and make a perfect composition and focus, then the SLR is superior. But also SLRs are huge and I ain't gonna carry one every day. The rangefinder has the "best camera is the one that you have on you" advantage.

(7:31) Leica is been created in the 80's ??? 😳 🤣🤣🤣 I know you didn't meant that way, but come on... Leica might produce really nice cameras... but it really is overpriced. The problem is, since Völgtlander stopped production of their Besa rangefinders, there's no competition. Editing of film photos is not a sin, but also it is NOT analog photography, period. And yes, Portra is overhyped, overpriced, and boring...

I recently bought a Leica M2. Not as a status symbol, but because I wanted a mechanical, compact rangefinder that will last forever. Non-Leica M mount bodies (e.g., Bessas, Zeiss Ikons) are getting so expensive, you might as well just shell out for the real thing. You can get an M2, an M3, or even an M4-2 for a pretty decent price if you're patient. But now that the curtain has been pulled back, there's definitely some super cringe behavior in the Leica community. The stuff the Leica IG account posts honestly reads like satire. The Leica of today seems to have different priorities compared to the Leica of old (like selling $23K platinum-plated MPs while QC issues abound with their normal ones). They've really leaned into the luxury item / status symbol marketing, unfortunately. But you can steer clear of all that, just hunt for a deal on a vintage M body, tons of affordable glass to pair with them nowadays. The old Ms are great cameras and have the reputation for a reason.

“The negative is like a musical score. The print is like a performance of that musical score.” Ansel Adam’s

I snagged a Mamiya c33 for pretty cheap. Lens is in good condish so I’m set for medium format. I love pixel peeping so that’s the only “reason” I need it. Otherwise the OM2 does the trick juuuust fine

Give me some book recs @metalfingersfilm !

Leica wasn’t created in the 80s lol It’s been around since the 1800s and they built their first cameras before WWI

As long as it's a nice picture i don't care what editing you did lol

Colorado resident here and I live really close as well, you must be in Fort Collins as well. Rocky Mountain is unreal!

If you move your arms any more than you did in this video, I'd be worried they'd fall off

I Love my Holga 😂. Great video, really enjoyed it!

With how my eyes work, I actually rather dislike focusing with prisms. Maybe a hyper specific pair of glasses could fix it, but it's much easier for me to align a green or yellow dot onto a subject. My K1000 was my first serious camera, but I still sometimes take a second to focus it.

Everyone stopped making k mount.. Dont know what is even ricoh/ pentax doing!!!

People who say that, are just bad at editing 😂

cool to hear your opinion about my Portra take hahaha!

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Just getting back into film after many decades just not shooting. Just picked up a mamiya 645 1000s. Gonna try the usual suspects Portra 400/800 but going to pick up Lomo and definitely Cinestill.

„Leica created in the 80‘s“…Bro Leica was founded in 1869 and their first production 35mm camera went into production in the 1930s. Also they LITERALLY INVENTED 35MM FILM. No hate just some information

My hot take: Most of aerochrome’s appeal is in its rarity, if Kodak brought it back it would quickly become just another niche colour shifted film shot for novelty, rather than this holy grail people worship it as

It is really a amazing camera

buying new cameras won't make me a better photographer... but it is fun!

Major respect to whoever that guy is, for watching THE James Hoffman at 4:36

I don't think Portra is overpriced but i think it is *boring*, and overrated in a way, lemme explain: So few people currently alive (and I'm not even one of them) can fully appreciate what a mind-blowing interplay of chemistry and engineering this material is. It's the culmination of a century of investment and the effort of multiple generations of brilliant minds collaborating through space and time. Portra was made to be "boring" (as accurate as possible but still neutral and flexible for editing portraits) and is the most consistent color photographic film ever made. This level of technology is in every roll, and the number of different molecules (hundreds) required to get this result command a high price. It was designed to be what the "auto" switch on modern DSLRs tries to be; good balanced neutral high quality photos, but in the film era where you dont deal with easily manipulable matrices of RGB values but layers of multitudes of complex, dancing, almost living components. With all that said. I dont like it. Its too "transparent" (pun unintended), nearly vibeless (sometimes pastel of course), which was the best thing you could say about a film back then, but is not what I'm looking for. When I shoot film I want to "tint" reality one way or another, sometimes with a color palette, sometimes with halation, sometimes with grain. And in my case, most often by shooting black and white. Portra has subdued character. I tried some old portra Vivid Color (VC) and I liked its saturation, just how I like Reala 100, even though it was also made to be an "accurate" film. The way in which I think current Portra is overrated isn't with regards to its performance because it is exceptional. I think it's overrated in that some people project it as THE tool for every job, whether out of elitism or out of mimetism: "pro films make better photos". Not true. But it has its uses! And I'm 100% happy that it exists and that people shoot it. Unless in good hands, it can look as good or as bad as a smartphone photo with average impact. In good hands it will look consistently good. Take that how you want! My take is that unless you have a specific need for it, there are other neutral/natural looking options better suited for your wallet, like 120 Gold which I find performs super well, or 35mm Pro Image. As for me... I'll keep shooting aerocolor for it's brown look when i want color, and black and white for most photos.

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Portra is definitely not over rated. Just the price is . Leicas are expensive because of where they are made, not how they are made.

Hot take, none the current color negative films rendered images in similar look and quality as most color reversal films in history. The expensive negative film like Portra or Ektar lineup not even come close to slide film in term of color.

left ear is loving this one

Photoshop wouldn't even exist if it were not for film photography lmao. The icons for dodge and burn in PS are literally film tools

He's like Ron Gallela.

Editing is fine if enhancing the existing elements of the photo. I draw the line if photographers add elements that were not present in the original composition like adding an airplane where there was none

honestly alpa's old film slrs are so much better than Leicas

but leica is a gimmick...

Same people complaining about Leica prices and then paying how much per frame of volatile, low resolution storage media? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hate Leicas all you want. If you can afford it, buy it. Nothing to do with prestige or snobbery. A camera is just a really expensive /inexpensive timing device. Think of it as an investment as well as your hobby. The value of your Leica M twenty years on will be far greater (if you don't bash the shit out of it) than if you were to buy a new car and sell it 5 years later.

You'd think some company in China would step in and make a copy!!! The market is still here and by discontinuing this, it is leaving a lot of folks out of the game forever ! ! !

Bro.. my right ear wants to hear you too!

The "medium format elitist" concept stems from film youtubers imo. References to "making the jump to medium format", etc.

slide film > color negative for 90% of use cases. careful film/process testing and general technical (sensitometrical) knowledge won't fix a bad photo but certainly help the serious photographer.

I made it into the video! Sick 🔥

Comment was correct, physical manipulation= ok, digital = might as well get an AI picture

While I have several cameras, and shoot both film and digital, I am just a hobby photography guy. I enjoy the film cameras but I know film is just an expensive way to shoot digital pictures. After all, scans turn it into digital...so.... Now, that being said, I like my manual film cameras. I like the look, the feel, the function, and the sound ( like that really matters). I will continue shooting film for as long as I have functional cameras. I hope you keep making videos for a while. You do good work.

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Hot take; Film is used as a crutch, if the most interesting thing about your work is the camera and film stock, then what are you doing? Maybe shoot digitally if you can't afford to burn through hundreds of rolls and shoot every day until you find a style and build confidence.