Film Photography | Yashica MAT 124 w/Kodak Tri-X | Episode 2

[@MBDronePhoto]

Love the cab driver and the ceiling shot. Zone focusing and Sunny 16 you crushed it. Nice street images.

[@JohnChubbSr]

Really cool video with excellent photos. The lady walking in the shadow toward the building, the lady looking up with a great expression on her face, and the last one where the were sitting around are super. I know that with film, you have to be on top of your game, but the term "reverse" is something I'm not familiar of using. Looks fun, Jay. Thanks!!!

[@hb4834]

Great video, as always...awesome details, and information...really enjoy ur insights as well...

[@neilpiper9889]

You need a Rollei bayonet 1 llens hood. Also you can use the eyelevel straight through finder after focusing with the waistlevel magnifier. Thats what Pro photographers like me did back in the 1960s.

[@JayRegular]

Ooh good tip Neil, might try the eye level finder next time I take it out

[@williamshaffer9216]

You got a large per centage of good shots! Even the photos you deemed to be "mistakes" were really pretty good! Let's see more with your TLR!!!

[@JayRegular]

I'm excited to take it out again soon! 😁

[@luischavezphoto]

Great video as always man. The photo of the lady who’s going into the shadow is my favorite !

[@JayRegular]

Seems to be a viewer favourite happening!

[@ledesclos5321]

I really like your work in Episode 2. Congrats.

[@diogoherculano2935]

Congrats for the video. I just bought a Yashica Mat124g and I’m still trying to get used to this TLR system.

[@JayRegular]

Congrats man! It's a lovely camera (assuming your one has no lens hazing issues like mine) definitely a great experience to shoot with!

[@TheBigNegative-PhotoChannel]

22 minutes of Yashica TLR goodness. 😍 11:23 is my favorite. Even if you exposed for the highlights i just like that the background is not distracting. Also cool that you scanned them in yourself. you can definitely make a video about it. 😀

[@JayRegular]

Yeh that would have been my favourite image if it turned out just right, I love my high contrast BW images. Haha looks like I'll be making a video on my poor man's negative digitiser setup 😅

[@westonsmith4572]

Congratulations on the video. I think you did great. Especially with your coping with the reversed viewfinder. I am grateful that you provided an explanation of your focusing. Cheers from Canada.

[@JayRegular]

Thankyou!

[@Nikos_prinio]

I love most of your shots and your feedback is insightful and full humility. I enjoyed every minute of your video ! If I may give an advice, it would be to close the aperture to get a wider depth of field. You will be surprised that, thanks to the waist position, tense strap and leaf shutter, you can take pictures at 1/15 if necessary. Unless your subject is moving, of course. Cheers and, please, make more video like this one !

[@shellyy]

Love the centrepoint tower shot! Very creative!

[@JayRegular]

Thanks Shelly! Glad you tuned in 😁

[@yourfamilydocter]

love the video, have you ever used a color filter or the closeup lens attachment?

[@JayRegular]

No I haven't, I haven't really 8nvested any accessories for my film camera as it isn't my main form of shooting, but looking to buy a hood for the yashica one of these days

[@alanma3864]

Great job!!!! the old TLR lens gives everything a unique look and you nailed the shots they’re really good!!!

[@JayRegular]

Thanks Alan! 🙏🙏

[@williamshaffer9216]

I think you did quite well with your exposures, etc, especially since using Sunny 16 instead of a meter!

[@JayRegular]

Thanks! I appreciate that 😁

[@ZainRiza]

Bro, loving the fit haha. Safari/ Early British Colonial Explorer. Ugh that GoPro exposure compensation haha. I know it well. That picture of the couple with the rose was my favourite. Always great hearing your thought process and critiques of each frame.

[@JayRegular]

I'm really going for that Japanese oversized or blue collar British/vintage Americana labourer aesthetic! Maybe that's why bigger KZbinrs have more than just one GoPro 🤣 and yes I love to take shots of other people's girls 😇🤫🤫🤫

[@loficutoff]

Great shots

[@TheSurfheart]

My Yashica did that to me once on the first frame, I couldn’t advance the film after I released the shutter. I believe you need to firmly depress the shutter to both fire the shutter and release the winding lock.

[@jacksondasi3166]

Good video I’ll try some tips when I’m taking some street shots using my Yashica Mat. Thanks

[@ebreevephoto]

I realize this was 3 years ago but how do you double expose on a Yashica TLR???

[@domgreco7]

Keep shooting film. 👍

[@ivunchow]

That TLR would look so good on my shelf. I can even tell people made up stories of how my grandfather was a pro photographer back in the day 😂 nice photos and video! GoPros are the easiest cameras to mess up, you’re not alone haha

[@JayRegular]

Ahaha it does make a good icebreaker/conversation starter. I didn't mention in the video but I got so many curious gazes from millennials it was quite amusing. Yeh it was just a simple setting change from iso 800 to iso auto

[@Isher13]

What strap is that you have on the yashica?

[@ivaa7777JAWA]

Great video

[@RYANPARKPHOTOGRAPHY]

thanks for enjoyable video!! nice find another sydney based film youtuber!!

[@JayRegular]

Hey thanks Ryan! Nice to see another Sydney youtuber. I'm not really a film guy 😅 I just do it for fun once in a while... Or when I have a little more savings to spend 🤣

[@RYANPARKPHOTOGRAPHY]

@@JayRegular that’s okay. I am also, Fujifilm user and looking for second body for youtube video 😃

[@JayRegular]

Xt4 is fan favourite, or you can go xs10 like myself 😁

[@RYANPARKPHOTOGRAPHY]

@@JayRegular I am thinking about x100v for daily and video.. and maybe upgrade t2 to t3 for still..

[@JayRegular]

As long as you dont record for too long and have a gimbal, the x100v would make a good pick 👍 can't go wrong with the T3, although there's something about the T2 xtrans 3 sensor that renders different/nice filmic colors

[@aakifaslam6098]

8:34 to avoid a double exposure on the first shot, after winding the film forwards until the film counter shows 1, make sure to wind the lever backwards until it comes to a stop, not just until it reaches the home position. Camera isn't broken, it's just a common mistake and I've made it myself.

[@JayRegular]

Damn I wish you commented earlier, I just rand two more rolls in it last week and now I'm worried my first shot is going to be a double exposure again 😭

[@aakifaslam6098]

@@JayRegular lol my b, just got this camera and started using it a week ago. I'm actually trying to plan a double exposure for the first shot next roll.

[@boxriot]

Bro you just saved me from the anxiety of that happening to me all the time. Thanks for the tip!!! 😊

[@IainHC1]

13 minutes in...... I love that shot :-)

[@staplercut]

2:50 - very nice!

[@alfredbarten4901]

Good shots

[@JayRegular]

Thanks Alfred!

[@Hero_my_Hiro]

I like the first photo bc it made me try to figure out what was going on, and I liked the last photo.

[@JayRegular]

Double exposures can be really cool! I might take more of them in the future 😁 yes the last photo is one of my faves out of this roll, it was just really nice timing ✌️

[@JB-jf2rb]

Bro I love this content

[@TXGRunner]

The arcade, taxi portrait, and kids were the best. I'm always concerned taking candid pics of other people's kids as the parents really have no idea whether I'm just a hobby photographer or some perv stalker. It's a real shame because kids frequently make the best subjects, like Henri Cartier-Bresson's pic of the little boy struggling to carry two bottle's of wine while sporting the Cheshire Cat grin. For those of us with many different cameras, we frequently make the mistake of not sticking with a camera long enough to really understand the limitations, eccentricities, and how to exploit the unique capabilities. Instead, we're constantly unlearning or relearning. I can even imagine keeping up with two or more digital bodies given the wildly different menu systems and naming of functions. Even in analog cameras, the spot metering options and differing placement of controls leads to missed shots. For myself, I think I need to choose a camera and just spend several weeks with just that camera, shooting daily or several times a week to develop a level of competence with it.

[@JayRegular]

agreed, it's best to stick to one camera and one lens until you are completely comfortble with it before moving on. in terms of candid photos of children, there needs to be an understandable intention for wanting to take the photo, usually through what the child is doing... you can't really get away with something like complimenting how good the child looks as an excuse, that just won't fly

[@atroche1978]

Wait! Australia's open for business!?

[@JayRegular]

It has been for a while 😅

[@atroche1978]

@@JayRegular oh darn! Well, stay safe.

[@the4got10one]

gotta show me how that TLR works in person

[@JayRegular]

Let's gooooooo brooo

[@phillippacker5920]

I love the last shot...fantastic! Please work on mixing your music down under your voice. It is way too overpowering and makes it tiresome to try to listen to your information.

[@elsueniero5922]

Nobody is wearing masks in Sydney??

[@JayRegular]

We haven't had a case in almost 2 months 🤷‍♂️ touch wood though

[@senior_ranger]

Interesting, you don't mention what actually makes the father/children image. The woman on the left looking back at the kids/father is the real strength. Without that, it's just routine.

[@JayRegular]

At the time of shooting that photo I didn't really observe the woman looking back at the kids, I personally think shooting a TLR like this is still less routine than say, taking static photos of vintage cars, driveways, gas stations, and basketball hoops xD

[@13ahab]

Kill the music!!

[@IainHC1]

You can't double expose with that camera....... I thought you'd shot a reflection! So there is a fault with your camera..... Probably only needs a CLA

[@JayRegular]

Haha maybe if it breaks completely I might consider it, but hoping this might just be a one off thing 😅

[@IainHC1]

@@JayRegular Fingers crossed :-)

[@johnkelly1027]

Hard to hear and understand through the useless mask.