How good/bad are disposable film cameras, actually?

[@teocrawford]

Hello, I hope you enjoyed this episode! :) I mainly wanted to have some fun by comparing the two, but maybe I was able to give you some insights too with this experiment :) Much love to Squarespace for the continuous support of the channel! Head to www.squarespace.com/teocrawford to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain by using the code "TEOCRAWFORD" (also supports the channel). Wishing you a lovely weekend!

[@lucamalzer]

Danke Ebenfalls 😉

[@Johamm]

I don't know how to describe it. This video is like a soft cheesecake. The soft music, stylized photos, vibes of green and gold. I don't know how to describe it, but like a soft cheesecake: its comfortable.

[@teocrawford]

I'm glad I can serve you with some... soft cheesecake, yes, soft cheesecake :,))

[@yoghurt731]

i fully agree! ...also i now crave some cheesecake 😭

[@frank-lf4bv]

that intro was... well pretty good

[@Nemisisssss]

I always feel accepted and at comfort in your videos. Thank you for your amazing videos 😊

[@ToyStoryNBarneyFan]

“Disposable” cameras were never meant to be just tossed out. They were meant to be recycled by the manufacturer. That’s also why they’re also called “one time use” or “single use” cameras. I think more camera recycling programs should be brought to light (no pun intended) as there are some out there that do recycle single use cameras.

[@GianiMartin]

I could honestly listen to you talk all day lol. I really enjoyed this video and I hope to see more "camera duels" in the future - this was a great idea.

[@marisawu3646]

Thank you so much! Your videos are always of such high quality!!! You clearly put a lot of work and thought into making them. It heals my soul! And your voice is so nice to listen to😊

[@jacobmcclure4454]

Best photography channel on YT! I'm still too intimidated to jump to film. But by God does he make me want to dive in.

[@wildevogu2044]

i've recently bought the minolta because of your videos and i'm soo excited to start shooting with it! i was also always wondering how the minolta point and shoot would compare to a disposable camera so your comparison was soo helpful to watch!

[@fladoodleflamy]

minolta gangang

[@m005eman]

You should make a playlist on spotify for the music you use, it's a vibe!

[@lemon-ur3bj]

I love the dreamy look you caught of the stream at 15:51! I kinda prefer the darker look of the disposable camera in this one

[@thezencare]

The place you chose to shoot is so beautiful ❤❤❤...and all the music you used in the background is so on point 😌😌

[@FolkeStorm]

I really can't get my mind around it. It happens so often that someone is genuinely disappointment that their photos underexposed, but then show the most gorgeous photos from the bunch. I saw a Reddit post a bit back, where someone showed a slightly underexposed photo they liked. Virtually all the responses were people giving tips on how to avoid making ugly photos in the future. Once again, I thought it was one of the better pictures I saw that day.

[@zynthio]

Came down here to say this! He kept commenting on being disappointed in many of these photos, but I found every single photo to be really lovely on both cameras. The variations in the exposure, colors, shadows, aberration, edge blur, etc were beautiful regardless - those little accidents and inaccuracies are what I love about film. I would actually be more disappointed if every shot I got was perfectly exposed and had perfectly consistent colors. If I wanted that I would just shoot a digital camera on auto

[@paolocruz8392]

I like the color rendering of the film on the disposable camera but I prefer the performance of the Minolta. Combine those and you have a great lightweight travel camera.

[@themightyethan]

These videos make my day

[@ehname1]

The point-and-shoot photo at 11:34 of the building and the sign with the mountain in the background is gorgeous, even with the slight underexposure and lens flare - I feel like it just adds character :)

[@lcknp]

Das ist so geil wie auf dem Land immer alle Grüßen/Hallo sagen. Das ist irgendwie toll.

[@teocrawford]

Liebs auch haha :D

[@richardrude2819]

The timing of this video couldn't be better. I was contemplating whether to take a point and shoot to a festival next week or a disposable camera. To my surprise I think it will be the disposable camera. The image quality seems to be ok as long as I can tolerate the lo-fi look and it won't bring me to tears if I accidentally lose it. At least not because of the camera itself

[@malane8541]

I agree I love disposables for festivals!! if u drop it or lose it it’s not a big deal and many people are comfortable and familiar w using them ❤ I once had a security guard pick up my disposable from over the rail and take my picture

[@HeleneOl-os3uq]

Thank you so much these videos. They are really comforting ❤

[@KillerTacos54]

Fantastic video Teo!! You never miss

[@Schanocav]

I really enjoy your videos, especially when you take landscape photography with film. I hope you can share tips in future videos about landscape photography with film!

[@ardrakooderisuresh9842]

Wow that location is so beautiful 😍 loved the grade of the video too!!

[@solosynthesis]

I do love the disposable color tone over the Kodak! Nice video❤

[@vinyluvarc]

i did not expect to hear a song in Portuguese wow

[@aviandekeizer9208]

Thanks for the new video! Very calming journey, and I love the comparison. I would be very interested in the SLR vs. some other film camera comparison!

[@cristoforestman]

That picture in the mirror is so cool!

[@yoghurt731]

Teo i looove the music in your videos. I would love to like follow you in Spotify and listen to some of your playlists... your videos, especially with the music, kinda always feel like a soft hug 🥹

[@robinreimann]

17:34 is a really beautiful shot also the disposable is the clear winner for me personally based on this video i really hate the yellow brownish greens of the point and shoot

[@teocrawford]

Ahh glad you like it! Oh please keep in mind that the camera has little influence on the colours. The greens look different because the cameras are using different films. The point & shoot had a roll of Kodak Ultramax 400 in it, which is actually a film I dislike for similar reasons that you wrote, however it was fitting for the comparison in the video🙌🏼✨ Just wanted to point this out👍🏼

[@anachronismic]

Another thought, this may be against your process of shooting film, but those casts are totally fixable in post/scanning. I don't mind editing that bit in post since the scanner is making that color balance decision already, but I'd get if you're not about it. But yeah listen to Teo that's a film stock thing more than a camera thing.

[@robinreimann]

@@teocrawford yeah you're right should've chosen my words differently i just don't like what came out of the film and camera combination, the yellow greens together with the sharper image feel a bit unpleasant to me just a general impression

[@robinreimann]

@@anachronismic i don't even shoot film tbh but you're definitely right

[@thevoiceman6192]

Nice photos. I liked them both . The disposable photos were much richer in color but had blurry/softness on the edges.

[@teocrawford]

Glad you liked them! Please keep in mind, that the cameras don't have much influence on the colours. The difference in colour is because the cameras were shooting a different film :)

[@thevoiceman6192]

@@teocrawford As they always do. But Two different cameras with the same film will give different looks as well.

[@anachronismic]

I feel like a lot of the P&S shots are pretty fixable in scan/post. Obv not the point of this video but that shot in 15:24 is definitely recoverable (unless this already is your recovery lol). And the difference in sharpness is brutal between those two. That said in good lighting the disposable did better than I expected. There's definitely utility in a disposable, and less to go wrong.

[@teocrawford]

Ohh that is already the recovered version haha :,D But yes, I was also positively surprised how well the disposable camera did, however I can't stand the plastic lens look :,)

[@anachronismic]

@@teocrawford dang, hope it's not the meter in the camera going then

[@Bussmicke2305]

The Minolta Riva Zoom is way more sharper.

[@Happysmurfy]

Bro is just making the best photography content whilst having 188.000 thousand subscribers.😮😮😮

[@Happysmurfy]

And the shot with the mirror looks awesome!

[@thien42]

I'm actually surprised at how close the film stocks are 🤔 Ultramax looks a little more blue and constrasty but that's about it. Otherwise great video as always! 😉🫶

[@jxwol]

I think in your previous video had smaller grain that made the video crisp . The bigger grains and youtube's compression makes the video quality look kinda awful, but good video btw

[@Rob_Cantor]

Not germane to the camera comparison, but I loved your elongated shadow in several of the GoPro shots and kinda wish they'd made it into your still compositions.

[@MonicaLethbridge]

Hi! I couldn’t really tell but did you use flash on your disposal? I feel like that’s a debate I have with myself in some brighter lighting if I need to use it or not and can’t really tell if it actually makes a difference in the brighter lighting situation like you have in shoot 1

[@teocrawford]

@@MonicaLethbridge When shooting in daylight the flash will not make any difference. Flash is only useful to brighten up subjects close to you (1-5 meters)👍☺️

[@MonicaLethbridge]

@@teocrawford ahhh thank you so much. I just got back from NH with my boyfriend and got the film back and ahhh the pictures on the lake with the mountains came out so good my heart is happy. I really should buy a film camera at this point lol

[@MonicaLethbridge]

There was one picture I captured in the lake with a plane that happened to be flying over the water and it came out so coool

[@Nick-dq6zc]

I love your videos they are amazing & are very insightful!! I was wondering if you could do a Q&A about you yourself & is this your full time job & about your journey to this point in your life as a photographer/influencer? As I would like to get into making videos & share my photography as a full time job. 😆📸

[@kuroexmachina]

i dont think the disposable has a light meter. those are usually fixed at f8/f11 with a 1/150s ish shutter speed

[@DarioSpeed.]

Teo please make a playlist for the songs you use!

[@lauralau307]

A very lovely video Teo! Loved yr video style and yr music selection. Would definitely follow yr music playlist if you have one :) Looking forward to your next video.😊

[@jordqnov]

hello teo! i have a video suggestion for u. i think it would be awesome if u make a video about color gradding. many people are trying to get that "film look" but dont know how, i think that would be helpful!

[@teocrawford]

Hi! Thank you for your suggestion. I actually have quite a few colour grading tutorials that you can learn from on my Patreon :) You can check it out here, if you're interested: www.patreon.com/teocrawford

[@bharathraju98]

Can u make a video on best hybrid camera for all budgets

[@lenamartins6116]

Sweet choice of a portuguese song haha 🇧🇷

[@impracticalKim]

To me the point and shoot will always win because of the variety of film stocks available and because it doesn't produce that much waste

[@jonathan_0]

i mean, i hate disposable cameras out of principle (they're disposable, just like everything else in the modern world), but they do have a certain look, and they are very practical

[@xlkoenigsegg1568]

Hi Teo I have a question about rookie film scanning haha. I was using my Canon MG3620 printer the other day to scan my documents and I realised, what if I use the printer's scanner to scan the negatives? Do you have any suggestions regarding printer scanning? Keep up the great work Teo!

[@teocrawford]

Hi, I'm not too familiar with scanners, but you could give it a try I guess. However I don't want to get your hopes up too high. If the scanner is made for documents it will probably not be very good at scanning a detailed range of colour which for colour negatives is of course essential. But as said, I'm not too familiar with scanners, I'm just guessing here :)

[@LillySchwartz]

You need a backlighting unit to scan negatives and most printer scanner combos don't have that. If you want to use your printer, you will have to scan lab prints and that kinda defeats the purpose. Good scanners for negative scanning would be Epson v600, v700, v750 etc. Don't bother with the v330 - I had that when I started with film 12 years ago and it was terrible. If you can find a used v600 it's a good compromise between price and flexibility, but keep in mind that flatbed scanning is very slow for 35mm film. I only scan 120 film and bigger on the v700. And you only need the bigger variants, v700+ if you shoot large format film which I do occasionally. Only difference between v700 and the new v850 is lamp warmup time, the quality is pretty much exactly the same so you can save yourself 1K bucks by buying a used one. Imho DSLR/mirrorless scanning is a much more sensible way of scanning though because it's faster and processing time matters. If I didn't have a v700 and a Pakon already from 10+ years ago I wouldn't bother with scanners nowadays. At least scanners are very long lived though. I bought my Pakon used and it was released in 2006. Still runs fine almost 20 years later which is pretty amazing. The v700 is 10 years old too and hasn't broken although I've put hundreds of rolls through it.

[@xlkoenigsegg1568]

@@LillySchwartz Hello! Thank you for your detailed explanation! I've actually recently saw a few videos regarding good-quality film scanning at home, that doesn't involve a digital camera. The V series of Epson seem to be the go-to for this scenario like you said, and the overall price from those 4 years+ videos seem to be just about $100 US. The price now on ebay seem to have inflated about around $200 dollars now for the V600 and honestly I'm okay with investing that much, BUT FOR SOME REASON the shipping for all those products to where I live (Canada) seems to be $200 Canadian as well (you heard it right, $200 for shipping from the US). The new Epson V600 is $440 Canadian on Amazon and is above my budget at the moment, I think I will stick to the film labs for now. Hopefully in the future I can afford or the prices drop down (prob won't and will go up) for these scanners :( . Thank you once again for your experience :))

[@kai_otherr]

The p&s buckled under pressure that morning

[@gildaswise]

Hey Teo! Amazing video once again! I'm still considering buying some disposable cameras during my Japan trip next year but I've got a Fuji X100T and might be inclined to use that instead. Quick thing though: could you add the names of the songs used in each timestamp? Or are they only available for Epidemic Sound subscribers?

[@Sathornetfire]

Try the disposable for fun but u should still mainly use the x100T If ur new to film your shot will be a lottery and can’t produce consistent good shot like him

[@roxerru]

Please try shooting in a half frame camera using the Kodak Ektar H35N😖

[@anachronismic]

+1 to shooting half frame (though maybe not the Ektar camera, would be neat to see diptychs with like a yashica samurai or something).

[@SmokedHam444]

Yes! I am strongly considering getting a half frame camera because it’s cheaper! Except I cannot find cheap half frame cams…

[@anachronismic]

@@SmokedHam444 if you are down to eBay, I enjoy my agat 18k. It's a Soviet zone focus lil thing but has a glass lens and takes some nice shots

[@naufuri779]

Try the kodak daylight disposable camera pls🙏

[@adrians5875]

Great video, just the music is a bit much at times

[@Roset595]

I just noticed the point and shoot has the most stereotypical "shutter" sound

[@Chris43791FTW]

pokemon intro is so good

[@ivoruss]

Does anyone know where in Germany this is? It looks so beautiful

[@teocrawford]

@@ivoruss It’s in Austria, just outside of Innsbruck☺️✨

[@Kaijirou]

very well made video

[@cavanaghcreative_YT]

How long must it have taken you to find a Pokémon clip with battling Pokémon that matched the colours of your two duelling cameras? 👌

[@badgerfoot]

Not the Pokémon camera battle scene 😂

[@urdr_urdr]

More of a fan of the disposable in most instances, to my taste.

[@Neeintje]

I love me a good old pokemon reference

[@Madoka-cl6lz]

Out of topic, but did you still use your a7iii or s5ii

[@teocrawford]

I still almost exclusively use my A7iii for video🤔

[@Madoka-cl6lz]

@@teocrawford i thought you buy a new camera or some 😁, because if im not wrong i see u use s5ii/S5IIX in your thypoch video 🤔

[@Madoka-cl6lz]

@@teocrawford and you "watch this to comfort" video at the end credit

[@teocrawford]

@@Madoka-cl6lz Yes, I have a Lumix S5iix, but that my secondary camera. In the Thypoch video I had to film myself using the Sony as photography camera so of course I needed a different camera to shoot that, which was the Lumix. That’s pretty much the main use case of that camera. Or another example, in which it simply came in handy as a secondary camera was the video called “The one habit that will improve your photography”. For the interview I wanted two angles so I was filming with the Sony and the Lumix at the same time☺️🙌🏼 However mostly I still just use the Sony for all my videos👍🏼

[@Madoka-cl6lz]

@@teocrawford Alright,im sorry,but one last question, why don't you just using the s5iix for video work? I mean the s5iix is technically "better" video camera than the a7iii, like the 10bit color And others, im sorry if i Annoying you, As a camera nerd im just curious, What teo Crawford think about the s5iix? And whyd you still use the a7iii Although you have the "better" one like the s5iix, because I myself use the s5iix, And former a7iii user or maybe you can make the video someday?😁, And love your work btw, it so beautiful and have some tranquility in it❤️

[@guanomator0640]

Which is your local camera shop?

[@ashroxxxify]

Anyone know where he is shooting this video?

[@teocrawford]

In Tirol, Austria :))

[@ashroxxxify]

@@teocrawford Thanks! Also, there was another location you shot a video at, it was another small town in Austria, which had like a wall of mountains on one side, do you have any idea as to what I'm referring to? I've been tryna find that place for a while

[@gulnar3748]

Такое атмосферное видео😍

[@thezencare]

Voice💖💖💖💯

[@neohoter]

ur cute btw

[@1marcelfilms]

I love chromatic aberration.