Is Kodak Ultramax 400 the Best Film for Night Photography?

Is Kodak Ultramax 400 the Best Film for Night Photography?
In today's video, I wanted to take some night photos as a little test to answer the question: is Kodak Ultramax 400 the best film for night photography? So I went out with my Canon P rangefinder and a roll of Kodak Ultramax 400 to find out! I was really curious to see how Kodak Ultramax 400 holds up in lowlight situations where you have to do longer exposures. Kodak Ultramax 400 is a consumer grade film so I wasn't really expecting the greatest results. I was really surprised to see the Kodak Ultramax 400 is definitely a viable option if you're looking to do some night photography on film. I took some of my favorite long exposures in the video! I hope you enjoy :)
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[@ReimannPembroke]

What’s your go-to film stock for night photography? COMMENT BELOW⬇️

[@sunhouselogistics177]

Cinestill 800t for sure. I’m basic lol.

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@sunhouselogistics177 nothing wrong with Cinestill! It’s awesome

[@Fexxerstones]

Silbersalz 500 T

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@Fexxerstones a very good choice!

[@VitalijMik]

awesome pictures, do you mind to add some details next to your picutures next time? Like Shutter speed, and so on. so then i can also learn some stuffs.. greetings from Germany :D

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you! And yeah I plan on doing that in future videos!

[@Collinbeyer]

Den Gedanken hat ich auch ✌🏽

[@sirwaynekitt]

This is some real incredible work. The photos are great and I liked the video too! Keep it up!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you so much! I plan on it! There will be plenty more videos/photos coming soon📸🎞

[@FLCLben]

Amazing shots! Love it! I got to try this film!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you! And yes it’s great and easy to find!

[@lucianofreaza302]

Cool work! I love the colors and the vintage look.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you!! I really enjoyed making this video and I’m glad others enjoy it as well

[@literallyshane4306]

Really nice video mate, great tone and pace 👌

[@ReimannPembroke]

I appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed it!📸🎞👌🏼

[@spillteatv9417]

Breathtaking shots ! Wow 🤩 My fav is the valvoline oil change pic 💜

[@ReimannPembroke]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!

[@TammyChoo]

Really enjoy your videos Reimann! Keep it going :)

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you so much! :) I plan on it!

[@ZachStWard]

Good vibes man - keep it up!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you! I plan on making tons more videos!

[@danwoodliefphotography871]

Great video! I used to skate a lot. The rink photos were some of my faves.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Hey thanks! They were some of my favorites too

[@SamsonArnettRoughley]

Loved this man, your channel will do well !

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you! I hope so

[@bchoward0000]

Great video, and love the Canon P. I agree with the other commenters that it would be great to have just a little more tech detail (you mention the app, but are you also compensating for reciprocity failure?) to help us learn from you. Don't you to change up the vibe too much, but a little aside would be great. Keep it up!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Hanks for watching and leaving a comment! I plan on adding more technical detail to my future videos. When I can that is. I don’t always write everything down haha

[@chairunnisaanindita]

just subscribed. your videos are amazing. thank you!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Wow thank you so much!! There are a ton of new videos coming soon so you won’t be disappointed!

[@stephencarter756]

Awesome shots G

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you very much!!

[@TheBigNegative-PhotoChannel]

Again a really good episode.👌 Would not have thought that Ultramax is so good for night photography. 2:33 is my favorite I think. Nice & clean and good composition.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you very much sir! I was surprised with how clean the results were as well!

[@Headhunterzify]

Yes! I love night photography, but I can’t to get the hang of it at times. Also, I wanted to get into film photography and I’m looking into every film types for every situation.

[@adrianbucher5676]

i usually go with the well known one, such as cinestill or kodak vision, but you convinced me to try now kodak ultramax 400. great pictures man!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you! Definitely give Ultramax a shot! It’s great

[@sinkyourteethin9875]

Thanks for the content! I am brand new to film photography and bought a Pentax super me a couple of weeks ago, they helped me load my first roll of film at the store (ultramax 400!) night photography on film is so mesmerizing to me, I’m very excited to try! Also quite intimidated!

[@ReimannPembroke]

No problem Kaitlin! I’m glad my content is helpful/inspiring to you! I’m actually planning to do a whole bunch of videos to help beginners get into film! I’m also going to try to share my camera settings more in my videos for some added info. Welcome to the wonderful world of film photography📸🎞✊🏼

[@sinkyourteethin9875]

@@ReimannPembroke perfect! New subscriber here so I’ll definitely be tuning in:)

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@sinkyourteethin9875 awesome! Glad you’re along for the ride! Haha

[@brooklynbound1000]

Fantastic. Love the aesthetic. Framing is ++++.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoy it!!

[@wesbranchfield]

My first roll of night shots came back with a really strong yellow hue with all my light sources, possibly because I was using the in camera meter so they were a little overexposed but I'm gonna try again!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Yes so in my most recent video I shot Cinestill but I rated it at 560 iso to see what happens and I got that same yellow hue

[@lamegaming9835]

you need film balenced for your light source ex cinestill 800t for tungsten light

[@ruffprophetproductions]

I wish you had tried that further away shot of the snow cone spot. That combined with the close up would’ve been dope. Overall enjoyed the photos, subbing for more !

[@ReimannPembroke]

I know! Sadly I only had one shot left so I had to choose. I’ll go back and try it though this spring! Thanks so much for the sub!📸🎞🙏🏼

[@adamjohnschultz]

I'm blown away at the results man, superb shots. Subscribed!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you so much!!🧡 I’m really excited to share these next videos with you guys! I think you’ll enjoy them

[@technol-bismol3778]

I definitely second this notion

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@technol-bismol3778 thanks for the support! You all are the best!💚

[@lolatography9752]

Very soothing to watch lol. Looking forward to the new vids where you include the settings for each shot! New subscriber here!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Awesome! You won’t be disappointed! I’ve got a lot of videos in the works right now!

[@cs512tr]

yea thats the only thing most videos miss :D

[@youpeach52]

Just subscribed, love this video man great pictures too!! 🔥

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you so much!! It means a lot!📸🎞🙌🏼

[@youpeach52]

@@ReimannPembroke welcome man!

[@leonxger]

Youre photos are amazing!!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you so much! I appreciate it!

[@jogvanreginssonsimonsen1078]

great photos and video

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you so much!

[@Clubkabuki]

Nice pics with the Kodak Ultramax 400 film!!!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you!

[@olivershutterspeed]

Night Photography is incredible :D i love the challenge just :D well done :D!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you so much! Night photography is my favorite!

[@kristopherdavidson2097]

Pictures are stunning. I love the locations you use in Kansas/KC and would love to see more of them (day or night!). This part of the USA interests me greatly.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Glad you liked the images and are interested in this part of the country! There will be plenty more work done here

[@linjicakonikon7666]

Nice work!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you!😄

[@adend5029]

Good vibes. Subscribed.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you so much! Plenty more photos and videos on the way📸🎞

[@alexandralanda8278]

Love ur video! Wich settiings did you use?

[@teocrawford]

Yooo this was cool! I love those shots with the lighttrails infront of the Bobo sign! I bought two rolls of ultramax about a month ago and still haven't tried one out (lol), but I'm so looking forward to it :D

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks Teo! Glad you enjoyed it! That shot I used for the thumbnail is by far my favorite of the shoot! Thanks for stopping by📸🎞👌🏼

[@Sreybk]

I like the old Riedell Speed Skates that are above the letters.

[@ReimannPembroke]

I liked that too! That building was just super cool in general!

[@Builtforthewild]

damn bro! i really enjoyed this! just got my first film camera and my first roll of ultramax 400! gonna go out and try it tonight! also subbed! keep up these videos they are great :)

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks so much! What camera did you get? Also I think you’ll enjoy Ultramax! :)

[@Builtforthewild]

@@ReimannPembroke I got a canon af35m little compact auto focus point and shoot but if I enjoy it I will get something a bit more functional 😊

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@Builtforthewild nice! I’ve heard those are good cameras!

[@juliecumming826]

Really enjoyed this! Haven't shot night photography yet but will definitely try Ultramax 400 as an accessible way to experiment - and just look at those shots you got! Beautiful.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you so much! Yes go for it! It’s good fun

[@Atlas92936]

Here before 1000 don't forget this :D

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you so much!🙏🏼 I will not forget haha new video on sunday📸🎞

[@peakgrind_]

the liminal vibe you give is so calming

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@ryantanakaphoto]

Nicely exposed photos. I would’ve thought the grain would be worse/too much, but looks nice. Keep up the great work. 👍🏻

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks for watching! Kodak Ultramax is a surprisingly good performer at night!

[@juliecumming826]

I'm about to try night photography on film for the first time, so where better to look for inspiration and wisdom than your videos! ☺️

[@ReimannPembroke]

Oh awesome! Good luck! What film/camera are you going to use?

[@user-jf1ib6vr8f]

beautiful night photo , canon P is so cool.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you! It’s a really cool camera!

[@randallstewart175]

To directly answer the title question, color photography at light yield a variety of colors from neon, but literal accuracy is usually way off no matter what film you use. That's just part of the difference between film color balance point and the lighting itself, which is usually the subject. Now, consider that you can buy 4 rolls of Ultramax 400 for the price of one roll of Cinestill 800, and the answer is in your face.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Great point! Ultramax is definitely a very underrated option for night photography

[@TheIrishfitter]

This is dope

[@ReimannPembroke]

Glad you liked it!

[@dontbreaktheshadowofmylove]

Love the photos! Especially the Cage fun center photo. Where did you get reciprocity failure charts for Ultramax? I was thinking in shooting it at night too

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you! There isn't really much reciprocity info for Ultramax. A good rule of thumb for long exposures that seems to work well with lots of films is take your meter reading and multiply the exposure time it says by a factor of 1.3

[@dontbreaktheshadowofmylove]

@@ReimannPembroke Thank you for the heads up, will definitely test it! Lots of useful information in your videos and the photos are killer. Keep it up!

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@dontbreaktheshadowofmylove thank you! I will!

[@skytrooper506]

Great job! Could you explain how you meter the shots?

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks! And yeah! I usually meter for the darker parts of the scene and then take a meter reading. I’ll then usually add about half of the meter reading to the total. So if the meter says 4 seconds all add 2 seconds for a total of 6

[@matayoproduction1927]

Really inspiring! Thanks! But I missed the information concerning the way you metered the light... how did you choose the shutter time? Thanks for your feed back.

[@ReimannPembroke]

I used a light meter app on my phone called lightmate! It seems to work pretty well! I will try to add more info on shutter speeds/aperture in future videos! I’ll also do a video on this app at some point soon!

[@matayoproduction1927]

@@ReimannPembroke ok. Thanks. I guess that you spot metered on the light, don’t you?

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@matayoproduction1927 yeah! Spot meter for shadows or mid tones usually

[@swisswildpicsswp3095]

Nice pics, and interesting video! I still don't like Ultramax 400 though. Colors always seem off, too warm, and I don't like the grain. I prefer Kodak Gold 200. I guess I should do a night time comparison!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks for watching! Do it!

[@femkriah8777]

Hey man, love your videos! I want to try and go out with some ultramax400 too at night, and i was wondering what kind of reciprocity failure compensation you used when calculating exposure times. Thanks alot!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks for watching! I think for exposures longer than one sec, I was multiplying what the meter was saying by 1.5. So if the meter said 4 sec I would multiply that by 1.5 for an exposure time of 6 sec

[@femkriah8777]

@@ReimannPembroke thank you a lot!

[@hsuehprettyboien5695]

Hey love all your vids! So inspirational to me tho. Just wondering what u metering at (shadow or highlight) when u do night photography? Thx!!!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Hey thanks! I’m glad you like them! I usually try to meter for the darker parts of the scene!

[@hsuehprettyboien5695]

@@ReimannPembroke thx man just trynna to become a photographer like u. Really love ur works man keep going🔥

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@hsuehprettyboien5695 Thanks so much! I will! and good luck to you :)

[@mfulloon]

cool. I used Ultramax 400 just a week ago at box speed for some night shots metered and came out well. Now seeing how the 400 goes with reciprocity failure. Unfortunately, this is going to be a 'suck it and see' as Kodak data did not have long exposure stops listed fro ultramax 400. So, trying at 1stop over 2seconds...

[@ReimannPembroke]

Yeah Kodak unfortunately doesn't provide much information about reciprocity failure for Ultramax.. For a lot of the shots in this video, I was metering for middle grey at box speed, doing exactly what the meter said, and then doing a second exposure and doubling the exposure time. The latter came out much better!

[@mfulloon]

@@ReimannPembroke nice. Yeh so far done 2exp @1stop. 1 averaged with zone 3+ to Middle grey which was calculated at 8mins 24! - that one was quite dark into night sky with storm clouds, and little lighting from neighbours garage. Then another where i found this street light with a car and nothing else. Varicrossed filter the street light @f5.6 on a 28mm which I calc'd @2mins 25sec. I have 21-23 exp to go, so going to 1stop, 1/2 stop, 1/4stop etc etc etc just to see how ultramax handles super long exp, and its bleed. Anyhow, nice technique BTW doing the meterx2 @Zone 5! Ultra gets a bad rap, but if your patient and know its limits, can do cool things with it.

[@BuggyrcobraAya]

Great video. What music did you use for this? I really loved the track starting around 2:20 thru 5:40

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks for watching! Oooh I don’t remember the name of the track but I got it from the KZbin audio library!

[@BuggyrcobraAya]

@@ReimannPembroke Thanks. I found it. For others wishing to know, it's Metamorphosis by Manjalini

[@FSOhara]

Great!!👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! More videos on the way!

[@retroryangee]

Awesome video man, truly inspiring. Some amazing night shots, were any of these edited in post? Regardless super sick photos, loved the video, peace from Texas. ✌️

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it! I usually add a little sharpening and saturation in post, but the edit is minimal

[@retroryangee]

@@ReimannPembroke cool. This session was full of amazing photos one of the best night sessions I've seen so far! Planning to go out and shot a cool sign soon but I need to get one of those shutter cord trigger things, I already have a tripod but I want the least amount of shake possible.

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@retroryangee definitely get yourself a shutter release cable! They’re really cheap!

[@retroryangee]

@@ReimannPembroke just ordered one, thanks for the great content man!

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@retroryangee no problem!

[@shotbycollin]

Do you have a video or any resources on long exposures / night photography? I love these shots!

[@ReimannPembroke]

I do quite a bit of night photography here on my channel so there’s a lot of resources about how I meter, gear I use, exposure times for particular photos, etc! Hopefully some of my videos can give you some helpful info and inspiration!

[@snapsnappist4529]

Canon P! What a wonderful camera that is. I got mine a couple of years ago, and it's barely left my hands. Is that a Jupiter lens? My go-to lenses are an Industar 50mm and the Canon f.2 35mm. The Industar is great, but the Canon is out of this world. Insanely sharp. Some say the equal of a Leica lens when stopped down.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Right?! Such a good camera. I was using an Industar 26m 50mm in this video. I also have a Leica Elmar 90mm f/4 that I just posted a video about and a Jupiter 12 35mm f/2.8 that I just got and am testing out now.

[@snapsnappist4529]

@@ReimannPembroke Nice. Those old Soviet ltm lenses are great if you can get a good example of one. It's just a shame that quality control was so hit-and-miss. I read online that that best way to identify a good example is if it looks heavily used. The Industar 22 I use has lots of scuffs on the barrel which shows that it was used a lot, and I haven't had any problems with it at all. Not bad for £15. That 90mm Elmar looks great, and I have considered getting one, but the frame lines for long lenses on the P are so small I don't know if I would be able to compose as easily.

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@snapsnappist4529 I have really enjoyed the shots I've gotten out of the Elmar so far! definitely make sure to get one in good shape though. And yeah I've gotten pretty lucky with all of the Russian lenses I've bought so far

[@helloworldstein]

Great video! Im just getting started with film and was wondering what kind of settings you were using for night scenes like this? Ie: for neon light signs, were you choosing an aperture and then letting the camera meter for you to pick a shutter speed? Or do you have a desired shutter speed in mind (I presume, for getting effects like light trails) and then set the aperture based on that?

[@ReimannPembroke]

Great question! Most of the time I am selecting an aperture that I want and then metering to find the right shutter speed. But in cases where I want something like a light trail, I usually decide what shutter speed I want first.

[@andyjamz3799]

amazing work!! i was wondering, what ISO did you use??

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you! I shot 400 iso film metered at 400!

[@iamstevenallen]

Kodak Ultramax 400 is definitely a favorite!

[@ReimannPembroke]

It’s a very underrated film!!

[@fenet8717]

niece pics n vid

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed them!

[@juanfran3733]

Great video! How did you compensate for reciprocity failure? I am planning to go shoot ultramax at night but im only familiar with portra’s reciprocity failure.

[@ReimannPembroke]

I kind of guessed bc there isn’t much info about reciprocity with Ultramax. If the meter told me to shoot for a second or longer, I took the value x 1.5 and used that

[@stevensko5586]

Nice vibes ! Did u only use an app for lightmetering or a separate lightmeter as well ?

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it :) and yep just an app called Lightmate

[@glenkhumalo2193]

Awesome video, What cameras do you use? The 35mm and The one used to record? Thanks

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks for watching! The 35mm is a Canon P and I recorded on a Sony A7iii

[@jennahbuckley]

Top city looking good 👍🏽

[@ReimannPembroke]

It’s a completely different world at night

[@patricraphael87]

This is something I've been interested in trying for while now but I chickened out because I was scared of the reciprocity failure stuff, so thanks for doing this. Having said that, how did you handle the metering and reciprocity failure issues? Any tips or links that would help with this?

[@ReimannPembroke]

Yeah reciprocity failure is intimidating at first and there isn’t really any information for Ultramax. I just metered for shadows/middle gray and then added a factor of .5 to the exposure if it was longer than like 6 seconds I think. So if the meter said 6 seconds, I would add three more seconds on top of that

[@patricraphael87]

@@ReimannPembroke Thanks man, thats super helpful!

[@goeftberg]

Hi, nice photos. What aperture do you use ? And speed ? Thx

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks! I usually shoot night scenes around f/8 and for shutter speeds, they range anywhere from 2 seconds to about 15 seconds in this video I think

[@nicksucio]

Tell me why this goes harder than portra lol love the shot at 4:32 & 4:46 , so crispy loved the scenery of the skate & bowling area, got some rad retro places around you man !

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks so much dude! Yeah I was really pleased with the results! Really clean!

[@trevorsowers2202]

I quite enjoy the results I get with Ektachrome at night

[@ReimannPembroke]

Oooh I still haven’t tried Ektachrome! But I would love to try it especially at night!

[@FourFourFour841]

What's up bro, first of all thank you for all of this. I'm doing some deep research for a specific project I'm working on rn, and you gave me a lot of key info that i needed in order to pull a few things off at night with my Minolta X-700... My question that I have is, how did you compensate for Depth of Field? For example, if your meter was telling you that you needed to be at f2.8 or f1.7, but you wanted to shoot between f5.8 - f11 like you said you did; what did you do on your shutter speed dial if you were at a shutter speed of 1/500 on your dial (since it's closest to 400 ISO), but you still wanted to capture a lot of detail in the architecture you were shooting? The Minolta X-700 shutter speed dial only goes up to 1/1000 as I'm sure you already know (just like your camera that you used in this), so there's only 1 stop above 1/500. Which is why I was gonna shoot on Gold 200 in order to give myself more room for my shutter speed, but I see that UltraMax 400 is so sexy at night now, so I want to pull off the look you captured in this video, and have that same depth and lighting all at once. I hope that all makes sense.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks for watching!! So at night I’m shooting long exposures with a cable release. Most from this shoot were between 5 and 10 sec exposures. I use a light meter app on my phone, put in the speed of film I’m using, the aperture I want to shoot at, and it gives me an exposure time. I only worry about keeping the shutter speed near the iso of my film when I want to shoot Sunny 16

[@FourFourFour841]

@@ReimannPembroke Ok ok makes sense. There aren’t a lot of solid tips online about night photography, and that seems to be because you can bend a lot of the rules in order to pull off different kinds of shots at night. It’s sort of experimental, which is why so many people seem to be intimidated by it... But I’m gonna apply what you’ve said in the comments to my overall style and see what I formulate with all of the bits and pieces of knowledge that I’ve acquired from really great film photographers like yourself. Keep doin you bro, and thank you again.

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@FourFourFour841 thank you so much for the kind words! Excited to hear how your first night shoots go!📸🎞

[@FSOhara]

Amazing!! How many seconds and aperture do you usually in your nigth shoting?.

[@ReimannPembroke]

It depends on the film I’m using but I’m usually shooting between f/5.6 and f/11. For shooting with this film I was doing anywhere from 2 sec to 10 sec exposure times

[@FSOhara]

@@ReimannPembroke thanks man, nice shoting 👏👏👏👏

[@dpinyourhead]

Nice shot! Could you tell me the average time did your exposures get? (How many seconds)

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks for watching! I think the average exposure times in this video were between 2 and 10 seconds

[@muhammadtony5219]

wow nice video man!! 🔥💯 i click subscribe :)

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you so much! I'm glad so many people enjoyed this video and found it useful! :)

[@KeychildProductions]

Only wish they had a 120 version!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Right?! That’s one thing I love about 35mm is there are so many different films to choose from

[@acalthu]

I guess I'm buying some Ultramax 400 next.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Do it! It’s very underrated!

[@siobhankeighley4698]

just picked up a roll of this excited to use it! what kind of exposures were you using?

[@ReimannPembroke]

depending on the scene as much as 8 seconds and as little a 2 seconds! I hope you enjoy shooting with it!!

[@benjaminsim7961]

What shutter speed and aperture do u use for your shots!

[@ReimannPembroke]

It honestly depends, it varies but I usually like to shoot my night photos at f/5.6 or f/8

[@rominamartinez1630]

This is so cool!! What was your aperture and shutter speed at 1:42? That was my favorite photo too

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thank you! I believe that shot was at f/8 for somewhere between 10 and 15 sec

[@rachelmaemaningo3020]

Hi! Do you use a flash for that? I have a manual slr and I don't have flash with it. Hoping to know more!

[@ReimannPembroke]

No I don’t use a flash! Just long exposure times

[@kvhkvh6513]

How do you know how long you need to expose with the bulb mode?

[@ReimannPembroke]

I use a light meter app on my phone!

[@tacosstar6291]

Did u use flash for night? Thanks

[@ReimannPembroke]

I did not use flash for these night photos

[@axelpibe14]

Great!!!! One question, do you used flash on this photos or not?

[@ReimannPembroke]

Nope! No flash for these

[@axelpibe14]

@@ReimannPembroke thanks!!!

[@slyzyy7972]

hello im new in film photography, what is the name for the shutter button? and can i use it on my canon av-1?

[@ReimannPembroke]

Hi it’s called a shutter release cable and yes it will fit. They just screw into your shutter button

[@traveller536]

What aperture and shutter speed did u use for night shots?

[@ReimannPembroke]

It really depends on the shot, but usually between f/5.6 & f/11 and between like 2 & 8 seconds

[@Holl.Mvrk.]

Wow ! Good to know my favorite film can be used for awesome night shots too ! Never even thought to use it at night. Haha which 50mm were you using ?

[@ReimannPembroke]

It really is a great film for night photography! I am using the Industar 26-M

[@Holl.Mvrk.]

@@ReimannPembroke I’ll definitely be shooting a roll at night around here soon. I have some awesome neon signs I’ve been wanting to capture for motels. Nice ! I currently am using the canon serenar 50mm. Looking into some other options just to have a change of pace

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@Holl.Mvrk. do it! Yeah I also have the Leica Elmar 90mm f/4 and the Jupiter 12 35mm f/2.8 for my canon P both great lenses

[@Holl.Mvrk.]

@@ReimannPembroke the Jupiter 12 is one I’ve been looking at as well. I think I may just save up and finally buy a voigtlander LTM lens. Kinda want the Skopar 35 f2.5

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@Holl.Mvrk. I really wanted that lens but decided to save some money for now haha

[@kayladasena]

Helloo, I was wondering whether kodak ultramax or kodak gold is better. I bought my first film camera but I’m not sure which film to use.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Both films are fine! I would say Ultramax is probably the most versatile because it’s 400 iso so it will be useable in more lighting conditions easily

[@kkkuuurrraaa124]

Hi! im just curious since im a beginner but what do you set on your camera iso? do you also match it to the film iso (400)?

[@ReimannPembroke]

Yeah I just match the iso and meter for the shadows!

[@FR4NCI3C0]

@@ReimannPembroke hi! when you say shadows what do you mean? any dark area? or very dark is not good? I feel dificult to find "shadows" at night bc all are very dark...

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@FR4NCI3C0 when I say shadows I mean the darkest part of the scene. Thanks for watching!

[@jacobvillegas9369]

Hey, by chance do you remember the light meter app you were using?

[@ReimannPembroke]

Yeah I use an app called Lightmate!

[@paulalfonso9540]

What iso shutter speed aperture do you set?need help plss wanting to shoot night photography just a beginner😁

[@ReimannPembroke]

It varies from scene to scene and what type of look you’re going for. I’ll do a video about how to take night photos on film soon!

[@paulalfonso9540]

@@ReimannPembroke and im confused what to set my aperture to get colors like that🤯

[@JackGitto]

did you not experience any reciprocity failure? I can't find a chart for this film anywhere

[@ReimannPembroke]

Yeah unfortunately Kodak doesn’t have data for reciprocity failure of Ultramax. I was doing a couple different exposures for a lot of these photos. if the exposure was over one second, I would add a factor of .5 to the exposure time. So if the meter said 2 sec, I would expose 3 seconds. If it said 10 sec I would expose 15 sec. etc. that combined with metering for middle grey or shadows seemed to be enough

[@ireneflorindi685]

to shoot at night should i always use a tripods? or can I just change shutter speed?

[@ReimannPembroke]

Great question! For most night shooting you will need a tripod unless you are using a very high speed film or have some very bright light source. Most of the time when hand holding cameras with shutter speeds slower than 1/60 of a second will cause some motion blur

[@taylorisflying]

what did you use to make the slide show transitions?

[@ReimannPembroke]

I used this pack of free film burn effects I found while watching a KZbin video a long time ago! I don’t remember what video though

[@Trance88]

I'd love to know how you know how long to hold the shutter down for. Are you metering or just know from experience?

[@ReimannPembroke]

Most of these shots were between 2-10 second exposures. And yeah I use a meter on my phone called lightmate

[@dannysetiawan4719]

​@@ReimannPembroke helo i'd love to know how you set your iso? did you set it on 400 or you push it 1 or 2 stops?

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@dannysetiawan4719 hi! I set it at 400 and exposed for the shadows!

[@---fh6em]

Did you push it while developing?

[@ReimannPembroke]

Nope! This was just shot at box speed with a bit of exposure time to account for reciprocity failure!

[@giandeleon4183]

auto subscribed.

[@ReimannPembroke]

Thanks for the love! You won’t be disappointed!

[@azkiraauzan776]

like itttt

[@ReimannPembroke]

Hey thanks! Plenty more videos on the way

[@azkiraauzan776]

@@ReimannPembroke well i just bought the ultramax 400 right after watch this video. looking forward to the new vids !

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@azkiraauzan776 haha glad you’re going to give Ultramax a try! New video on Sunday morning!

[@ineedu123]

fuji superia 400 or ultramax for night time photography?

[@ReimannPembroke]

I actually haven’t tried superia 400 at night yet! I’m curious to try it though!

[@sebvz89]

Hi! Can you upload a video fixing the focusing problem?

[@ReimannPembroke]

Fixing rangefinder focusing on a canon P you mean?

[@sebvz89]

@@ReimannPembroke Bronica S2A 😁

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@sebvz89 yes! I’m planning to do that as one of the next upcoming videos!

[@jdsarfo610]

how did you get the light trails on the first shot?

[@ReimannPembroke]

I close my aperture down enough to make the exposure time longer! Then I let cars drive through the frame.

[@Caracalaba]

How do you meter these kind of shots?

[@ReimannPembroke]

I use the Lightmate app on my phone and meter for shadows and typically add a factor of 1.3 to whatever exposure time the meter gives me assuming it’s over a second

[@irsan949]

That $20 russian lens did the job very well 👍🏻😁

[@ReimannPembroke]

It did! I have been very happy with it!

[@nicksucio]

Looks like you were metering with your phone? what app did you use? i always have a hard time doing long exposure via my phone app

[@ReimannPembroke]

Yep! I meter using the Lightmate app! It seems to work pretty well! I was also doing more than one exposure for a lot of the shots and the ones with more light tended to look better

[@petezalpa2548]

Did u meter for the shadows?

[@ReimannPembroke]

@@petezalpa2548 I ended up bracketing quite a few of these photos. I would typically either meter for the shadows or middle gray and then I would add exposure time to what the meter reading was to account for reciprocity failure