Kodak Retinette 1A, HP5 and Seagulls. Making Prints.

[@theoldfilmbloke]

you are so LUCKY Roger, being able to 'Travel' a bit -- I'm 'Very Vulnerable' and shielding and not allowed even to go to Billericay or Romford -- so it's just around 'Brentwood Town' for me ! ( But amazing what snaps I come up with within 1 mile of my house! ) see my Video 'Darkroom Prints and My Lockdown Walks' (With OLD Cameras and even OLDER FILLUM!! )

[@lostintransitphoto]

Peter with your positive attitude I am sure you will do great stuff!

[@theoldfilmbloke]

@@lostintransitphoto Yes -- thanks -- My Oncology Consultant and Surgeons have said that it's my interest in Old Cameras and Old Film that is keeping me going ! Roll on SUMMER !

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Like you Pete we have to stick to our areas. That beach is 10 mins up the road and as you see hardly anyone there. In the summer it's packed! Great vid mate. I saw it

[@ribsy]

Watching you run away from the tide is my favorite pastime 😀

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Lol. If you ever get here I'll make sure it's high tide 😂

[@carlinschelstraete682]

I love the experimentation Rodger. I'm so glad you've been able to make a lot of videos lately because I find them very entertaining.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks for watching

[@ZeptonicScientist]

I feel like you've upped the quality recently, really inspiring stuff!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Barney.

[@malcsayer7133]

Good stuff Roger, nice to see someone enjoying the beach 😂, I goes to show you do not need hi tech.

[@Taj3d]

Hi Roger, thanks for making these videos. I've noticed your videos have become more polished and flow better. Great job!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks

[@ThatGamingGuyfromthe70s]

Love the wonky horizon shot. The energy and erratic nature of the birds is heightened greatly. I have a few photo books from photographers like Yasuhiro Ogawa, Martin Bogren and Masahisa Fukase who create great photos which often are blurry and wonky, it doesn't work for everything but used well this style of photography can make for some interesting images.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Like I said I cringe at wonky horizons. Probably as I shot mainly seascapes for years. But when I opened my mind I realised it is what it is. Shows I quick shot taken. Looks alright don't it

[@hydrodynamica9233]

Found the exact same retinette at a charity shop too about 10 years ago. Still works perfectly and love the photos from it 🤙

[@acecreates]

Thats encouraging, I've just gotnone for myself!

[@iainmc9859]

i haven't seen the sea now for a year, missing it considering I used to live in a house that overlooked a beach. The noise of sea on shingle is still one of the most restful sounds I can think of. Don't feed seagulls bread ....... they prefer chips!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I agree there. When the warmer months come I can sit alone photographing the sun set.

[@thebrouhaha1]

I agree with you about horizon lines. slanted lines can sometimes add to a chaotic scene. I have two retina iiic's (both out of commission at the moment, unfortunately) and I think the lens is sharper than any of my nikkor lenses. amazing little cameras.

[@lostintransitphoto]

I like the tilted horizon. Not in all shots but it adds tension in the image. The shot done from your hip is my favorite. Great stuff.

[@mrN3w7]

3:20... RUN!!!!!! :D At 4:51 as soon as I noticed that wave lifting up I started screaming at you TAKE IT, TAKE IT!!! - nice to see you got a good shot out of it! One of my favourites from what you did in this video.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I can never tell when they are coming. Great fun

[@FerrisThomas]

Another good one. Looking forward to the prints. Cheers!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Dallas! Lol.

[@raybeaumont7670]

I have the Retina IIC - nice little folder to shove in a pocket. Another interesting vlog - thanks.

[@andrewfrost8866]

Some excellent results there Rodger!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks Andrew

[@donbennett3723]

Liked your gull shots, it gave me some shooting ideas. Even though north Alabama is 400 miles from the sea, due to our TVA lakes , we have a gull population. The American Eagle shooters practice on gulls to learn to shoot eagles. I'm planning to shoot some gulls soon. My summer passion is shooting Ruby Throated Hummingbirds. They are a real challenge as they are the fastest land creature and one of the smallest. Fast shutter speed wont freeze their wings. A flash duration in the neighborhood 1/20,000 of a second is required. It is difficult to track them. You have to ambush them when they feed. I use 5 flashes, as that is all the light you will see. The males have very pretty throats. Cheers and good shooting (and good darkroom results too).

[@donbennett3723]

PS, I shoot the hummers on my patio.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I've seen humming birds on TV never in person. I don't think. I'd have the patience Don for wildlife. We get red squirrels her on the island. They as re pretty cool to photograph. If you got patience ha ha

[@donbennett3723]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss I shoot with a remote from the comfort of my screened in back porch sipping a cool one. This summer i plan to use my F-100 and film for hummers.

[@demcomp]

Really nice work, nice to see someone else who enjoys a viewfinder camera. They are a great little camera to play with. If you ever get out again, try TMAX100 in the camera during a sunny day (hah sunny in the UK)..

[@acecreates]

Really enjoyed your videos on these mate. Just bought a 1b- it has an inbuilt light meter so should be interesting to give it a tinker! Really enjoyed seeing your workflow too. Peace from Australia!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Have fun Ace, good cameras

[@deanc6515]

Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Dean

[@JohnTomasella]

I was hoping for the wave. I like the second seagull print, no worries about the horizon.

[@dannyb5874]

So you got yourself a big easel....found a cheap one? Awesome video, I have been binge watching all your videos mate. Thanks for the help with the lightmeter and enlarger brightness. Danny

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

That was from a subscriber Danny. Sent it to me a few weeks back.

[@lensman5762]

Very nice photography. I like the way you keep these good cheap oldies going, and doing a decent job of it too. There are others who do something similar to you, but I get the feeling that at times what they use is really irrelevant to the run of the mill film photographer. I can surely appreciate the virtues of a Voigtlander Bessa II with a coupled rangefinder, but sure as hell, I can not fathom why it should cost what it does these days, and as such, it becomes irrelevant to me. Although, I own three classic Leicas and a few lenses to go with them, I doubt if I ever vlog with them. There is just no point in it, because it would not be inspirational to the average Joe.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I noticed some old cameras are expensive. I like shooting the old cameras. I find them interesting and challenging. The cheaper the better. I know its simple lens / obscureer tech but making a nice print (not so much these ones) and knowing it came from a 1950s camera amazes me

[@1TAlpha]

I know this is an older video, but id love to know what the lens hood that you are using is called

[@cessna1511]

I had a bash at getting shots of seagulls last time I went to bridlington. Got one or two half decent shots.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

If you get one or two out of a roll that's great

[@thomaschipman]

shame the seagull prints didn't turn out like you'd envisioned. the beach hut is amazing though, definitely my favorite from that roll. also, the print of the wheel you have sitting next to your monitor is pretty outstanding as well.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

That's was a car show years ago. The lines on that print work well along with the wheel. Seagulls I can shoot anytime. Just need some bread ha ha

[@IainHC1]

Really love the wonky shot!! :-)

[@Resgerr]

Do you know when Daphne Du Maurier wrote The Birds - is was about Seagulls, Alfred Hitchcock changed it to crows! Good video as always 👏🏻👍🏻

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I've never seen the film. But the director did well. Crows are probably easier to work with. Whilst I think I'd rather be chased by a flock of crows than seagulls. Those birds are huge

[@Resgerr]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss I know- think Hitchcock might have used crows as black is more sinister. You should watch the film, Daphne set it in Cornwall which she loved not California as in the film the film is only loosely based on the book

[@mrstandfast2212]

Sharpness isn't everything, mood and atmosphere are just as important if not more so. That little Retinette is sharp enough and produces great pictures. If people want ultra sharp pictures, spend lots of money on the latest kit. They'll be sharper, but not better.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Absolutely.

[@stick_and_bokeh2314]

I have a couple rolls of exspired 120 b&w film, you want to give them a go? 1990 I think.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Defo!! Thanks

[@The_Kaleu]

I tested out the TLR I repaired today and absolutely roasted through a roll of twelve shots since I was so excited. I developed the roll about an hour ago and it looks like the work I put into it has paid off and there are no longer any issues. The maximum shutter speed on my camera is 1/200th of a second so I thought I had to use 100 ISO film only for Sunny 16 to work. How do you get around having a similarly slow maximum shutter speed while still being able to use 400 speed film?

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Well done on the TLR! The negs were over exposed because of the camera settings I chose for those conditions but hp5 is pretty good for that. Easily handle a few stops over exposure. I could have done myself a favour and took a couple of minutes off the development.

[@wattn-dampf5228]

Wieder einmal ein großartiges Video! Oh sorry! Great Vid again!!! ... Ohhh, Dean C!!! Brothers in mind!!! ;-)

[@explorerexplorer2263]

what black white fit you recommend with this camera please....shapest one

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Can't go wrong with ILFORD DELTA or Kodak TMAX.

[@explorerexplorer2263]

Which one you recommend for street 📸 200 or 400 please

[@btrdangerdan2010]

Oops I thought you meant Seagull camera lol.

[@waynemelnick9751]

I tried to photograph a flock of seagulls once, but they ran, they ran so far away.....

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

😂😂

[@SilntObsvr]

Negative films have a lot of latitude -- under the definition "latitude is what you can get away with." Overexpose a stop, a couple stops, it's no big deal. More so with color films and XP-2 Super, but even silver image negative films can take a good bit of overexposure if you don't mind having to use a long exposure under the enlarger. Lots of folks (like Zone System practitioners) intentionally give an extra stop of exposure (mainly to compensate for a different way of defining film speed, also to compensate for developing less) over box speed anyway. Not to mention that, as far north as the British Isles are, even in high summer you barely get above Sunny f/11 conditions; a month past the Winter Solstice, f/11 at 1/125 on ISO 400 is just about right for full direct sun. If you were in the Florida Keys, near noon on a cloudless Summer Solstice you'd need Sunny f/22.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I knew I was over stepping the mark ha ha. It was quite dull when I left. Then it went all bright!

[@SilntObsvr]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss After seeing those negatives, you certainly could have given a stop less exposure -- or pulled the developer by one stop (10-15% less time), but you got printable negatives anyway -- just takes patience. Proof positive that the camera and lens are good, anyway.

[@mikeboudreaux2964]

Seagulls...MMGH! Stop it now!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Should have used that as backing track!