Shoot Film: Minolta X-500

[@mikeanastasio8073]

You are a wonderful person. You just seem so kind and friendly. Also you are a seriously good photographer. So happy to have found your channel around a year ago. Really got me motivated to shoot more film.

[@TheMailond]

It's official, you are my favorite youtuber hahaha

[@jensknappe2485]

Like these blanco y nero Hastings shots. As always Fran and Rodrigo did a wonderful job. Purchased a X 500 with 3.5/35-70 on eBay yesterday. I prefer anlogue cameras with full manuals or with aperture priority.

[@repmidwest]

TMax400 is what I used at uni in my very first b&w film photography class. Pretty versatile ISO (not too high to be grainy, not too low to be difficult to get enough light). So glad I had that experience. I think the next year the uni switched to digital cameras (except for one-off classes for BFA students). Long live film!

[@kenwest00]

Yo EDUARDO!!! Love these images. When you opened the show I thought you were basically apologizing for bad images. Honestly I think these are some of the finer images you have taken in my opinion. Awesome stuff!!

[@XbadjackX]

kenwest00 agreed

[@T_Bonz]

3:22 : first picture : boom, already hyped !

[@penangskate99]

Wow. The composition for most of your photos are great in this one! And I really love how the pictures turned out. This feels different from most of your shots.

[@fotogmike303]

I liked how the developer gave it that "sepia" feel to the photos since most of if not all the photos had no real modern context in them it added to the old world feel

[@datadinkusmc001]

That was not done by the developer, that was done in post...remember black and white film RECORDS NO COLOR

[@fotogmike303]

Jon Trevino oh I thought it was the coffee he used that gave the color

[@FrankWalsh]

Fotog Mike you are actually correct. Cafenol does stain the film and gives it a natural sepia color. This is not the same as the film recording color so Jon has never probably used Cafenol and seen this

[@fotogmike303]

Frank Walsh and also assumed I don't know how bnw film works as I only shoot bnw mainly although I am currently working on a new project called expired where I am shooting expired colored film

[@datadinkusmc001]

Actually I figured that coffee stained the film cause if you're a coffee drinker you know coffee stains, what I didn't know was that ED posted strait color scans, he didn't treat this film like Black and White film, but scanned it as color film. Its all in the question I asked him.

[@tomalexandre3130]

Merci pour cette vidéo ! Super musique également 🥁📷

[@NobeGamingOfficial]

Your channel is the best. I clicked in this notification soooo fast! Please please keep em coming.

[@pers4855]

Most of those shots looks really good man 👌🏽

[@chiara1939]

This one at 5:48 is amazing! with that sepia effect I think it looks better than it would have be with the normal method of developing

[@mamiyapress]

Yes, I think that you are correct, you did mess up the development but thumbs up for trying something new. The only home made formula that I recommend is the late Barry Thornton's 2 bath method, I have just developed three rolls together in the same tank, Kodak Tri-X, Ilford HP5+ and Fomapan 200 all at 200 asa and on initial inspection they look very good.

[@tjompen1968]

Caffenol is good fun. Like the way they came out.

[@Osonuco]

A pesar de haber sido "mal" reveladas (ocomosediga) me encanta la atmosfera deslusida que se genera en las fotos. Muy buenas! Equivócate en el tiempo más seguido! Saludos desde Chile

[@ddaly20111993]

The photo's had nice look to them even though they weren't left in the developer long enough. I liked them quite a lot

[@CHRISTOPH-B]

I like the pictures a lot! They look like old photos on albumin paper. Great work!

[@aesthete7227]

*THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL*

[@Jedilost1]

Yes!! Love Caffenol

[@IoannisDedes]

Hey man! Glad to see you tried out the caffenol thing..! I always love to see your channel, great information shared and good photos too.. You spend your "photowalks" on doing this and not just a half hour walk, and I think this is visible to the output you give. Many thanks for sharing! Anyways, back to the caffenol thing, to be honest when I saw the Tmax400 film I was superexcited to see the results.. It's interesting that they got this sepia tone but I also noticed some drop to the contrast of the film maybe? From what I saw I think this is definately a recipe for other films, less expensive maybe.. Greets!

[@AlexScene]

Great episode! I loved the results, even if you feel they needed to be cooked longer, they came out great.

[@cesars.photos]

Hi Eduardo I love the style of your videos. They're different from other film photographers on KZbin. I liked how the images came out from this video. They look like they're shot on some expired film. Very interesting.

[@craftyhodges]

I am not a photographer, but I love learning from you. The pictures were awesome! Not sure what they were supposed to look like, but I live the sepia look. Very cool? Have a great time in Chili. Joanne

[@stonex55]

i enjoyed how they came out

[@bwc1976]

Awesome job recovering what you could from the underdeveloped negatives! I'd be really curious to see some more Caffenol results once you've had more experience dialing the process in just right, and I'm also curious to see more Tmax 400 regardless of developer.

[@PatrickvanLoon]

I really love all of your movies! Keep up this good work, and keep film in this world! Grtz from the Netherlands! (ps tomorrow I'm going to unpack my c41 package!)

[@bnf82]

Very nice experiment Eduardo! The roll did seem to lose some definition, which I guess can be related to the caffenol and not the developing time. Still, very very cool! And that Kodak bag....man, that's something. You seem to be lucky with the bags you find! Keep up with the great work!

[@pandaenthusiast01]

that shot at 5:48! Very nice.

[@will6167]

Caffenol is so beautiful.

[@AwesomeCameras]

these photos look great!!!

[@A85videos]

Hey Ed, I always develop my films with caffenol. For high-sensitivity (400asa or +) films I recommend starting from 18/20 minute in caffenol (around 20°C) , first minute continuous shakes, then 3 shakes every minute. (Iodinated salt to decrease the fog is a good substitute for bromide). bye ;)

[@edpavez]

thank you! :D

[@shoy6fr]

Add some vitamine C and it will be faster !

[@A85videos]

clear. Vitamin C, Soda and Coffee are fundamental, personally for one film, I put 6 grams of vitamin C in 375ml of compound. It's a great dosage. Here are some results: instagram.com/_andru1985_/?hl=it

[@celticranger2000]

Depending on water content in your soda (if not pure crystal) you may need to increase the quantity: caffenol.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/soda-myth-and-truth_07.html

[@LeeAchim84]

great episode... despite the trouble with caffenol, your images are still awesome. i actually enjoy the look too :)

[@Fie.Franciska]

I like the coffe dev, might have to try that at some point :)

[@Oxydus1]

Eduardo dime una cosa, el cafenol se pude revelor color con eso? Si, soy asi de ignorante :D

[@jmathews4765]

When you said they turned out bad, I thought that it was going to be something akin to unintelligible photos. I mean apart from Bromide Drag, these photos had a nice sepia-tone to them. It's a good thing you kinda shot more towards an architectural, scenic sense so it would balance out somewhat

[@tengomalasuerte]

Las del sujeto en la baranda, con las gaviotas en el aire, me parecieron preciosas. El color que resultó del revelado también tiene su qué. Saludos.

[@ОлександрЗайцев-у5х]

dog in window is so nice

[@macalby]

How much?

[@JG-bh9rz]

woo new video! quick question, do you ever shoot vision 50d?

[@jeedelgado8643]

Eduardo una consulta la leica m3 puede usar lentes nuevos del año claro esta de la serie M

[@bhartitarang]

Eduardo do you still have your M8? Would love to see you revisit it on a video :).

[@samysiahaan]

ed, can you please make an explenation on FED Zarya focusing type. because i read that it's not a rangefinder, and im wondering how i should focus the object. thanks!

[@edpavez]

It works by guessing the distances, just like the Bessa L. It works great with wide angle lenses! I've never tried it with a 50mm, though.

[@aboud510]

I actually like the look of some of those shots lol

[@hazlgreen]

Did you ever do a review of this camera, or could you provide your comments about it here if no?

[@wayneandrews3128]

The "Exclusive free training by Nico Malan" ad at the start of this video will drive one to turn to alcohol. The ad is so irritating, I contemplated comiting suicide. Great video on the X500. I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED IT.

[@michaelbuckley8986]

Very interesting indeed.

[@MasterJustino]

That sepia cast adds so much to the photos. A happy accident!

[@UnusSedLeo-w5l]

Love the sephia look. Like 1930's pics, especially the kid with ice cream. X-500 rules btw. I also have X-300/500/700, but prefer the 500 for the best manual options. It is the best of the three X's, unless you want to shoot P on X-700, but who does since 1992? ;-)

[@oscarfernandez2083]

pienso lo mismo y el bloqueo AE es fantástico para medir zonas , el único problema es un componente defectuoso de mala calidad que con el tiempo deja la cámara sin poder operar una lástima.

[@mikehou7295]

great video

[@JohnBarrow1961]

I really like this series and the developing looked fine to me. Which lens did you use?

[@juaaan9517]

see you at Talca with Katapulpo n NMD!

[@jasono9358]

I thought they turned out just great ! I'd be very happy if they were mine.

[@julietfraser]

hi eduardo, great video! I'd really appreciate it if you could make a video trying shooting 110m size film. I just got a 110m camera, but there aren't many videos about shooting on it. Hope you enjoy your time in Chile!

[@synthetiquememoirs]

I have one of these cameras. I got it back in college for photography classes. Unfortunately, it is not working. It doesn't turn on, so I'm suspecting it's the battery, the other thing that doesn't work is the lever, I don't know why, but it's stuck. I will try to change the battery to see if it works (Turns on and eventually releases the lever) in case it does work when I try that, do you have any tips for starting analog photography?

[@fastskipper777]

X-500 is an electronic shutter so you need battery to use it. It won't fire without those. Get two LR44 or better yet, SR44 or 357 batteries (silver oxide) which don't leak as the alkaline LR44s do when get old. Only ting is alkaline ones are usually cheaper. I have X-570 myself.

[@synthetiquememoirs]

fastskipper777 Thank you very much, I was able to get it to work. However, the speed dial doesn't seem to work.

[@fastskipper777]

Is it in "A" position? If so, it's in Aperture priority mode. When you put the shutter dial to aperture priority, it's locked. You have to press a little black button next to it to release the lock. And the shutter dial will rotate. If you do that, it's now in manual mode. (in Aperture priority mode, you just pick the aperture - on the lens ring - and camera automatically chooses the shutter speed). In manual mode, you have to adjust both aperture and shutter dial to match to the meter in the viewfinder. X-500 (X-570) is great because it was released after X-700 (which does not show the actual shutter speed in the viewfinder in manual mode, only the meter indicated shutter speed). For X-500, under manual mode, you will see the aperture at the bottom of viewfinder in a little window. And you will see a steady red dot next to a shutter speed on right - that's the metered shutter speed. And as you rotate the shutter dial, you will see a blinking red dot move up and down, that's the actual shutter speed you choose. When you match the shutter dial so that the blinking red dot and the steady dot come together, you have matched the shutter dial to the metered shutter speed. Then focus and take the shot.

[@yijiang1256]

Hey Ed,why the flim so yellow?

[@gerryboy1996]

Lol i actually really enjoy the sepia tone to the pictures 👌👌

[@zongwuzeng7015]

so good！

[@lennydefinis9664]

They still look cool to me! Definitely not perfect but you made it sound like we were going to see some photos that were going to be a wreck!

[@marciomonteiro9251]

Hi guys , i've been searching in youtube for the ideal film camera for me and i find some photo results with lots of contrast which is what i want and some a bit "washed" my question is, what's main source of that?is it the film?the camera?the lens? or the way that it is revealed?thanks ps: im just a beginner

[@edpavez]

The contrast or lack of contrast depends mainly on the film, development and scanning. Camera and lens have no saying in that matter (at least not as much, really).

[@marciomonteiro9251]

EduardoPavezGoye thank you for the answer ;)

Oi Eduardo, para mim tua experiência com cafenol foi um tremendo sucesso. Coisas inesperadas acontecem quando testamos processos alternativos, aí que reside a parte interessante da experimentação. Esta foi uma novidade muito bem vinda em teu canal, julgo que deverias continuar com as experimentações, inclusive com banhos ácidos antes da revelação. Imagino que entendas bem o Português, mas se julgar inconveniente posso colocar o comentário em Inglês. @arzivenko

[@thimotyandersen]

it looks like cyanotypes somehow, i really like the shots man

[@TheDAYGROUND]

Hola muy buen vídeo, saludos desde México, a ver si puedes tirar algo con una pentax 67, estaría de lujo.

[@Berlina-no9qh]

hey Eduardo. its easy to brew use on 500ml water, 20gramms Soda, 7gramms Vitamin C and 27g instant coffee. attention, first minute you agitate 10 times very, very, very slow (1min) and then every minute ones very slow again. i have very good results with this method. hope you understand my Lothar Matthäus englisch. best Regards from Germany

[@MrBillboeing]

Florian Tomaske what kind of soda? Thanks

[@Berlina-no9qh]

MrBillboeing washing soda

[@nnnoway2500]

Why are the photos brown?

[@PiaLorena]

Que onda lo bella la ciudad

[@choitsubakicreative5761]

now im interested to shoot in film 😭😭

[@robertoaguirre3641]

If you go to Santiago let me know! I would love to help you shoot a video if you need a hand :P

[@tomislavmiletic_]

Amazing results considering how thin your film was...

[@datadinkusmc001]

ED can you please tell people how you did the Sepia color so people don't think it was from the coffee...

[@edpavez]

I scanned it as colour film and it came out like this. I liked it, so I left it as it came out. These are straight scans.

[@datadinkusmc001]

EduardoPavezGoye nice!

[@dantecoco9528]

I did the Caffenol once using a Ilford PAN100 recipe DELTA-STD, result kind of flat and looks a little black at film base, may need more time to fix, consume more fixer as well, also the smell just weired : 0``` may try with a BETTER film like 400TX/HP5 or FP4 which can easily develop with most developers. p.s. my opinion: the Caffenol recipe suit a Medium or Large format far better than a 135 film.

[@DigginDan]

20 whole minutes to develop? Ain't nobody got time for that ;)

[@FrankWalsh]

Too bad about the processing, but interesting images nonetheless!

[@olgairizarry7750]

caffenol no es tan facil como parece, tus fotos no estan tan mal. A mi, no me salió ni una sombra.

[@douggottlieb]

I think the flat, sepia images look kinda cool. Happy accident

[@magazine8731]

All pics looks some soft not sharpen.

[@milodermick2981]

Cafenol is not so good but top vidéo.

[@alexgrd75]

Good pictures as always, but this sepia look is really peculiar I don't really like it.

[@milodermick2981]

Dont like rendition of caffenol.