Shooting expired 16mm film. Why?

[@ilichcastillo]

Thank you for sharing this. Agree with the general idea. I share my unfortunate experience because in any case we have to make some nuances here, especially for newbies, just as it happened to me. I almost blindly bought a lot of 13 rolls of ektachrome (7255) from the 50's on ebay thinking that I could develop them with caffenol as black and white negatives and that at least they would be useful for me to experiment and get familiar with my K3. Unfortunately, after reviewing several online sources I discovered that among the dead films this is one of the deadest.

[@HerbiePabst]

Great point. thanks for your comment.

[@Filmedbycjj]

the footage looks super! the only film ive shot on is Super 8 but im always looking into 16mm cameras, but youre right that the cost can be prohibitive especially if youre just a college kid like me.

[@HerbiePabst]

Have you ever tried a Krasnogorsk-3? It's one of the more affordable 16mm cameras. I enjoy shooting with it.

[@bingoxe]

great video Herbie! do you have a particular piece of hardware you used to adapt your tripod plate to your K-3? I've been looking for a solution to that problem

[@HerbiePabst]

Thanks for you comment. I use a Manfrotto 501 tripod with my 16mm film cameras. The K3's and my Eclair NPR use the larger screw mounting plate, 3/8"-16 thread. The Manfrotto standard mount plate comes with a 1/4" and a 3/8" so I bought and extra mount plate to use with my K3's. The things is that the 3/8" screw that comes with the plate is too long for the K3 so you can't tighten the plate to the camera. I had to grind the 3/8" screw down and shorten it so the mounting plate would work with out a 1/4" to 3/8" adapter.

[@bingoxe]

@@HerbiePabst ah i see- i got one of those adapters and had the problem of it being too long. grinding it down like you did seems like it’s probably the best option. thanks for the response!

[@bryanhiltner3552]

Great video! I’ve been curious about shooting expired film… shot on my K3 for about a year but didn’t shoot any expired film on it, just recently got my 35mm camera and have a bunch of expired 35mm to practice with. The one roll of expired 35mm I shot seemed to expose well when I lent it an extra stop of exposure… I typically try to overexpose the 16mm by 1-2 stops, and so tried to overexpose the expired 35mm by 2-3 stops. All your expired film examples looked great… how old was the film, and did you take into account its age when shooting? And can we see the complete footage online anywhere?

[@HerbiePabst]

Hi Bryan. Thanks for your comment. The 7219 and the 7248 was shot at the recommended speed when using an 85 filter. The 7265 which is a reversal film was shot 1-stop overexposed. The 7231 was overexposed by 1 1/2 stops. Orwo UN54 was over exposed by 1-stop and the Fujifilm F-64D was overexposed 1-stop and then pushed 1-stop in developing. Not all the full test videos are on my "Pabst Films" (@pabstfilms) on youtube. Will be adding some new tests soon. I've been enjoying your channel and your resent addition of the 35mm camera has been fun to watch. I'm looking forward to seeing more. Hope all is well.

[@NasserAlhameli]

Do they use black and white filters in motion cameras like we do in still b&w photography?

[@HerbiePabst]

Yes some do. It's a creative choice.

[@jacksonharvey2175]

You rock

[@HerbiePabst]

Thanks for watching.

[@jakewestbrook3214]

I love shooting expired film stills- but man is it hard to find expired movie films that aren't Kodachrome.

[@HerbiePabst]

It used to be much easier finding expired movie film. eBay is still the place to find it. I'm convinced there's freezers out there with frozen film in them.

[@Stiert]

Popeye arms!

[@HerbiePabst]

hahahaha