Shooting Portraits with a 60-year-Old Medium Format Camera

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I Had the chance to be Invited to visit the vintage lenses paradise in Finland by the Camera rescue team.
This was a fantastic week, playing and learning a lot with the most rare and crazy weird lenses in the world.
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[@darkcruzan]

Who was screaming about the film over the roller?

[@MathieuStern]

darkcruzan me me me !!

[@ne0ne0]

Me

[@TruePoindexter]

I was screaming at the scanner tech using a 6x4.5 mask on 6x6 images. Obviously they fixed it later but still.

[@chopin65]

@@TruePoindexter Good eye! That slipped past me.

[@alanclark9471]

I certainly thought he was going to close the film door before rerouting the film! And you called it "weird camera"! Shame on you! I have three of this "weird camera", the Tele, and love its results.

[@chopin65]

Vivian Maier used one of these. Oh, and the model is glorious. She is so elegant and lovely, like Greta Garbo, or some actress of the old Hollywood era.

[@AndrewWilsonOz]

Takes me back to when I was a kid, 8 yrs old, over 46 years ago, and I started shooting medium format, then 120 film size, then, at 9, 35mm plastic kodak camera, and it wasn't till I was 25 that I got my first 35mm SLR. I only got my first DSLR when I reached over 50 yrs old. Film is fun, but I do love my DSLR. But, having shot on film, I still plan my shots like I am shooting on film. Carefully, and not taking 10, 000 shots! Thanks for another great video Mathieu. Enjoy your film adventures.

[@CameraRescue]

Superb. You even caught a glimpse of the Elf hiding in the bushes with a compact camera!

[@jbradfordphoto]

Great video as usual, Mathieu! Awesome to see you giving film a try. I love your vintage lens stuff and this just adds to reasons to watch your channel. Medium format is so much fun, and TLR cameras are just a joy to use. I'm glad you gave it a shot and made a video!

[@neilpiper9889]

David Bailey used this Tele Rolleiflex and also used the Wide Angle Rolleiflex with the 55mm. Great cameras. Lovely photographs.

[@NeuroPOP1]

I have no words for how beautiful and well thought of these pictures are.

[@Kobeboy15]

Amazing, its looks very dream like, it has a certain charm that I dont think I've seen on digital before. ♥️♥️♥️

[@samatkinsphotography]

Stunning. I use a Yashica Mat 124G TLR camera and it’s a joy to use. Your images look wonderful and the model really sets a beautiful vintage vibe to them too. 📷☺️

[@markluinenburg5004]

Thank you for another fun post! My first experience with a twin-lens Rollei was with the Tele-Rollei, shooting, of all things, football! I used the sports finder at F11 and 30 ft.focus along with a Graflex potato-masher strobe and just waiting for the subjects to be the right size in the viewfinder to shoot. It actually worked amazingly well provided you were in a good position downfield and on the right side of the field. I still have an 80mm Schneider 2.8 version that I haven't use for quite a while but still brings me back to the basics whenever I pull it out. I love that you keep exploring alternative approaches to imaging. Keep it up! Cheers!

[@WilmerBlanco]

The camera to take portrait perfect photos. I love it.

[@gustavgnoettgen]

The pictures have something similar to the ones you found in the camera and it's just beautiful to see these bridges across time.

[@steveg8322]

12 photos means that they're far more precious.

[@lawsonpix]

Wow! There's definitely a magic in these photos. Well done Mathieu!

[@Sennmut]

What a stunningly gorgeous woman. She knows how to play to the lens.

[@J4060]

Gorgeous model. Really good vibe.

[@jimcullen2211]

I have been shooting Medium Format for a couple of years now. I feel the same way as you do. It is fun way to sharpen your skills and challenge yourself. The results can be so satisfying.

[@MathieuStern]

can't wait to sharpen those new skills :)

[@gigglemugproject9207]

I love shooting in medium format. I own a Rolli and a couple of Yachica cameras. They always seem to have so much more depth and style. Could be the lens, could be that you only have one chance to get it right or the moment is lost.

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

Most of it film wise is just that with so much area to work with, film grain just isn't much of a concern unlike 35mm. Medium format was at one time very common, most kodak and other brands like Argus were in medium format before 35mm gained popularity in the U.S.

[@CrustyWhiteBread]

The shot at 5:21 is absolutely stunning.

[@anzaeria]

This is awesome. I have a Yashica D TLR with Yashinon lens which I haven't used in years. I'd like to shoot with it again. It's winter now in Australia and I'd like to load some Fuji Velvia 50 and shoot some slow shutter speed images of the local creek and waterfall after the rains. Just wait for an overcast day and grab my 3 stop ND filter.

[@JdarceyMCR]

Wow. What a beautiful model

[@SteveWB]

Really amazing photos! So clear I was amazed.

[@johnleftwich650]

I love the color of these photos.

[@backi480]

Great ! Great Cam ! Model ! Location ! Love the play of Light and Shadow The Goal of shooting Analog Photos is the Moment of Catching the Image ! You check the Light, Distance, Range .. and have a Vision of how it look like .. maybe Sharp or not if you try your best the Recognition will be on your Side ( the most Time ;) Sure a perfect Image is the Point but some "Mistakes" are pure Art !

[@raedwulf61]

I bought at Rolleiflex at a yard sale on Long Island around 1998 for $60. It has filters, lenses, instruction booklet, and a leather case. Very nice, but I have never used it. Lately I have been thinking about doing so. I am very glad to see this video! Now, if I can only find a beautiful woman to pose for me....

[@josephreidhead1639]

Stellar content. I am so glad you are going to review more medium format.

[@karkess313]

My father used those cameras exclusively for wedding photography, He still has one brand new in the original box. They are great cameras! PS you fed the film wrong. LOL. You talked about the stress of not knowing what your pics look like. Imagine shooting an entire wedding on film and not knowing for weeks until it came back from processing what they looked like and your reputation as a photographer being on the line. If something went wrong, there were no do overs.

[@jameslane3846]

I loved my Yashica Mat 124G. It fell off my tripod back in December :(((( I cried

[@mwkcheng]

Oh! No!! It's a lovely camera

[@tasterisk6339]

F

[@MathieuStern]

I know the feeling bro ! ;(

[@Cameraville]

I cry now

[@gauravaverma5585]

i still have 4 of these a gift from my fathers collection

[@kelli217]

I imagine someone with the resources you have could also perhaps scrounge up a pentaprism for a Rolleiflex. That way you could take eye-level shots as well as waist-level ones.

[@eldontyrellcorp]

I have a Rolleicord, which is basically the same camera (minus some features) as the rolleiflex, and I made some nice pics with it. Using these cameras is very fun.

[@miladghasemi1246]

Mathieu I liked your videos so much. Your videos even inspired me to try vintage lenses on my dSLR and after that I even tried film photography for the first time. Thank you for your superb content.

[@MathieuStern]

thanks a lot Milad

[@JoshPricePlus]

Welcome to the 120 club! I shoot a Mamiya c330 TLR, and get stunning results.. Along with quite a bit of 35mm. With practice and patience medium format film can produce results very hard to beat.. Such a unique look. Nice job on your first roll.. Using the built in Loupe will help get your images tack-sharp :)

[@jenndobrev9703]

wow!!! dream camera

[@CloudMediaStudio]

Did you shoot on normal exposure or at +1?

[@VintageCameraGuy.]

Very nice shop. I love Medium format.

[@bendelandesful]

WHAT ?!?! You had never shot medium format before ! Oh my Gawwwd... TLR's are kind of bricks I do not enjoy (bulky and everything is inverted). Now I share my secret with you: the best 6x9 medium format film camera is... French, it's a Demaria-Lapierre Telka III with a 95mm f/3.5 Sagittar lens (Tessar type) VERY sharp corner to corner even wide open. It's a superb folder, that makes 40mm equivalent images (in 35mm format) but with a 95mm depth of field. I shot ektachromes and velvia with it, and the results are simply marvelous. Get one before the prices break the roof.

[@mc-ec3bu]

Why use a 6x45 mask for a 6x6 neg , But no matter the prints come out 6x6 it's like magic.

[@danienelphoto]

This is very entertaining! A mate of mine used to use one when I was studying in the 90's. I shoot a Yashica LM still. I have a video of me shooting it on 1994 expired film!

[@rosedwilson402]

for a 60 years old camera thats a good resolution

[@MarcS4R]

best episode man. love that rollei

[@MathieuStern]

Thanks Marc

[@trevorpinnocky]

Rolleiflex are the Rolls Royce of TLR cameras which were the most popular cameras for a while. You don't need to spend that kind of money if you like this format. Yashica, Mamiya, and Minolta all made good quality TLR cameras which shouldn't cost you nearly as much. 😬

[@MathieuStern]

I plan to review them soon !

[@peter-robinson]

Ricoh TLR was great too

[@harrisonweber4072]

And the Zeiss ikon ikoflex series...amazing cameras. And cheap.

[@DessieTots]

They're not the "Rolls-Royce of TLR cameras". If they were they would constantly break down and cost a fortune to run. If anything your lame comparison is an insult to Rollei-Werke. The standard of engineering and attention to detail was on a par with NASA. Fucking Rolls-Royce!

[@ApertureRH]

@@DessieTots- Rolls Royce is no worse than Mercedes Benz

[@rjseditz829]

Excellent work brother. I am very much impressed by you work. Brother keep it up 👍. Really it had shown that Old is Gold ❤️❤️❤️. Love from INDIA 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏

[@KNURKonesur]

Best camera from the 60s is still the Pentax 6x7 :p

[@MH5tube]

Definitely the best portrait lens of any 120 camera

[@KNURKonesur]

@@MH5tube in terms of lenses I think the Contax 645 Planar 80/2.0 is the best portrait lens ever for medium format. But camera wise it's the Pentax cause you can adapt lovely lenses for it like the Kodak Aero Ektar 178/2.5 or the Schneider Cinelux series.

[@urmenyi]

I wouldn’t trade my Rolley Planar.

[@storiesbyad]

Feel blessed after watching

[@kwacou4279]

You should have attached a rollei closeup lens attachment, would allow for a head and shoulder shot. I'm an avid rollei shooter. Currently using the Rollie 2.8 Zeiss 120/220 model. I have all the filters and the 3 sets of closeup attachments plus the sheet film adapter back (which I've never used just looks cool). Peace

[@lars-sorensen]

Love the Rolleiflex!

[@thebluereverend]

I feel like getting tack sharp shots on a TLR (or anything where you're shooting handheld through a waste level finder) takes tons of practice. It's just so different to how you would normally shoot at eye level and not intrinsically as stable.

[@agylub]

Yesterday. I replaced the screen in my 124G with a $25 split screen from China. Unbelievable inprovement. When starting a pose I always have the subject hold a Siemens star near their eyes to focus on

[@namthainam]

What's that music at the end? Sounds great

[@md.imranhossain6959]

Just Amazing😍🇧🇩

[@rmunozr]

How much is the focal length of that camera? 50mm? 35mm ?? Nice job!

[@lancesmith6386]

I own a 1970s Hasselblad 500 C/M which I love shooting on!!! I once owned a Rolleiflex and I wish I never sold it 😭

[@christhegamer9622]

I LOVE THESE CAMRAS I HAVE ONE AND I NEED FLIM FOR IT

[@anstef1485]

After seeing this, I may decide to get my Mamiya C220 out of the cupboard and shot a few rolls! (it has an 80mm f2.8 with leaf shutter and should still be functional)

[@cristianlaorga7528]

Woow great video Mathieu

[@emmda_67]

always awesome dude !!!

[@Kitsaplorax]

I've got a Rolleicord with a Triotar. I find this to be a more flattering portrait lens.

[@EnzoJerezberlin]

Great! Thanks!

[@TelstarFirst]

What were you using for a light meter, everything was overexposed.

[@Org.Pestdoktor]

Nice camera. I would love to have one of these one day. But 2000$ upwards is quite a price.

[@mrfalcon7871]

Waow my dad has that exact same camera just in a brown leather casing instead! I think it was actually my grandfathers and when he past my dad kept on to it! It’s still in our kitchen cabinet, I wonder if he’s going to let me use it..? That would be really cool😊

[@MathieuStern]

well, if you don't use it ... you should know it cost a fortune

[@mrfalcon7871]

Mathieu Stern wow thats great to know! But I feel like if a object has been in the family for such a long time, it might not be worth selling it.. I’m definitely going to try and take some photos with in the near future! Love your videos❤️

[@androidexpert-ar-6074]

How do you transform the photo from film to digital

[@EternalLife91]

Hi Mathieu, are the photos you show in this video edited or unedited?

[@MathieuStern]

Very minimal editing

[@shang-hsienyang1284]

I think the model looked a lot more stressed in these photos. She looked way more natural in the video. If you didn't tell people these photos were taken with film, I doubt anyone would prefer these over the photos in your other videos with digital camera + interesting vintage lenses.

[@unbroken1010]

I'm on the hunt for Mamiya c330 if I can get it for cheap great cameras

[@Cryptopaja]

Please !! What light box is that ??? Great video 🤜🤛

[@MathieuStern]

when do you see a light box ?

[@Cryptopaja]

Mathieu Stern 5:49 that one ... 👍

[@OdairASilva]

A 60 year old camera is better than the one in my phone, lol

[@blackxthink]

any color retouching ? They are topnotch

[@jamesfansdesigncrossing4184]

2:16 Just missed the film counter rod. lol

[@sundarAKintelart]

I wish and would like to see the negatives enlarged and printed the old fashioned way.. total analogue...

[@massoud999]

טוב :-)

[@ifindmetal]

Does the model have Instagram?

[@geraldward9765]

You've got to work on your loading technique.

[@АлексейВикторович-ь7ш]

чё такие кадры мыльные? смещена призма?

[@keithwiebe1787]

I almost never shot my Mamiya C330 handheld with the 135 lens. Get a tripod.

[@jonnyboy8000]

I thought. using a tripod would of helped

[@BossHossStudios]

You are supposed to go under that first bar. Your pictures will not be accurate because you went over

[@cheater321e8]

Second:D

[@timothyarthur7336]

Looks like you put the film in wrong

[@MathieuStern]

I did I changed it after I saw my mistake

[@timothyarthur7336]

@@MathieuStern still great video mate, keep up the good work.

[@louisondessus]

just wished you had the model smile/laugh more in pictures! she was so beautiful

[@MiamiMillionaire]

Not to Bad 👍

[@stephenryan3146]

When using medium format film, one is forced to concentrate on the techniques of making excellent photos, not on luck of picking one out of hundreds.

[@unbroken1010]

Spray and pray baby whole industry has become a joke photographers with barely any Talent working for pennies while good photographers get left behind

[@AI3Dorinte]

@@unbroken1010 that's really not true. Good photographers still have their place in our culture. You're just surrounded by millions of photos each day because it's so affordable to do it now. This doom and gloom attitude will get us nowhere.

[@unbroken1010]

@@AI3Dorinte you going pat for me to release a little book of my work?

[@AI3Dorinte]

@@unbroken1010 dunno what going pat means, not native english speaking:)

[@NoosaHeads]

Digital cameras are "better" than film in the measurable metrics, such as grain, film speed, dynamic range, sharpness, color and contrast. However film gives an appearance that digital can't mimic - no matter how much you spend. A photo done on a Rollei Wide, standard or Tele will give a unique appearance - and if you like that, it can never be equaled by digital. I mainly shoot film - (I love it). The whole theatre, ritual and preparation of silver imaging is a delight for me. If I were at a wedding, I'd take THREE digital cameras with me and loads of spare batteries and memory cards - then I know I'd have good shots of the event. When I go out into the country or take portraits, I only use film. Film is a pleasure to use. Its tricky, expensive, requires great concentration, experience and a lot of skill. That's why I like it.

[@steve-xp3ed]

Ian Rivlin shoot some 4x5 provia that will change your mind ;)

[@fixt100]

i have never liked taking photos with my phone because i see them all as "junk",, funny thing is that when i was young i was very much into taking pictures of beautiful things from my day, difference is that it was a weird little pentax110 slr that i had to save all summer to buy, the pictures arnt great but it meant more to me somehow?

[@alanowa123]

at what point digital is better in dynamig range? I think that "film look" is mostly because of dynamic range

[@anzaeria]

After shooting film for quite a few years, I got a digital M4/3 camera and discovered that the dynamic range was a bit poor compared to film.

[@coleturner3859]

The camera you showed at 0:57 was a Rolleiflex SLX which is an SLR not a TLR. However it looks very similar.

[@jimmysgameclips]

I do love the vintage colours, and the idea of taking the shots so specifically and carefully then not looking at the picture right afterwards. I do see the fun in using old film cameras. Also that shot by the fence is magnificent

[@SinaFarhat]

Rollei TLR:s are lovely to use! I have a Rolleicord III with a 75mm lens and it really forces me to work on the composition and holding the camera still! In my case, I use a monopod and a remote shutter for getting that extra level of stability!

[@davidoquias6061]

I still have my dads rolli. Interesting to try

[@siqili1168]

There is something wrong when you load your film in the beginning.

[@andyvan5692]

STOP, you don't load a Rolleiflex like that, Rollie, and TLR stands for one silver roller on Top, in these cameras, the film counter is disengauged until the film is senced by this first roller ( a calliper effect, the roller behind this one toggles the gear 'in'- mesh when the film pushes them apart!)- one of these rare cameras that needs special methods to deal with it, like all MF cameras, with their darkslides on the magasines, or for instance, in the Rollei SL 2000f and SL3000 series 35 mm camera, where the battery compartment piggybacks the film magasine, and the film advance mode selector (multi-single exposure) is ALSO a power switch, in addendum to the obvious one by the viewfinder.

[@gmpineiro987]

I love medium format film cameras. I own a Hasselblad 500c/m, beautiful camera.

For the first time in my life I’m the first one to comment on a video. Too tempting. Holy sheet too late I’m wasted.

[@chopin65]

LOL.

[@rafaelcastrocs]

Please post more content about film photography

[@MathieuStern]

I will !

[@rams6702]

mathieu could probably pump out a thousand videos about the stuff from that place and judging from his uploads i'm guessing he is

[@KNURKonesur]

I would do the same! Great content!

[@MathieuStern]

Sadly I was there for just 4 days So I didn’t had time to shoot 10 videos

[@CameraRescue]

@@MathieuStern Winter Tampere is good too

[@owen261]

I love Finland I was just there. I discovered my love for photography there, my father bought me a Sony RX 5 and I used it in 9 countries.

[@MathieuStern]

Me too I fell in love with Finland

[@hiddenwaves4772]

Lovely model 😍

[@mrtrailesafety]

The beauty of shooting with a TLR like Mamiya, Yashica, Minolta or Rollei (if you have a camera fetish, and a new Fresnel view-screen) is that people respond to you differently. You’re not another clown w an instant camera.

[@catey62]

Well done and glad you had fun doing it. film does slow you down a lot but its such an enjoyable medium to use. it has an atmosphere and feel to it you just cant match with digital no matter what sort of filters you use.

[@Noealz]

I was not expecting that price

[@KNURKonesur]

Old Rolleis are iconic and always selling for high prices. Many medium format cameras are at least 2x as expensive nowadays than they were in 2016.

[@MathieuStern]

That’s way you don’t say “ I am looking for this camera “ in front of the seller :))

[@rolandthomasset1713]

Hi Mathieu ! What are you doing loading the film the wrong way on this Rolleiflex ? and showing it on paper too !!! With this tele Rollei you would normally take advantage of the longer focal length (135 mm) and shoot a person at a distance of maybe 8 feet or less and obtain a nice shot from the waist up or a little closer for a head and shoulder. Actually you did load the camera correctly at one point, otherwise you would not have had any picture at all ! But I would suggest making a corrected youtube. The shots in this video are much more as if taken with a 75mm or 80 lens at 8 or 10 feet. I hope you don’t mind the comment.

[@AlergicToSnow]

Yeah, but how many Mpx is it, and does it have eye autofocus? ....I’m joking. Actually, poking fun at the gear heads and pixel peepers.

[@JarvisProd]

FINNNNLAAAAANNNNND Moiiikkaa