Taking Photos with a 90 Year-Old Camera

[@chaquator]

the mark at 6:44 is actually dust on the film itself, a scratch on the lens would be more blurred out because the scratch is not in focus

[@CalumRaasay]

chaquator haha yeah, funnily enough, I realised that while I was rewatching it after I uploaded, rookie mistake! Makes the image quality all the more impressive, to be honest.

[@ChristianGreyHawkins]

Yeah actually the overall hazy effect on the film is more likely the result of the scratches on the lens.

[@jackkraken3888]

I was also so confused that a scratch would have that kind of effect.

[@ianfraser8347]

Its not a scratch. Its a fibre or hair on the film. Dust, fibres and hairs are the bane of printing or scanning negatives.

[@3p1ks]

I really wanna see you take a picture of something modern like a laptop or a smartphone with that camera, it would be really weird taking pictures of modern tech with an old 1930's camera.

[@jmartin5544]

I would do that just to mess with people's heads

[@818ツ]

That's why I came

[@818ツ]

Imagine taking picture of your house with a old camera

[@toazethegecko]

Wow yes

[@no.7893]

We have a number of really old cameras of this era around the house and I've always thought it'd be great to get photos of the modern world using old technology, I need to look into getting some film for them.

[@terryallen9546]

I discover and use ancient cameras all the time. If I do a historic ranch shoot, I like to use a camera from the ranch founding years as part of the shoot. Often, the rancher still has the old cameras. 100 year old cameras can be brilliant, but even with imperfect lens, they can convey the historic perspective. These images are very popular with my clients. I also do individual and family portraits with these cameras. All you need is a basic understanding of light and your results will be prized for generations.

[@ianseb]

6:50 I swear if you told me that picture was taken in the 30's I would believe you

[@official-billvancleef7128]

6:50 wow, for a camera made in 1928, it sure does make 2018 look like 1928 with just that picture

[@JackthePumpkincat]

3020 people Taking pics with an "IPhone 11 pro max"

[@Ana-xu5pt]

How would they have access to something from a thousand years ago? Haha

[@JackthePumpkincat]

@@Ana-xu5pt look at the ancient tools some are still not rotten it means some of our inventions today can last too as long as it's preserved well

[@JackthePumpkincat]

@@Ana-xu5pt And btw you sound like you're trying to cyberbully me

[@DampSeagull9166]

RANCAT Studio really what are you gonna day is this a personal attack and call child services

[@AirByJer]

And iPhone 12 plus pro max ultra S

[@nefariousbum9982]

Gorgeous photos! I love vintage photos and those are just wonderful!

[@CalumRaasay]

Thank you! Actually just recently did another shoot with it, I'll need to try and get it processed at some point

[@mattmorrison6656]

I'm also from Scotland and I have a folding camera from 1912.

[@HoLeeChit11]

😱 no, do you think that may be a coincidence or could it be something from a parallel universe?

[@dominik7014]

What camera do you have?

[@adnanabdillahghifari720]

Dude, that's a very old camera. It's already more than 100 years old already. One question for you, what model is that?

[@mattmorrison6656]

@@adnanabdillahghifari720 Kodak No. 3A Folding Brownie Model A

[@pikachu.922]

it might be 40 years newer, but I absolutely love taking photos with my Mamiya RB67, which also takes 120 film.

[@catey62]

theyr'e a great camera, love mine. 😊

[@thomaspopple2291]

The two windows is for two different formats. 6x6 or 6x9. Depending on what size negative you want to shoot is depending on what window you would look into for the film frame number.

[@CalumRaasay]

Thank you for this- I've used the camera a few times since and this cleared up a lot of confusion!

[@steveandthedogs]

No, this is a 6x4.5 format. Wind film on until 1 appears in first window. Take shot. Wind on until 1 appears in second window. Take shot. Wind on until 2 appears in first window, repeat the above.

[@CalumRaasay]

@@steveandthedogs oh wait really? Gosh that makes sense.... But does that mean I've only been using half my film all this time!? 😂

[@steveandthedogs]

@@CalumRaasay You should get 16 frames on 6x4.5, 12 on 6x6 and 8 on 6x9

[@CalumRaasay]

@@steveandthedogs I think you may have saved me some money...

[@jaysaw8151]

always loved vintage things im starting to want a vintage camera now too lol cars trucks boats tools .lawnmowers houses lots of vintage things!

[@dieterpeten5385]

Hey, greetings from Germany. Nice Agfa Billy clack 51. It was produced from 1934-1940. You can install an App in your Smartphone for light messuring. Nice camera and realy easy to use.

[@Walkercolt1]

Own a Kodak Medalist 620 (6x9 format) folder that was my late Father's. Still takes fine, sharp pictures that will go to about 16x24 just fine. Good Ektar triplet lens.

[@nathanjohansen7169]

I'm jealous. I bought a broken Medalist at a flea market, but have yet to find a place that still works on them. I'm afraid it may just be a shelf piece.

[@clairearendse4877]

I worked with professional photographers and processor back in the day. There was a dark room on site. This was in a university. One day one of them took me into their dark room and show you their process. He made several prints (approx A4 in size) of the one photo and showed me the results of playing with time and other enlarger settings. His last printing of an exposure he covered 7/8ths of the print with a book before exposing to the enlarger, and wrote his settings on the print. Then cover 6/8ths of the print, write his settings on the print. 5/8ths, 4/8ths, 3/8ths and so on. So you could see the effects slowly exposing the print compared with fast exposure times and varying settings all sampled on the one paper. He'd even wash his hands in the light as a print was being exposed to create contrast effects. So if you want the clouds in the sky to have more contrast he'd was his hands in the light between the light and the print as the enlarger was bathing the print in it's light. And it was black and white film and prints he was playing with. You get radically different results depending on exposure times and settings and how you play with the enlarger. So the same negative could create an image that looked like it should be hanging in a frame on a wall. . Or it could look washed out and yucky, depending on the printing process. Old school manual printing, not a machine. I think it's an art practiced over decades that is becoming lost in the modern world.

[@areallyrealisticguyd4333]

If you wanted clearer shots you could always use higher iso film. HP4 125 is meant for really bright sunny days and with the limited aperture settings your camera needs a lot of light.

[@aquilaa2]

For daylight photo, Ilford FP4 at ISO125 is more suitable, this camera has single shutter speed, 1/30s, three apertures setting at f8.8, f11, f16.

[@Sennmut]

Wind till "1" is in the 1st red window, then till it is in the 2nd red window. Repeat for all numbers. It gives you 16 shots on an 8-shot roll.

[@SilntObsvr]

If your film expert friend hasn't already filled you in, for this camera you use *both* red windows -- wind each number to the first window, make an exposure, then wind the same number to the second window, then the second number to the first, and then the second window. This was done because the camera is intended to make 16 frames. When that camera was made, you couldn't depend on 120 film having a track of framing numbers for 16-on, but they had 8-on right from the beginning in 1901. The "half frame" format was selected for the Billy-Clack because it gave twice as many exposures on the (expensive, relative to incomes of the day) roll of film, and by the 1930s, enlargements were more common than they'd been a couple decades earlier, so a smaller negative was a sensible choice. In the end, you've got a nice old camera there, and it's a nice addition to a "Monster Hunting Kit". Don't forget to buy an antique roll of film off eBay to put into into the case along with the camera, star chart, and so forth. I've got several somewhat newer cameras of similar size, and some smaller ones as well, that use the same format; it's about my favorite negative size for 120 film.

[@andrewburris4370]

I'm surprised that this 90 year old camera still works, and the photos look no different than the ones you would look at that were taken in the 30s and 40s.

[@BobBlarneystone]

Back in the 70s, I had a 116 film camera from ~1930s. The film was 2-1/4 x 4-1/2, and became scarce. So I used photographic paper as film in single sheets. The ASA was 3 (DIN 7-10). I made many 'ghost' pictures by setting the aperture to f45 and the exposure to 15 secs. This allowed me open the aperature, go around and sit on a graveyard headstone for 10 seconds and then go back to close the aperture. Thus, you could see the crisp image of the headstone through my body, while the trees were indistinct due to wind movement. From 25 stories up, such an exposure on busy Philadelphia street (38th & Walnut) revealed no cars other than those that were parked, and again the trees were indistinct. Hmm, I wonder if still have those pics somewhere.

[@jamiehughes5573]

I managed to find my grandfather's old braun nurnberg paxette electromatic 1, which is around 60 years old

[@CalumRaasay]

Fantastic little camera- worth getting some film for and trying!

[@legoat8747]

My friend gave me a similar one that’s slightly longer but was also from the 1930’s. I haven’t used it yet, due to it being hard to find film for that camera cause that spool size apparently was like discontinued or something, idk. But thankfully I was able to find some from some store, and I really want to go out and shoot pictures of my friends dressed in that era of clothing.

[@kpkndusa]

For not having done this before I think you did well.

[@CalumRaasay]

It's funny because all these years later I'm actually a full time photographer and use film all the time now! I guess this phone started an obsession.

[@davidepperson2376]

Love love love this!

[@theothertonydutch]

I have a late 20's Voigtlander, I have to get the film developed, shot about 4 rolls in colour with them now

[@carlowingfield7743]

The only problem with old bellows cameras is that the bellows will leak light through use . The oldest working bellows camera that I had was from 1914 , they are so simple there is very little to go wrong .

[@goodwin19-j7r]

Got a kodak jr a 1911 in Canada it's really cool might need to fix a little on it

[@CrazyStuff101]

That’s camera is sooo cool!

[@martindee5625]

Hi. Just found a great Igahee prontor II bellow type camera at swap meet . I want to see if it still works but I'm not sure what kind /type of film to use. Can you help me out. Thanks!

[@CalumRaasay]

Pretty sure those used either 120 or 127 films (which isn't made anymore). It may say somewhere on the body. 120 is pretty simple paper backed film though, so provided theres no light leaks and you maybe 'mod' it slightly you'll probably get it to fit.

[@manugeee]

The scratch in the one picture is haust a piece of dust, laying on the film while it was digitalised. The scratchy lens Leads more to the „foggy“ look of the pictures an decreasing the contrast a lot. But nice that you got some results of this old beauty. 😁👍

[@imanilwilliams]

Which Minolta camera do you have I love how those pictures look

[@CalumRaasay]

Minolta X-300, I think taken with an 85mm lens

[@Viraj43837]

It's amazing, I have a 1930' camera too. Many thanks.

[@ethank.6602]

Thanks this is super helpful, i have basically this exact camera except the front markings are slighty different, and i had no idea what did what hahah

[@splashkid8410]

I’m obsessed with the golden era so I would like to buy one

[@verlaineleautaud]

I have just found a "nifcarette"first minolta camera from 1928 but it is so rare, it is impossible to find the values on ebay or somewhere else

[@utuopialovely8648]

You Missed the lever for the Yellow filter pre-builted inside, i think you never finded out 😂😂

[@Foxglove963]

amedeo. I also noted he missed the switches. Careless...

[@edvenuto9614]

I use d3200 d3300 d3. The cameras I use are newer compared to the old camera you use

[@gilbertoportillo6650]

I bought me a lubitel 6x6 120 film camera and the only complaint is the price of developing the 12 photographs. $9.00 for developing and almost $2.00 per each print. There are only 2 places in town the work with this kind of film. Thanks for the video

[@elgrosero]

Does any body know where can I get a camera like this one restored

[@CalumRaasay]

Depends on the country, but it's often select specialists or some camera/antique hobbyists that do camera restorations. Also depends on the camera- no matter the price, a camera like this probably just isn't worth restoring.

[@kpkndusa]

@@CalumRaasay Ebay is a good bet.

[@That_Ryan_Guy]

The film you need is 620 not 120.. 620 is the "consumer" version of 120 and used for tons of camera starting in the late 1800/early 1900's. (The most popular of these was the Kodak Brownie.) As these were meant to be simple to operate and to keep cost down a number strip was added to the back side of 120 film so the user could keep track of the number of images. 120 only had a paper leader and tail so you can start and end a roll with out exposing the film to daylight. As 620 is gone there is ways to "respool" 120 film and convert it to 620. This can be a pain as it must be done in pitch black and line up. What I have chosen to do is cover the frame counter dots with black tape and made sure it seals up well. (Gaff tape is usually the best as it sticks but has low adhesion so comes off old cameras most of the time. The other thing is when loading film you showed doing it in a pretty bright spot. Total darkness is preferred but I usually turned on a light just out side a darkened room and left the door open enough so I could see what I was doing. Even after thousands of rolls as a pro photographer I just couldn't make my finders work to feed it just right!

[@pieterdegelder6563]

The 2 holes are for different film sizes of the 120 film i think . The hole closet to the border is tot 6×9 picture the other ons is tot 6×6 picture. But i can be wrong.

[@Foxglove963]

Calum. You did not find the switch for the filter/other lens and the table leg. You should have cleaned the lens first, as also the viewing lens, the front plate comes off easy.

[@colorred5383]

amazin

[@CalumRaasay]

Thanks!

[@F4NCY_]

What minolta are you using ?

[@zebulon9307]

6:01: Why two windows? They use the same numbers twice, there´s no two sets of numbers. You wind the film until one numbers appears in the first window, then wind on until it shows in the second window, and voila! Repeat the game with the next number.

[@pilsplease7561]

I have 4 film cameras, one is 65 years old, My C3 is 70 years old. My Mamiya 645 is 2nd year of production so if i recall 1976. And the last one if i recall is 30 years old.

[@CalumRaasay]

Very nice. I have this but I also have another nice old cheapo entry level Agfa from the 1940s. The rest of my film cameras, minoltas & nikons are all 1980s stock. I'd like a more modern 120 film medium format camera one fay though.

[@catey62]

The oldest camera I have in my collection that I actually shoot with is a 1931 Kodak box Brownie that takes 120 film. for such a simple camera it takes wonderful shots if you take your time with them.

[@pilsplease7561]

@@CalumRaasay Try a mamiya 645 its probably the most modern of the 120 format cameras as they were making a variant of it untill the mid 2000's

[@btrdangerdan2010]

That’s because it’s 125 ISO film you would need higher speed film to shoot indoors.

[@Clarimort]

Not really, he couldhave used the bulb mode to have a long shutterspeed. But I guess it would be difficult to do that without shaking the camera and making the picture blurry.

[@CalumRaasay]

@@Clarimort Yeah I did try a couple with the 'bulb' mode (holding the lens open with the lever) but the result was a bit of a blurry mess!

[@btrdangerdan2010]

Calum the camera lacks a sync port for flash so not much flexibility to use flash.

[@terryallen9546]

But...for bulb shots...after sunset, taken of your waterfront: If you put your camera on something really sturdy like a fence post, it works better than a tripod. Then just count to 15, 30 or 45 seconds on bulb...and you will get the most glorious creamy water and cloud combo shots.

[@CalumRaasay]

@@terryallen9546 You can, the problem is more that the shutter release is on the lens you always end up shaking the camera whenever you try and do long exposures. Lots of limits... but lots of fun!

[@osmiloe2776]

Better than an android

[@obamalastname34]

agreed i want this implemented on sxhool nostalgia

[@flappymlg3607]

why is that?

[@unknownid5842]

@Dtown Since Android is better than iOS, he said "better than an android", implying that it's better than iOS at the same time.

[@iwanti7139]

You dont know samsung?

[@c.b.twenty9127]

Try a Pixel Phone

[@Rvainlefty]

Here before DDOI takes this in his shorts

[@derstille2170]

Where can I get one ?

[@eddievenuto1862]

I used two old lenses on my Nikon and those lenses are the best lenses for being 30 years old I like them better than any new lens cuz they're better

[@wackaircaftmechanic2312]

My dad gave 15 1920s cameras to my polish grandfather

[@zillaquazar]

Verry interest video bud, where about in scotland are you from ? I'm from fraserburgh Aberdeenshire

[@btrdangerdan2010]

It sucks to live in surburban Orange County there’s nothing much landscapes to photograph

[@albertabdul-barrwang3494]

Older than any Hassy!

[@callumleask1053]

Heyyy, a fellow Callum (minus an L lol) with an interest in vintage analogue stuff!! Great vid man, very informative 😁

[@MrManniG]

Well, seeing this now, I did it almost perfectly the other way around: When i was on Holoday in 2018 i boight my first medium format camera there: an ensign ranger II and im happy to report: it works perfectly

[@CalumRaasay]

It's funny watching this now because I'm a professional photographer and I work a lot with film - there was so much I didn't know back then!

[@Viraj43837]

Nice video,thanks sir

[@CarlyWiccanandColdplay]

Neat!

[@janzimmermann1205]

Oohh cool...i have the even older Brother of this camera...the Agfa Billy 1 😅

[@h1lou1]

I have a Z C-4970 folding plate camera 1911 gundlach Manhattan optical co. Korona no.30 it was made in 1911 it is 113 years old and extremely rare like I am pretty sure I have the only second copy ever released there are like only two on earth and I have one of them I have not to much info on it if you know anything about it pls let me know

[@relaxingnature2617]

According to Spielberg ..Shallow depth of field can be over used ..It is here

[@CalumRaasay]

Well then I'd recommend sticking to Speilbergs KZbin videos eh?

[@clammaster4]

These are the kinds of cameras that kill ghosts, or make Black Sabbath album covers

[@terryallen9546]

Ha!

[@AlejandroParis]

0:30 Agfa's predecessor was founded by the son of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy! Wow

[@randomcat4940]

That looks alot lik the camera from project:zero

[@CalumRaasay]

It kind of does, actually!

[@jpm74]

It wasn't too dark indoors. You didn't have/know how to use a light meter. You knew the film speed, the aperture, the camera has a bulb shutter, and you had a tripod. You could have easily taken some great photos indoors if you had a light meter - which is a little unbelievable.

[@9click755]

I also have a camera it look like yours but its not foldable and it still working though.

[@JonBovi17]

Dude please take some pictures with modern object, like going to football stadium

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Its amazing how the pictures looks like they where taken 90 year's ago! Wow!😱😎👍very cool!

[@bilonggrisimmeri]

AKA crap lens with dirt inside = lens flare.

[@EndjoyGarageSale]

I has Agfa Isoly III

[@edvenuto9614]

I would never want a old camera. My camera old but it the d3 the d3 is at the least great full frame

[@Glazersout08]

90 years ago:wow 2020:lucky I don't have it

[@kumar-57]

I have a 100 year old camera, I want to seal it

[@siriuscometstudio]

Sorry if this sounds offensive. But i am jist curious. Is he a scotish ? I love the accent

[@CalumRaasay]

I am Scottish!

[@lofi1595]

Hello sir I have old camera too it is Panasonic C-335EF

[@su11yx21]

Panasonic C-355EF

[@Otokichi786]

You don't have a light meter? Do you have a SmartPhone? There are light meter programs for that "modern marvel." (But do find a hand held light meter. Learning how to measure light (reflected or incident) is part of learning how to use a film camera well, You have a #51 model, equipped with a 75mm (?) f/8.8, 11, 16; Instantaneous = 1/50 sec. (1934?)

[@CalumRaasay]

To be honest, back when I made this I had pretty limited knowledge of film systems- as you can see in this I'd never even heard of 120 film at the time! I'm actually now a photographer and videographer in my daily job and I use this camera quite a lot now for fun- although I still don't use a lightmeter. It's easier just to estimate and then just fire the shutter, the lens isn't sharp or clear enough to be worrying to much about a light meter.

[@91Foxtrot]

You can also use your digital Nikon as a light meter. Just set it to manual mode, match the ISO, aperture, and shutter speed of the Agfa, and look at the exposure graph in the viewfinder. Gives you the benefit of changing metering modes, too.

[@ranchersharma4111]

Aap Jo camera dikha rahe usse bhi Pahle Ka camera kya hua saur sakta hai

[@icemanbrfc]

Mam would love one of these lol

[@caponekingpinking9917]

Old and bold

[@jonlesliehaynes]

that was dust not a scratch

[@jessejames9154]

In wanna see a photo of an iPhone or something modern

[@vinerellos]

i think the red windows correspond to 120 and 125 format film

[@bilonggrisimmeri]

Wrong. Rollfilms were: 620, 120, 127 and Kodak Bantam (unperforated 35mm). Some earlier sizes also exist.

[@peterlockwood3428]

Calum, this might be a really interesting video but what made you think that editing out every pause and breath-take was a good idea. The result is a continuous breathless rant. In print publishing there is a saying the 'white space sells' in other works a bit of nothingness around the message actually emphasises the message. This style seems to have started in the US. Next time leave at least the breath-takes in and perhaps a few more pauses.

[@CalumRaasay]

Peter Lockwood it’s because I talk very, very fast and I enjoy making my videos that way. I don’t have to, and sometimes I do sometimes I don’t. My videos, my rules. 🤷

[@NgaosAgusulva4321]

Komentare bahasa ghoib kabeh.. Ora dongg aku duhhhh

[@ranchersharma4111]

Mujhe 95 year old camera sale karna hai mere paas hai

[@Jerbod2]

Damn, you know very little about this subject... the scratch isnt a scratch, the pictures you liked best were the worst ones... what the hell dude.

[@CalumRaasay]

Well two years later I’m a professional photographer so I guess I kept on learning from here kid!

[@Jerbod2]

@@CalumRaasay Good stuff! You probably take better pictures than me as well, but during the making of this video you knew less ;)

[@CalumRaasay]

Manny Calavera funnily enough I was thinking of doing a follow up to this. Bought this as a dud, prop piece but years later I’m still using it as a camera!

[@Jerbod2]

@@CalumRaasay Highly suggest trying out something like a Ica Reflex Tudor, has all the features you could want, produces pictures you wouldnt deem possible from 1925.

[@HawklordLI]

He's talking so fast I can barely understand a word.

[@CalumRaasay]

Speed Racer!

[@yugeshyadav]

Don't speak to much bro

[@CalumRaasay]

Don't watch to(sic) much bro

[@imranazimviolinist]

@@CalumRaasay hahaahhhah lol

[@vinceroberto8203]

Becaise he just wanted to see the photos because the title is shoting 90 yr old camera not reviewing it hahaha but u still show it