This Filter Will Help Your Videos Look Like Film!

[@BenGleasonMedia]

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[@Mcwordless]

AHAHAHHAHAHAH 125 FOR SOMETHING I DO WITH ONE CLICK 1 PHOTOSHOP? AGHAAHAHHA

[@BenGleasonMedia]

@@Mcwordless Photographers ☕

[@ModernVintageFilm]

​@@BenGleasonMedia I'm JUST a photographer but man.. this comment section is like ????????? I don't understand the ignorance and elitism...At least the comments boost your video, cheers mate.

[@pastoryoda2789]

Ben what kind of camera is that?

[@BenGleasonMedia]

@@pastoryoda2789 It's a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K

[@squarerootofyggdrasil8576]

* Must resist urge to wipe it *

[@BenGleasonMedia]

😂😂😂

[@NikiWinProd]

You basically never have to clean it again 😂

[@lucasmicubo842]

This comment is.....

[@MAGICC.GAMING]

Mussssssttttt

[@ferchii13]

Same 😂😂😂😂

[@123v42]

Pro photographer attempts to replicate the old lens full of fungus I can't afford to get restored

[@BenGleasonMedia]

Photographer??… im offended

[@myco2408]

offended?? i’m offended

[@noickish]

Offended?? I'm defended

[@RE8Lover1]

Offended?? I'm a photographer

[@random1744]

Offended? I'm random

[@robvision3888]

Aerosol hair spray onto a UV filter does the same thing. You’ll also have the ability to tune the strength of the effect depending on how much you spray

[@cyano3d]

4 sprays for base +1 to increase strength

[@robvision3888]

@@cyano3d good method 👍 Do not spray directly onto the UV filter. Here are my personal steps. Step One: Spray the hair spray up into the air. Do NOT spray directly onto UV filter. Step Two: Grab UV filter, now wave back and forth into the air that is saturated with hair spray. I usually do this twice to get a good diffusion level.

[@cyano3d]

@@robvision3888 oh i just redid my filter but with 2 feet distance from the filter but without waving it just a direct mist at it. I prefer this one compared to the result from waving in the spray. for me the dots on the filter are smaller and as a result effect is less overwhelming. I might try to mix both methods - do a base spray of 6 direct sprays and 2 wave ones in the air. I am guessing the wave method coats the back and front of the glass which makes it super pronounced?

[@robvision3888]

@@cyano3d I usually try to get the spray on the inside part of the lens filter so that nothing can rub off the hair spray as long as it is screwed onto the lens but it’s up to you 👍 you got a good method, keep experimenting and fine tuning it to your needs!

[@cyano3d]

@@robvision3888 have you compared the results between front and back coating? And do you like the effect strong or subtle like in this video

[@realKnowItAll]

We need with and without comparison

[@angel32679]

Next time show the before and after pics or vids when u use the lens

[@Sonnell]

haha yes, it is like talking about a new camera for an hour and never showing any photos from it. People are so strange...

[@lavalampsucculent2996]

The eye shot is so good!!! Bokeh looks smooth as, although I'm not sure if that's the filter or just characteristics of the glass. Nice video!!

[@matteoposi9583]

I love the fact that we spent years on r&d to achieve photo realism, and then got bored, went full circle and started shooting in low fi again (but pricier)

[@imhotep530]

Wait .whaaaat this is the effect that I've been looking for.😮😮😮.. Thank you so much ❤❤

[@bicky9333]

I used to do this by getting a piece of tape and getting my finger prints all over it.

[@MimicTheBox]

My friend tried photography, broke a 200$ lense, quit photography All in the span of a day

[@BenGleasonMedia]

😳

[@JSMultimedia-fw9ow]

Great story, I lolled hard.

[@hijack29]

This lens simulates the diffused soft light, highlights, shadows, and slightly desaturated colors which occurs during the twilight hours. It looks so dreamy , calm , and is sooothing to eyes i just love it.

[@DiegoSilva-eb3fo]

And that’s why Leon Edwards has the most aesthetic physique in the world

[@Lucky-tf4yf]

I use old vintage lenses✨

[@10to2]

Cheap Uv filter and hairspray can do this for free

[@nindoninshu]

wouldn't say free

[@Leo9ine]

I still don't quite understand buying $2000 glass and a $300 filter to make it look like a $20 kit lens.

[@BenGleasonMedia]

This comment comes up a lot, and ultimately, I have 2 reasons. 1 is because of the option to remove the filter if I don’t want that soft effect. When I’m going to a shoot I will typically have a look in mind, and for some shoots it may require the sharpness of a $2000 lens and for others I may want that same focal length but a softer look. 2, the filter is $125 USD, which is still a little pricey and I get that. But, after shooting video for 10 years, you start to experiment with your footage. Getting different effects to change things up or try something new keeps things fresh. While also shooting the sharp “boring” stuff to keep money in the bank. Ultimately you don’t have to use filters at all, and for photography it can be way easier to just do the effect in post. For video that may be a different story, which is what I mostly do, and why I tend to have a few of these filters in my bag to mix things up if I need to.

[@KingGameReview]

@@BenGleasonMedia I use a DIY one of these with my GFX + GF 50mm f3.5 because that lens is too sharp sometimes.

[@zackmorris4977]

Bc "art" bro.

[@botbot3698]

Bro has beef with filters

[@Mrcheesydancer]

I mean hollywood movies are shot on +50k cameras 15 - 100k lenses with a 500-3000 lenses in front... This is the exact same but on a lower budget Do you expect a single slab of glass to cost thousands?? A $300 filter if top of the range...

[@RaeezTheDeadPoet]

When you said lucid dream filter i thought it was a dreamcatcher attachment that helps you lucid dream 😅

[@PabloBatistaArq]

It looks beautiful!

[@bassmusic8447]

Sir ko dil se salam ❤️‍🔥💪🏻

[@motionpictureclouds]

Output looks so good

[@b925free]

Assuming you have a high dynamic range sensor, couldn't you just do this in post? It's basically softening the image in a way.

[@Sfinchphotography]

Landscape photography is so chilled as there is no rush to capture images like theatre photography etc, and you don’t have to change your camera settings every 10 seconds 😂🪴🌱

[@Rubyedwards19]

Not me thinking it would make the photo glittery 😭

[@cantcancelleo]

Looks like every A24 movie

[@ZONAIEDYT]

When he mentioned "lucid dream," I thought he was referring to the car. 😂😂

[@-Mystik]

Ever had a lucid dream before? I have and literally every time I have one I die one way or another

[@PYZ0902]

I think it emulates blooming effects, not the halation.

[@KingDeadMan]

That filter would drive me up the wall, making me think its got 13yrs worth of debris on it. 😂😂😂

[@ChaoticCall124]

Lucid dreams? Yeah I love that song.

[@kionmahuermicio9860]

Looks nice

[@joenoe10]

You can take a regular clear lens protector and spray some hair spray or other product lightly on it and wait to dry. Same effect. I've done it for decades.

[@b925free]

Have you tried replicating this in post?

[@sukomittens2582]

It looks like how my vision looks 24/7

[@um-vl6on]

West Andersen wants his filter back

[@kayla_white01]

Beat me to it

[@vincenttt8289]

*Wes Anderson, you absolutely butchered his name lmao

[@ElektronikLabor]

The look of dozens finger prints on the lens

[@ladyenn5625]

So it’s like when an artist adds “noise” on a digital painting or illustration?

[@RecEditRepeat]

Such a great filter! ....🏃‍➡️adds to cart!

[@Dewabarasunderan]

This is an UV-Filter with Hairspray on it😅

[@TheMrMused]

...and like a Pro Mist filter, you're forced into manual focus mode. Not the worst thing, but definitely needs to be mentioned.

[@BenGleasonMedia]

Actually no. I’ve used the filter countless times on autofocus with no issues

[@vujicdjordje]

Mine looks like that everytime I go out 😂

[@GabrielJThomas]

Sounds similar to the Hollywood Black Magic filter. I may have to try this one!

[@BenGleasonMedia]

Both are great, I’m actually working on a comparison video here soon

[@GabrielJThomas]

​@@BenGleasonMediaI love the subtle beauty the Schneider filter gives, so I'm looking forward to seeing your comparison!

[@Drunken_Hamster]

Put this on the end of a 1.5x anamorphic while shooting open gate 4:3 at 4k30 with a 1/50th shutter speed. Peak aesthetics.

[@turtyllio.]

why does the video look like a dream 😭😭

[@Schlingelkind]

But don't you NOT see any of that texture at wider apertures?

[@PrestigePhotog]

Reminds me of the old days using my Hasselblads with softtar filters ! 120mm Zeiss t star for awesome dreamy effects

[@AlvB218]

Makes it feel like film

[@a.r.moyapapitawaira7369]

In the 90s we used to set a nylon panties piece stretched in between the lens and the camera body. Same result but we had to buy a bunch of panties for the whole season of video recording. Looks like film

[@Rogue_Anbu]

I fr thought that filter was dirty 😂😂

[@WankhasFluxReal]

"This filter removes the imperfections..." Me after taking a selfie: ✌️

[@eviIsister]

oh cool a simulator of what it feels like living with visual snow lol

[@fenixlolnope361]

Just shoot film at this point lmao. Or do it in post xD just find a hazy lens and shoot with that x3 idk it’s just like the star filters they make, I have a shitty lens in my bag that will do that I don’t need a filter xD I swear it looks just like this one telephoto lens I shoot with sometimes that has like a weird dust/fungus??? Under the front element and it looks kinda like this

[@evanklingman9493]

Imagine buying an expensive lens that just looks like someone shot hairspray on it

[@Prof868]

Thought I was getting COD load out in the beginning when he saying what type of camera it was

[@idrisie6720]

For me it's better when used at higher resolution that your image will still lookin sharp

[@neondemons]

Ah yes. I understood, perhaps, 10 words of all that.

[@leonwong9004]

this lens remind me of using hairspray with my glasses on. After the spray it literally just stuck on my lens with similar particles and it cost almost nothing lol

[@lesliehughes9355]

Cool! Thank you 🌹

[@Andromedario99]

it looks like my glasses after frying chicken

[@JKinAus]

What people say film look is just basically improperly digitised films back in the day. If you bring your well exposed film into the dark room and use proper processing and printing then you’ll be able to achieve high performance digital camera look (maybe even better). What the camera brands nowadays doing is just exploiting the hyped market and you wouldn’t even imagine how it will look on the prints.

[@BabyBenz96]

Yes but grain is still inherint with film- like pixels are to digital. There's nothing wrong with film that has some noticable grain, either. 35mm Portra 160 is a perfect example of that- it's sharp without being clinical and sterile feeling.

[@JKinAus]

@@BabyBenz96 it’s very interesting to see newer photo enthusiasts praising about film grain. It always has been photographers’ wishes to have no grain in the final product up until 10 years ago and still quite a lot of old photographers still do.. I still remember one of my sister’s professes at uni when she was doing her PhD in design about 20 years ago. He printed perfectly processed 30x60 photo from darkroom and we’ve talked about it for hours… when film’s printed, the way the grain looks is different from what you see on the screen, as well as how it is exhibited. It’s very important to try and see the difference before you are talking about film grain.

[@BabyBenz96]

@@JKinAus I'm very aware- about a third of my photography is done on film. All film has grain, that's how the image is exposed, that's what I meant by "inherint". My point was that when grain is noticable, it is much more pleasant than when pixels are noticeable.

[@CaioB-nt1lh]

I bet this is what they use when filming folk horror

[@georgevoknerech228]

Photography, the only hobby where the amount of money you have is the only thing defining your skill level

[@BenGleasonMedia]

🧢

[@Ked778]

That's some horseshit lol

[@Ked778]

Photography is all about having the most experience rather than purchasing the best gear in the world and being an idiot. Expensive gear might give you a slight edge, but without a certain level of skill you ain't capturing a half decent looking photo

[@calebplumleeoutdoors]

Still don't understand why not just do this effect in post. Then you'll have actually clean footage to fall back on

[@tommyboyz6291]

My 1990 Canon Film Camera lens already come with the filter 😂 30 years of fungus build up inside the lens

[@BenGleasonMedia]

Yummy 🤤

[@ryunosugawa]

@@BenGleasonMedia …

[@BenGleasonMedia]

Too much? 😅😅

[@shulanbay]

Hi, what is your camera set on sunset? White balance, aperture, shutter speed and iso?

[@antoniolozano5590]

I get the same effect on my iPhone when my 6yo smudges the lenses with his fingers… for free.

[@wdz221]

What adapter/metabones do you use for your 4k?

[@BenGleasonMedia]

It's the Metabones X0.71 adapter!

[@Nesthetic99]

You can do it DIY with a cheap filter and hairspray

[@justusgordon-tilo5930]

Well adding the film type texture to it can also be achieved through usage of the ISO balancing and WB, no? Unless it creates a more 3d feel rather than that of pressing the image between two sheets of sand paper.

[@Kalel_The_Protogen]

show a before and after, after adding it

[@bestofabsturz]

Thats why leon edwards has the most asthetic phisique throughout all the cosmos

[@aprilfoozeler]

Not me thinking it was bacteria growing on a Petri dish 😅

[@JohnWalz97]

Will never understand why photographers choose physical filters over software filters… doesn’t it give you more flexibility to just capture the image as is and play around with stylization later

[@TechnoBabble]

Sometimes emulating the complex physical interactions of certain filters using software takes a lot of work. If you already know what look you want, why not get it in camera?

[@BenGleasonMedia]

PREACH!! 👑🙌

[@BenGleasonMedia]

Also im not a photographer…

[@SoMSoMreal]

​@@TechnoBabble also not a photographer but valid counterargument

[@soyluisvalenzuela]

@@BenGleasonMedia Lol "I'm not a photographer and I'm offended"

[@okiahmadzulkifli]

Me trying to notice the differences 👁️👄👁️

[@zackyichigo8696]

If I found that shiet in camera store lying around. It’s just reflexes to take microfibres cloth and wipe it..

[@gorieatbanana4376]

i swear i just got called broke in 37 different languages

[@tecno8335]

You could just add film grain in post 😅

[@starlight4649]

Man thats a lot of words to describe sand blasted glass

[@uskyen7025]

This is interesting, I use an older panasonic lumix camera that just has the same effect (due to the age). I think it is because the photos are shot at 72dpi.

[@antonioolaguez4808]

FIREEEEE

[@slyfawkes7772]

This is how all my filters look after a day on the beach!😂

[@BenGleasonMedia]

😂

[@DarkWolf22K]

Can I get the mexico filter next? Thanks 🤣

[@kasuroperation6590]

Funny how people still buy these expensive physical filter lenses when digital filters exist

[@doublett4193]

I have the filter... apparently dust works the same way😂

[@anomaly9233]

Briging back the 80s soft focus lmao.

[@JeanV1986]

I love the idea of using a high grade pro lens and then slap a Vaseline filter in front of it 😁 A friend of mine does this all the time 😋

[@gamingmoment5361]

I totally understand what he's saying.😅

[@Arlando4.0]

Try some Vintage Canon FD lens.

[@BenGleasonMedia]

I did just buy a 50mm f1.4!

[@Dear_Nature_Ji]

That's good....😊

[@crescentmoon256]

videos looking like film are more in demand than videos that look like real life

[@BenGleasonMedia]

V I B E Y

[@F41-h6e]

dude it looks like alexa effect

[@richiebricker]

A F 1.4 Lens. I think You can take photos in a completely dark room and no flash

[@SadiqUllah860]

Amazing

[@EpicLifetamil]

Do you increase sharpness while using this filter?

[@BenGleasonMedia]

I don’t! I still think it maintains sharpness even though it’s job is to soften the image! 👍

[@voohu3794]

Wes Anderson filter

[@sohmiJesuswithme]

Jesus love you all so much✝️❤️

[@callumery119]

did you say lucid dream? I STILL SEE YOUR SHADOWS IN MY ROOM

[@cholulahotsauce6166]

Idk how much it costs but I bet you could spritz hairspray on a clear one for less.

[@darkrangersinc]

Just leave a clear filter outside for about a week it’ll look just like that

[@jackjefferson5166]

Man just spoke givberish

[@AMDoss93]

Him: lucid dreams Me: lucid dreams like the song from Juice WRLD?

[@justadingus1665]

Why would you do this instead of post processing effects? I know nothing of photography this is a genuine question

[@BenGleasonMedia]

To save time mostly. And I personally prefer using the raw filter because I think it can look more natural!