I Sold My $6000 Digital Camera For Film Photography In 2021

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2021 is the year I've decied to dive head first into film photography. I sold my Canon 1DX MK II for The Canon EOS 1N RS 35mm Film Camera. Going from Digital to Film was a lot less scary than I thought it would be. The first three rolls of film I bought were Kodak Portra 400, Fuji Pro 400h, Kodak Ektar 100, and Illford HP5.
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@alonnalee485 3 жыл бұрын

ayo! i’m featured 🤣 nice video sidney!

@marshalltravis3217 Жыл бұрын

👍👍. I too have been using my film cameras again. I have the same camera as you have there and it is currently loaded with black and white film. I’m going out tomorrow morning to get some pictures. Digital photography is okay, but it really lacks thought and film makes me slow down and think about everything.

@fayalcornlummen9508 3 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up on this one Sid. Your work is getting better all the time!!!!!!

@ErnestoIbarra 3 жыл бұрын

Inspiring! Stories like yours make me appreciate film even more. Thanks for sharing!

@robdixon5016 6 ай бұрын

Great video and welcome to the wonderful world of film!

@mollyanderson449 3 жыл бұрын

Just found your channel and am super happy to know I’m not the only one who would rather shoot Ektar over Portrait and doesn’t feel the need to overexpose every frame! Looking forward to catching up on some of your videos!

@lightkik Жыл бұрын

Love this video!

@NunoAlmeidaPhotography 3 жыл бұрын

Yesss! Happy for you!

@jasonblake5576 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Work, great story, film photography solves all problems!! Subscribed!! 🙏

@dianegreen1333 3 жыл бұрын

Your film work is beautiful Sid!!! I'm sooo glad you've found your love for photography again! ❤📷📸🎞🎬

@dianegreen1333 3 жыл бұрын

@IMMORTAL GLORY 天 Well I would say preferring film over ditigal is a matter of personal choice. Some people take pride in the putting in the work, regardless of convenience. And "slapping a filter" on a photo just sounds lazy, imo.

@sidneybakergreen 3 жыл бұрын

@IMMORTAL GLORY 天 it’s not about it being convenient . It never was about it being convenient. Becoming a photographer and looking for convenience is cognitive dissonance at it’s finest. And you can get close results but film handles different that’s just a fact. We aren’t going to argue about that. You can produce an image that’s similar, but it just doesn’t have that organic feel and that’s been shown over and over again. If you’re all about convenience that’s fine, but don’t try to bring down the level of film because something doesn’t fit your workflow and so you tell yourself these things to make yourself feel better man. And this coming from a place of experience. my editorial style in my line of professional photo work over the last 6 years emulated Fuji Pro 400. The real film handles way differently than any Lightroom emulation out there. Furthermore, you can tell the difference between those shooting weddings on Pro 400H and those who use Pro 400 H presets. If the look was so easy to achieve there wouldn’t be such a difference in all the professional Pro 400H emulations MADE BY FILM LABS lol

@sidneybakergreen 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the love Ma

@sidneybakergreen 3 жыл бұрын

@IMMORTAL GLORY 天 Okay, I misread the tone. Especially on a comment that my mom made I’m a little more defensive when I reply. That’s my A1. And I can understand that. The only development I outsource is weddings and that can take a while. Digital has its place and so does film.

@klausmoritzpeitzsch690 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting video and thx for sharing your thoughts! Your images from the city did not resonate with me but your portraits are great. I am wondering what you would do with a medium format camera and a portrait lens, e.g. a Hasselblad 500CM with a 120mm or 150mm lens.

@russelcapatoy2965 2 жыл бұрын

I just started my film photography "awakening" and I realized how I'm missing a lot on the foundation skills of exposure, etc. Admittedly, digital photography has helped me hone my understanding on composition and looking forward to using those with film photography. I was looking for videos on Canon EOS 1N (which I recently got). Best of luck to your journey with film photography!

@PhotoMan69 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video Sidney. I know how you feel about film photography. I have been shooting for just over 50 years now. I switch over to digital for about 8 years but switched back to film. Film is magical. I shoot nothing but film now. I am a Nikon F2, F4, F5, F6 and F100 user. Give me film any day! I too shoot with Kokak Portra 400 and 800. Keep those videos coming. God bless film.

@OliverHetto 2 жыл бұрын

cool story man! thanks for sharing

@larrylove5237 3 жыл бұрын

Film will never die📸📸📸

@thomassmyth7944 2 жыл бұрын

Great decision ... You won't regret it ever ! I shoot with EOS 1, the EOS 1N and the EOS 1N RS but the latter is my favourite. Wait until you get into rotation film processing and fine split-grade printing. Then you will have completed the full film circle journey. Enjoy it, just like so many of us do. Rock on. Tommy.

@Itaketoomanypics 10 ай бұрын

I just got a eos 1n today in sad none of my flashes talk to it even my 600rt won’t fire

@buenaventuralife 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to every shot counts. I see many suggestions for trying medium format, at some point borrow or rent a 4X5 technical or field camera. That will give you some fun too. I started in film, still and movie, about sixty years ago. Digital is nice, but let me puzzle over reciprocity and bellow extension calculations. Plus some things just feel good with film in hand.

@Rett1963 3 жыл бұрын

It’s good to know that I am not the only person not in love with Kodak Portra 400. Portra 400 just does not look good on black skin. I prefer Ektar 1/2 stop over exposed. Great video, I am now a fan and subscriber.

@TheOlympia75 2 жыл бұрын

A bit late but I disagree! What I noticed, it makes black skin pretty green and ugly but if you just change the tint, add magenta, it does wonders! I prefer 400 for all of my black models.

@Rett1963 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheOlympia75 I am still sticking with my Ektar. Tried Portra 400 and the results were less than stellar on African American dark skin tones.

@Notso_Wild_Bill 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, that was inspiring.

@FILMFRAT 3 жыл бұрын

Hey really love your content this is awesome . What is your preferred editing software you use for videomaking , I'd love to have a conversation and maybe even collaborate on different ways in telling stories through video !

@agnethaladuff8559 2 жыл бұрын

I've been learning film and digital photography off and on for a long time and lately I've read that people are getting into film for it's color and superior dynamic range that only film can offer. Though film is quite expensive right now but I think the price will decrease when film manufacturers get back into mass productions of film for the consumer market in the near future. In the meantime since you're getting into film photography for your business, it would be good to look into professional grade film cameras for all types of photography that you'll be doing or will be exploring in your film photography journey.

@laku4412 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! I had a very similar experience. Got into wildlife, upgraded my gear to the latest and greatest... Don't get me wrong, I love this gear dearly. I can get shots never thought possible with older gear. But... I just couldn't get THAT feeling anymore, the feeling I had shooting my first 35mm cameras back when I was a child/teenager. That sheer joy of banning stuff on an actual medium. Wish you a lot of fun with your 35! :)

@QippysChannel 2 жыл бұрын

I am also coincidentally trying to get my EOS 1n to start working again, I just ordered a battery grip, and I am hoping it will work when it arrives, it's been years since I switched that camera on 😆

@cliffordposey6528 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video, I've been looking at the Canon eos 1n rs also. One question for you , do you find that the viewfinder is a little darker because of the pelican mirror or do you barely notice the difference? I currently have a nikon f 3 hp with the md 4 motor. All of my digital gear is canon so I wart to get a eos film camera so I can used my current canon lenses.

@StevieGamesTV 3 жыл бұрын

I need those lights for your frames photos!!

@glennhunt4945 Жыл бұрын

Yes film photography has been catching my eye. I started with film photography in high school back in 1965 using a twin lens reflex camera. I was one of the main school photographers and loved the medium. I owned a Minolta SRT-101 camera from 1975-2000 and took all my photos using this camera. I also used a Rolleicord TLR and love the medium format. The SRT had a shutter problem and I got rid of it and starting using digital (low res cameras in 2000). Fast forward and up until now I have upgraded to Canon 5-D Mark 4, Sony and have a lot of EF glass and filters. Like you something was missing. The automatic exposure/ iPhone feel of digital made me feel something was missing. Everything was too fast and I came home with hundreds of photos and found a couple I liked. I watch a few youtube videos by some film photographers and had a lightbulb moment. Have a look at Nick Carver's channel and some other analog sites and they had the same feeling something was missing. Art, composition, slowing down. I bought a Minolta SRT-101 this week and a couple of lenses for a couple hundred dollars. I also have some medium format cameras as I love the larger negative size. I also have access to a real darkroom (community owned). So it's back to the future. I will keep my digital gear and this way I can choose the right camera, right lens for the image I want to capture. I have subscribed to see how you are getting on.

@keironstoneman6938 3 жыл бұрын

If you want a film to use try Fuji provia. Once you use it you will never use anything else. Trust me.

@pascalkesselmark7529 3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. My first choice is Fuji Velvia and then Provia.

@keironstoneman6938 3 жыл бұрын

The canon Eos 1n RS was a specialist camera for people who needed 10 frames per second. It has a tiny tiny tendency to underexpose due to the fact the mirror doesn't move, also because it doesn't move it is a barrier from the lens to the film so the final image is not as sharp as it would be. Good video by the way.

@alimokora3975 3 жыл бұрын

I hope you visit us in Morocco🇲🇦🇲🇦, thank you for your tutorials.

@sidneybakergreen 3 жыл бұрын

Goals for 2021!

@michaelgriswold1809 2 жыл бұрын

I went back to film (35mm) using Canon's EOS cameras and EF lenses do to the high cost of going to a DSLR full frame camera. All used equipment from Ebay of course in excellent to mint condition at a very low cost. In the last 2 years I've accumulated 8 Canon EOS camera bodies and 7 EF lenses. The most expensive camera body was the EOS 1 in excellent to mint condition w/PB-E1 Power Booster at $150 out the door from ebay. The most expensive EF lens (micro) was 141.04 GBP out the door. All 7 of my EF lenses will work with their DSLR bodies and the RF bodies with their smart adapter. But for right now I'm staying with film. My experience with Canon goes back to the days when I was living in Japan from 1969 - 1972 as a "military brat" staring out using a Canon FTb with their FL/FD lenses then going on to the F1/F1n & A1 with their FD/FDn lenses. I never purchased any of their T series cameras while holding off on their EOS series for a number of reasons.

@terrywbreedlove 2 жыл бұрын

I shoot 99% film and have for about three years. I am thinking very hard about selling my digital cameras swell. My film Arsenal is Hasselblad 503, Chamonix 4x5 and Nikon F3hp.

@JamieMPhoto 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, me too! Basically. Sold the Fuji GFX 50s I got for nearly $5,000 and wound going almost all film in 2020. I have pretty much always been shooting film except for a little period from 2003-2007-ish , but I was always 50/50. I barely shot a digital photo for my photography from April 2020 until now.

@sidneybakergreen 3 жыл бұрын

That’s so cool man! What are your favorite stocks?

@JamieMPhoto 3 жыл бұрын

@@sidneybakergreen I've found myself gravitating toward Lomography 800 and E100 or Provia 100 for 120, and the Vision3 cinema films for 35. Ferrania for black and white and I'm playing the field otherwise. ha.

@yoly70perez 3 жыл бұрын

I have a few film cameras and a digital camera. It all started when my daughter asked about one time use film cameras I bought her two n I got one to play with.

@seanshannon2302 3 жыл бұрын

Love you channel,

@sidneybakergreen 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@keybladesss 2 жыл бұрын

looks like the boy has seen the light

@stephenrahimian6053 2 жыл бұрын

You should try a Rolleiflex camera with medium format film

@TheElsOne 3 жыл бұрын

Film photography it´s like Magic

@fatherchristmas2998 3 жыл бұрын

Real film prints look like you can step into the image

@sidneybakergreen 3 жыл бұрын

Facts !

@Topbuzzr 3 жыл бұрын

Just come across your video. Subbed and bell

@itsmattgates 3 жыл бұрын

Film is rad. You should check out medium format.

@digwillhachi 3 жыл бұрын

when I started photography there was no digital. I shot on medium format a Mamiya 6x7, I even had a 5x4 and 10x8 large format. Film is beautiful but I could never go back to it. Digital is just too good now. Fast turn around and flexibility. You can make it look like what ever you want to. Developing the negatives and then the darkroom or scanning is just too much work. if you shoot B/W developing the negatives defines the look you get. so much work.

@sidneybakergreen 3 жыл бұрын

Digital has a lot of pros for sure, but I do believe there are distinct differences with film that editing just doesn’t capture.

@bleww__ 3 жыл бұрын

Film has def caught my eye and I feel like it would be nice to shoot on my channel to learn more about photography and finding my style

@sidneybakergreen 3 жыл бұрын

You should do it. My biggest fear was home development but it’s not that bad tbh.

@bleww__ 3 жыл бұрын

@@sidneybakergreen Vuhlandes is another good creator on the platform that makes alot of videos on film and he does it from home as well

@sidneybakergreen 3 жыл бұрын

@@bleww__ we actually live in the same state!

@bleww__ 3 жыл бұрын

@@sidneybakergreen Oh fr, yall boys should link up. That video would be dope

@diegopendinorodriguez4829 8 ай бұрын

Why? I use digital and film camera lens...

@benjaminaguilera8097 3 жыл бұрын

Be honest, did you buy all Pro 400h and thats why they discontinued it?

@sidneybakergreen 3 жыл бұрын

I’m so hurt by that discontinuation notice 😭😭

@kennethlee1977 2 жыл бұрын

try pro image 100 you will like it

@onnonugteren2935 2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand: you are very digital when I see your video's here. Is this only about moving pictures you are digital and stills analoge? Can you tell it more simple for me here?

@kevincarver4759 3 жыл бұрын

Bro get a Mamiya 645 AF. You'll never go back to digital even professionally. Ever.

@sidneybakergreen 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve decided I’m only using digital for KZfaq thumbnails because I don’t want to develops a roll for one lol. But I didn’t know that camera existed. Ima check it out thanks man 🙏❤️

@kevincarver4759 3 жыл бұрын

@@sidneybakergreen I watched another one of your vids where you mentioned you went with 35mm over 120 because you already have the lenses. In my opinion the only lenses you'll need for 645 format are the 55 2.8 and the 80 2.8. You don't even need the latest Mamiya 645 afd iii. I have the original 645 af that came out in 1999 and it works perfectly. Dslr controls, auto focus, auto wind, data imprinting on the film, 1/4000 shutter, it's a dream man. Phase One bought Mamiya back in the day, that's why their cameras look so similar.

@dps6198 3 жыл бұрын

Shooting film forces a photographer to take their time to practice the basics of photography; light, shadows, composition, shutter speed, aperture, ISO and flash. Once a person learns the basics and sticks with it they will likely spend more time taking photos and less time in front of a computer with software to correct what they could have done at the time they took the photo. Photoshop, Lightroom, Painshop Pro are tools. They are not a substitute for talent. Why would anyone shoot 500 - 600 or more digital images then spend days and weeks in front of a computer making corrections. This kind of photography has devolved the photographer into a person taking snap shots with thousands of dollars worth of equipment when he could spend $400 on a Canon Power Shot and get the same effect. Take time to learn your craft with film. I currently shoot with a Canon EOS 1 and 1V as well as Nikon FM2. The FM2 is an all mechanical camera.

@rid. 2 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏🤝respect Welcome in the real photography

@GottiRC 3 жыл бұрын

but bro, all those looks you can literally get with editing... "grainy, blue orange teal, under exposed" etc etc

@sidneybakergreen 3 жыл бұрын

Sure Jan.

@KyleSliger 7 ай бұрын

You should have sold it for money

@The-Travel-Man 3 жыл бұрын

Film shooters are artists, digital shooters are editors.

@suchitgangurde3514 3 жыл бұрын

That's a really deep thought. Quite the point most people don't understand. It's so easy nowadays with anyone being able to pick up a DSLR or something similar and call themselves photographers, mostly in auto mode with again the camera doing the heavy lifting. Quoting the over used slogan - Everyone is a photographer until the manual mode comes on. And the kind of pictures shot are almost always edited heavily and presented as good pictures, canceling the point of good photography in the first place. Analog photography I believe, gives you that correct perspective on your capabilities.

@WstawajGramy 3 жыл бұрын

"When it comes to photographing black people it's gonna be 400h" Yeah, it's not XD

@sidneybakergreen 3 жыл бұрын

I still have rolls bruh, idk what you’re talking about 😂

@WstawajGramy 3 жыл бұрын

@@sidneybakergreen lucky you then!

@GottiRC 3 жыл бұрын

lol, dude..... im not really sure about the legitimate story telling about this, either it is true or it is just a marketing story to just buy the camera you are talking about..

@sidneybakergreen 3 жыл бұрын

Right... I’m about to drop an eBay affiliate link for a camera made in 1996.🤔

@GottiRC 3 жыл бұрын

@@sidneybakergreen im messing with you dude🤣

@sidneybakergreen 3 жыл бұрын

I was about to say 😂

@ericwilson3439 3 жыл бұрын

U look too young to remember film...lol...🥰

@denniswilliams4789 3 жыл бұрын

You will be disappointed unless you just brainwash yourself that 35mm film results must be cool. At the very least switching to MF film, 66 or 67 aspect ratio, versus 35mm film , provides the advantages of enlargement capability and aspect ratio. IQ potential of optimally produced MF and large format film versus the best current sensor results is more about personal taste and an acceptable time frame/ price point - but as always in photography it ultimately comes down to whether or not the content holds up. As is represented on so many current KZfaq videos, many folks are simply out to shoot for something to do or for the social possibilities or as an activity. For some , the kit and and/or the medium is interchangeable and others keep swapping out gear thinking that will change the outcome when the kit is not the issue. Nothing wrong with folks out for laughs - but is makes critique , commentary or advice rather pointless. Wonky framing , constant over exposure or one more rotting wooden gate in the viewfinder matters little when the goal is to get out of the house for a stretch and a bit of fresh air. For me that's what the gym is for- the camera stays home.