Merging digital and analog | Sony A1, Hasselblad 500CM

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Merging digital and analog | Sony A1, Hasselblad 500CM

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#filmphotography #motiongraphics #hasselblad #sonyalpha
That's right - I am trying to merge digital and analog. Best of both worlds. For the past 15+ years as a graphic designer I have been trying to level up my digital photography gear until I peaked buying a Sony Alpha 1, the most sophisticated hybrid mirrorless camera on the planet. But then I found out I like to shoot medium format film cameras that don't even have batteries, like the Hasselblad 500CM. However, liking it does not necessarily mean that I am good at it. So I invite you to watch me fail and hopefully succeed after all!
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@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

The audio balance is terrible I know. It's gonna get better throughout the next episodes I promise! 🤞

@NoxDiurna Жыл бұрын

I love when an accomplished professional make videos and actually teach us something about their route. Thank you!

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

‚Accomplished‘…, ‚teach‘…, ‚route‘… ,professional‘… - I don’t know if there are such things. But I am here to share the journey. I have learned none of the things I do in a traditional way. I am approaching things by just doing it and failing A LOT! Let’s do this together so yall can learn from my mistakes!

@NoxDiurna Жыл бұрын

@@nicarnold I don’t think that there is one route for everyone. But you explain your way and a lot of beginning creatives look for examples and inspirations. I mean I see so many people doing video while their work just don’t match the success they pretend to have acquired over the years but your ref. and your inner thinking definitely justifie the legitimacy of being admired upon.

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Aww man that’s far too kind and also a bit surreal. But I’ll take it haha.

@davidettel5788 Жыл бұрын

We will support this Chanel until it reaches its full potential.

@tymixon6713 Жыл бұрын

Yep. Sold on the first video.

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Hahah Yes!

@Esteban_Rios Жыл бұрын

I'm a grpahic design student and i find this video incredibly inspiring! thank u! I hope that we can share this new journey together! Can't wait for the next episode!

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Yo Esteban! Thank you so much. I hope you can keep a secret but there are four episodes wrapped but unedited as of yet. I am on the road shooting two more episodes right now. However, I am also a dad of two and a freelance designer. I am aiming to release the next video within 3-4 weeks!

@elmegade3 Жыл бұрын

As an A1 owner my journey has been similar (I've owned the 500CM) BUT if you want the next level challenge go Large Format Film. It's where it's at! Riddled with challenges that after 1 year I am still facing but I love it.

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

I know! Curious to get my hands on one of these in the future but I am also lucky to have access to a couple of super interesting and challenging medium format camera systems other than the Hassy before moving on to large format. This is a long term project. Nice and slow!

@1200Swan Жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the next episode. Applause and thank you for such a great FIRST YT piece!

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton my guy! Somebody should have told me how hard this is LOL

@SoogySploogy 10 ай бұрын

Photographer and new cinematography student here, and oooh man I absolutely adore this video in its entirety. I am still relatively new to the video scene of the camera world, but I can tell just by the video production and quality that you will go very, very far with your future videos. Please keep the videos coming, I've already watched all of your others and I'm extremely excited to see what you share to the world!

@nicarnold 10 ай бұрын

Aww, that’s far too kind! Glad to have you here. I am trying to pump out one episode a month to keep it sustainable and healthy. However, it is quite a grind being a full time freelance art director and a father of two. Takes about a week or so to script, shoot, develop, edit, post process and color grade these.

@davidettel5788 Жыл бұрын

It is actually crazy though, that your first video pops up in my FYP. We have pretty similiar interests but it still is your first video ever and i never saw you anywhere before. Congrats on braking the algorithm!

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

David! It really means a lot. I am just starting to figure all this out over here. No intention to try and make this big especially with those sort of unpredictable algorithms these days. I just want this to be a cool little place for likeminded people to share some experience along the way. Glad to have you here. Can’t wait to edit the next episode once I am back from the holidays!

@davidettel5788 Жыл бұрын

@@nicarnold Thank you very much for the detailed answer and see you in the next one.

@DominicAJ Жыл бұрын

Was blown away when I paused the video and looked at your subscriber count. Truly inspiring stuff and really looking forward to anything else you share with us.

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Dude I can’t tell you how happy I am about all the warm and welcoming comments and feedback. This is so much more rewarding than subscriber and view count. Let’s make this a place for the cool kids. 🖤

@ZakiQutteineh 10 ай бұрын

I subbed half way through the video. I rarely subscribe to channels without watching 3 videos at the very least ... unless the video's special. Now this is SPECIAL.

@nicarnold 10 ай бұрын

Aww man - thanks a million!

@nathanhattaway1616 Жыл бұрын

I just got into 35mm 6 months ago and have really enjoyed the process. Looking forward to trying my hand at medium format photography soon. I love film and hope it’s resurgence continues to grow so we can keep that choice.

@athmaid Жыл бұрын

Only 36 subs at that level of production? What the hell you deserve way more. Greetings from Nürnberg!

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Aww that’s super kind. Glad you like it. We’ll just keep this small and cozy and a little bit secret over here!

@samanmahdiabadi Жыл бұрын

with great people like you on youtube I can never see my self starting my own channel with a good startup first video! Great job man ! keep it up !

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Dude that’s exactly what I’ve been thinking with each and every KZfaqr for the past years. Flip the switch and just do it. I am sure you’re gonna have fun. Also, I guess I was just blessed by the algorithm.

@samanmahdiabadi Жыл бұрын

@@nicarnold thank you so much for giving me hope ❤️🙏❤️🙏 I hope I can thank you enough later in the future when I get a successful channel... I hope you get up there in the millions subbed category channels ❤️🙏✈️

@sdennisthompson Жыл бұрын

Just a great production ..... a small film ....your editing is sublime & brilliant 🔥

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Man you’re far too kind. Thanks a ton - I genuinely appreciate it! Will try and up the audio quality in the future tho!

@andrewlarking7492 11 ай бұрын

As someone going through exactly what you described, you have my subscription. Good luck.

@nicarnold 11 ай бұрын

Thanks mate! Looking forward to your thoughts!

@MrJeekz 10 ай бұрын

Fellow motion designer / film photographer! Nice to see there's others like me :) Love your channel!

@nicarnold 10 ай бұрын

PSSSSST! Don’t tell anyone about our secret super powers!

@bastianonfilm Жыл бұрын

Damn this video is really inspiring! I loved your story from where you started to now and how you showed the pictures in the end taken with different cameras. It’s marvellous to see that it doesn’t really matter for any of the pictures which photographic device you used (the iPhone 6 shot really took me by surprise!). Also surprised this is your first video so looking forward to future video’s already!

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Aww that’s so sweet! Tools are tools right? 99% of the final image is subject, composition and a bit if luck in terms of lighting etc. Go for it!

@Hygix_ Жыл бұрын

holy shit, its you who been making these beautiful visual i often saw, iam impressed

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

🖤🖤🖤

@robinte98 11 ай бұрын

Die Acrylshots sehen ja mal richtig cinematisch aus. Effekte praktisch umzusetzen hat immer das besondere Etwas. Man könnte auch sagen "Charakter". Wäre interessant ein Tutorial dafür von dir zu sehen. Auch wenn es viel Arbeit ist denke ich dass es auf KZfaq gut ankommen würde ;) Als Hobbyfotograf begrüße ich es auch, wenn Filmmaker Bilder machen. Ich denke Videos zu drehen und Fotos zu schießen ermöglicht unterschiedliche Perspektiven. Dabei ist Fotografie schneller umsetzbar als ein Kurzfilm und sich aktiv mit der Kompositions eines einzelnen "Frames" auseinanderzusetzen sorgt sicher auch für ein bewussteres Arbeiten beim Dreh.

@lunkkifilm Жыл бұрын

This was crazy good! Good luck on your film photography journey. Film is a bit too expensive for me to get into, but I enjoy watching it on the sidelines. Looking forward to the next video!

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

I know! The money hurts. But it makes you REALLY think about taking your next shot which is s good thing. And it all comes back to the way you shoot digitally after all. Glad to have you here!

@perceptionz-de Жыл бұрын

ich hab wirklich EWIG nach einem Channel wie Deinem gesucht. Jetzt ist er da und ich werde bleiben. RESPEKT! Weiter so

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Das freut mich aber sehr. Ich meine, nischiger geht‘s ja nun auch wirklich nicht... Schön, dass Du da bist!

@perceptionz-de Жыл бұрын

@@nicarnold nischiger gehts wahrlich nicht. umso mehr fühlt es sich an wie gehört werden

@zerlionngo395 Жыл бұрын

The 500CM is a beautiful marvel! I'm glad you decided to make this channel ❤ keep it up bud!

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

It is indeed! Glad you are here!

@paradise___studio Жыл бұрын

love it! already hooked… looking forward where this will land you…

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Thank you Henning. Let’s make this a fun place!

@zakcole2229 7 ай бұрын

This is so cool Nicci! I had no idea you were on KZfaq. What a great discovery. Now I think I want to buy a Minolta 7000… 😂

@nicarnold 7 ай бұрын

Welcome dude! The Minolta was sick af!

@craig7111 Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to see what you share next.

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@vyrnmn Жыл бұрын

Great first video. Subscribed. I used to use an older Hasselblad (1000F), and I loved the experience for all the reasons you talked about. I still have the camera but unfortunately the shutter mechanism failed and nobody will service old focal plane shutter models any more (not even Hasselblad themselves), so it has become simply an ornament.

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Heartbreaking. Glad you keep this thing. I’d do the same.

@georgkilianbraunig5877 Жыл бұрын

Dude, you jst nailed everything you could have nailed, Good job, this just got me exited for whats to come...

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton Georg! Well, I am obviously a bit ahead of you regarding what’s to come and let me put it like that: it’s not the next Bruce Weber. But I’ll do my very f*ing best to compensate it documenting the drama in the most cinematic way I am able to deliver.

@sam-no5qb Жыл бұрын

Great story man I loved watching this

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Much love!

@randomcookie2350 Жыл бұрын

gleich mal abonniert, absolut fantastisch, ich freue mich auf zukünftige videos 🦭

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank!

@Will_i_art Жыл бұрын

Here for the journey, can’t wait to see what you make.

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Yo Will! Bring some snacks - it’s gonna be a long trip!

@leonarddavis8449 Жыл бұрын

You could try doing your own developing, you can get some very interesting effects using outdated film and using different temperatures and developing times. If used enough you will grow into the Hasselblad. Seeing properly exposed 6x6 slides on a light box is a delight.

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to experimenting with that thing. Usually it doesn’t take me very long to start using a tool in a way it’s actually not meant to be used. Already have a couple of ideas but that’s more to do with what’s in front of the lens.

@KostaDu Жыл бұрын

Joining you indeed with the same camera. Good luck

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

🤝🏼

@matttheking1655 Жыл бұрын

Trippy visuals man... You've just got yourself a new subscriber....👌

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Yo Matt! You’re no. 100! You guys are true heroes. Don’t know if I ever was one of the first 100 subscribers of anyone. 🙏🏼

@matttheking1655 Жыл бұрын

@@nicarnold lol.... your welcome. Good souvenir for you.... Hoping for some cool content from you....👌👊

@heretodayy Жыл бұрын

Stoked to watch the next!

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Aww James good to see you here! Fellow Hassy shooter. The pressure tho 😭

@thatryguygamer1616 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video mate

@alessiosaveri Жыл бұрын

hahahahhaha you just made my day with the process of how to take a picture with a full mechanical camera hahahah

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

So much to keep in mind.

@logandonald2581 Жыл бұрын

such a dope video! thank you my friend!

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Welcome!

@Renzsu Жыл бұрын

That's one crazy cool portfolio of work you have there, curious to see your trials and tribulations with analog gear. :) Makes me wish I still had my Hasselblad. I let it go, like the idiot I am..

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Hey Renzsu! Thanks a million. I feel like a Hasselblad is something you just never give away so I am feeling you.

@garymorrow9324 8 ай бұрын

Great video! Thank you!

@Viobasket Жыл бұрын

Beside all cameras that I used. And I also worker with a lot. The Hasselblad imo is the best camera ever made in terms of optics as well. The characteristics it gives you are stunning!

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

It is also pretty hard to master but once you figure shit out it’s great fun!

@Viobasket Жыл бұрын

@@nicarnold yes and compared to those easy automatic handling cameras from sony etc, the hasselblad will always be a camera that is hard to handle because it just requieres time to set focus and set the frame etc. and of course there are other moudular cameras like the 500cm but in terms of optics its always something special about it, especially with the wide angled lenses.

@kakegarcia8056 Жыл бұрын

Awesome content, thabks for the video. A new Venezuelan subscriber in Panama!

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Incredible! It’s surreal to know there are people watching this from the other side of the planet. 🇵🇦 🇻🇪

@kakegarcia8056 Жыл бұрын

@@nicarnold indeed, here we are!

@shaggyfeng9110 Жыл бұрын

This is amazing!

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Thank you buddy!

@Isume90 Жыл бұрын

Great video,inspiring!

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@aquss33 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@samhartfieldlewis5247 Жыл бұрын

Good listening too all that. The stuff you make it brilliant , noticed a shortys skateboard top did you skate ? Got a mamiya 6x6 which use sometimes, basically most the photos are rubbish but it’s quite fun wondering what they could be.

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Used to skate when I was in school. These are my daughters. A friend of mine owns a Mamiya C330 and is getting stellar results but it is quite hard to nail focus with these type of cameras indeed. Metering is crucial. Keep going!

@bhanning Жыл бұрын

great first video.

@MrZeJohn 9 ай бұрын

this is ana amazing film

@StrayCatMatt Жыл бұрын

Funny, I just put out my first video in several years and I have watched all the videos in your intro. I focus on drawing and digital painting, primarily, so I don't at all consider myself a photographer or videographer. That being said, I have a collection of old cameras and vhs/beta camcorders because they're so fun to play around with. Subbed.

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Yeah I mean then again at what point do you consider yourself a professional? Is it when you’re making money with a profession? In that case I probably am a pro camera user. But I am completely self taught like many of us and it feels weird to call myself a pro with no education in photography whatsoever. It’s the beauty of our generation to have access to all of these tools and basically just experiment with it. Glad to have you here!

@richardewlliams9864 10 ай бұрын

I'm 70-year-old man and been shooting from the age of 15 with film. A person is not worthy of a Hasselblad until you master film, just my opion. Jump forward now, Starting with a Lumix G9 when it came out. If people would start with the roots of photography and not use fake photography your good hits in film will be around 98 percent. Now my kits are, Hasselblad 305cx Lumix g9 Nikon d850 Grins

@nicarnold 10 ай бұрын

The question is - am I worthy?

@Christian_svedin Жыл бұрын

Great content! Subed! Small note, your sound was all over the place in terms of volume. Either take help or be a bit more careful when you set the audio volume on the different clips 👍

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Dude I know! I’ve been struggling with the different audio environments and sources. I’ve been watching a couple of tutorials but sound is COMPLETELY new to me and I promise this is going to be the thing I will be working on the hardest! Glad to have you here!

@gordonwill6885 10 ай бұрын

Hi, just found your channel and (excellent) videos. I also have just got my first Hasselblad (500c) and like yourself am hoping to get a more 'hands-on' experience of photography. Having shot mostly digital and 'assisted' 35mm cameras for street photography I am looking to 'slow down' and take a more relaxed, leisurely approach to photography, ok admittedly with more frustration and a lower success rate than with digital, but hey-ho maybe enjoy being more involved with the process. Really enjoyed your channel and humour and have not unsurpringly subscribed. Looking forward to following you on your journery. (yuk! I hate the word journey) bw gordon

@nicarnold 10 ай бұрын

Enjoy the process my dude!

@gordonwill6885 10 ай бұрын

@@nicarnold wow a 'my dude' from the absolute coolest German ever (excepting Kraftwerk of course) :D

@BenHytrek Жыл бұрын

damn good content right here

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Ben! Glad you like it!!

@tylerhuttosmith Жыл бұрын

Subscribed! Been there and I went back to film after working with REDs and all sorts of other high end gear. Still shoot digital occasionally, but film is a lot of fun. To go along with your time playing with acrylics and chemicals you might want to check out “souping” film. It’s where you throw other chemicals into the developing chemistry or pre soak the film in chemicals before processing. Just be sure to do this yourself and do not send a souped film to a lab. It can mess up other people’s orders.

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Heard about souping. It’s kinda interesting but also very lo-fi which is not exactly what I am going for usually. But I am totally open to jamming with all sorts of odd experimentations.

@stjiro Жыл бұрын

Subscribed! Amazing intro, loved the amalgamation of all the advice you get when you search "how to start youtube in 2023". I have just one question. The book featured, "This too shall pass", the template used. The black soft leather on the cover. Could you please point me in the direction of where you came upon it. Please/thank you.

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

I got asked if I would like to test a service called Saal Digital here in Germany. They offer these sort of professional line photo books. This one would be something like 120€ so it’s quite a hefty price tag but I am happy about the result.

@stjiro Жыл бұрын

@@nicarnold looks wonderful, thanks for getting back to me🙏🏾

@kennyadvocat Жыл бұрын

Please make more videos! =)

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

I am on it! Check the community tab or my Instagram to stay up to date!

@quanah3157 Жыл бұрын

Sehr gutes Video Grüße aus Farmsen :)

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Danke!

@millennialthehippie2866 Жыл бұрын

Good shit

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Bisous!

@ulyssesnathanialowen3831 Жыл бұрын

life as you know it has just ended 😁

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

Well I became a dad 9 years ago so I am kinda used to that.

@fhaladjian Жыл бұрын

New Date Cuestion , Does Any of Your Imidiet Family Memebers , Has a Hassy?

@nicarnold Жыл бұрын

LOL. Yeah I am married so I am not on the market for dating tho. Took me almost ten years building a foundation of trust before I got my hands on this thing by the way. Looks like I better get my own one soon.