I agree with you on the Kodak Gold 200. I feel like shooting it you know you’ll have those throwback memory type images. I like to shoot it on vacations, family get togethers, and at festivals. Vintage vibes all day!

quarantine got me into film cameras, and i cant wait to go to a thrift store when it ends lol

The gold is real with this one 🎉 If you are stacked up on gold 200, try shooting some @ 100 or 50, you'll get warm pastel colors, kinda clean shadows and lovely golden highlights. You won't regret trying 😊

28 years old and I’m getting my first film camera tomorrow. I’ve always been interested in cinematography but I’ve always been in love with the look of shooting on film. This video was very helpful. Thank you.

I'm starting to get a little more "serious" about film photography and just wanting to get better and new results with the pictures I take. It isn't always about how expensive the film or camera is but this was very insightful! I'll be looking into the different kinds of film you mentioned. Love the content!!

Thank you for making this video. I just got gifted a Minolta 700 and have been trying to find the same film I used on my Dads Minolta SLR in the late 90’s. And thank you for including sample images of these film stocks mainly because it’s hard to gauge what it’ll end up looking like when people just talk about it.

The symmetry in the Two Suits photo is spot on. Is there any other black and white films you would recommend trying out?

I agree with LOMO 800, great stock. It's actually made by Kodak and used for their disposable cameras.

I’m obsessed with film cameras, and I think I always have been. Something I’m definitely going to introduce to my channel! I absolutely love cameras

the image at 3:52 is GORGEOUS!

My local thrift shop just blessed me w a Pentax k1000, two lenses, and a carry case for only 25$ I'm so excited to get into film photography the elderly ladies at the shop said to stop by soon and show them my photos and that's exactly what I plan to do once I figure out what film I want to use

THE KING IS BACK YESSSIIIIRRRRR

I just randomly tried Superia and discovered that I really like it so far, but had not discovered shooting it at 200 ISO. Time to give that a go ... Thank you!

That Jessica Rabbit photo in SF was so amazing!

Portra 400 Fuji Superior 400 Ilford HP5 Kodak Gold 200 AGFA Vista 400 Lomo 800

When I worked as a Army photographer. I mainly used B&W film. My favorites were Kodak Plus-X and Tri-x. I always went for the slowest film I could for the film shoot. The finer grain gives you better tones. Sharper images. I got great results from Tri-X when pushing it to 1600. I also liked Agfa Film but didn’t use it much. I shot a lot of HP5 and FP4. I didn’t think it was as good as Kodak on tone. Don’t get me wrong I still use Ilford film. It does the job. But I prefer TMax over it. In all speeds from TMax 100 to TMax 3200. In the Army I had a nearly limitless supply of film, and shot thousands of rolls of film. I haven’t tried Portra film yet and will give it a try. I started off with color film and went into B&W. I like Kodak Gold. Ektar 100. I prefer slide over print and use Ektachrome slide film. I can develop it myself and and make prints with it too, that I feel are better than print film. I did mostly photojournalism work, but also some studio work too. I love too experiment too with film and did street photography

the green tones and saturation in the fuji superia are so beautiful

I love the HP5 as well. It’s very forgiving if you kind of mess up the exposure. Up to this point I only exposed it at ISO 400 but I’ll give it a try to expose it at 800. I love the more contrasty look.

That last shot of the crosswalk series you shared, WOW. All your shots are beautiful though!!

Best 35mm film (at least bang for your buck) is IMO Colorplus 200. Super affordable and I prefer the look over most more expensive films. Best looking film is Lomo 800. I love the grain it has and the colors are just lovely.

Totally agree with all of them on the list! My number one would be lomo 800, 2nd Superia 400 and 3rd Kodak Ultramax. Love these stocks, super dynamic and the tones are just daamnnnn

That cross walk photo at 9:46 is INSANE.

After watching many of your videos for a long time, I'm going to say what I think: "You have what they call 'it'".

I’m just getting into film here. Not a student or a photographer by any means. Although I do love photography (and take pretty awesome, digital, photos). My mother brought me a bin with all her old college level education materials, her old camera (Minolta X-370) and a ton of old photos she took from around the early 90’s. I really admire black and white film and that’s really what I’m trying to focus on in my journey with this camera. Ilford HP5! When you said that film specifically I felt very good that I actually purchased a good black and white film without having done any research or anything. Thanks man, really. Old video, still helping! Your awesome! I hope your doing phenomenal out there man! Love your content and I’m just now discovering it! Fresh sub!

Additionally to Ilford HP5+ I lately started to fall in love with Rollei RPX 400

I love Gold 200. It's my favorite color film. For BW work I use a rebranded 5222xx that's inexpensive and gives amazing depth and contrast.

I'm currently shooting just black and white with 35mm and the best bang for your buck has to be Fomapan 100/200/400 here in the UK anyway. Love HP5, Acros, Tri-X, Ilford Panf 50 and for colour I love Fuji Pro 400H (my favourite color film).

I just bought my first 35mm film camera, and I'm glad this video was the first to pop up, on looking for film recommendations. Definitely going to give Portrait 400 & Fuji a try :). Thanks!

My grandma gave me an old film point & shoot together with 2 empty film rolls. They are AGFA Vista 200s! Can’t wait to use these.

the ILFORD B&W is **chefs kiss** definitely my favorite for b&w

I personally prefer Ultramax over Superia, and Tri-X over HP5, but I love your take on all of these films! Lomo 800 all the way :)

fuji superia and gold 200 are my favorites

Glad to have you post again! Givin me something to do with all this free quarantine time. You also motivated me to make my first film video that I just posted

My grandpa shot with Gold 200, he gave me the camera he bought and the 90's (Minolta Freedomzoom 90) and there was a few rolls of unused Gold 200 and a few complete rolls that I'll have to develop eventually that were in the bag the camera came in

I really like the Tmax400 and even Ektar100 (I shot it in summer and got awesome red skin tones which gives it a hot summer mood)

As someone who knows absolutely nothing about film photography and just happened to rediscover my dad's old film camera, thank you

you have no clue how much this helped.......

And the very last words "And As Always, Minolta Gang" earned a Subscribe. For me, for 35mm Film Cameras, it is Minolta or Nothing. I have one exception for a Pentax IQZoom 60 which was the Childhood Camera for me from the 90s my mother gave to me. She is Happy to see it actually being used again after over 2 Decades of Storage. I am Happy it still works like new. #MinoltaGang

not a bad find. Couple of months ago i found royal gold kodak 400 and fuji superia 200 at the thrift store for a $1 each

Agree on lomo 800. A lot of my favorite shots have been taken on it.

Although many people gave crap to Agfa Vista I like what I got from my rolls of Agfa Vista 200. To bad I wasn't to much into film yet when it got discontinues so I didn't stock it up.

Thank you for uploading the samples to your video as well! It helped me choose some film rolls on my new film camera. (:

Porta is just fantastic and you know the picture will be as you see it. Yummy film

The picture at 9:47 is amazing!!

KingJvpes thanks for the clean ass videos. I'm getting into shooting film and your videos are so helpful.

Love this! Just picked up my first film camera and this video helped a lot.

duuuuude agfa! i miss that film! i was scanning super old negatives the other day and found a couple of agfa rolls and the colors on those looked sooo good and unique. such a shame that it's discontinued.

Looking into a film camera and your videos have greatly inspired me . Great work and awesome photos .

4:45 yo!! That print looks amazing!

I fished out an old film camera out of my grandma's attic and I wanted to learn about film. Loved this video! It's very helpful seeing the examples and you go over everything :-)

Glad I stockpiled on Agfaphoto Vista 400 and Agfaphoto ct Precisa😍 These are really amazing film stocks.

Also to recommend for night photos: CineStill 800 🙌🏼

Ektachrome is my favorite

He trolled us with that thumbnail!! 😂

Oh the memories.

My Favorite: Kodak Ektar 100

kingjvpes!!! 🔥 My favorite film is probably portra 400 but too expensive lol, i use only on occasion. I mostly use bang for your buck films like superia 400 or ultramax 400 because im cheap! 😁 I wish they would bring back agfa vista 400! I want to try lomo 800, for black and white, pushing hp5 to 800 is the best for me for street! 👌🏼

Superia 400 though! Just went on a binge of getting some fuji rolls from japan expired rolls and even the japanese variant Premium 400! also, if that agfa vista is produced in japan it should be fuji, but if it's produced in germany it's the original stock. I was able to pick up some of that expired german agfa vista 200 shot at 50 iso and man the look was awesome man absolutely. if you can, you need to try that out. Awesome video man big fan!

I usually just shoot HP5 and UltraMax, but I ordered like 20 different rolls on BNH the other day. I’m really excited to try out Portra and see what the hype is about.

As a fellow Bay Area photographer who only shoots analog, Thank you. 🙏🏽

Thank you! As a newbie I found this very helpful! Maybe you could do one about decent cheap film? Since I'm so new I don't wanna waste money on nice film when idk what I'm doing. My first 2 rolls were completely blank and I paid $20 each to have them developed plus the film cost

I don’t even know where to start, as someone who is interested in getting into film/ photography. I see cameras at thrifts but they’re generally over priced and I’m unsure whether they even function. Same with ebay seems like an expensive gamble but I really want to start trying it out

Loving all the different photos you got on each stock. I've just bought myself a roll of Lomo 800. Where would you say it performs best? I was intending on shooting it at night around city lights. Any tips? Thanks

At 4:30 , black and white image at 1600 ISO, my jaw dropped!

I used to agfa vista from Poundland. Loved it so much. I wish I bought 100s of them and froze them.

Natura 1600

Just bought a Nikon FG...and threw in some new batteries and some Fuji 400...we'll see if I can work this thing, lol.

Great to see you again, I've been out of shooting film for a couple years but hoping to start again soon. When I made black and white prints for school I always used Tri-X, but now that I scan my negatives I like HP5 because it's easier to add more contrast to a scan that doesn't have enough than to fix a scan that has too much. When I don't have the money for HP5 I like Kentmere 400 which seems to have similar contrast/tones but somewhat more grain. I've never been a big fan of 200 speed films in general, but I remember a roll of Gold 200 came with my first ever film camera and I have nice memories of shooting that first roll. Fuji Superia 400 is relatively cheap and easy to find at Wal-Mart these days, in fact I'm about to load one right now. Haven't tried Portra 400 or Lomography 800 so far, but would like to some day along with Ektar 100.

Very nice video. I prefer fp4 to hp5, especially in 120mm, but that's only my personal preference

Thanks so much, this video is stupid helpful keep up the good work man

Omg I have a few of the agfa film you talked about. Cant wait to use them!

you give me hope

Kodak gold 200 is my absolute favorite film can’t wait to shoot in tulum next week !

i recently got into full mechanical cameras and i actualy cant wait to buy a roll to put in my camera

Just got back into film photography. The prices are rediculous. I spent $25 for 24 exposures. The cost of film and development are expensive. Long gone are the days you spent $5 or or less.

Thanks for helping me start out, love your Channel 😇 keep it up 👍🏽

watching this makes me miss going out and taking pictures with my film camera so much ..

Much love man!

brb, gotta go buy more film...

Your shots are incredible

man i wish i got into film photography a couple years ago

Anyone else realize his work has been getting better?

Great vid 🤟🏻

Great vid! You mentioned that it's better to try and get the Agfa Vista when it's not overly expired. But have you tried shooting expired film much? Personally I really enjoy experimenting with it. Can be unpredictable, but it can also be really exciting!

Man, gotta get my hands on some of that Lomo 800!

Super helpful video for a beginner like me. Thank you so much!!!

Love this video man !

I have some cinestill 800 but I have been afarid to shot it! But with your tips I’ll definitely try it now📸

Those HP5 photos go crazy

B&W Kentmere 400 ASA offers grainer darker hues.

I still have 1 film of Agfa Vista 400

Thank you for your informative and detailed explanation of the films! Can’t wait for my kodak m35 to arrive at my doorstep soon.

I love using the inexpensive Kodak Pro-Image 100 on my Canon F-1. It's the poor man's Portra.

You may not like it but these were the best films in the world: •Studio 35 200 •CVS 200 •Memories 200 •W Photo 200 They were sharper than name brand film and were more affordable. You all ignored that film and now it’s too late.

wow! I'm starting in this little world and this video inspired me so much. Thanks you man

i know were i can buy the vista agfa unexpired and cheap im not gonna tell you were beacause its the last one unexpired

Great video. These pictures are great!!!

I miss the Kodak 110, loved that little camera.

Kodak proimage 100 is also a cheap beautiful film!

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