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I want to buy a film camera for myself and I don’t know which one to choose. Which film camera is good at taking pictures in the snow?
I think it was taken on film camera.
Maybe someone from the forum uses a film camera and there are examples of work?
Thanks
If you haven't used film before this isn't something you need to be worried about. Figure out how to shoot first and then worry about getting specific gear for specific situations.
If you just want that "Film look" then there are hundreds of presets that can recreate it and its pretty easy to do in any photo editing software. If you just want to shoot film casually I wouldn't recommend it. It takes time, practice and a decent chunk of change (film ain't cheap, especially when you ruin entire rolls as a newb. Speaking from experience here). I see a lot of people coming into shooting film thinking its going to be just like shooting on a dslr or iPhone. Its not.
Not saying you shouldn't try it. These are just things to be aware of.
pentax k1000 is a pretty basic 35mm that's a good place to start. agree with the other comment, definitely learn the mechanics and how to shoot first. better yet, watch some youtube videos and learn what film types produce what results in regards to color and exposure in high light situations like snow. vsco has does a pretty accurate job emulating a lot of different film types, and I actually got to help them out with it a few years ago! that could be a really good tool for you to check out how a phone pic looks when you put a 400 speed filter on it vs. a 100 speed filter, etc.
good strating point- sam elkins does a lot of good workshop style short youtube videos
I don't want to shoot you down if you really want to try film, but I've shot it and imo its hassles far outweigh its benefits. It's so easy to make a digital image look like film now, not to mention the ease of storing on a computer and sharing the photo on Insta or wherever.
I'd pick up a used dslr and learn manual and composition with it. It's ease of use won't let you get burnt out on photography too.
^with all that being said. A good starter film camera would be a Canon G (if you don't mind having a 'modern' film camera over a retro style, batteries will be cheaper with a modern one too)
I've shot a lot of film. At this point, I don't bother. Digital sensors are so good now. RAW is basically cheating. New cameras can take bracketed exposures and then you can recombine the images later to recover dynamic range without making it look like the god awful hdr style images that people do. It's really all in the editing and there's probably a million tutorials on how to do that. Scanning negs is annoying and it's hard to get good scans off 35mm without a good setup, and 120mm always seemed easier to me but have fun paying for that stuff at this point. Also developing is fun for a bit, but it gets annoying when your shit is curling up all over the place and you just want it flat, or it concaves heavily and then won't scan well.
Like that shot was probably on digital, and probably a preset or filter. Yellow, orange or red was added to the shadows. And the black point was changed so there's not much true black, which makes it look less contrasty and imply more dynamic range even if you're not actually getting more range. Saturation was probably taken back a bit. And the fucked up color balance has altered all the colors because I bet in real life his coat is red red, not this salmon color we have here. I could be wrong, but, that's what it looks like.
The funny thing about all this is that film has good colors. They're not all fucked up and gold looking with weird colors in the shadows like all these presets would have you imagine. Portra, which is probably the most emulated, had/has great, natural colors, and in the case of the vc type it was/is just a little more punchy.
Anyway if you want to shoot film, most of the older 35mm stuff is good stuff. At this point you can probably pick up canon eos stuff for cheap. Old nikon gear prices are a bit inflated. I shot with a lot of Canon fd mount stuff which is all manual focus. I always liked the old minolta stuff too. I don't even know about the market anymore cause I stopped shooting film. Also if you're not developing yourself I don't even know where you'd get that done anymore.
edit: a 5 pack of portra 400 is 50 bucks now lolllll.
**This post was edited on Apr 9th 2020 at 11:43:48pm
DrZoidbergI've shot a lot of film. At this point, I don't bother. Digital sensors are so good now. RAW is basically cheating. New cameras can take bracketed exposures and then you can recombine the images later to recover dynamic range without making it look like the god awful hdr style images that people do. It's really all in the editing and there's probably a million tutorials on how to do that. Scanning negs is annoying and it's hard to get good scans off 35mm without a good setup, and 120mm always seemed easier to me but have fun paying for that stuff at this point. Also developing is fun for a bit, but it gets annoying when your shit is curling up all over the place and you just want it flat, or it concaves heavily and then won't scan well.
Like that shot was probably on digital, and probably a preset or filter. Yellow, orange or red was added to the shadows. And the black point was changed so there's not much true black, which makes it look less contrasty and imply more dynamic range even if you're not actually getting more range. Saturation was probably taken back a bit. And the fucked up color balance has altered all the colors because I bet in real life his coat is red red, not this salmon color we have here. I could be wrong, but, that's what it looks like.
The funny thing about all this is that film has good colors. They're not all fucked up and gold looking with weird colors in the shadows like all these presets would have you imagine. Portra, which is probably the most emulated, had/has great, natural colors, and in the case of the vc type it was/is just a little more punchy.
Anyway if you want to shoot film, most of the older 35mm stuff is good stuff. At this point you can probably pick up canon eos stuff for cheap. Old nikon gear prices are a bit inflated. I shot with a lot of Canon fd mount stuff which is all manual focus. I always liked the old minolta stuff too. I don't even know about the market anymore cause I stopped shooting film. Also if you're not developing yourself I don't even know where you'd get that done anymore.
edit: a 5 pack of portra 400 is 50 bucks now lolllll.
**This post was edited on Apr 9th 2020 at 11:43:48pm
Thank you for the help, do you know any good app for the photo Paid/Free?
