 Yo, what up welcome back to another episode that I'm making just for myself Dear future Jason, please watch this really quick informative video if you ever smack your head so hard that you completely forget how to shoot 35 millimeter film Hopefully in that case you don't forget that this video exists So you think you have the balls to start shooting 35 millimeter film well before you embark on your quest Here's a quick breakdown on how to get started Let's begin with the most obvious thing you'll need a camera and a lens for beginners We really only need to worry about two types of cameras point shoots and SLRs Point shoots are little compact cameras that make all your dreams and photos come to life through the power of automated Computer technology all you have to do is load the film and the rest is taken care of try to enjoy these times when computers are our slaves and not vice versa SLR cameras are a little bit more complicated SLR stands for Lazzania recipe Wait, no it stands for single lens reflex popular 35 millimeter SLR cameras for beginners are the Pentax K 1000 the Olympus OM 1 the Minolta x 700 and the love of my life the Canon AE 1 if you're on the hunt for a camera your parents or your Grandparents might have one line around that you can use you know after they mark up the price and sell to you Alternatively you can cruise eBay I'd recommend looking for a listing that has been tested and confirmed working once you get that camera Make sure to look up what type of battery it takes and pop that bad boy in no not into your mouth into the battery compartment of The camera most SLR cameras come with a standard 50 millimeter lens Which is a great lens to start with because supposedly 50 millimeters is nearly equivalent to the field of view our eyeballs have That's just what I've heard though I've reached out to the mythbusters for confirmation 50 millimeters is what's called a focal length the bigger the number the more Zoomed in the lenses conversely the lower the number the more wide the field of view is okay You have your camera in your lens, but what about film? Let's see a good film to start out with is my personal favorite Portra 400 because it has good range and produces great results especially with skin tones Portra 400 isn't cheap though So some less expensive alternatives are Kodak color plus and Fuji c200 if you're going through an artsy phase Ilford HP 5 is a very good black and white film. Okay, let's load our film to pop the back We'll want to lift this module or something similar on your own camera until the back hatch pops open Take your film and insert the cartridge and now push that top module down They should hold the cartridge in place grab the lead of your film and pull it out to the other side of your camera And insert it into the gap of the spool no need to be nervous You're just loading film not performing open-heart surgery in the bathroom of a Las Vegas Quiznos with your thumb on the film And the spool to keep it in place you can advance to the next frame by pushing this dongle here Haha dong get used to this you'll need to do this after every shot you take in every move you make Hopefully your film is caught and by advancing you pull out more film from the cartridge You'll want to make sure that the sprocket holes on your film line up with the sprockets on the camera fire the Shutter and advance one more time everything looks good. So let's close the back Now we need to get to frame one advance your film until your camera shot counter reads one If your film module over here isn't spinning when you advance your film is not caught on the spool at this point You definitely should not open the back of the camera until we rewind the film. Oh boy Here it is the moment you've been waiting for time to fire off some bangers Well, hold up their skivvy not so fast before we can snap off some fire picks for our tender or grinder profile We'll need to measure how much light is in the scene This is our vocab word of the day light metering a lot of 35 millimeter cameras have light meters built into their Viewfinder, but first you'll need to set something called ISO ISO or ASA is how sensitive your film is to light Portra 400 and Ilford HP 5 are 400 ISO color plus and Fuji C 200 are both 200 ISO Which means they are less sensitive to light like how I'm becoming less and less sensitive to emotions now your camera is basically a Child and children are idiots So it has no idea what ISO your film is thus you will likely need to set it manually with a Canon AE one All you need to do is lift the outer cap of the shutter speed dial and set it now If you look through the viewfinder and half press the shutter button you should get a reading by gosh We're on to something now it's time for a crash course on the most important part Exposure so now we know what ISO is but there's also the f-stop and the shutter speed these three settings work in conjunction to bring The forces of evil to justice and exposure shot properly for the sake of this video You only need to worry about f-stop and shutter speed once your ISO is set f-stop can be found on your lens Typically the numbers go from around 1.4 to 22 the higher the f-stop number the wider the range of your depth of field IE more stuff is in focus, but there's less light coming in and we like light shutter speed typically goes from two seconds down to a Very fast one one thousandth of a second the faster your shutter speed the less motion blur you get in your shot But the less light your film will get again we like light for handheld shots I recommend never going slower than one thirtieth of a second now every camera is different I recommend reading the manual if you can find an online version of it My AE one here is set up in a way where we select what shutter speed We want to use and then it tells us what f-stop to use based on the ISO This is called shutter priority for hopefully obvious reasons the light meter in my viewfinder of my AE one is telling me to shoot at f11 If I'm at one two fiftieth of a second if I obey its commands and switch to these settings I should get a properly exposed photograph easy peasy lemon squeezy if that all seems too complicated or overwhelming worry not this process Will get easier with practice or frankly It'll keep getting harder and harder to the point you quit change your name and move to another state Hell I was halfway to Tijuana before I started this channel So you've gone out into the world and fired off your roll of shots and you've come back a new person ready to lay your eyes on the masterpieces or dumpster babies you've created Well first you're gonna need to rewind your film do not open your back before or during this process Otherwise all your film will burst into flames Press the release button on the bottom of your camera flip up the rewind crank and start rewinding the direction your arrow tells you You should feel a click and a change in tension when the film is rewound all the way If you're unsure keep rewinding for a bit now you can pop the back of your camera and all you should see is a lone film cartridge Pop that bad boy out and head down to your local lab if you live in the middle of f***ing nowhere You can send your film to one of these labs by mailer film labs will develop for you and even scan upon request as you grow and blossom into a Beautiful 35 millimeter photographer You may start wanting to learn how to develop and scan on your own as it's more cost-effective a week or so will pass before you get Your scans back via email link or compact disc But when you do finally receive them hopefully they are as gorgeous as you imagined and if they're not and you hate them Then congratulations, you've passed your final test and you can now call yourself a film photographer If your shots have light leaks then you might need to get a new light seal kit for your camera If your shots are too dark or too bright your light meter might be old and not functioning properly Maybe try using a light meter app on your phone Now all that's left to do is repeat these steps with a different film until you find the one that you like Or until you have no money left in your bank account and are forced to make s***y YouTube videos about how to shoot film