Hello dear friends. I hope that you are having a wonderful day! This edition of my Photography Kit of Awesomeness & Photo Magic Creator Things provides a look into my film photography kit. You’re probably wondering just a little bit “WHY ARE YOU SHOOTING FILM THAT’S WHAT WE DID IN THE OLDEN DAYS BEFORE TECHNOLOGY.” Well…. quite simply because it is gorgeous. But you know that! Yes, it is expensive and so much more labor intensive to get the digital scans of the film. But As I discuss in a minute, I was a huge skeptic until I developed my first roll of medium format film. I can’t tell you how many times I thought to myself that it was a ridiculous trend that people were wasting so much money on. People even go so far as to edit their digital to imitate film. I decided to go straight to the source. Shooting film can be such an addiction so you can’t say I didn’t warn you!
SUPER affordable film camera. You can grab one for about $60 and I can not rave enough about this camera. On top of just being rad it takes my lenses that I have for my digital camera. Winner, winner.
This is my medium format film camera. Although it gives my arm a good workout I never question whether or not it is worth it. In fact- I had a friend over to test shoot my first roll of film. As I drove to pick up the digital scans I laughed to myself thinking I would probably get them back and half of the images not turn out/be focused or exposed properly but WHOA MAN. I could have cried. Right there at the counter. I immediately had the urge to sell every bit of my digital equipment- even though it is my precious… because it was JUST THAT DREAMY AND BEAUTIFUL. The tones! The focus! Seriously what dreams are made of.
Pentax 105mm lens for the Pentax 67 Camera
You’re gonna have to google this one or go on an ebay hunt. It creates stunning portraits. I chose this one because the lens for the 67 model has better glass… so you will need the adapter below to make it work!
Foto Diox Lens Mount Pentax 67/645 Adapter
This is a truly powerful tool that I highly recommend when shooting with older film cameras. The in camera meter which tells you if your photo is properly exposed can be less reliable and this solves that problem. I use this with my medium format Pentax camera. My Nikon N80’s in camera meter is spot on, so I solely use it with the Pentax. Basically I tell it the film speed or ISO, set it to whatever aperture I want to shoot at and then it tells me the shutter speed to set the camera to. It takes all of the guesswork out and ensures that all of the photos will turn out beautifully.
The greens are so enchanting you just wanna climb right into the photo and touch the leaves. For my 120mm camera.
Samesies! But for my 35mm camera.
Ilford 400 120 Black & White Film
Just can’t beat black and white sometimes.
Ilford 400 35mm Black & White Film
Since I use my Nikon digital lenses with my Nikon N80 film camera I will recap those really quickly-
This is my go-to for portraits. Little known fact is that the higher the number on the lens the less lens distortion there is. AKA YOU LOOK SLIMMER! Sorry… as you can see I don’t have a 23987492834723mm lens in my kit but have no fear… I don’t want to brag but I can kind of be a posing jedi at times. So if you’re in front of this lens or any lens of mine- the answer is yes, girl I will make sure your neck is elongated and those arms are residing just where they need to be. Haha.
Nikon 50mm 1.4G
This is hands down the first lens you need to buy. It’s the most universal lens and will never let you down. It stays on my camera about 85% of the time. Throw that kit lens (that came with your camera) in the trash…. or make a cute planter or something with it…. because you will never want to take another photo with that one after this. As you will notice these lenses I am posting that are just “xmm” means that they are prime or fixed lenses. Which means they don’t zoom. But they do create gorgeous separation between background and foreground… thanks to that lil’ 1.4/1.8 aperture. It’s what makes your subject stand out and not look like it’s from one of those disposable cameras. Luckily the 50mm is one of the more affordable lenses as well! Hip hip hooray!
This is my latest addition to the lens sisterhood. It’s for wide angles- like landscapes and reception photos. I likey.
I have this one if I am restricted to where I can stand/move. It really does a great job! It’s much more affordable than the Nikon counterpart and performs really well.
My other film toys- these are a combination of Polaroids, 35mm and 120mm film cameras. As you can see the struggle to not keep buying more toys is real… haha! When I first got into photography I got sucked into Lomography and the world of toy cameras via Flickr. I looooove the impreciseness and beautiful unpredictability of it!
Fujifilm Instax Instant Film Camera
Fujifilm Instax 210 Instant Wide Camera
Lomography La Sardina 35mm Camera
Interested in learning more about my digital kit? Check it out here!
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