welcome to the first video of 2021 i sincerely hope that we've left that
absolutely [ __ ] show of the year 2020 behind us now and we can all
anyway for the first video of 2021 i wanted to look at something which i've never
used before which is cine still film 800t so i took a roll of this and i paired it
with my olympus om10 and it took me about two months to finish the film but i finally did
i finished the film over three outings so this video will be split into three sections
i shot at night i shot at dusk and i shot in bright daylight just to give you a sense of how
this film looks in different lighting conditions and different settings let me just give you the
lowdown of cinestill 800t and then we can look at some images cine still film uses a modified
version of kodak motion picture cinema film allowing it to be developed with the c41 process
they stress that it is not repackaged film basically what they do is they remove the
rem jet part of the film or you can also call it the anti-halation layer of the film
the axe has to protect the base from scratches static antihilation of highlights and exposure
halation is the reflection of bright points of light off the film base and pressure plate which
causes a glow and strong highlights on some images you'll see this effect in some of my images later
the new box cine still film has a two year shelf life and should be stored in the fridge and shot
within six months of purchase to achieve optimal results so what type of light is cinestill 800t
made for well the t gives you a bit of a clue 800t is designed for difficult low light tungsten
situations it may be used in many different lighting situations to achieve a variety of looks
but due to its cool colour balance and halation some situations will have a more stylistic look
that may or may not be desirable and that is exactly what i'm going to do in this video
i'm going to be testing this film in different lighting conditions and different settings
i will not be pushing or pulling this film i'm going to shoot at 800 iso
using the in camera light meter on the olympus om10 just to keep things simple
anyway like i said in the beginning of the video this roll of film was shot
over three outings and the first time tin finds us in cardiff on a cold wet windy winter's night
so
i really like
it's nice now go higher higher speeds
so
i really don't want to get wet you know like too much
i should have taken a tripod i know i know some of the images i did really like though um for
example the guys with the umbrella um against the fairgrounds background really did like that one
and it came out the colors come out lovely on that looks so cinematic another image i really liked
from that set was the red man actually just the simple shot that i took i just wanted to sort of
test out lighting artificial lighting conditions there and um it came off really well now i didn't
intend to leave two months between the first set of images and the ones you're about to see
but that happened my life happened and things were happening so i couldn't go out and shoot as much
as i would have liked so i finally got out and i went out into my hometown of newport and the sun
was set in even though there wasn't much sun and it hasn't been for a while but the sun was set in
dusk was falling and i decided to go out and try some low light city photography
unfortunately i was in a pretty bad mood when i finished that shoot i was
only out shooting for about 45 minutes to an hour but and i was let's say um
accosted by two gentlemen who wanted to see my my camera equipment and um
let's just say i quickly moved out of that area and i decided it would be best to call it a day
there so i'm not too impressed with any of these images from that set actually um i think the one
which stands out to me is the probably the picture of the pub the royal mail perp however with a bit
of hindsight looking back at that image i think i could have composed it a little bit better
but there we go you can see the cool tone really shines through on all of those images also the
image of the row of shops um with the sort of sky i wanted to test the film's ability to retain the
details in the shadows and highlights so i shot it at 800 iso like i said and that was what it came
out as so we did lose quite a bit in the shadows there but again um it's probably due to my own
um lack of skill really with the camera and lack of knowledge of how this film reacts to light at
the moment so anyway i decided to head it the next day uh with about 15 rolls 15 rolls with
about 15 shots left on the roll and i decided to do something completely different this time
so i've come to my local forest for a change and i think it's a good idea to diversify my
genre of film photography i do love the city i do love urban settings but i think it's time to try
something new for a change another thing is that if you like me and you like to make videos you'll
probably have done what i've done this morning which is forget my sd card for the old gopro so
i'm gonna have to make do with the phone this morning but that's okay got some nice lighting
on these trees this morning which excited to see how this film will come with these colors
i think what i'm gonna do the last shot is to do
head start
if you made it this far you're either my brother-in-law or you have an analogue film
fetish like me so thank you for watching so there you go that's all the images i took with this role
first roll of cinestill 800t i can't say i'm happy with all the images
um there's only a few that i like actually um but that's okay you know i'm still there and i'm
relatively new to analog film photography so me making these videos is a way for me to
look back at my process and see what i can improve if you've got any ideas of how i can improve you
could leave a comment or just get in touch with me i've become super passionate about analog film now
and i'm going to be making a lot more videos in 2021 and i hope i can improve
much of my analog photography skill keep yourself posted and there'll be many more videos this year
you