Which film camera would let me take these kind of photos

[awty]

Tungsten film

 

[MattKing]

Err... Bimbo?

In case you want industrial quantities of Bimbo:

 

[Danner]

Those images are all about the lighting.

 

[Danner]

As the other have mentioned, he has a very high level of skill with lighting, and lighting is the name of the game. When you look at a Rembrandt or a Vermeer or a Caravaggio, you are seeing the way forms are sculpted with light. He's very good at this. If you want to learn, get a decent d!g!tal camera and use it like a Polaroid. When you get what you like, shoot it on film. You'll learn quickly.

Agree with this. I like to scout a location with my Nikon Df in monochrome mode. Try lots of angles and exposures, shoot what I like of it with film.

 

[Philippe-Georges]

"All is light, but what we see is reflection..."
Photography is recording these reflections.

 

[narsuitus]

"All is light, but what we see is reflection..."
Photography is recording these reflections.

In addition to reflected light, photography can also record direct light, fluorescent light, and translucent light.

 

[Huss]

You need the full %110 commitment to do in film.

And 110 film.

 

[grat]

I preferred 126,

 

[Huss]

I preferred 126,

That would require 126% commitment.

 

[neilt3]

.01% says no. He shoots with strobes and sets his lighting with Polaroids (or at least used to when it was readily available and relatively instant). For his "Hustlers" series, he shot with a Linhof 6x9. The series he did with a remote camera and strobe set on scaffolding in Times Square was probably 35mm, but I don't think the Minolta X-9 is motorized.

The Minolta X9 is compatible with both the Motor drive 1 and Auto-winder G for automatic film advance .
It's also compatible with the Minolta IR-1 infrared remote release ( or a long electronic wired release ) , should you fancy fastening it up to a piece of scaffolding for a birds eye view .

I've no idea what gear the photographer used for the example shots , but the X9 could just as likely have taken them as well as any other 35mm camera .

However , if the OP thinks he'll get the exact same results just by using the same camera , lens and film , I think he'll be in for a big disappointment .
As already noted it's the photographer that makes the shots what they are , not the camera .

 

[Pieter12]

The Minolta X9 is compatible with both the Motor drive 1 and Auto-winder G for automatic film advance .
It's also compatible with the Minolta IR-1 infrared remote release ( or a long electronic wired release ) , should you fancy fastening it up to a piece of scaffolding for a birds eye view .

I've no idea what gear the photographer used for the example shots , but the X9 could just as likely have taken them as well as any other 35mm camera .

However , if the OP thinks he'll get the exact same results just by using the same camera , lens and film , I think he'll be in for a big disappointment .
As already noted it's the photographer that makes the shots what they are , not the camera .

I came across this video with the photographer explaining a bit more about how he got the shots in Times Square. Interesting, the strobes were remotely mounted and triggered, but it seems like he may have been behind the camera. But he states he did not know whether the photos came out or not until later, making me think he did shoot film--although that would also be the case for a remotely mounted digital camera.

 

[fabulousrice]

which film camera would give me grain-free

The graininess of the photo is the result of the film, more than it is the result of the lens.
You can get results like these by using low-ISO film, a very good lens, and as others have said, polishing your lighting skills.Good luck!

 

[John Earley]

Any pro film camera. It's the lighting and use of colour that makes the photographs. It takes skill not buying gear.

Also. It takes skill, not buying gear.

 

[foc]

Also. It takes skill, not buying gear.

+1
What quill did William Shakespeare use?

 

[Don_ih]

What quill did William Shakespeare use?

I think it was made by Leitz.

 

[Philippe-Georges]

I don't recall who but a great photographer once said something like: "the best camera you have is the one you have with you..."

But, dear Don Heisz, it wasn't made by Leitz, it was Zeiss, that's why a certain amount 'fingerspitzengefühl' would be applicable...

 

[pentaxuser]

We haven't seen tobykeller since the day he posted the thread?????

I wonder what he thought of the responses?

pentaxuser

 

[Pieter12]

We haven't seen tobykeller since the day he posted the thread?????

I wonder what he thought of the responses?

pentaxuser

Maybe he was disappointed that it's not a camera, but technique.

 

[wiltw]

This is not a "which camera" issue, its a "how did he light this" issue.

And photo #3 in OP shows how he lighted it WRONG! Folks in front illuminated from camera right, folksstand a couple feet back ( in the background) illuminated from window light on the left?!

 

[pentaxuser]

Maybe he was disappointed that it's not a camera, but technique.

You may well be right but I'd have thought that he would have wanted to ask more questions at least. I am making an assumption here that may not be warranted but it looks as if the OP is new to film and film cameras and really needs to absorb as much info as possible about what I think is a new venture for him but he may have thought that film cameras or a few film camera could act as a "magic bullet" in terms of taking a style of photograph. We disabused him of that idea and in so doing did we either disabuse him of the power of film and film cameras or decide him against having any further curiosity as to what does and doesn't work in terms of film and cameras?

We can only hope that if this is what has happened then he is not representative of the breed of film newcomers as otherwise I fear that the staying power of the next generation of film users may not last very long.

pentaxuser

 

[Sirius Glass]

Maybe he was disappointed that it's not a camera, but technique.

He got discouraged when he found out the camera and the film did not do all the work for him.

 

[foc]

He got discouraged when he found out the camera and the film did not do all the work for him.

If you shoot digital, then the software will do all the work for you. (my computer knows everything ! )

 

[pentaxuser]

He got discouraged when he found out the camera and the film did not do all the work for him.

Yes my very point and also my hope that such discouragement is not representative of the newcomers to film, otherwise it augurs badly for film's future

pentaxuser

 

[Pioneer]

Since no one has heard back we don't know whether he was intrigued or disappointed.

And there is a percentage of the "new" generation (whatever that is) that has plenty of staying power. Probably just as much as our generation had. There are just a lot more options today than there were when we were getting started.

 

[Richard Searle]

It's always about the light.