How about some old-school cars photographed with an old-school camera?

Colin
By Colin Wood
Apr 19, 2022 | Photography, 35mm, Classic Cars

Photography by Colin Wood

What’s more exciting than spending a day photographing old-school cars? What about photographing old-school cars with an equally old-school camera?

During a video shoot for some features coming soon to the Classic Motorsports YouTube channel (subscribe here now so you don’t miss out), we brought along our Pentax K1000 loaded with Kodak Gold 200 film.

How did the photos turn out? Here are the results so you can judge for yourself:

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Comments
David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
4/18/22 1:26 p.m.

That looks so rad. 

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
4/18/22 1:32 p.m.

Thanks! I'm still getting pleasantly surprised at how well all my photos turn out.

I'm still in the early stages of experimenting with different film types (I just got my first roll of black and white film developed), but Gold 200 is my favorite so far.

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
4/18/22 1:50 p.m.

Dynamic range has entered the chat. 

Evanuel9
Evanuel9 Reader
4/18/22 2:21 p.m.

Can someone explain what it is about the camera that makes them look like hot wheels in a diorama?

 

Epic pics btw

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
4/18/22 2:43 p.m.

A large aperture (smaller f-stop number) will shorten the depth of field. 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
4/18/22 2:44 p.m.

This Nikon article explains how aperture impacts depth of field. 

pres589 (djronnebaum)
pres589 (djronnebaum) UltimaDork
4/18/22 3:04 p.m.

Is Evanual9 talking about a depth of field aspect of the image or something else?  I'm also not sure if that shot at the start of this thread was back-focused slightly or not.  

I miss shooting film and developing my own negatives.  Should be able to again soon though, finally, which helps.

I like the photos in the real thread/article.  Gold 200 seems like a good compromise film considering contrast, saturation, color cast, and cost.  

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
4/18/22 3:33 p.m.

In reply to David S. Wallens :

Thank you for that. I'm still wrapping my head around the settings.

Truth be told, I'm leaning pretty heavily on the Pentax's built-in light meter to take photos.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
4/18/22 3:34 p.m.

In reply to Colin Wood :

It's a good, simple meter. 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
4/18/22 3:38 p.m.

And there is a warmth to film that's just feels to comfortable. I recently came across some shots from college–studio work, all done on 35mm that I processed and printed–and, all these years later, they still look timeless. 

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