For this installment of our ‘In Your Bag’ collection we have now Gavin Nugent…a movie shooter since Orwell’s novel date. Easy bag, nice tales. Observe alongside under.
Hello I’m Gavin, a artistic director based mostly in London. I’ve been capturing movie …since 1984 …that dates me HA!
My first ever movie digital camera was a Pentax LX , a present from my grandfather after I joined the Navy. Sadly that digital camera went over the facet of a ship in tough climate after I was making an attempt to {photograph} big waves within the Atlantic, so it’s a few mile down some the place on the ocean mattress, probably a job for James Cameron to recuperate. It would have half a roll of Tri-X in it if he does discover it.
I’ve had many movie cameras through the years however on account of work calls for I ended up promoting all of them and switching to digital within the early 2000s. I vastly remorse this and have been shopping for again most of my previous cameras over time. The turning level for this return journey got here when Fuji launched the unique x100 digital camera in 2010. I managed to get one of many very first ones which I nonetheless have as we speak, I believe the sensation of capturing that and the very filmic photographs it creates made me need to return to movie.
So I did, and the primary digital camera I picked up was a Yashica T4 P&S. It was nice and it type of escalated from there. Work clever now I shoot with a Pentax K1. It’s a beast of digital camera however good plus all of the Pentax glass inter adjustments simply. I convey a Pentax MZS to most shoots so I can shoot a little bit of movie as effectively if the possibility arises.
The Bag and Gear
This can be a very trustworthy digital camera bag and it’s just about what I carry every single day.
The crumpled mess of canvas is a military medic’s bag, I picked it up for five quid in a military surplus retailer. It’s actually helpful as a day bag should you journey like I do. Chances are you’ll take 4 of 5 cameras with you and a pile of lenses in a bigger bag . This factor folds up and you may take it out as your day bag if you get to your vacation spot. I hate carting round large baggage and it doesn’t entice any consideration if I find yourself wherever a bit sketchy.
The cameras
It’s a traditional, the Olympus M1. There are numerous web tales on the market on how this digital camera grew to become the OM-1 and what number of of those digital camera had been made however I’ll go away you to Google that. The explanation I like it very like my Om-1 and Yashica FX 3 tremendous 2000 is that they’re mechanical. So you’ll be able to shoot it with out batteries, as you wander round you don’t have any concern of digital dying ruining you day. Plus most Om lenses are tiny and tremendous transportable.
Subsequent, the Olympus Pen EE2. It’s a half body digital camera that has a tremendous historical past. It was chosen by the US particular forces unit know as MAC V SOG in the course of the Vietnam struggle as their battle injury and reconnaissance digital camera. You’ll be able to inform why photo voltaic powered, almost silent, sturdy, nice lens, shoots 72, no focus and suits in your pocket. In any mixture of digital camera I all the time carry this as a again up. I’ve seen Kodak convey new half body digital camera to the market, I don’t what the purpose is there a nonetheless hundreds of those good Pen cameras in the marketplace.
Lens clever
The M-1 has the 24mm F2.8. I like extensive angles, the Pen EE2 has a 28mm F3.5, however its a half body like a crop sensor so offers you a few 45mm area of view and the lengthy lens is the mighty OM 135mm F3.5 which is tiny for its focal size. With that combo most issues are lined.
Movie and equipment
Spare battery and a 5p coin simply in case. Movie clever within the Kodak case, I’ve been capturing a whole lot of previous Fuji Movement image F64D /REALA 500D and Eterna. It’s cheaper to purchase and develop ECN2 than simply to purchase a single roll of one thing like Cinestill or Porta 400. And if you understand how to publish course of it…it seems wonderful!
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Cheers
-JF
