The French Elevator Channel

The French Elevator Channel
	; The French Elevator Channel's actual logo
Based in	Lyon, France
Born in	1999
Creation of the channel	February 26th, 2012
First elevator filmed	October 2011, in Paris
Views	1,321,684 (upd. November 18, 2021)
Subscribers	5,370
Videos uploaded	≈ 622

The French Elevator Channel is an elevator photographer from Lyon, France. He's one of the 3 major French elevator filmers, along with Fabien Pitorre and lloyd999ify.

History

Alex opened his Youtube channel on February 26, 2012. His first video was posted on March 9th, 2012, and was an Otis 2000E in a Virgin Megastore in Lyon, althrough he filmed his first elevator in October 2011 in Paris.

He has reached 100,000 views in December 2014, 200,000 in November 2015, and 300,000 in September 2016.

On November 1, 2016, someone shared his most watched video on Reddit, and it soon became a success. His subscribers count doubled in only 1 night, and his most watched video earned 14,000 views. Since then, he became the first elevator filmer in France, passing Fabien Pitorre in terms of subscriptions (but not in views).

He considers photography as a hobby more than a passion. He films various things. His main focus is elevator photography, but he also films escalators, and airplanes. He travels a lot to various places in the world.

Cameras

Video Cameras:

Sony Bloggie Duo (August 2012 - June 2013). Films in 1080p (most of the videos filmed with it are in 720p due to lack of memory).
Nikon Coolpix P500 (irregularly used till late 2016. Now often using it). Films in 1080p. The best camera he films with.

Mobile phones:

Samsung Galaxy Gio (2011 - April 2013). Films in 240p.
Samsung Galaxy S3 (April 2013 - August 2014. Got broken). Films in 720p.
HTC Desire 610 (August 2014-2018). Films in 1080p.
Sony Xperia E5 (rarely used for videos). Films in 1080p, but bad quality!
Samsung Galaxy S9 (2018-2020). Films in 4K 60fps.
iPhone 12 (since 2021). Films in 4K60fps.

Trivia

He fluently speaks 4 languages including English.
He loves old elevators, especially without innerdoors. His favorite brands for old elevators are Otis and Schindler. For modern elevators, he only likes Mitsubishi and Kone.
He absolutely hates ThyssenKrupp elevators, as well as all modern generics!
He has filmed in 14 countries. List:
1. France
2. United States
3. Germany
4. Austria
5. Switzerland
6. Spain
7. United Kingdom
8. Armenia
9. Lebanon
10. Russia
11. United Arab Emirates
12. Brazil
13. Argentina
14. Canada
He's the largest active elevator channel in France in terms of views and subscriptions, lloyd999ify is right behind. He often talks to lloyd999ify.

Gallery

Here are some pictures shot by The French Elevator Channel: