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Hidden in Plain Sight: A 36-Day Quest to Discover the Daily Miracle of Nature’s Quiet Moments – by Dan Kehlenbach

by Dan Kehlenbach

A look back at my personal One-Shot-Per-Week challenge of 2021 – by Tim Soderstrom

by Tim Soderstrom

My adventures somewhere in-between medium & large formats on 120 format Kodak Gold 200

by Nick Orloff

Unidentified Black Male, or 8 out of 10 frames: Creating a small body of personal portraiture on Fuji FP-100c instant film with a Graflex Crown Graphic

by Tony Sebastian Ukpo

The vast White: Two months on Svalbard in the arctic winter, a film photography diary – by Josua Schindewolf

by Josua Schindewolf

Repurposing orphaned instant cameras: Creating the Polaroid “SX-450”

by Jim Skelton

New Fugufilm 400 slide film: More test roll shots + Bellamy Hunt Q&A

by EM

5 Frames… Of a weekend in NYC on ILFORD Delta 3200 Professional (EI 3200 / 35mm format / Nikon FM2 + Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF-D)

by Matthew T Rader

5 Frames… Of ILFORD FP4 PLUS with my new Contax clone (35mm format / EI 100 / Kiev-4a + Jupiter 8M 50mm f/2) – by John Tarrant

by EM

5 Frames… At Westonbirt Arboretum on ILFORD Delta 100 Professional Rolleicord Va + Xenar 75mm f/3.5

by EM

Exakta film camera reviews

Camera review: The Exakta TL 1000

by Bill Watts

5 Frames… Of cold-weather testing airships by the arctic circle on Kodak Portra 160 (35mm Format / EI 160 / Contax G1 + Planar 45mm f/2) – by Igor Immfun

by Igor Immfun

5 Frames… Of Charleston on Kodak EKTACHROME Infrared film (35mm format / EI 400 / Canon EOS 3 + Canon 17-40 f/4) – by Daniel Kompass

by Daniel Kompass

My Nikon F3, MD-4 Motor Drive, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S, Dorothy Key 3

Film review: A roll of Kodak Portra 800 (Nikon F3 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S) – by Dorothy Key

by Dorothy Key

5 Frames… Around Blois on LomoChrome Purple XR 100-400 (35mm format / EI 200 / Yashica FX – 3 + Yashica Lens ML 50mm f/2) – by Steven Munday

by EM

5 Frames… Over 3 years on Kodak Portra 400, starting in New Orleans and finishing at Venice Beach (35mm format / EI 400 / Pentax Spotmatic + Super Takumar 50mm f/1.4)

by Eric Houge

5 Frames… Of Strasbourg on ILFORD Delta 400 Professional with the “wrong” developer (35mm format / EI 1600 / Rollei 35TE + Tessar f3.5/40mm) – by Olaf

by Olaf

Latest featured reviews

Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super

Opinion: Why did Zeiss stop making cameras?

Mini-review: The Canon A-1 in Thailand

Meopta Magnifax 4 darkroom enlarger: All you need to know

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5 Frames… In Covington, Tennessee, with expired Kodak T400CN (35mm / EI 400 / Minolta X-370 + Minolta MD 50mm f/1.4) – by Jon Woodhams

by Jon Woodhams

5 Frames… Of Dublin’s St Patrick’s Day on Adox Color Mission 200 (35mm Format / EI 200 / Leica M6 + Voigtlander 35mm f/2.5 Color Skopar) – by Valentine de Villemeur

by Valentine de Villemeur

My Horizon Perfekt + OF-28p 28mm f/2.8 MC lens, Alfonso Carpio Rovira

5 Frames… Of panoramas in Grenoble on Kodak Panchromatic Separation Film 2238 (35mm Format / EI 12 / Horizon Perfekt + OF-28p 28mm f/2.8 MC lens) – by Alfonso Carpio Rovira

by Alfonso Carpio Rovira

My Nikon F Nikkor OC 35mm + macro tube, Aislinn Chuahiock

6 Frames… Of macro-ish photos on ADOX COLOR MISSION 200 and a Nikkor OC 35mm + macro tube (EI 200 / 35mm Format / Nikon F)

by Aislinn Chuahiock

My Minolta X-370 + Minolta MD 50mm f/1.4, Jon Woodhams

5 Frames… Just northeast of Memphis on Classic EZ 400 (35mm / EI 400 / Minolta X-370 + Minolta MD 50mm f/1.4) – by Jon Woodhams

by Jon Woodhams

5 Frames… Of visible and present grain on ILFORD HP5 PLUS + FX-37 (35mm format / EI 400 Nikon F2 + DE-1 + Nikon Nikkor 35mm f/2.8 AI) – by Emilio Romero

by Emilio Romero

Latest guides and how-tos

Restoring the moldiest, most rusty camera lens I’ve ever seen: How bad (or good) could it be?

Elevating the humble cyanotype…with a UV-enlarger!

My Quest to make art for the living room wall - Part 1: Iterating contact prints by Sarah Hall

My Quest to make art for the living room wall – Part 1: Iterating contact prints

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Latest film photographer interviews

EMULSIVE Interview: I am Daniel Boklage and this is why I shoot film

EMULSIVE Interview #228: I am Daniel Boklage and this is why I shoot film

EMULSIVE Interview #227 - I am Lucy Ridges and this is why I shoot film

EMULSIVE Interview #227: I am Lucy Ridges and this is why I shoot film (NSFW)

Canon A1- FDn 50mm f/1.4 - Fuji Superia X-TRA 400

EMULSIVE Interview #226: I am Brian Dubois and this is why I shoot film

Andrea Bianchi - Hasselblad SWC - Fujichrome Provia 100F Expired and X process

EMULSIVE Interview #225: I am Andrea Bianchi and this is why I shoot film

Lifeguard

EMULSIVE Interview #224: I am David Imel and this is why I shoot film

Shot on Nikon F2 in 2019, hand printed selenium toned and hand coloured. London

EMULSIVE Interview #223: I am Ellen Rogers and this is why I shoot film (Mildly NSFW)

Latest 5 film camera reviews

Rheinmetall Weltax + Meyer-Optik Trioplan f/3.5 75mm

Rheinmetall Weltax + Meyer-Optik Trioplan f/3.5 75mm + Lomography Redscale and Kodak Portra 160… A review (kind of)

by Martin Siegel

Leica M4

Enter the Leica M4: Upgrading my Barnack Leica

by Simón Ducos

Konica C35 EFP - Black

A creative machine: The Konica C35 EFP

by Diego Boccacci

The Lipca Rollop II. Portrait by Nikon F80, Sigma 105mm f/2.8 OS HSM, and ILFORD HP5 PLUS (@ EI 1600).

Crash! Bang! Rollop! What a Picture! A review and test of the Lipca Rollop II TLR

by Nigel Fishwick

Canon AL-1

The Canon AL-1: Do opposites attract?

by Alex Nevelychko

Camera review: The LEGO VIP Rewards Vintage Camera + build video

Camera review: The LEGO VIP Rewards Vintage Camera + build video

by EM

Cover: Film review - ADOX HR-50, a high-resolution film with a boost

Film review: ADOX HR-50, a high-resolution film with a boost

by Astrid Robertsson

RETO Ultra Wide & Slim

Mini-review: The RETO Ultra Wide & Slim – Experiences and a change in attitude to P&S cameras

by Toby Van de Velde

The Contax RX: My search for the perfect camera

by Paul Turner

Latest 5 film stock reviews

Kentmere Pan 400 at EI3200 – A low-cost, high speed alternative?

by Philip Harrison

Chromogenic inspiration: ILFORD XP2 Super - Andrea Bianchi

Chromogenic inspiration: ILFORD XP2 Super – Andrea Bianchi

by Andrea Bianchi

Svema Foto 65 – Shooting Expired Film from 1989

by Gavin Lyons

My Pentax MX and SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.7

Film review: Cinestill 50D on Zurich’s smaller streets – Pentax MX and SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.7

by Astrid Robertsson

Taking Stock: A shootout with 3 very different color films highlights creative possibilities – Kodak Portra, Fuji C200 and Fuji Velvia 100

by Isaac D. Pacheco

Purple nights on Lomochrome Purple with the Pixels and Grain Collective

by Pixels and Grain Collective

Film stock review: Cinestill BWXX - by Simon King

Film stock review: Cinestill BWXX

by Simon King

Foma Retropan 320 Soft: A valuable way of seeing

by Yorgo Douramacos

Blood-red Witchery: Portraits on Kodak AEROCHROME III color infrared slide film

Blood-red Witchery: Portraits on Kodak AEROCHROME III color infrared slide film

by Mikhail Kostin

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How-tos & Guides

Pentax 67 panoramic photographs - 35mm film mask

Shooting 35mm panoramic photographs with the Pentax 67

Pricing your work: Economies of print, or “assigning worth when value is subjective”

Zeiss Ikon Box Tengor 56:2 and Luna Pro

How-To: Push-metering for simple cameras

Start at the Stop: How to respool 35mm film into 127 (and 120) backing paper

Cover - EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT AUTO (THYRISTOR) FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ...BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK

Everything you wanted to know about auto (thyristor) flash photography …but were afraid to ask

The Remora-01: An alternative Polaroid SX-70 battery

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