My new project, “Devotion” takes its inspiration from my newfound love and commitment to my hometown, Hawaii. The series invites the viewer to see Hawaii through my lens as I revisit memories from my youth, collaborate with the new wave of creatives, and explore the deep relationships we have with one another and our community. […]
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Exploring the beauty of film photography stocks, five frames at a time. Produced in conjunction with Hamish Gill over at 35mmc, find all EMULSIVE ‘5 Frames…’ articles here.
Submissions are open to all, and can include frames taken on rolls and sheets of film, wet/dry plates, and instant film. To get started, click the “Submit” link in the menu at the top of the page.
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5 Frames… Of Orwo DN21 during a hot Como summer on a Contax 139Q (35mm Format / EI 12 / Yashica ML 24mm f/2.8 lens) – by Sergio Palazzi
Along with the Orwo UN54 that I quoted before, I also ordered a 30.5 m roll of DN21 from the Orwo Shop. This was something unusual for me, as films not primarily intended for taking pictures in a normal camera are not my cup of tea. I mean, for graphic purposes I used a lot […]
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5 Frames… Kodak Potra 400 / 35mm / EI 320 / Voigtländer Bessa R3a + Voigtländer Nokton Classic 35mm 1.4 II – by Marco Rotondo
This story goes all the way back to 2001 when I went on a vacation in the beautiful Salento region of southern Italy. That time I not only met and fell in love with my wife, but I also fell in love with the beautiful villages, landscapes and charismatic people of this region.
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5 Frames… Of canals, locks, floodgates, sluices, and levees on ILFORD XP2 Super (35mm / EI 320 + Y48 Filter / Nikon F3 + MD-4 / 50mm 1.2 AI-s) – by Patrick Gillin
ILFORD XP2 Super often gets a bad rap, as did the C41 B&W offerings from Fuji and Kodak before they were canned. I started shooting it while home from university for holidays and summers, since I could get it inexpensively and easily processed near my parents’ house rather than bringing the exposed film back to […]
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5 Frames… Of Kodak Plus-X Professional 125 / 120 / EI 50 / Ansco Speedex 4.5 Special + Agfa Solinar 85mm f/4.5) – by Rodolfo E. Ramírez
The 1950s saw the release of the Ansco Speedex 4.5 Special, a 6×6 folding camera made in Germany and sold by Ansco and Agfa under the names Speedex and Isolette. The camera lineup offered a range of models with diverse lens and shutter configurations to suit different budgets. As a piece of photographic equipment, the […]
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5 Frames… In my room on ILFORD XP2 Super (35mm format / EI 400 / Leica M4 + Summicron 5cm f/2) – by Simón Ducos
I don’t remember when it started, but at some point in the last five years, I began using photography as a means to explore a place. I believe that with photography, one is always getting to know new areas, or at the very least getting new perspectives on old areas, but it isn’t always with […]
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5 Frames… As an ode to unsung photography heroes (Fujifilm NEOPAN 100 ACROS / 35mm format / EI 100 / Nikon F + Nikon Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8)
No, this ode is not about the camera, lens and film mentioned in the headline and shown in the photo below. The praises of NEOPAN 100 ACROS film, the „F“ and the Micro-Nikkor have been proclaimed in countless other contributions on this site and on many others. This is more about a device that lends […]
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5 Frames… On Agfa APX 100 with an Olympus OM-10 + Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 – by Thomas Garrard
I’m quite new to photography, I inherited my first camera in 2022 after the passing of my Grandfather — an Olympus OM-10. Previously I’d not really enjoyed photography and just took snapshots on my phone as mementos of places I’d been. However, in receiving his camera and slide collection, and seeing the care he’d taken […]
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5 Frames… In Florence on expired ILFORD PAN F PLUS (35mm Format / EI 10 Contax RTS III + Carl Zeiss Distagon 2,8/28mm) – by Julian Ruoss
Heya, I’m Julian, and this will be – hopefully – my first contribution to 5 Frames, a series of articles that I enjoy a lot. It was in March or April this year (2022) when I found that roll of ILFORD PAN F PLUS while strolling through a flea market. One reason I bought it […]
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5 Frames… At the Tatacoa Desert on Kodak Color Plus 200 and a Nikon FM2n (35mm Format / El 200 / Nikon Nikkor 28-105mm AF macro f/3.5-4.5D) – by Juan Roa
I wanted to visit Colombia’s Tatacoa Desert before traveling to the US, and asked my friend Susana if she would like to take a motorcycle trip there. She immediately said YES! We traveled from Cali, and our trip was around 16 hours (driving) and stayed in a wonderful place called Orion camp base, specialises in […]
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5 Frames… Of Orwo UN54 in Florence on a Canon FTb (35mm Format / EI 160 / Canon FD 70-210mm f/4.0 zoom lens – by Sergio Palazzi
I discovered the existence of Orwo films during my short, full immersion trip in the changing Berlin of March 1990. Cheap as they were, I bought many BW rolls and used most of them (but some are still waiting in a drawer!). I forgot about Orwo for roughly 25 years, then I tried a reel […]
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5 Frames… Of golden hour on a Balda Baldi 29 and Fomapan 100 Classic (120 format / EI 100 / Baldanar 80mm f/2.9 Triplet) – by Leon Blankenhorn
Where your comfort zone ends is where you discover something new and fun. Keeping that euphemism in mind, I decided against a slow and cozy morning one Sunday in this past August, and went to get my bike out of the shed instead. The lockdowns in recent history have blessed many of us with new […]
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5 Frames… Of Eid-al-Fitr 2022 on Fuji Superia 1600 and a Pentax ME (35mm format / EI 1600 / SMC Pentax-M 28mm f/2.8) – by Yusuf Husain
This story begins on Eid, the last day of the holy month of Ramadan. Usually, on Eid, you give cash as gifts. But instead, a friend gave me an expired roll of Fuji Superia 1600. Context: Superia 1600 wasn’t necessarily a hard film to find when it was still produced but these days, it’s reached […]
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5 Frames… Of “Sinostill” 800T a cheaper alternative to Cinestill 800T? (EI 800/35mm format/Nikon F3 + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8) – by Wenhong
Cinestill 800T is popular these days and many people use it to get unique-looking pictures. However, I am hesitant to use this film due to its high cost; 35mm Cinestill 800T sells for USD23 per roll in my local shops and is more expensive than Kodak Portra 800. A few months back when I shopped […]
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5 Frames… Through Western Canada on CineStill 400D (35mm Format / EI 400 / Lomography LC-A+) – by Julia Beyer
When I go on vacations where I know that amazing landscapes are awaiting me, the decision of which film and camera to take with me always takes me a long time. I try to think as carefully as possible if the colors of the film match the scenery I expect to see, and the camera […]
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5 Frames… Of expired FotoStop Colour Print Film 200 (EI 200 / 35mm format / Olympus OM-1) – by Ed Worthington
Hello again everyone. As I’ve said before, the pinch on new film prices has had me going through the rolls of long expired mystery film that I’ve had stored away for who knows how long and shooting them without a care of what the results really look like. So join me as I delve back […]
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5 Frames… Of street photography in Buenos Aires on the Mamiya RB67 (120 format / EI 100 / Kodak T-MAX 100) – by Simón Ducos
In the summer of 2019, I sold my trusty Olympus XA in order to buy my then-dream camera: the Mamiya RB67. Although these cameras are vastly different, the XA being ideal for travel and street photography while the RB is more for studio shoots and still-life, I was convinced that when the time came I […]
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5 Frames of… Redscaled Kodak ULTRA MAX 400 (35mm format / EI 100, Canon AE-1 + Canon FD 50mm f/1.8) – by Piper McManamon
A friend of mine told me once that she had a special surprise in mind for a roll of film she was shooting. She left me in the dark about what exactly it was for about a week until the roll was completed and she showed me the results. The photos were all bathed in […]
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5 Frames…With expired Boots Universal 400 (EI 400 / 35mm format / Olympus OM-1) – by Ed Worthington
Well, it’s been a spell since I wrote anything here so firstly, hello everyone, I’m back for a bit. Well, kind of. I thought I’d write a series of short articles in the 5 Frames flavour as I’ve had an idea and I’ve missed talking about shooting film with strangers on the internet. If you’re […]
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5 Frames… ILFORD HP5 PLUS (35mm format / EI 400 / FED-3 Type B + Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.5 Aspherical LTM)
After having shot black and white film for a while but always having shied away from properly developing it at home (I had developed a few rolls of film in Cinestill Df96 monobath — these were just test rolls and didn’t really have much archival or sentimental value), I decided to go straight for gold […]
