Welcome to the month that was June 2018: 30 days, 21 daily photos and 26 articles…all just in time for the end of July. There’s great timing for you…or something to that effect.
So, without further ado, here’s every single article and photograph published on EMULSIVE in June 2018, starting with the ten most popular articles as decided by you, and ordered by their publish date.
ENJOY!
~ EM
Camera review: the Rolleiflex SL66
Mention 6x6cm medium format film cameras to a photographer and most will immediately think Hasselblad. Mention Rolleiflex to the same group and they will almost certainly think of the well-respected range of twin lens reflex (TLR) cameras.
Bag review: the new Billingham Hadley Small Pro part one
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that for me, the new Billingham Hadley Small Pro is pretty much the perfect daily use camera bag. Believe me, I’m as surprised as you.
EMULSIVE interview 181: I am Amy Jasek and this is why I shoot film
I’m very pleased to be able to bring you the work and words of a veritable film photography force of nature – it’s Amy Jasek everyone.
5 Frames… With Kodak T-MAX P3200 (EI 3200 / 35mm format / Canon EOS 1V)
My choice for black and white film has always been Kodak T-MAX, so when the news broke the new/old T-MAX P3200 version was coming back I was excited.
Introducing the pixl-latr: democratising the digitisation of film [with exclusive creator Q&A]
Innovative solutions for digitising film abound, from homegrown solutions using copy stands, digital cameras and scanning masks, to Nikon’s endlessly delayed ES-2 35mm film digitising adapter.
Where are my effing pictures? Or, finding an archive system for my film photography
In 2009 I bought my third digital camera, a little Panasonic Lumix LX3 to complement my somewhat chunkier DSLR. In 2012 I sold it, partly to fund its replacement, a Sony RX100.
Announcing: CineStill Df96 “DEVELOPER&FIX” Monobath
Hot off the press: there’s a new black and white monobath developer from the Brothers Wright over at CineStill – CineStill Df96 Monobath – and it’s available to buy this very minute on their website as a 1-Liter kit at
How-to: creating a photo book, some do’s and don’ts
Photographs become something special when printed. You can touch them, feel them, and get up close to them.
How-to: convert a toy camera to shoot BW infrared film
Ok, so as photography how-to’s go, this one is as simple as they come.
Yan Wang Preston: Creating Mother River
In 2010 I decided to embark on the hardest adventure of my life, to photograph the entire 6,211km of the Yangtze River in China.
…and then there’s everything else
5 Frames… With Kodak Portra 400 (EI 320 / 120 Format / Mamiya 7)
On August 21, 2017, thousands of people converged on Alliance, Nebraska, as one of the prime Solar Eclipse viewing locations in North America.
Photography: Waiting time – Shot on Tri-X 400 at EI 800 (120 format)
Waiting time
Shot on Kodak Tri-X 400 at EI 800
Black and white negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6
Photography: Zero – Shot on Kodak ColorPlus 200 at EI 200 (35mm format)
Zero
Shot on Kodak ColorPlus 200 at EI 200
Color negative film in 35mm format
EMULSIVE interview #182: I am Yan Wang Preston and this is why I shoot film
Regular readers will remember reading about Yan’s current project, Mother River here on EMULSIVE a couple of weeks ago and I’m, please to be able to finally bring more of her words and work to you in today’s fresh EMULSIVE
Photography: Top to bottom – Shot on Fuji Acros 100 at EI 100 (120 format)
Top to bottom
Shot on Fuji Acros 100 at EI 100
Black and white negative film in 120 format shot as 6×17
Photography: Chop chop – Shot on Kodak Ektar 100 at EI 800 (120 format)
Chop chop
Shot on Kodak Ektar 100 at EI 800
Color negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6
Push processed three stops
5 Frames… With Impossible Project I-Type Color (Polaroid Originals One Step 2)
Up until recently I wasn’t one for instant photography at all, I’d tried it with an Instax but that had been for a specific project that had petered out and never really gone anywhere.
Photography: Threading the needle – Shot on Shanghai GP3 100 at EI 100 (120 format)
Threading the needle
Shot on Shanghai GP3 100 at EI 100
Black and white negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6
5 Frames… With Kodak ColorPlus 200 (El 100 / 35mm format / Mamiya 7 + Panoramic Kit)
I have lusted after a Hasselblad XPan for a while, but the prices have gone through the roof to the point where I simply can’t justify one.
Photography: Transition 05 – Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200 (120 format)
Transition 05
Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200
Black and white negative film shot as 6×6
Hasselblad 2000 + Kodak Aero Ektar 178mm f/2.5
Read the Rollei Superpan review and experimentation guide
Photography: Transition 04 – Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200 (120 format)
Transition 04
Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200
Black and white negative film shot as 6×6
Hasselblad 2000 + Kodak Aero Ektar 178mm f/2.5
Read the Rollei Superpan review and experimentation guide
The Hasselblad V-System master guide: CF, CF FLE and IHI lenses
I kicked off the previous article in this series by stating that in its V-System, Hasselblad created one of, if not the world’s most comprehensive and flexible medium format camera system.
Photography: Transition 03 – Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200 (120 format)
Transition 03
Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200
Black and white negative film shot as 6×6
Hasselblad 2000 + Kodak Aero Ektar 178mm f/2.5
Read the Rollei Superpan review and experimentation guide
Photography: Transition 02 – Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200 (120 format)
Transition 02
Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200
Black and white negative film shot as 6×6
Hasselblad 2000 + Kodak Aero Ektar 178mm f/2.5
Read the Rollei Superpan review and experimentation guide
5 Frames… With ILFORD FP4 PLUS (EI 125 / 35mm format / Leica M2)
It must be 30 years since I’ve used ILFORD FP4 PLUS, of course, it was plain FP4 in those days (I stopped using it before the PLUS arrived in 1990).
Photography: Transition 01 – Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200 (120 format)
Transition 01
Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200
Black and white negative film shot as 6×6
Hasselblad 2000FCW + Kodak Aero Ektar 178mm f/2.5
Read the Rollei Superpan review and experimentation guide
5 Frames… With Rollei Retro 400s (EI 200 / 35mm format / Agfa Gevabox 6×9)
The Agfa “Gevabox” box camera normally takes 6×9 images on 120 film, has two shutter speeds and two apertures (mine is the later 1955 version).
Photography: Mirror finish – Shot on Lomography Lomochrome Purple XR 100-400 at EI 400 (35mm format)
Mirror finish
Shot on Lomography Lomochrome Purple XR 100-400 at EI 400
Color negative film in 35mm format
Creating Kosmo Foto Mono 100
Kosmo Foto started life back in 2012 as Zorki Photo through my love of film photography. Some people collect Contaxes and Leicas; I collected Zenits and Zorkis.
Photography: Half mast – Shot on ILFORD XP2 Super at EI 400 (120 format)
Half mast
Shot on ILFORD XP2 Super at EI 320
Black and white negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6
Orange #21 filter
Photography: Bike share – Shot on Lomography Lomochrome Purple XR 100-400 at EI 400 (35mm format)
Bike share
Shot on Lomography Lomochrome Purple XR 100-400 at EI 400
Color negative film in 35mm format
Lens review: Schneider Xenotar 150mm f/2.8 + Linhof Technikardan (plus video)
In 2006 or so a good friend of mine sold off his 150mm f/2.8 Schneider Xenotar large format lens.
Photography: Three – Shot on Fuji Provia 100F RDPIII at EI 100 (format)
Three
Shot on Fuji Provia 100F RDPIII at EI 100
Color reversal (slide) film in 120 format shot as 6×6
Photography: In a sea of oil – Shot on Lomography Lomochrome Purple XR 100-400 at EI 400 (35mm format)
In a sea of oil
Shot on Lomography Lomochrome Purple XR 100-400 at EI 400
Color negative film in 35mm format
5 Frames… With ILFORD HP5 PLUS (EI 400 / 35mm format / Canon 7)
I’ve been working in the main business district of Paris, La Défense, for more than a decade. Nevertheless, it took me coming back to film a few years ago to start exploring the neighbourhood.
Photography: View no more – Shot on ILFORD HP5 PLUS at EI 1000 (120 format)
View no more
Shot on ILFORD HP5 PLUS at EI 1000
Black and white negative film in 120 format shot as 6×45
Push processed three stops
Read the full ILFORD HP5 PLUS review here.
Analog [dis?]ability: adapt, overcome and adjust
If you boil a potato long enough; it will become soft. Boil an egg long enough and it will become hard.
Photography: Split #06 – Shot on Kodak ColorPlus 200 at EI 200 (35mm format)
Split #06
Shot on Kodak ColorPlus 200 at EI 200.
Color negative film in 35mm format.
Photography: Shorn – Shot on Kodak EKTACHROME E200 at EI 200 (120 format)
Shorn
Shot on Kodak EKTACHROME E200 at EI 200
Color reversal (slide) film in 120 format shot as 6×6
Photography: Full bloom – Shot on Kodak AEROCHROME III 1443 at EI 400 (120 format)
Full bloom
Shot on Kodak AEROCHROME III 1443 at EI 400
Color infrared aerial surveillance film in 120 format shot as 6×6
Shot with #21 orange filter
Read the Kodak AEROCHROME review
5 Frames… With Fujifilm Superia 200 (EI 100 / 35mm format / Pentax Super-A)
Looking back on the track for a little green bag (a little green box of film actually ☺).
Photography: Resident’s association – Shot on ILFORD FP4 PLUS at EI 100 (35mm format)
Resident’s Association
Shot on ILFORD FP4 PLUS at EI 100
Black and white negative film in 35mm format
Three years of EMULSIVE – a retrospective
Three years of EMULSIVE. Who would have thought this little labour of love would have lasted this long? Whether you’re here for the first time or coming back for your thousandth-plus daily visit, I welcome you one and all.
June 2018 film photography horoscope – ‘mystic’ help to better photography
Hallo again, it’s Barry with your film photography horoscopes for June. I’ve been busy with classes and updating my accreditations this month. I have also purchased a few more books to help me express my astro-ological muses.
5 Frames… With Fuji Reala 100 (EI 100 / 35mm / Canon EOS 500)
After deciding to take a city break in Rome, Italy – together with my mother – I knew immediately what camera and what films I would take with me.
I was lucky to have good weather and the sun on
Photography: Veins #02 – Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200 (120 format)
Veins #02
Shot on Rollei Superpan 200 at EI 200
Black and white negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6
Hasselblad 2000 + Kodak Aero Ektar 178mm f/2.5
Read the Rollei Superpan 200 review and experimentation guide.
 
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