March might seem like a distant memory as we go barrelling into May, so let this month in review be a reminder to you – at least as far as EMULSIVE is concerned. Here are March’s 28 articles and photos split out as the top ten (according to you), and then as a complete list.
If you don’t remember reading 28 new things here last month, it’s time to catch up!
~ EM
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Fujifilm: put down your pitchforks, it’s survival of the fittest
Update 2019-06-10:Fujifilm announces a return to black and white photographic film production with brand new NEOPAN 100 ACROS II, available Autumn 2019.
The film photography community is once again up in arms about Fujifilm’s latest raft of price
Camera review: The Rolleicord 1a – 2 – Model K3
After my first encounters with the Rolleicord 1a – 2 – Model K3 a friend had given me as a present, I decided to take a closer look at this piece of fine engineering.
How to: Shoot nightlife flash photography with Kodak Ektachrome E100
Using reversal film for flash photography is not the most obvious choice but there are a few characteristics which make using Kodak’s new Ektachrome E100 for flash photography very interesting.
The Olympus XA review: how I fell in love with a tiny plastic box…
…and back in love with photography again and again.
Warning: the following review of the diminutive Olympus XA is highly biased and totally subjective. I love the darn thing and actually own 2 of them.
5 Frames… With Fujifilm Fujicolor Pro 400H (EI 800 / 35mm format / Canon EOS 33)
By way of introduction my name is Geoff Roughton and to get it out of the way, 4 years ago I had a stroke…..well actually a series of mini-strokes followed by something more major.
Film stock review: Comparing Kodak Ektar 100 to Fujifilm Velvia 50
To the analogue landscape photographer, choosing one’s film stock is one of the most crucial steps in the creative process.
Darkroom technique: fine-tuning the negative
Back over the summer of 2018, my beloved Bronica SQ-A became gravely ill, and I sent it off to the camera spa for some TLC.
5 Frames… With Kodak EKTACHROME 160T (EI 100-150 / XPRO / 35mm format / Zenit TTL)
Because it couldn’t just be 160T, that’d be too easy.
Kodak EKTACHROME 160T, was one of the three speeds of tungsten-balanced slide film that Kodak produced until 2013 or so, and you can still find plenty of it around
Camera review: the flawless BOMM V810 8×10 camera
Flawless finish, consistent operation and engineered like a fine timepiece, the BOMM V810 is a wonder of thought, effort and passion…and my new 8×10 workhorse.
How to save money with a Nikon Pre-AI camera system
The cost of manual-focus 35mm equipment increases to rise and Nikon gear is leading the pack.
…and here’s everything in order of publication
Photography: Office space – Shot on Fuji Acros 100 at EI 400 (35mm format)
Office space
Shot on Fuji NEOPAN 100 ACROS at EI 400
Black and white negative film in 35mm format
Push processed 2 stops
Nikon F100 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 AF-D + ISCO Cinemascope Ultra Star Plus 2.1
Development notes
5 Frames… With Kodak T-MAX 400 (EI 400 / 35mm format / Canon EOS 1N)
Having been and ILFORD user since learning to shoot with it in high school, I thought it high time I gave some Kodak stock a look (I have been shooting film again for about two years – a VERY
Appendix C of the Technical Field Guide for the Discerning Analog Photographer: Accounting for rise using a linear, half-lens splitting mask
In Appendix A I went into greater detail on my equations used for pushing and pulling in the field; and, then, in Appendix B we looked at the equations behind metering for multiple exposures.
Not for legal use: Polaroid passport photos on wet plate collodion
Wet plate collodion doesn’t spring to mind as either the most practical or in fact, legal approach to creating passport photographs but that didn’t stop EMULSIVE interviewee #196 Markus Hofstaetter from giving it a shot.
Markus isn’t a stranger
#FP4party February 2019 winner announcement
Welcome to the community picked winners of February’s FP4Party.
Photography: Our lady of heaven – Shot on Kosmo Foto Mono 100 at EI 200 (35mm format)
Our lady of heaven (天上聖母 / Tiānshàng Shèngmǔ)
Shot on Kosmo Foto Mono 100 at EI 200
Black and white negative film in anamorphic 35mm format
Push processed 1-stop
Nikon F100 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 AF-D + ISCO Cinemascope Ultra
5 Frames… With CineStill 800T at night (EI 800 / 120 format / Hasselblad 500 CM) – Matias Takala
I had a roll of CineStill 800T in my fridge waiting for a special occasion. I was going home from work one day and I could see a promise of fog in the air.
Camera review: Minolta AF-Tele Super
It was always going to come to this point. With compact cameras that sport prime lenses, even though the image quality is as it should be, the photographer is limited to a single set focal length.
The Hypersensitive Podcast Episode 02: I can do that at home
We’ve reached the heady heights of our second official episode and this runaway holding tank* is showing no signs of stopping.
Hamish and I talk about the MAYA darkroom timer, the redevelopment of the analogue photography hardware industry, my
Just in: “New” Tetenal, a phoenix rises – Charys Schuler, PhotoKlassik International magazine
Good news received directly from our friends at “New” Tetenal: the final pieces of paperwork were given their stamps of approval, and the company was officially registered last Friday March 8th 2019!
The “phoenix rising from the ashes” really
5 Frames… Of people and their dogs with ILFORD HP5 PLUS (EI 400 / 120 format / Rolleiflex T) – Joan Sorolla
I started to shoot daily images while I was walking my dog some years ago.
An update on the SP-8×10+ film development system
Testing is going well. Everyone who has tried the SP-8×10+ loves it. The biggest technical challenge: we’re still optimizing the hold-down tabs.
5 Frames… With Kodak VISION3 250D 5207 (EI 200 / 120 format / Pentax 645N)
I got a sample roll of Kodak VISION3 250D (5207) as a roll of “SFL K250D”.
Appendix B of the Technical Field Guide for the Discerning Analog Photographer: Metering for finite and infinite multiple exposures
Welcome to the second appendix to the Technical Field Guide for the Discerning Analog Photographer.
5 Frames… With Rollei ATP 1.1 (EI 32 / 120 format / Yashica Mat-124G)
On Valentine’s Day 2018, I stopped by my school’s photo lab on a whim and was unexpectedly treated to blindly pick from a grab bag of various films.
5 Frames …With FOQUS A125 (EI 125 / 35mm format / Nikon F60)
This film, FOQUS A125, is made by an enthusiast in Russia, and is hard to obtain without Russian connections (Russians buy it from the man himself on a forum full of untranslatable idioms).
Thanks for reading!
~ EM
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