Here’s the month that was November 2019 on EMULSIVE, all 30 days and 34 articles of it. As usual, the “top ten” as decided by you and ordered by date of publication follows below. Having been doing these monthly recaps for a couple of years now, what’s interesting to me is how many film photography industry news and updates are released between October and November of each year.
This year is no exception, with news of Kodak’s continuing success (21% YoY growth of the film business), updates from Fujifilm on new ACROS II (reviewed first here on EMULSIVE last Tuesday) and news of new film and paper development kits from Tetenal 1847.
Enjoy.
~ EM
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Essay: What happened to ‘Girl Gaze’?
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Good news: Kodak’s film business grew 21% in Q3 2019
A simple bullet point in Eastman Kodak Company’s November 7th Q3 2019 earnings press release brings good news for film shooters everywhere. Kodak’s film business is up 21% year on year in Q3 2019: “Revenues for the Company’s film business grew 21 percent year-over-year for the year to date.” Naturally, […]
UPDATE: Fujifilm NEOPAN 100 ACROS II shipping November 22nd in 35mm and 120 formats
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Photography: And then there was one – Shot on Kodak Portra 160 at EI 160 (120 format)
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Reflex film camera suffers further setbacks, lens ready for production
The team behind the Reflex film camera took to Kickstarter today with troubling news of further setbacks and an uncertain future for the project. First announced on November 7th 2017, Reflex with its “Reflex I” promised a brand new 35mm SLR film camera system encompassing options to use multiple lens […]
TETENAL Magic Box: Simple, low volume C-41, E-6 and RA-4 development kits (updated)
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5 Frames… With ILFORD ORTHO PLUS + filter comparisons (EI 80 / 35mm format / Olympus OM-1n)
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The TLR, a Goldilocks camera design
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A complete guide to the Mamiya RZ67 Pro: part one – deep system overview
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Three things Bill Murray can teach you about street photography
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…and here’s everything in order of publication
Life gets busy. Here’s everything from November in a single list.
5 Frames… With KODAK Panchromatic Separation Film 2238 (EI 12 / 35mm format / Nikon F2 Photomic)
“Your package has been delivered” proclaimed the USPS tracking site. I had signed up for a project where a select few photographers were given a couple of rolls of KODAK Panchromatic Separation Film 2238 film to use and submit their best two images for future publication. Unearthing the two rolls […]
5 Frames… Shot with my daughter-in-law on ILFORD FP4 PLUS (EI 125 / 35mm / Agfa Optima 1A)
These photos were taken on the first roll of film taken by a complete newbie to film photography, my daughter-in-law Amy, on her first visit to Australia in July 2019, when she stayed with us in Perth for a few days, and then went on to Sydney. I’m in my […]
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Four years and counting: Un Giro D’Italia – touring Italy or, a never-ending project
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5 Frames… With ILFORD SFX 200 (EI 200 / 35mm format / Canon Sure Shot Z90W)
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5 Frames… Printed on ILFORD Multigrade IV RC Satin in the darkroom
Although I’ve played around in the past I’ve never really had the motivation to seriously print my film photographs. My usual workflow involves scanning my negatives, and then releasing them digitally. When I’ve sold prints in the past I’ve used my local labs drum scanner for high quality results which are […]
My return to film: Tim Roper
I started shooting film in a middle school photography class, where we bulk-loaded Tri-X and developed and printed in the darkroom there. Our teacher, Mr Truman, was a WWII air force veteran and had a patience and acceptance of life that I think only combat can forge in a person. […]
5 Frames… Of Mount Mitake with Kodak Tri-X 400 (EI 200 / 120 format / Hasselblad 500CM)
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5 Frames… With Kodak Portra 400 (EI 400 / 120 format / Bronica SQ-B)
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Unexpected adventures with expired ILFORD FP4 PLUS film
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5 Frames… With Kodak Tri-X 400 (EI 400 / 35mm format / Nikon N90s)
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5 Frames… With Kodak VISION3 250D 5207 (EI 250 / 35mm format / Olympus OM-1)
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5 Frames… Of the French Alps on Rollei Infrared 400 (EI 25 / 120 format / Fujifilm GSW690III Professional)
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~ EM
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