These are the 31 days and 30 articles that made EMULSIVE in December 2020. There’s no fancy countdown here, just my usual recap for those of you who missed the goings-on. You’ll find a recap of all the articles published, starting with the most popular 10 articles of the month in order of publication (as decided by you).
If you read the November 2020 update, I’m still very much in catch-up mode but definitely getting there. As ever, if you’ve got something to share, please drop me a line.
Enjoy!
~ EM
October 2020’s Reader Top 10
The Nikon F6 is dead, long live the Nikon F6!
News coming in from across the web tells us that the Nikon F6, Nikon’s last flagship film camera, which was first released back in 2004 has finally been discontinued, bringing …
Read moreThe Nikon F6 is dead, long live the Nikon F6!
Working inside the ‘limits of your equipment’
When choosing to use a certain camera one must come to terms with the limits inherent. Speaking in respect of my Rolleiflex MX, there are things one can do very …
Read moreWorking inside the ‘limits of your equipment’
A deeper dive into CineStill Simplified Cs2 chemistry: ECN-2 + CINESTILL = ?
We are the Brothers Wright, the photographers and creators behind CineStill. Ever since the beta tests of CineStill 800T processed in C-41 chemistry, and especially once we began designing simplified …
Read moreA deeper dive into CineStill Simplified Cs2 chemistry: ECN-2 + CINESTILL = ?
5 Frames… Of 120 format Kodak Gold 200 (EI 100 / Pentax 67 + SMC- Pentax 105mm f/2.4 + SMC- Pentax 55mm f/4) – by Bill Manning
Since the 1980’s Kodak Gold has survived the test of time and is still a staple film for many film photographers worldwide. Gold 200 has been (sorry for the terrible …
Camera review: The Contax G2… So close…
I’ve waited long enough to speak. We’ve broken up, it’s over. The romance was hot and quick. A flash in the pan. It’s time to do a review on the …
Read moreCamera review: The Contax G2… So close…
5 Frames… Of the Saskatchewan prairies on Kodak AEROCHROME III Infrared Film 1443 (120 Format / EI 400 / Mamiya C330 Professional S) – by Bob St-Cyr
What an amazing way to visualise the world. I have pursued the joys and wonders of film photography and darkroom work for some decades now and within this journey find …
5 Frames… Of Yosemite National Park on a Yashica Mat-124 G and Kodak Portra 400 (120 Format / EI 400) – By Simon Kim
In order to reduce the number of folks that are visiting Yosemite National Park due to Covid-19, only a handful of park passes were being released at 7am each day …
5 Frames… From the Peter Pan Cup Christmas Day 2019, on ILFORD Delta 3200 Professional and HP5 PLUS – by Simon King
The Peter Pan Cup is a yearly 100m race, a swim across the icy-cold Serpentine Lido in Hyde Park. Swimmers have met in the park every Christmas morning since 1864, …
EMULSIVE’S most popular film camera reviews of 2020
Time for this year’s penultimate listicle, and it’s one for the gear heads out there, this year’s most popular camera reviews on EMULSIVE. Thanks to everyone who submitted their own …
Read moreEMULSIVE’S most popular film camera reviews of 2020
EMULSIVE’S most popular articles of 2020
And here it is, the final listicle of 2020. The most popular articles of the year as decided by you for the year we all want to forget. I don’t …
Read moreEMULSIVE’S most popular articles of 2020
…AND HERE’S EVERYTHING IN ORDER OF PUBLICATION
5 Frames… Of Edinburgh and Braemar on an emulsion I rustled up at the weekend (4×5 Format / EI <1 / Wista 45D + Nikkor W 150mm f/5.6) - by Roger Hyam November 1, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - Over the past couple of years, I have revisited many techniques and discovered new ones in my quest for a personal way of working. I thought I’d found my path ... 
5 Frames (+1)… Of beautiful B&W flowers on ILFORD HP5 PLUS (35mm Format / EI 400 / Minolta X-700 + MD 50mm f/3.5 Macro Lens) – by Kathleen E. Johnson November 2, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - I believe that we don’t give enough consideration to photographing flowers in black and white. Last year I ventured into the garden with my Minolta XD-11 and ILFORD’s HP5 PLUS. ... 
5 Frames… Of 35mm film in a Russian 6×9 camera and Agfaphoto APX 400 (35mm Format / EI 200 / KMZ Moskva-2 + Industar-23 110 mm f/4.5) by Martin Nauhaus November 3, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - I am always ready to try something new. So, when I came across an advertisement somewhere on the Internet for adapters that make a 35mm film usable in a medium ... 
Add to Queue: Interviewing Steve O’Nions November 4, 2020 Posted in: Add to Queue, Articles, Interviews - Welcome back to the Add to Queue series here at emulsive.org. This series talks to film photographers from across the world who are also active on YouTube or Podcasts. Today ... 
5 Frames… On the Buffalo River with ILFORD HP5 PLUS (35mm Format / EI 400 / Nikon EM + Nikon Series E 50mm F/1.8) – by Chase Taylor November 5, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - Having been a Boy Scout for the majority of my life, I have spent a lot of time looking for a capable and lightweight SLR to take camping, hiking, and ... 
5 Frames… From a Hasselblad XPan at Lake Aloha on Kodak Portra 800 (35mm Format / EI 800) – by Brian Fulda November 6, 2020 Posted in: Articles - My girlfriend, four of our friends, and I recently planned a backpacking trip to the scenic Lake Aloha in California’s Desolation Wilderness, not far from Lake Tahoe. I knew I ... 
5 Frames of the Historic Dyfi furnace on medium format ILFORD FP4 PLUS (120 Format / EI 125 / Pentax 645 + Pentax 45mm f/2.8 A) – by Mark Illsley November 7, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - Recent events had given me more than enough time to go over earlier work and start thinking about what I wanted from my photography going forward. One of these was ... 
Working the Scene from Four Different Perspectives: Protest Photography – by New Exit Photography Group November 8, 2020 Posted in: Articles, Featured, Featured Projects, Opinion - Expressions of civil unrest have provided many opportunities for photographers to capture the energetic, emotional scenes which are the byproduct of demonstrations, protests, riots, and other manifestations. Crowds offer such ... 
5 Frames… At the BMW Museum in Munich on Kodak Tri-X 400 (35mm Format / EI 800 / Nikon FE + Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8) – by Philipp Mittelstaedt November 9, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - Hi, my name is Philipp, I’m 38 years and like to photograph on film. I loaded my first roll of film with my brother at the age of 12 and ... 
5 Frames… Of Chicago on Kodak T-MAX 400 (EI 400 / 35mm Format / Chinon 3001) – by Ken Rowin November 10, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - I have been a film user for many years – well before digital existed. I purchased my first “good” camera with money that I made working a summer job while in ... Read more5 Frames… Of Chicago on Kodak T-MAX 400 (EI 400 / 35mm Format / Chinon 3001) – by Ken Rowin
Box of Magic: The Zeiss Ikon Box Tengor 56/2 November 11, 2020 Posted in: Articles, Film camera Reviews, Reviews, Zeiss Ikon Film Camera Reviews - This post has been a long time coming as well. Seems as though I have a backlog of ideas to work through, so bear with me. I’ve always had some ... 
Month in review: August 2020 November 12, 2020 Posted in: Articles, Best Of - These are the 31 days and 34 articles that made EMULSIVE in August 2020. As usual, you’ll find a recap of all the articles published, starting with the most popular ... 
5 Frames… Of a foggy forest on an English TLR and Kodak Tri-X 400 (120 Format / EI 400 / MPP Microcord MKII + 77.5mm f/3.5 Ross Xpres) – by Leo Nikishin November 13, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - 5 Frames… Of a foggy forest on an English TLR and Kodak Tri-X 400 (120 Format / EI 400 / MPP Microcord MKII + 77.5mm f/3.5 Ross Xpres) – by Leo Nikishin ... 
5 Frames in the rain on Street Candy ATM 400 (35mm Format / EI 400 / Nikon FM + Nikon Nikkor f/1.4 AI) – by Jul Adjuvant November 14, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - 5 frames with a single film on a single camera with a single lens. It seems so obvious at first glance. Being original and offering a real photo set is ... 
2.5 years of Analogue Wonderland November 15, 2020 Posted in: Articles, Featured, Featured Projects - You know it’s been an unusual year when you plan a guest article in May and start to write it in November! Either that or I’m just terrible with deadlines… ... 
5 Frames with a forgotten Olympus Trip 35 on ILFORD XP2 Super (35mm Format / EI 200) – by Brian Etherington November 16, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - The Olympus Trip was an impulse buy at a car boot sale about twenty years ago. I knew that the auto function didn’t work but I thought I could operate ... 
5 Frames… From a trip to the White Mountains on Kodak Gold 200 (35mm Format / EI 200 / Olympus XA2 + Olympus D.Zuiko 35mm f/3.5) – by Tessa Klingensmith November 17, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - Over the weekend I went on a hike to the White Mountains in New Hampshire. We covered 10 miles and over 5000 feet in elevation that day and the views ... 
5 Frames… at Essen’s Ostfriedhof on expired Fuji Superia 100 (35mm format / EI 100 / Minolta Dynax 5 + Minolta AF 50mm f/1.7) – by David Bláha November 18, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - When my wife and I moved to a larger apartment in 2018, we discovered Essen’s Ostfriedhof nearby in our new neighborhood. It is a relatively large cemetery, spacious, park-like and ... 
5 Frames… On a Suzuki Optical Co. Press Van with expired Fuji NEOPAN 100 ACROS (120 Format / EI 100 / Asahi Kogaku Takumar f/3.5 75mm) – by Frédéric Schneider November 19, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - The Suzuki Optical Co. Press Van is a rare but typical Japanese rangefinder built from 1953 to 1954. It is a mechanical beauty, the first with a fully automatic frame ... 
Introducing MentalCollodion: Shining light on mental health struggles by Simon Riddell November 20, 2020 Posted in: Articles, Darkroom, Developing Film, Featured, Featured Projects, Wet Plate - In the Summer of 2021 something special is coming to the Scottish Highlands (and hopefully elsewhere), courtesy of Simon Riddell, a van, a large camera, and a lot of chemicals! ... Read moreIntroducing MentalCollodion: Shining light on mental health struggles by Simon Riddell
Another Hasselblad XPan alternative: Introducing the PressPan November 21, 2020 Posted in: Articles, Featured, Film camera Reviews, Reviews - Before we begin, I just wanted to mention a couple of things. In the interest of the flow of the article, links to websites, Instagram pages, and YouTube videos will ... Read moreAnother Hasselblad XPan alternative: Introducing the PressPan
Printing from slide film using RA-4 reversal processing November 22, 2020 Posted in: Articles, Darkroom, Featured, Printing, Reversal Development - Being partial to shooting some slide film where financially possible has always left me with a big frustration when it comes to viewing my precious slide film photos. I own ... Read morePrinting from slide film using RA-4 reversal processing
9 Frames… Or 3 triptychs from a Fujifilm TX-1 in New York, California and Japan – by David Imei November 23, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - At this point in my film career, I own my fair share of cameras. I’ve bought a Mamiya RB67 and some lenses. I splurged on a Plaubel Makina 67. I ... 
5 Frames… Of Tampa’s Ybor City Historic District on ILFORD HP5 PLUS (620 Format / Kodak Duaflex IV) – by Chip Weiner November 24, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - This Kodak Duaflex IV has sat on my shelf for 20 years. It has been a family relic for as long as I can remember. Surrounded by a dozen other ... 
5 Frames… Of downtown Chandler, AZ on Kodak Gold 200 and a Leica R4 (35mm Format / El 200 / Leica 35mm f/2.8 Elmarit-R) – by James Knox November 25, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - I decided to shoot downtown Chandler, AZ. It has been a place I have shot with digitally many times on paid shoots as well as just banging around. The Leica ... 
5 Frames… At Pradelles, deep in the heart of France on Rollei Retro 400 (35mm Format / EI 400 / Nikon FG) – by Stéphane Mee November 26, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - During the confinement period in France earlier this year, I have decided to get back to film photography. I found this Nikon FG in excellent condition with a Nikkor 50mm ... 
5 Frames… Of Laurel Hill Cemetery on Fomapan 100 Classic (120 Format / EI 100 / Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta A 531 + 7cm Tessar) – by Neil Kohl November 27, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - The weather is getting colder so any temperate day is a good excuse to go for a walk. With the pandemic worsening, the only crowds I felt safe visiting were ... 
5 Frames… Of my daughter a few weeks before harvest in Tirora on Fuji C200 (35mm Format / EI 200 Canon FTB QL + Canon 50mm f/1.4) – by Prabhahar Raja November 28, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - Hi, I’m Prabhahar Raja from India. I see myself as a passionate photographer although my profession is nowhere related to that passion. I have been into portrait photography for a ... 
Bringing home a new baby… The Automatic Rolleiflex 4×4 (featuring Rollei, ReraPan and Kodak 127 format films) – by Sherry Christensen November 29, 2020 Posted in: Articles, Featured, Film camera Reviews, Reviews, Rollei Film Camera Reviews - Let me tell you about my adventures with my new Baby Rolleiflex 4×4 (technically speaking, the “Automatic Rolleiflex 4×4”) and Rollei Nightbird, ReraPan (and ReraChrome), AND Kodak Portra 160NC film… ... 
5 Frames… At Wisley Gardent on Fuji Superia 1600 35mm Format / EI 1600 / Nikon F90X + Nikkor 135mm f/2.8 AI + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI) – by Charles Mutter November 30, 2020 Posted in: 5 Frames..., Articles - This is by way of being a plea to @fujifilmeu to bring this magical film stock back into production! I now only have one or two rolls left, I can’t ... Thanks for reading!
~ EM
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