Welcome to the second appendix to the Technical Field Guide for the Discerning Analog Photographer.
Category: Darkroom
Find all of EMULSIVE’s darkroom-related articles right here, including advice on technique, process, gear, and building your own darkroom and tools.
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Appendix A of the Technical Field Guide for the Discerning Analog Photographer: push/pull processing calculations
I originally wrote the full “Technical Field Guide for the Discerning Analog Photographer” as a quick reference for technical photographers in the field.
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Cinematic storytelling part 3: developing motion picture film
Welcome to the final (?) part of this three-part series exploring the use of motion picture film in still photography.
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Cinematic storytelling part 2: motion picture film, print film and chemistry
In part two of this series we are going to go delve into the technical side of motion picture film: color temperature, print vs motion picture film stocks and finally start to get into what ECN-2 is all about.
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Cinematic storytelling part 1: an overview of motion picture film and still photography
This three-part series explores motion picture film for use in still camera and covers the theory behind motion picture film, currently available film stocks, the importance of correct development and the development process itself.
Through this article and the
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How to take the leap into 35mm film photography
In this article, I will go over the steps you need to take and the decisions you need to make to enter the wonderful world of film 35mm photography.
I recommend starting with the 35mm format as the cameras
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5 Frames… With Lomography Color Negative 400 (EI 400 / 120 format / Fujifilm GA645Zi)
Here is an introduction to a local festival that may surprise you! And a camera that I have not mentioned before, although it is featured in my contributor’s portrait: My Fuji GA645Zi.
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Camera review: the RealitySoSubtle 6×12
I have been using digital cameras for the past 20 years. Like many of us, my love of photography began when I was a young using a little Kodak Brownie camera.
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My first time with slide film: new Kodak EKTACHROME E100
Most of the frames which make up this mini-review are from the first roll of slide film
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Film stock review: Kodak Pro Image 100
I’ll begin this review with a quick disclaimer – I’ve been shooting film for less than a year at this point.
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5 Frames… With Kodak Tri-X 400 (EI 400 / 35mm format / Nikon FM2n)
Aside from the fact these photos were taken in the streets, they stray far from traditional street photography.
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5 Frames… With Kodak EKTACHROME E100 (EI 100 / 35mm format / Leica R5)
I have to start with saying of late my taste in colour film has been changing.
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Book review: “Bert Hardy’s Britain”
Photography books are a funny thing to me, they’re often big, cumbersome things that are far more expensive than their wordy cousins.
If you’re like me and have the attention span of a lemon, the idea of buying what
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EMULSIVE interview #192: I am Maxime Evangelista and this is why I shoot film
This week’s interviewee has been shooting film for a little over a year at the time of writing.
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Nothing to lose… My Indian road trip
“I have nothing to lose.” This was what I thought to myself before clicking on the button that subsequently led me on a solo trip to Delhi and North India in July 2018.
2018 started off slow.
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5 Frames… With Shanghai GP3 (EI 100 / 120 format / Mamiya 645 AFD)
Back when I first got into medium format film photography via the gateway drug of folding bellows cameras, I was outbid at the last second for a Mamiya RB67 kit.
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5 Frames… With Fujicolor C200 (El 100 / 35mm format / Nikon F100)
Fujifilm’s Fujicolor C200 is one of my favorite film stocks, it seems to love the bright Hawaiian sun, whether shooting at the beach or in the mountains.
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Photography: Tanked – Shot on Kodak PROFESSIONAL ELITE Chrome 100 EB-3 at EI 100 (35mm format)
Tanked
Shot on Kodak PROFESSIONAL ELITE Chrome 100 (EB-3) at EI 100
Color reversal (slide) film in 35mm format
Cross processed
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Photoset: Capturing the Red Bull Hardline 2018 on Kodak Tri-X 400
I’m very privileged to be able to call photography my job, all be it part-time. I have a small home studio and I’ve shot wedding and family work for several years now.
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Photography: Framed – Shot on Kodak EKTACHROME 100VS (E100VS) at EI 100 (35mm format)
Framed
Shot on Kodak EKTACHROME 100VS (E100VS) at EI 100
Color reversal (slide) film in 35mm format
Leica M6 TTL + Voigtlander 21mm f/4
