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, the “film business” noted here […]
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Have a break… have a Kit Kat… film camera…
And finally for your end of week pleasure… after yesterday’s news, let’s file this one under “I need to book a flight to Thailand”. Yes, Thailand’s 11,000+ 7-11’s began selling promotional Kit Kat film cameras earlier this week. Single use, disposable cameras loaded with what appears to be a roll of 16 exposure Kodak ColorPlus […]
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New from ILFORD: 35mm and 120 ortho films, MULTIGRADE papers, camera and development kit – Q&A + tests/samples inside
One important voice has been missing from the crowd of new film announcements these past few years, that of 140 year-old ILFORD PHOTO. So, it was a pleasant surprise when the company began teasing the launch of four new products. What could they be? Speculation as to what these four images represented sent members of […]
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Announcing the ChromaGraphica double dry plate and sheet film holder Kickstarter campaign
After a year of hard work and detailed design, Steve Lloyd of Chroma Camera and I are pleased to announce that the Kickstarter campaign for the ChromaGraphica Double Dry Plate Holder (and sheet film holder!) in 4×5, 5×7, and 8×10 is officially open! Our goal is nothing short of historic: the first mass-produced dry plate […]
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The first new colour film stock in 5 years: LomoChrome Metropolis available in 16mm, 35mm, 110 and 120 formats
It’s been nearly five years since we saw a new colour negative photographic film hit the shelves and over six since the one before that.
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Foma Bohemia celebrates upcoming 100 year anniversary with new packaging
With their 100-year anniversary coming up in 2021, Foma Bohemia, makers of FOMAPAN black and white photographic film and papers is popping the cork a little early with three new, limited edition “retro” 1930s styled box art for its
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UPDATE: New film from Shanghai: GP3 100 now in 35mm format…plus 120 format updates
See the latest updates (2019-06-25) at the foot of this page.
Retailing at just $3.50 per 36 exposure roll, another new film stock for 2019 has been announced in the form of 35mm Shanghai GP3 100, which was made
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Can you help solve a 35 year old murder?
On the 35th anniversary of her murder British police and the victim’s family have released an appeal for help solving the unsolved 1984 murder of the 33 year-old Shelly Morgan.
Central to the new appeal from Avon and Somerset
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Brand new film from Fujifilm: NEOPAN 100 ACROS II announced, begins shipping Autumn 2019
Updated with additional details, speculation and sample images.
Picked up just a few moments ago is the heart-stopping news that Fujifilm is officially bringing black and white films back to the market in Autumn 2019 with the all-new NEOPAN
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A new TETENAL product for (and from) the film community?
The recent the opening of the SilvergrainClassics Studio/Lab in Germany gave Marwan El-Mozayen, editor-in-chief of PhotoKlassik International and co-owner of the lab the chance to organize an impressive meeting of the minds.
There was an opportunity to let company
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News: monopolistic movements in film photography podcasting
In a surprising turn of events, some of our community’s most well known and respected podcasts have taken the decision to merge into a single entity and are calling themselves the “Classic Film Negatives Sunny Lensless Studio Podcast” (CFNSLSP
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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
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No joke: 30%+ price increase on Fujifilm photographic film and paper from April 1st 2019
Update: Within hours of this announcement several online retailers and eBay sellers have increased their prices by up to 40% in anticipation of the April 1st change. Price gouging continues to thrive in 2019.
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UPDATED: NEW TETENAL taking over operations and production from insolvent parent company
UPDATE: English press release added
An employee initiative in the form of a management buy out has offered to purchase all photochemical formulas, the Tetenal brand and the production facilities of its former employer starting April 1st 2019.
It
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Introducing MAYA: the incredible modern digital darkroom timer
MAYA is a brand new, modular, from scratch digital darkroom timer that can be used (right now) for both making prints and timing film/paper development.
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New film: announcing medium format Kosmo Foto Mono 100 120 format film
In November 2017, the first batch of 35mm Kosmo Foto Mono 100 made its way from the Czech Republic to Kosmo Foto HQ in south east London.
It was the culmination of nearly 18 months of planning;
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New in: CineStill “just add water” powdered developers and new improved film
There’s some very exciting news coming out of CineStill today in the form of an announcement of new powdered film developing chemistry and manufacturing updates for all new film.
As I’ve noted on social media and this website before
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UPDATED: Tetenal Europe GmbH to reportedly cease trading after 172 years
UPDATE 02 15 Feb 2019: Management buy out has succeeded.
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Welcome to EMULSIVE v3
For readers without a long memory, the last major design update to EMULSIVE was way back in February 2016, just 7 short months after launch.
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The game changing Intrepid 4×5 Enlarger: darkroom printing for all
Brighton based Intrepid Camera are back with a true game-changer for traditional darkroom printing: the Intrepid 4×5 enlarger, an affordable, compact darkroom device capable of printing or helping to scan from 35mm, 120 and 4×5 film.
Starting today on
