Category: Articles
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5 Frames… At the races on Fomapan 400 Action with a Pentax P30 (P3) + Tamron 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 (Adaptall-2 171A)
We decided a fine brisk November morning called for a day trip to a nearby annual charity horse race meeting at Exeter Racecourse, one of England’s oldest racetracks. It’s also the highest, which can mean it’s swept by bitingly cold winds. On that day these were happily tempered by late autumn sunshine, which prompted the…
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My return to film: Roy Shiro
Many photographers look back at their work at the end of the year, to assess, critique, and, if you’re like me, to convince themselves that they’re moving forward with their work. This year was a bit different in some respects for me, as the end of the year marks the one-year anniversary of my move…
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Found film: “EXPOSED. Tri-X. APOLLO 11” or, developing film shot on July 20, 1969, ~20:17 UTC
I like collecting old film as much as I like collecting old cameras. So, when I came across an auction for an interesting film container and exposed film from Europe, I bid on it…and I won.
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5 Frames… Of Redeye Redscale 200 on an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SP 1000 + Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5~f/4.5
Glorious colour shifts of red, orange, yellow and green all from one film? Totally achievable with Redeye Redscale film! I visited RSPB Fairburn Ings, an ex-industrial site rich in heritage and now an important site for breeding and wintering ducks, geese, and swans. Situated in the North of England between Leeds, York, and Wakefield, it’s…
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5 Frames… Starting with a walk through Brooklyn on Kodak Tri-X 400 and a Konica Autoreflex T3 (35mm Format / EI 400 / Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7)
I looked up to the man biking down the hill. As I waited for him to come down, I stood behind a row of parked cars waiting, camera in hand, finger on the shutter release. He came nearer. I put my eye to the viewfinder, lined up the shot, and… nothing. The button was locked;…
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Camera Review: Pentax ME Super (featuring Portra 400 and the SMC-M series lenses) – By Trevor Hong
I used to hate electronic cameras because people keep saying “they might break”. That was until I stumbled across the Pentax ME Super. Actually, I had the chance to use the original ME version that my boss handed down to me and I absolutely fell in love with Pentax 35mm — the ME Super is…
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Restoring the moldiest, most rusty camera lens I’ve ever seen: How bad (or good) could it be?
I think we’ve all been here, buying a camera and lens rated by a seller as “very good” and not realizing all the photos had the lens caps on. When the Minolta X-370 with this lens arrived, opening the box filled my living room with a smell like broccoli and fish had been dumped in…
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5 (or 6) Frames… Of Thai urban and Rural Scenes with ILFORD SFX 200 and a Pentacon Six TL (120 Format / EI 200 / Carl Zeiss Jena MC Biometar 80mm f/2.8)
Despite a number of potential problems, I bought a Pentacon Six medium format SLR earlier in 2021. I had wanted one for a while and the article by Ludwig Hegelstein here on Emulsive convinced me that, the problems were manageable. I bought one of these solid East German medium format cameras that look a lot…
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5 Frames… +1 in Alsace with both new and old Fuji NEOPAN ACROS 100 on a Suzuki Optical Co. Press Van
It is now over a year since I showed you my 5 frames of expired Fuji NEOPAN ACROS 100 with my Suzuki Optical Co. Press Van in Rotterdam (Netherlands). This year I took my vacation in the Haut-Rhin in Alsace, France with both versions of Fuji NEOPAN ACROS: the original expired but stored for 5…
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The return of a classic: A new sub-US$30 Vivitar Ultra-Wide Slim 35mm film camera clone from The RETO Project
The folks over at The RETO Project have released their second camera, the RETO Ultra Wide & Slim 35mm film camera. As the name implies it comes with an ultra-wide lens 22mm f/11, at 28mm deep, it’s about as slim as the Ricoh GR1 / R1 series and best of all, at around the same…
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Gear review: The Alvandi 6×12 film back, a different perspective
6×12 isn’t exactly a format you come across very often; it’s wide, but not so wide you’d call it panoramic, to put it into perspective, an Xpan has an aspect ratio of 2.4:1, 6×12 is 2:1. Still, to me, 6×12 is the perfect aspect ratio for landscapes. Producing 6 shots from a roll of 120…
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5 Frames… Of Seri Menanti on ILFORD Delta 400 Professional (120 format / EI 400 / Hasselblad 500C + Planar C 80mm f/2.8)
I recently acquired the Hasselblad 500C and was itching to have a crack at ILFORD Delta 400 Professional (recently expired) at box speed after having tried Bergger Pancro 400 in my search of an ISO 400 film to be part of my kit. Armed with the Hasselblad, light meter and tripod, I headed south, out…
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5 Frames… Of the Mojave Desert region on Polaroid B&W SX-70 film with a Polaroid Pronto! RF
I have always had a soft spot in my heart for instant photography. I have always enjoyed looking at other people’s Polaroid photographs. Somehow photos made with Polaroid cameras at social events always appear more spontaneous, less posed. Travel Polaroids always feel more heartfelt, as though the photographer is more interested in giving you some…
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Photography: Via Jäger – Shot on Fujifilm NEOPAN 100 ACROS II at EI 100 (120 Format)
Shot on Fuji NEOPAN 100 ACROS II at EI 100 (read the ACROS vs ACROS II comparison here)Black and white negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6Hasselblad 2000FCW + Carl Zeiss Planar F 80mm f/2.8 Development notesKodak HC-110 1+31 (B): 20°C/68°F, 04:45 (N)1 minute presoak, 30 seconds initial agitation, 1 inversions / 30 seconds, 5 minute rinse
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5 Frames… On expired Photo Porst Chrome X slide film with an Olympus Trip 35 (35mm format / EI 100 / Olympus D.Zuiko 40mm f/2.8)
These five images were taken in May 2021 by my trusty little 1976 Olympus Trip 35. A lovely fully automatic, zone focus 35mm compact camera sold between 1968 and 1984. It uses a selenium cell driven mechanical “trapped needle” exposure system. It automatically sets the aperture and one of two shutter speeds (1/40th or 1/200th…
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of large format street portraits
Like most large format photographers, I started shooting large format with a 4×5″ monorail camera, but the bulk of my LF work was shot on a wood 8×10″ field camera, and then a 4×10″ panorama camera. The 4×10 is a rather weird format at the best of times — and the subject of this article!…
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My Quest to make art for the living room wall – Part 2: Paper negatives
In part 1 of my Quest to make art for the living room wall, I went over the process I use to make black and white 8×10 prints in the darkroom. I want to make bigger prints though — 16×20 and bigger. Although silver gelatin darkroom paper is available in big sizes (especially if you’re…
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EMULSIVE’s most popular articles of 2021
And here it is, my final listicle — and article — of 2021: the most popular articles of the year as decided by you. I couldn’t have asked for a better mix: experience-led reviews, new gear announcements and overcoming adversity, and the sharing of hard-earned knowledge. For the first time since I started EMULSIVE back…
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EMULSIVE’S most popular film camera reviews of 2021
Not long to go until the end of 2021 now, so let’s start wrapping things up with a look at this year’s most popular film camera reviews. From Leica to Kiev, and Nikon to Mamiya (with a bunch in between), here’s this year’s top 12 reviews as chosen by you.
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EMULSIVE’S most popular film stock reviews of 2021
With just 2 days left until the end of 2021, here’s a quick look back at the most popular film stock reviews on EMULSIVE this year as decided by you! ~ EM
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