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5 Frames… Of Summer PNW days on FPP LOW ISO COLOR film (35mm Format / EI 1.6 / Minolta X-700) – by Lorraine Healy
Five Frames With Minolta X-700 And FPP’s Slow Iso Color Film (1.6 iso) By Lorraine Healy The lovely people at the Film Photography Project sent me some ultra slow iso film last year, some of their color and black & white stock. I shot this particular roll of 1.6iso color in August, during the lovely…
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Revisiting the cameras of my youth: Five half-frame Canon cameras over five and a half decades
In the 1960s half frame 35mm cameras enjoyed some popularity and several manufacturers offered models for this format. The idea was that the standard size of the 35mm frame (24×36 mm) was divided into two, which produced a frame half the size at 24×18 mm.
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5 Frames… Of Sundukian Street, Yerevan, Armenia on Kodak Ektar 125 (35mm format / EI 50 / Mamiya ZM + Osawa 28mm f/2.8)
Many of us read the story of Ektar film, and know that the current Kodak Ektar 100 is a different film from Ektar produced decades ago. When I want to know “the look of the film” I search for it on Flickr, and I found only one or two pictures made with Ektar 125. I…
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Photography: On the up, up, up and up – Shot on Kodak T-MAX 400 at EI 400 (120 Format)
Shot on Kodak T-MAX 400 at EI 400Black and white negative film in 120 format shot as 6×9Fuji GW690III + EBC Fujinon 90mm f/3.5. Development notesKodak HC-110: 1+47(E), 20°C/68°F, 09:15 (N)No presoak, 1-minute initial agitation, 5 inversions/minute, normal stop/fix/rinse
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5 Frames… Outside Toronto with a Mamiya RB67 Pro SD wingman on Kodak Portra 400 (120 format / EI 400 / Mamiya-Sekor 80mm f/3.5 KL)
Moving to Toronto in 2020 may have been the riskiest, rewarding and hectic phase of my life to date. With COVID-19 at its peak then, the city didn’t feel like itself. But through that slow pace, I was able to get a feel and footing on the city. With so many lives passing by you…
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Pricing your work: Economies of print, or “assigning worth when value is subjective”
When looking back on my photographs, even as “recently” far as 2019, I feel an abstraction in what my role in these images ought to be. In the moment of pressing the shutter, I feel I am the photographer, I have taken this picture.
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Grab yourself a pop-up darkroom + a darkroom starter kit and Xmas goodies from ILFORD Photo
Announced at The Photography Show 2020 just moments ago, ILFORD Photo (with a little help from their friends at Paterson Photographic), is bringing a new pop-up darkroom and darkroom kit, both penciled in for release starting in early Q4 2021. And, for all of you waiting for EMULSIVE Secret Santa, there’s also a little bonus…
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5 Frames… Of Penang on Film Washi A, a Minolta Maxxum 7000 and a Minolta Zoom 35-80mm f/4-5.6 (35mm / EI 12)
Many nights I think about tipping points and critical thresholds, about decisions made from which there is no turning back. I don’t really lose sleep over it. I think it’s part of why I started shooting film, how once you click the shutter the image is forever there, physically, but whatever’s in front of you…
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Photography: I find this uncomfortable – Shot on ILFORD FP4 PLUS at EI 500 (35mm Format)
Shot on ILFORD FP4 PLUS at EI 500.Black and white negative film in 35mm format.Push processed 2-stops.Nikon F6 + Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR / Nikon Super Coolscan 4000 ED Read the full ILFORD FP4 PLUS review here. Development notesILFORD ILFOTEC LC29: 1+19, 20°C / 68°F, 14:15 (N+2)No presoak, 1-minute initial agitation, 5 inversions/minute, normal stop/fix/rinse
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5 Frames… Of Northern Arizonan Americana on Kodak Portra 400 with a Mamiya 23 Standard + Mamiya Sekor 150mm f/5.6 – by Garry Cahal
I have passed through this area of Northern Arizona known as Grey Mountain many times for work. This trip was different. I had my new to me Mamiya 23 Standard 6×9 medium format camera with me and a fresh roll of Kodak Portra 400. The abandoned Whiting Hotel has recently had a colorful facelift from…
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5 Frames… Of Nordic summer bliss (and Heathrow) on Lomography 800 and a Hasselblad 500CM with Carl Zeiss Planar CF 80mm f/2.8
My family and I recently moved to Sweden. I had owned the Hasselblad for a few months prior to moving, but documenting our first few months in the country of its origin seemed poignant! The first few film stocks I had tried were Ektar 100, then Lomography Color Negative 800 (which I had unsuccessfully tried…
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5 Frames… In Central Park on Rollei Ortho 25 Plus (120 Format / EI 25 / Hasselblad 500CM + Zeiss Planar C 80mm f/2.8)
Rollei Ortho 25 Plus is easily my favorite film, and it’s probably the one I use least often. It’s obviously a lot easier, and less conspicuous, to load my Nikon F2 with a roll of Kodak Tri-X 400, push it to EI 1600 for a long walk and call it a day. But, when I…
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5 Frames… Of portraits on ILFORD HP5 PLUS and a Zenzanon 105mm F/3.5 (120 Format / EI 400 / Bronica ETRS)
I have been using ILFORD HP5 PLUS in ILFOSOL 3 since forever. In fact, my first camera was my father’s Nikon F2 Photomic, which I still own and use. I started taking pictures under his guidance in 1976, when I was still in
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Camera review: The Pentacon Six TL and the Curate’s Egg
The Pentacon looks just like a standard 35mm SLR, although it is a little taller, a little wider and a little deeper. It is also heavier although does not feel particularly unwieldy in use.
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5 Frames… Of Ireland’s North East Coast on Fomapan 400 Action and a Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 S.C (35mm Format / El100 / Canon AE-1 Program)
These 5 Frames tell the story of how a budget black and white film, an accidental ISO reading, and a last-minute trip to the NE Coast of Ireland turned out to be the perfect storm.
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My first roll… Of film: ILFORD HP5 PLUS (Nikon FM10 + Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.8)
When I set out to explore the world of film photography I was immediately infatuated with the process. The mechanical clicks as the film advanced in the camera.
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Rolling car photography: Japanese muscle cars on 8×10 Kodak film
When you think about rolling car photography — the art of taking photos of moving vehicles, not just moving cars — while moving, using large format film probably won’t spring to mind as your first choice. Hell, 35mm film probably won’t either, let alone a ponderous format, exposed one sheet at a time into a…
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Photography: Lei Day – Shot on Kodak Portra 400VC at EI 320 (120 Format)
Shot on Kodak Portra 400VC at EI 320 (120 Format). Color negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6. Hasselblad 2000FCW + Hasselblad Planar F 80mm f/2.8
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5 Frames… Of night and day at EI 6400 with Kodak T-Max P 3200 and an Edixa-MAT Reflex (35mm format / EI 6400 / Pancolar 50mm f/1.8 and Tessar 50mm f/2.8, 50mm)
During a visit in November 2020, my friend Erik gave me a camera on unlimited loan: an Edixa-MAT Reflex, Model C, built around 1960. At the time of…
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How-To: Push-metering for simple cameras
This is probably old news to most folks, but I thought I would pop a quick notebook entry up for posterity. I’ve published a review of the lovely Zeiss Ikon Box Tengor on…
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