Category: Articles
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Month in review: April 2021
These are the 30 days and 29 articles that made EMULSIVE in April 2021. As usual, 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).
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The ten commandments of film photography
It’s funny how things come round! I first created this article along with another draft back in late March 2020 as a scratchpad for other (not too serious) ideas.
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5 Frames… Of Boston on Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400 with a Leica R8 (35mm / EI 400 / + Summicron-R 50mm f/2)
My first memories of childhood begin with my father’s Leica R4 and since then, cameras and I have been inseparable. So much so that I rarely leave my house without my camera and at work, I develop new forms of cameras, imaging systems and algorithms. I grew up in a small city called Dehradun (in…
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Reviewing the original daylight film processing tank: the Agfa Rondinax 35U
I’ve been developing my own film now for over ten years, using Paterson system tanks and reels. The process of finishing a roll, getting out the dark bag and getting the film onto the Paterson spool has become almost second nature and, when all goes well, almost meditative. A few moments of calm. Does it…
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5 Frames… Of Dundee on Fomapan 100 Classic and a Zeiss Ikon Contina LK (35mm / EI 100)
The woman with the mobile phone must think I’m creepy. Or possibly daft. Perhaps both. She is sat on a bench in the sunshine, having a chat with a friend, and I am stalking around the arches of the building with a camera as old as I am. Precisely, as old as I am, in…
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Connect with the Founder and CEO of REFLEX on Wednesday, August 18th
The Founder and CEO of REFLEX, Laurence Von Thomas is hosting a public Zoom meeting, “in response to questions raised regarding the Reflex project“, a press release sent to EMULSIVE states. The meeting — open to anyone with an internet connection and access to Zoom’s Video Conferencing platform — is on Wednesday, August 18th at…
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5119 Cameras’ large format pinhole cameras now on Kickstarter + creator Q&A with David Hancock
I recently had the opportunity to talk with David Hancock about his recently launched Kickstarter campaign: large format pinhole cameras from 5119 Cameras. You may know David from his eponymous YouTube channel and articles here on EMULSIVE. David has been a fixture in the photography space for about a decade and most people know him…
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5 Frames… Of CineStill 800T (35mm Format / EI 800 / Nikon F3 + Nikon Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 AF-D)
There’s a big difference between capturing someone as they are and modeling someone to appear as they are. Does that make sense? One of my friends I was photographing said something that caught my attention during our first time making portraits. She said that last time she was photographed the pictures came out feeling fake.…
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5 Frames… Around West Palm Beach’s downtown on ILFORD DELTA 100 Professional (120 Format / EI 100 / Yashica Mat-124G)
I love my Yashica Mat-124G not only because it was my first medium format camera but because there is something special in the photos that it produces. Despite the square format and the short learning curve the TLR requires, it is my favorite medium format camera. Paired with ILFORD DELTA 100 Professional, one of my…
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5 Frames… Of London’s Greenwich Peninsula on Fujifilm Neopan ACROS II 100 at EI 400 (120 Format / EI 400 / Fujica GL690 + Fujinon S 100mm f/3.5)
This series was shot on a walk around the new developments on the Greenwich Peninsula in late April 2021. I had been having an absolute mare of a week, felt like rubbish and wanted to get out of the house but I had been procrastinating, saying to myself that I should take my camera and…
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Film makes me lazy. And smart. And harder working.
Why do we photograph with film? On the one level, it is a silly question. Why do some people like cookies and cream, and others like choc fudge? Because it exists, it is an option, and we just do. For those of us where film photography is an equal option to digital photography, there is no need to necessarily…
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5 Frames… Of experimental macros on ILFORD HP5 PLUS (35mm Format / EI 800 / Canon A-1 + Canon New FD 50mm f/1.4 + macro extension tubes)
I’ve loved photography since I was a kid. I shot my first rolls back in 1996 when I was just 4, using my mother’s Minolta AF point and shoot camera. The results were far from perfect, but it was too late: I was hooked on the hobby. Time passed and when I was older my…
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5 Frames… Of downtown Porto Alegre on Kodak 200T in a Canon AT-1 and 35mm f/2.8 FD (35mm Format / EI 200)
The classic combo for street photography is a 50mm or a 35mm lens with a black and white film behind it. Most of us grow our repertoire with that aesthetic built by many masters of photography and, as expected, we tend to mimic that look. But what if you don’t consider yourself a street photographer…
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Camera review: A love letter to my Hasselblad 500CM
After graduating from college in 2020 my parents gave me a Hasselblad 500CM as a graduation present. I had been wishing for a Hasselblad since learning about them. As a quick introduction, Hasselblad is legendary within analogue photography circles, from photos on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission (I can recommend the 2019 documentary…
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Month in review: March 2021
These are the 31 days and 29 articles that made EMULSIVE in February 2021. There’s no fancy countdown, just my usual recap starting with the most popular 10 articles of the month in order of publication. For those of you who prefer to see everything in one place, scroll past the top 10 for a…
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5 Frames… Of detached Frisian church towers in the Netherlands on Fomapan 200 Creative (120 Format / EI 200 / Ernemann Film K)
As a collector of classic camera’s made in Dresden, Germany I try to use each of my camera’s at least once. No problem as long as the camera is more or less functional and the film it takes is still available. However, in the early 20th century there was a baffling array of different film…
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5 Frames… Of Transylvania on expired Agfa RSX 200 with a Yashica Mat 124 TLR
Spring was starting to kick in. I had been planning a trip with my wife for quite some time, but the pandemic held us back home. We were set on visiting Sibiu, a small medieval city in central Romania or Transylvania. I packed several film cameras and wanted to shoot some medium format 6×6 color…
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Start at the Stop: How to respool 35mm film into 127 (and 120) backing paper
127 format film is reasonably rare these days, and fairly expensive. In this article, I outline my process (and examples) of respooling normal 35mm film onto 127 and 120 format backing paper. I am still reusing backing paper from three rolls of Efke 100 I bought back in 2008 (although I have picked up a…
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My first roll… Western Poland on Fuji Fujicolor C200 in a $20 Fed-5B + Industar 61-L/D 55mm f/2.8
My first roll really was a first roll. I’m an amateur photographer now but at the time I had no previous experience with photography in either digital OR film. It all started from a Reddit Christmas gift exchange I signed up for in 2014. It entailed pairing random strangers from across the globe with each…
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Photography: From up top – Shot on ILFORD HP5 PLUS at EI 800 (120 format)
Shot on ILFORD HP5 PLUS at EI 800.Black and white negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6Hasselblad 2000FCW + Zodiak-B 30mm f/3.5 converted to V-Mount Development notesKodak HC-110: 1+31(B), 24°C/75°F, 7:15 (N+2)No presoak, 1-minute initial agitation, 5 inversions/minute, normal stop/fix/rinse. Overdeveloped by one stop.
Recently published
- Ultreia: Making pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
- 5 Frames… In the pits at Brands Hatch motor racing circuit on FP4 PLUS (35mm format / EI 125 / Nikon L35AF) – by Nik Stanbridge
- 5 Frames… Of my boy (skeleton) Jeffrey on Polaroid Color SX-70 film
- New film day! Say hello to HARMAN Phoenix 200, a brand new mid-speed colour film
- My First Roll… With a Yashica Mat 124G
- The Contax 645: Not just a wedding camera
