Category: Articles
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Find your perfect Leica or M-mount film camera with the help of this interactive tool & reference data
Enter your criteria and discover the perfect Leica for you based on the features and functionality you need for your photography. It’s that simple.
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5 Frames… On the last day before lockdown with ILFORD FP4 PLUS (EI 125 / 35mm format / Robot Royal 24 Mod III)
It was Sunday, I had loaded a roll of FP4 PLUS for the #FP4Party (but of course the party was already finished) in a new to me Robot Royal 24 Mod III. FP4 PLUS is not my usual slow speed film, as I usually go cheaper for that, and it had been a while since…
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Why shoot black and white film for documentary photography?
I’ve already written about using film in general to achieve specific goals in the genres of Street and Documentary photography, which is my chosen pursuit. However, I haven’t gone into much detail on the specifics of why black and white film specifically appeals to me currently for storytelling imagery. The association of black and white…
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5 Frames… At an abandoned warehouse on Fujifilm Velvia 50 RVP (EI 50 / 120 format / Hasselblad 503CXi)
My favourite thing about film photography is the different ‘personalities’ that exist in individual film stocks. I have shot lots of ILFORD black and white and Kodak Portra and a little Ektar 100, each has its own quirks and peculiarities – and to be honest, I haven’t yet come across a film stock that I…
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Managing exposure: Using Sunny 16 and the Zone System at the same time
Linking a relatively simple and intuitive method for photographic exposure determination to a highly complicated and comprehensive system for analysing every step for making a high-quality photographic print may seem to be stretching things a bit. But the fact is there are a couple of features of the Zone System that are are very useful…
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5 Frames… At San Xavier Mission with ILFORD Delta 100 Professional (EI 100 / 120 format / Holga 120N)
The Holga 120N, known to be a regular participant in crappy camera challenges around the world and very underestimated, in my opinion. Serving its users with random distortions like image blur, vignetting, and light leaks. The result of an inexpensively built plastic body accompanied by a cheap meniscus lens with an aperture of 60mm. Nothing…
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My First Roll… Of self-developed black and white film (Kodak T-Max 100, Nikon F2)
I’m going to push the definition of this series but bear with me. First, I’d like to say that this was a disaster but also a learning experience. Like all good stories, this one has a bit of a background to it so let’s start with the question, why get into self-developing film at all?…
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5 Frames… of the Emerald City on Kodak Portra 400 (EI 400 / 120 format / Bronica ETRS)
In late August 2019 my wife and I and our then 6-month-old daughter boarded a British Airways flight from London Heathrow en route to Seattle, Washington, USA. Amongst our entourage of luggage was my Bronica ETRS medium format camera. With it, I packed my two Zenzanon MC lenses — a 50mm and a 75mm —…
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5 Frames… Of climate change protest on Fujifilm Superia Venus 800 (EI 800 / 35mm format / Yashica FX-3)
I have had this roll of Fujifilm Superia Venus 800 siting in my freezer for the longest time. Now considered more exotic – having only officially available in the Japanese market and the announcement of its discontinuation by Fujifilm in late 2019. Having not shot Venus 800 before, I have always been hesitant to use…
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5 Frames… With Svema Color 125 (EI 100-ish / 35mm format / Widelux F7)
I shot these during a walk around my town (Raleigh, NC) on a partly cloudy morning. I’ve been in a bit of a photographic slump lately, so I reached for the panoramic swing-lens camera, hoping to shake things up a bit. I paired it with Svema Color 125, which is one of my favorite color…
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A look at two uniquely different medium format Fujifilm cameras: The Fuji GA645Zi Professional and Fuji GW690III Professional
From the fully automatic point and shoot Fujifilm GA645Zi to the totally manual Fujifilm GW690III, Fujifilm’s medium format cameras encompass a wide range of types and functions and formats. I purchased both of these cameras based on recommendations from very different sources and as different as they are, I enjoy them both. I first learned…
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5 Frames… With ILFORD HP5 PLUS (EI 6400 / 35mm format / Rollei 35S)
I got into photography as a music recording engineer and with that, a lot of the practices migrated with me. I started photography taking film photographs as slowly and methodically as possible, shooting medium format with a tripod, mirror lockup, and cable release even in bright daylight. Slowly, I started to shoot handheld more and…
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I’m using Minecraft to host a charitable photographic exhibition in a physically isolated world
Exploring how one film photographer created an art gallery in Minecraft for a unique photographic exhibition.
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5 Frames… In freezing Manhattan on Kodak T-MAX 400 (EI 100 / 120 format / Arax 60)
On a frigid Sunday in Manhattan, I wanted to try out TMY, Kodak T-MAX 400. The film choice was based upon my constant use of black and white filters, which lower the film speed. With an ISO 400 film, 1-stop brings me to 200, and 2-stops (an orange filter) lowers it to 100. At 100…
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Learning to love a rangefinder camera: Five years with the Leica M6 TTL 0.85
In late 2015 I was hit by a taxi making an illegal turn and received three fractured vertebrae for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. When the mist cleared a second or two after I hit the tarmac, I found myself with my right arm aloft, still holding a new to me…
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5 Frames… With Lomography LomoChrome Metropolis XR 100-400 (EI 400 / 35mm format / Leica M7)
I always thought that a picture needs to have something extraordinary to catch your eye. Be it the decisive moment, an unusual perspective, some odd expression, a fantastic array of color, shadow or shape, you name it. But at least one element in a photograph has to be different in order to touch the viewer.…
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#FP4Party March 2020 winner announcement
Welcome to the community picked winner and runners-up of March 2020’s FP4Party. Over 900 individual entries and 1200+ photos posted over March 16th to 22nd were whittled down to just 21 in the March 20202 shortlist announcement. Of those, three were selected by you, the film photography community for third, second and first place. Thanks…
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5 Frames… With Fomapan 100 Classic (EI 100 / 120 format / Yashica 635)
When someone from Saint Petersburg Russia sends you a few rolls of film, I think they have to be shot with something interesting. Thanks to my EMULSIVE Secret Santa last December 2019 (@gyrdin) for these gifts. My smile reached up to my ears when I opened up the package and saw those bunch of BW…
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My first roll… Of 35mm film: Kyiv on Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400 in a Zenit E
Not too long ago EM posted an article about his first roll of film. I was going through my old scans at the time and found mine. This coincidence inspired me to share that roll with you, albeit with a few shots removed (at the subjects request). The majority, however, remain in all their uncomposed…