Category: Articles
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EMULSIVE August 2019: month in review
31 days and 38 articles. Here’s everything you missed on EMULSIVE in August, starting with a list of the “top ten” as decided by you. Enjoy! …and here’s everything in order of publication Life gets busy. Here’s everything from August in one single list. Thanks for reading! ~ EM
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5 Frames… With Fujicolor C200 (EI 800 / 35mm format / Nikon F3)
I asked opinions about pushing consumer color films like Kodak Pro Image 100 in one of my local forums but most people said it is not worth pushing them because those are “just” regular consumer films. Anyway, I decided to experiment myself and see if I liked how things turned out. Instead of using Kodak…
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5 Frames… With ILFORD Delta 3200 Professional (EI 1600 / 35mm format / Nikkormat EL)
With a friend’s wedding coming up later this year and being an avid photographer, I decided that as my gift to them I would photograph some highlights from the day and present them to them in an album. I was after a film I could use for both the day ceremony and the evening celebrations.…
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The Honesty in film photography
After some recent discussions with my peers, I’ve started to feel that “honesty” is an underrated quality in many genres of photography. I’ve given the topic a lot of thought, in order to take some personal steps to ensure my integrity, especially when it comes to what is shown in my images. When it comes…
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Photostory: Never Forget 2003 – by Craig Pindell
Once again and with his kind permission, I’m posting one of Craig Pindell’s Never Forget series of photographs and his words in remembrance of the attack on New York’s World Trade Center on September 11th 2001. If you are reading this at 08:46 EST on September 11th 2019, Craig will have just captured the latest image in…
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5 Frames… Of 1980s expired Kodak Panatomic-X (EI 32 / 120 format / Zeiss Ikon Cocarette)
Recently I became interested in Kodak Panatomic-X, a legendary film which was originally released in 1933 and discontinued back in 1987. With a beautiful old-school tonality, very fine grain and slow speed at ASA 32, this classic panchromatic black and white film was ultimately replaced by the modern T-grain of Kodak T-MAX 100. Its discontinuation…
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5 Frames… With Agfa Vista Plus 200 (EI 200 / 35mm format / Nikon F3HP)
I’ve been shooting film for a couple years now, ever since inheriting some cameras and expired film. Over the past year, though, my interest and desire to explore has really exploded. Getting out of my house to capture an adventure on film has become more enticing than sitting on my couch watching TV. My friend…
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5 Frames… With SREDA K250D (EI 200 / 35mm format / Original LOMO Kompact Automat (LC-A)
Last January, Steve Dowling of Kosmo Foto, wrote an intriguing post about a Moscow-based film store that was repackaging old emulsions and selling them out of their store. The story, however, was in the actual packaging of these films: labels and wrappings with a flair that catches the eye and makes one want the film…
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Dream camera: My experiences buying a Nikon F6 from Japan Camera Hunter
Everyone has a dream camera. I have…well, a dream team: a set of cameras designed to meet specific needs and moods, from the small to large formats.
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Travelling with film: My Sri Lankan travelogue
I suspect it’s a common dilemma, you’ve booked a holiday with your partner (and or family/friends) and there’s no doubt the destination was influenced by potential photographic opportunities. How on earth are you going to balance wanting to take lots of photos with what other people want to do?!
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5 Frames… With Kodak T-MAX 400 (EI 200 / 120 format / Agfa Super Isolette)
The Agfa Super Isolette with its Agfa Solinar 75 mm f/3.5 lens is considered by many to be the finest 120 folding camera ever made so my expectations of this camera were very high when I purchased it from the well know folder repairman Certo6 in the US. This 1955 German-made camera has excellent build…
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The Homemade Camera Podcast zine
My favorite podcast for some time now has been the Homemade Camera Podcast. It’s really the podcast I like to build cameras to the best, and I really like. To. Build. Cameras.
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5 Frames… With Japan Camera Hunter Streetpan 400 (EI 400 / 35mm format / Nikon F100)
I had purchased a couple of rolls of JCH Streetpan 400 in 35mm but held off shooting the film until I had an opportunity I felt was worthy of its Streetpan name. That opportunity came in…
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Neshama Sheli: Documenting Israel and the Palestinian territories
This is my ever-changing long-term photo essay about Israel and the Palestinian territories. A place so complex and beautiful at the same time. It isn’t always easy or straightforward to put into words but I have done my best to paint
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5 Frames… With Kodak Portra 400 (EI 400 / 35mm format / Minolta XG-M)
After shooting strictly with a point and shoot camera, I was gifted a Minolta XG-M and Minolta MD Rokkor 50mm f/1.7 kit by a friend. I found myself reaching for film instead of digital for my personal work more and more after that. Digital was beginning to bore me, editing had began to feel cumbersome,…
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Buffalo Soldier: Examining the history and lives of black American soldiers
Over the past two years, I’ve been pouring everything I had emotionally, physically, and financially into a staged photography series I call “Buffalo Soldier”. My project is…
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5 Frames… With Kodak Tri-X 400 (EI 400 / 35mm format / Nikon FM2)
In March of 2018, I was heading to Oakland and San Francisco for a photo work assignment and decided to do some street photography on my time off while I was up there.
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EMULSIVE July 2019: month in review
Let’s take a look back at the month on EMULSIVE that was July 2019. As usual for these monthly listicles, I’ve laid out the ten most read and discussed articles here on EMULSIVE for last month, as well as a complete list of July’s 36 articles.
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5 Frames… With Street Candy ATM 400 (EI 400 / 35mm format / Lomography Diana Mini)
I love the Lomography Diana Mini and I’ll stand by this little plastic gal with all my heart, even when nobody else wants to.
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5 Frames… With CineStill 50D (EI 50 / 35mm format / Nikon F2)
Whenever I go out shooting with film, which seems to be a lot these days, I take my trusty Nikon F2 and the 50mm F/1.4 AI-S. Can I just say that this camera is a bit of a beast?