Category: Articles
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5 Frames… With ORWO N74 plus (Gost 360 / 35mm format / Belomo Chaika 3)
Greetings Comrades! I am back with another “5 Frames” feature to further your capitalist decadence. This time I am shooting the superior German film type N74 plus produced by ORWO.
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In defence of 35mm point and shoot cameras
Point and shoot film cameras are often looked down upon within the film community and you’ll hear more than the occasional accusation of them being an accessory to “make you look trendy”.
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5 Frames… With Kodak EKTACHROME E100VS (EI 100 / 120 format / Bronica SQ-A)
“What on earth had I been thinking?” This is the question that I asked myself from the moment that I dropped the roll of film off at the lab, until the moment that I had picked it up.
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EMULSIVE May 2019: month in review
Here’s a wrap-up of everything you may have missed on EMULSIVE in May 2018.
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5 Frames… With Rollei CR200 (EI 200 / 35mm format / Minolta X-700)
I had wanted to collaborate with a friend of mine, a very talented performance artist working under the name Roxxie Botoxxie.
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How to: Get over early hurdles in film photography
Film can be daunting for some, but I find it is worth the investment of time and money, as long as you understand exactly what your expectations are from the medium.
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How to: Connect legacy film scanners to modern computers
It’s time to simplify and demystify the dark art of connecting legacy film scanners and other hardware to modern computers.
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5 Frames… With Kodak EASTMAN Double-X 5222 (EI 250 / 35mm format / Canon A-1)
In 2018 I stumbled upon a small camera store in Porto, Portugal.
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5 Frames… With Fujifilm Pro 400H (EI 400 / 120 format / Zenza Bronica SQ-A)
I’ve been looking for a 120 ISO 400 colour film for a pinhole based project that I have in mind and whilst there is a good range of black and white and 35mm, choices are fairly limited for 120
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UPDATE: New film from Shanghai: GP3 100 now in 35mm format…plus 120 format updates
See the latest updates (2019-06-25) at the foot of this page. Retailing at just $3.50 per 36 exposure roll, another new film stock for 2019 has been announced in the form of 35mm Shanghai GP3 100, which was made
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Research: is there really a difference between real and simulated film photographs?
To answer this question, I researched the foundations of film and digital photography; and which factors can influence the style of the results for my bachelor thesis.
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My darkroom journey
I really believe that to be a complete photographer it is imperative to either hone the skill set of printing within a darkroom environment or be knowledgeable of the process.
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5 Frames… At night Kodak VISION3 500T 5129 (EI 1600 / 35mm format / Nikon FA)
Since I started shooting film 2 years ago, I have wanted to shoot Motion Picture Stock and have it processed in its native ECN-2 chemistry.
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5 Frames… Of Cambridge with Kentmere 100 (EI 100 / 35mm format / Olympus OM-10)
Kentmere 100 is a cheap film when you compare it to
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Color drama: Negative Lab Pro v2… Finding the right workflow for scanning color film at home
What if you had a scanning solution for color negative and black and white film that enabled you to scan and convert a whole roll of 35mm film in less than 15 minutes and all that in next to
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Can you help solve a 35 year old murder?
On the 35th anniversary of her murder British police and the victim’s family have released an appeal for help solving the unsolved 1984 murder of the 33 year-old Shelly Morgan. Central to the new appeal from Avon and Somerset
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5 Frames… With Lomography Color Negative 400 (EI 400 / 35mm format / Minolta SRT 101)
“What about Berlin?”, I asked my partner. We were looking for a city break last October and had no idea where to go.
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The Hypersensitive Podcast Episode 06: Success and pancakes
Lots and lots to cover in this episode, the least of all being crumpets and my current obsession with them.
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Brand new film from Fujifilm: NEOPAN 100 ACROS II announced, begins shipping Autumn 2019
Updated with additional details, speculation and sample images. Picked up just a few moments ago is the heart-stopping news that Fujifilm is officially bringing black and white films back to the market in Autumn 2019 with the all-new NEOPAN
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5 Frames… With Psychedelic Blues (EI 400 / 35mm format / Canon AE-1)
Psychedelic Blues Film is a line of experimental rolls of Kodak Ultra Max hand-fogged by photographer Dustin Adams and sold through his online shop. Each batch is unique and every roll contains an element of unpredictability.