Category: Articles
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5 Frames… With ILFORD Delta 3200 Professional at night (EI 6400 / 35mm format / Minolta SRT100x)
I had never pushed film before but upon my arrival on a recent trip to Dublin, Ireland I thought I would try my luck with some old-fashioned analog night photography.
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The Frugal Film Project: the not-a-project film photography project
“Do a project, it will be fun!” they say… whoever they are.
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The Hypersensitive Podcast Episode 03: Signal vs noise
This very special extended and-only-coincidentally-released-on-April-1st episode of the HPP features a little over an hour of insight and inspiration mostly driven by Bellamy over at Japan Camera Hunter. We talk about internet trolls, the value of clear photographic intent
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How-to: become an excellent photographer
My name is Ethan, I am the stable genius behind Cameradactyl. I recently published a video with some simple tips and tricks, and a few products guaranteed to take your photography to the next level.
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News: monopolistic movements in film photography podcasting
In a surprising turn of events, some of our community’s most well known and respected podcasts have taken the decision to merge into a single entity and are calling themselves the “Classic Film Negatives Sunny Lensless Studio Podcast” (CFNSLSP
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5 Frames… With Kodak T-MAX 400 (EI 400 / 35mm format / Canon EOS 1N)
Having been and ILFORD user since learning to shoot with it in high school, I thought it high time I gave some Kodak stock a look (I have been shooting film again for about two years – a VERY
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How to save money with a Nikon Pre-AI camera system
The cost of manual-focus 35mm equipment increases to rise and Nikon gear is leading the pack.
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Appendix C of the Technical Field Guide for the Discerning Analog Photographer: Accounting for rise using a linear, half-lens splitting mask
In Appendix A I went into greater detail on my equations used for pushing and pulling in the field; and, then, in Appendix B we looked at the equations behind metering for multiple exposures.
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Not for legal use: Polaroid passport photos on wet plate collodion
Wet plate collodion doesn’t spring to mind as either the most practical or in fact, legal approach to creating passport photographs but that didn’t stop EMULSIVE interviewee #196 Markus Hofstaetter from giving it a shot. Markus isn’t a stranger
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#FP4party February 2019 winner announcement
Welcome to the community picked winners of February’s FP4Party.
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5 Frames… With Kodak EKTACHROME 160T (EI 100-150 / XPRO / 35mm format / Zenit TTL)
Because it couldn’t just be 160T, that’d be too easy. Kodak EKTACHROME 160T, was one of the three speeds of tungsten-balanced slide film that Kodak produced until 2013 or so, and you can still find plenty of it around
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Darkroom technique: fine-tuning the negative
Back over the summer of 2018, my beloved Bronica SQ-A became gravely ill, and I sent it off to the camera spa for some TLC.
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5 Frames… With Fujifilm Fujicolor Pro 400H (EI 800 / 35mm format / Canon EOS 33)
By way of introduction my name is Geoff Roughton and to get it out of the way, 4 years ago I had a stroke…..well actually a series of mini-strokes followed by something more major.
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5 Frames… With CineStill 800T at night (EI 800 / 120 format / Hasselblad 500 CM) – Matias Takala
I had a roll of CineStill 800T in my fridge waiting for a special occasion. I was going home from work one day and I could see a promise of fog in the air.
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How to: Shoot nightlife flash photography with Kodak Ektachrome E100
Using reversal film for flash photography is not the most obvious choice but there are a few characteristics which make using Kodak’s new Ektachrome E100 for flash photography very interesting.
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The Hypersensitive Podcast Episode 02: I can do that at home
We’ve reached the heady heights of our second official episode and this runaway holding tank* is showing no signs of stopping. Hamish and I talk about the MAYA darkroom timer, the redevelopment of the analogue photography hardware industry, my
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Just in: “New” Tetenal, a phoenix rises – Charys Schuler, PhotoKlassik International magazine
Good news received directly from our friends at “New” Tetenal: the final pieces of paperwork were given their stamps of approval, and the company was officially registered last Friday March 8th 2019! The “phoenix rising from the ashes” really
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5 Frames… Of people and their dogs with ILFORD HP5 PLUS (EI 400 / 120 format / Rolleiflex T) – Joan Sorolla
I started to shoot daily images while I was walking my dog some years ago.
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An update on the SP-8×10+ film development system
Testing is going well. Everyone who has tried the SP-8×10+ loves it. The biggest technical challenge: we’re still optimizing the hold-down tabs.
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5 Frames… With Kodak VISION3 250D 5207 (EI 200 / 120 format / Pentax 645N)
I got a sample roll of Kodak VISION3 250D (5207) as a roll of “SFL K250D”.