Category: Articles
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5 Frames… With ILFORD FP4 PLUS (EI 125 / 620 format / Kodak Brownie Flash II)
Reading EMULSIVE reminded me that I’d shot my first roll of film in 1961, when, as a young boy, I’d bought a very old Kodak box camera from a village jumble sale with my pocket money.
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New for 2019: the CAMERADACTYL OG 4×5 hand camera – lightweight large format photography for all
For the last few months, I have been working tirelessly at destroying my anonymity for the purpose of selling cameras.
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5 Frames… With Kosmo Foto Mono (EI 100 / 35mm / Leica M6)
You’ll no doubt know two things about Kosmo Mono film; first is the packaging and branding are great. Inspired by the artwork of Soviet era propaganda, it features blocky, simple designs of space rockets and jet planes.
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5 Frames… With Cinestill 50D (EI 50 / 120 format / Zenza Bronica ETRSi)
I first bought this film to try Cinestill out as a brand. I was really curious about the company because of the concept of using movie stock film to create still photographs.
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How to take the leap into 35mm film photography
In this article, I will go over the steps you need to take and the decisions you need to make to enter the wonderful world of film 35mm photography. I recommend starting with the 35mm format as the cameras
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5 Frames… With ILFORD XP2 SUPER (EI 400 / 35mm format / Olympus XA3)
Surprising as this may be but ILFORD XP2 SUPER is currently my favourite* general-purpose black & white film.
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5 Frames… With ILFORD HP5 PLUS (EI 400 / 35mm format / Zenit E)
These five frames are very special to me because are part of the very first black and white roll that I developed for myself.
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Traveling with film, shooting in Rajasthan
Travelling to unknown places makes you feel alive. Experiencing new things in a new environment makes your heart pumping.
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My return to film: Marcus Grandon
The last time I shot film was somewhere around 2002, and I certainly hadn’t purchased a film camera this century. That all changed when I picked up a used Nikon FE in Ginza, Tokyo a few weeks ago.
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Curmudgeonly commentary: the Hypersensitive Photographers Podcast episode 00
Back in June 2018, I received a Facebook message from that bloke Hamish Gill. It simply read, “We should do a sporadic podcast”. I should have stopped him there.
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How-to: Build a photography website…what you need to know
The new year is upon us but it needn’t be filled with broken resolutions, especially if you’ve committed yourself to create a new photography website (or plan on refreshing one you already have).
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EMULSIVE’s most popular articles of 2018
It’s the final part of this amazing series of 2018 listcles. Thank you for bearing with these lazy posts and rest safe in the knowledge that while you’ve been reading these, I’ve been away on holiday.
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EMULSIVE’s most popular #5FramesWith articles of 2018
I started “5 Frames With…” with Hamish over at 35mmc.
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EMULSIVE’s most popular film photography experimentation articles of 2018
Life would be boring without experimentation and this fifth article for 2018’s lazy post listicles should help you scratch that itch…or not. Either way, it’s here. Comparing Fujifilm Acros to… Fujifilm Acros – READ Crank Case – Minolta XD7
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EMULSIVE’s most popular film stock reviews of 2018
It’s the fourth article in 2018’s end-of-year lazy post, this time counting down the most popular film reviews here on EMULSIVE over the course of 2018. Ready?
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EMULSIVE’s most popular film photographer interviews of 2018
It’s day three of the second annual lazy post week here on EMULSIVE but as with 2017, there’s nothing lazy about the folks featured in today’s countdown. Here are the ten most popular film photographer reviews of 2018 and
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EMULSIVE’s most popular film camera reviews of 2018
Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating today!
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EMULSIVE’s most popular film photography posts of 2018
2017’s end of year listicles seem like they went down pretty well, so I’ve decided to put my personal prejudice against them to one and put together a few more for 2018.
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5 Frames… With Fujicolor 200 (EI 200 / 35mm format / Nikon FG-20)
Fujicolor cross processes as a wonderful black & white film with great tonality and nice grain.
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Loss, PTSD and finding my father in the searchlights
It all started with a conversation with my Dad in 2015.