Category: Articles
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EMULSIVE February 2018: month in review
As short months go, February 2018 was still a busy one here on EMULSIVE. Those 20 days saw 49 articles and images published – 30 and 19 respectively. That’s a whole lotta stuff to get lost in.
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#FP4party January 2018 winner announcement
The community-voted winner of January 2018’s #FP4party is here and we have a clear winner and two runners-up.
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March 2018 film photography horoscope – ‘mystic’ help to better photography
I’d like formally to introduce you all to Barry “Stardust” Gibb, EMULSIVE’s brand new horoscope writer, or as we know him here, our horoscope-ologist.
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5 Frames… With ILFORD HP5 PLUS (EI 3200 / 35mm format / Nikon F100)
My go to black and white film has always been ILFORD HP5 PLUS for its excellent versatility, I love the grain I get especially when pushing it.
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5 Frames… With Fujifilm Fujichrome Velvia (EI 50 / 35mm format / Leica M6)
1990 was a good year. The world looked on as the Berlin Wall fell and Germany embraced reunification. I bought a Canon AE1.
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The return of KODAK PROFESSIONAL T-MAX P3200 film in 35mm format
Update: New T-MAX P3200 at EI 80 with the Leica M-mount 7artisans 35mm f/2 lens Update: New 5 Frames With… showing printed examples of P3200 It’s back, folks.
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Why shoot film part 2: Seeking the Hasselblad XPan
It has been a couple of months since my first post, on Why I Shoot Film, and I thought that now would be a great time to provide an update.
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5 Frames… With Kosmofoto Mono 100 (EI 100 / 35mm format / Pentax K2)
In November 2017 I signed up for EMULSIVE’s 2017 Secret Santa gift exchange. Luckily for me, my name was drawn for one of the super secret sponsor gifts, in addition to a Secret Santa match.
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5 Frames… With Fujifilm Fujicolor Pro 160S (EI 100 / 120 format / Pentacon 6 TL)
Fuji Pro 160S, the newer NS version, or even the older NPS versions are among my favourite film stocks.
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Featured project: Submit to Let’s Explore Magazine issue 02, Perseverance
Back in late 2015 I published an article introducing Let’s Explore Magazine issue 00 and creator Kilian Idsinga’s Kickstarter campaign to bring this “when ready” periodical to life.
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Featured project: Photowalk.me – Creativity can take many forms
For the past year or so I haven’t felt particularly creative photographically and on a number of occasions felt like packing it in altogether.
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Dear Benice #2: Valentine’s Day love for a film photographer?
Dear Benice, As we head towards Valentine’s Day, is there any advice you can offer a lonely landscape photographer to help me find love, and turn my life from a sad monochrome to a vibrant Velvia? Yours forlornly with film
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Travelogue: Hong Kong
I am a huge fan of EMULSIVE.org. I spend a lot of time reading and sifting through it. It’s one of my favorite websites for film photography. I travel a lot and I even download pages when I am traveling
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5 Frames… With Fujifilm Venus 800 (EI 800 / 35mm format / Nikon F6)
I had never heard of Fujifilm Venus 800 before just the normal Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 800. A bit of research confirmed that this was a different stock to the Superia.
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Introducing Chroma: Inside 2018’s unique technical 4×5 field camera [with exclusive creator Q&A]
Update 2018-02-10: Chroma was fully funded mere hours after launch and currently sits at nearly 200% of its goal.
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5 Frames… With Kodak EKTACHROME 100 Plus EPP (EI 100 / XPRO / 120 format / Mamiya RB67 Professional)
When I first got back into film photography starting in 2009 I came down with a near fatal case of G.A.S.
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The best of #FP4party January 2018
Here we are with the best of #FP4party January 2018 and it’s time for you to place your votes on your favourite of the 28 shortlisted entries below. January saw a strong start to 2018’s roster of film parties.
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5 Frames… With Expired Agfa Fibre Based Multi Contrast paper and the Ceramic Pinhole Camera
Having a Wife that is also a Ceramicist was handy the day I decided to build my own pinhole camera. What was not so handy was having ILFORD chemicals that were two years out of date and a box of
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5 Frames… With Bergger Pancro 400 (EI 200 / 35mm format / Leica M2)
A lot has been written about Bergger Pancro 400 on this website, so this is me just adding my small bit to the general happiness people get from using this film.
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EMULSIVE January 2018: month in review
January 2018 was a cracking start to the year here on EMULSIVE.