For the TLDR you’re looking for, the new Billingham Mini Eventer is a bit bigger than a Hadley Small Pro and a bit smaller than a Hadley Pro 2020. For everyone else, say hello to the new Billingham Mini Eventer! I might be stating the obvious but if you’re searching for an idea of the […]
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Negative Supply complete the roster: Introducing the Basic Film Carrier 120
Say hello to the final piece of Negative Supply’s “Basic” family of film scanning puzzle, the Basic Film Carrier 120 for medium format film available now for US$199 from Negative Supply’s online store. When Negative Supply first burst onto the market via Kickstarter in the second half of the 2019, it was obvious that they […]
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EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2021: Sponsor update, also just 10 days to go!
Let’s begin with a gentle reminder in three parts: You have until midnight in your location on October 31st 2021 in your time zone to register!You MUST have a wish list set on ELFSTER or you will be removed from the event.You MUST have a custom profile picture set on ELFSTER or you will be removed from the event. With that […]
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The pixl-latr x VALOI adapter: Get more for your film “scanning” buck
Photographic film digitisation system providers pixl-latr and VALOI have downed arms to come together and create the pixl-latr x VALOI adapter, a simple, cheap, and highly effective adapter for mounting a VALOI film holder onto pixl-latr. Simplicity itself. At £44.99 / US$62, pixl-latr is one of the most inexpensive and versatile photographic film digitisation systems […]
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Beerol: How I learned to stop worrying and develop film in gas station beer
When I saw Fat Tire and Field Mag announce their contest to develop film in beer I knew I was entering a rabbit hole, but I couldn’t have possibly known how far that rabbit hole went, or what I’d find at the bottom. While I’d been told about Caffenol and its derivative formulas for developing […]
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A new brand and very limited edition 26mm Leica M-mount snapshot lens from 35mmc and Skyllaney Optomechanics
Say hello to the Omnar CN26-6, a brand new 26mm f/6, fixed aperture, rangefinder coupled, wide-angle, snapshot lens for Leica M-mount cameras from Hamish Gill at 35mmc and Chris from Skyllaney Optomechanics, with a little help from CameraKote. Omnar CN26-6 on a Leica M-10POmnar CN26-6 on a Leica M4-POmnar CN26-6 on a Leica M4-POmnar CN26-6 on a Leica M-10P It has a […]
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Discontinuation notice: Fujichrome Velvia 50 slide film in 4×5″ and 8×10″, and 120 format Fujicolor Pro 160NS
Fujifilm Japan has just announced the global discontinuation of Fujichrome Velvia 50 slide film in 4×5″ and 8×10″ large formats, and 120 format Fujicolor 160NS Professional colour negative film. Coming hot on the heels of the July 2021 ban of the sale and processing of Fujichrome Velvia 100 in the United States, the notice is effective […]
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Announcing Let’s Explore Magazine issue 03: Empowerment
When embarking on the journey of creating this passion project as a personal creative outlet in 2015, I had certain ideas about how things could evolve over time. I saw potential in the idea of a collaborative, quality-first, and when-ready publication. I still do, obviously. At some point I caught myself daydreaming about publishing this […]
Posted inDarkroom
How I transformed cyanotype prints into a video for Vivienne Westwood
Cyanotype — also known as the “blueprint” or “sunprint” process, among other names — is a photographic process that has been practiced by photographers for ~180 years. Through the magic of combining two chemicals — ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide — you can produce a striking blue image in a matter of moments. Coated […]
Posted inNikon film camera reviews
Best of both: The Nikon Z6 “vs” the Nikon F6 in a portrait session
After learning last year that our office was due to close, I wanted to use my photographic skills to give something back to the people I worked with, something that might help them find their next dream job. I thought I could offer portraits that people could use on their CVs and social media. After […]
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EMULSIVE Interview #227: I am Lucy Ridges and this is why I shoot film (NSFW)
I really am struggling to introduce today’s interviewee, someone whom I was introduced to earlier this year by Ellen Rogers. In between asking Lucy for an interview back in April and today, I’ve come to know and appreciate her photography (both what you see here and the flip side of her photographic coin). I’m struggling […]
Posted inGuides & How-Tos
Shooting 35mm panoramic photographs with the Pentax 67
I first heard about the 24x65mm panoramic format when I bought my Fujifilm GFX50S a few years back. The digital medium format camera is able to shoot in 24×65 cropped mode whilst keeping the raw file intact and uncropped. I thought it was fun to shoot but I didn’t really commit to the format that […]
Posted inDarkroom printing
It all comes out in the wash: a cheap DIY print washer for darkrooms without water
I left an essential item off of the shopping list for my sub-$500 darkroom article: the print washer. As much as I am very proud of my less-than-$500 basement darkroom, it is a dry darkroom. I’m lucky, the water pipes are visible in the exposed ceiling, and plumbing parts are relatively inexpensive. I could run some plumbing and […]
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EMULSIVE Secret Santa 2021: registration open until October 31st
Welcome to the 7th annual EMULSIVE Santa film and traditional photography gift exchange! A huge thank you to the nearly 800 players in over 50…
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Half a year with the Nons Camera SL42 Mk II: a real user’s review
I have had the Nons Camera SL42 Mark II for 8 months and it has transformed my instant film photography. In this mid term user’s review I’ll explain why the Nons Camera has filled a niche of its own in my instant film camera line up.
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Revisiting the cameras of my youth: Five half-frame Canon cameras over five and a half decades
In the 1960s half frame 35mm cameras enjoyed some popularity and several manufacturers offered models for this format. The idea was that the standard size of the 35mm frame (24×36 mm) was divided into two, which produced a frame half the size at 24×18 mm.
Posted inOpinion
Pricing your work: Economies of print, or “assigning worth when value is subjective”
When looking back on my photographs, even as “recently” far as 2019, I feel an abstraction in what my role in these images ought to be. In the moment of pressing the shutter, I feel I am the photographer, I have taken this picture.
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Grab yourself a pop-up darkroom + a darkroom starter kit and Xmas goodies from ILFORD Photo
Announced at The Photography Show 2020 just moments ago, ILFORD Photo (with a little help from their friends at Paterson Photographic), is bringing a new pop-up darkroom and darkroom kit, both penciled in for release starting in early Q4 2021. And, for all of you waiting for EMULSIVE Secret Santa, there’s also a little bonus […]
Posted inPentacon film camera reviews
Camera review: The Pentacon Six TL and the Curate’s Egg
The Pentacon looks just like a standard 35mm SLR, although it is a little taller, a little wider and a little deeper. It is also heavier although does not feel particularly unwieldy in use.
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Rolling car photography: Japanese muscle cars on 8×10 Kodak film
When you think about rolling car photography — the art of taking photos of moving vehicles, not just moving cars — while moving, using large format film probably won’t spring to mind as your first choice. Hell, 35mm film probably won’t either, let alone a ponderous format, exposed one sheet at a time into a box weighing 10lbs/4.5kg (without lens).
