Category: Film stock reviews
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Film Stock Review: FPP RetroChrome 400 (EASTMAN EKTACHROME High-Speed Daylight Film 2253) – by Simon King
FPP RetroChrome 400 is the name given to a stock of 35mm Kodak EASTMAN EKTACHROME High-Speed Daylight Film 2253 (PDF datasheet) that expired in 2004 and is bulk loaded and sold by the Film Photography Project. The film was apparently very well cold-stored, meaning that it is still very useable without needing to change anything…
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Shooting 100-year-old black and white film: Primor B2 Panchromatisch
“Where in god’s name did he find 100-year-old film?”, you might be asking yourself. Well I recently went to Budapest, Hungary for a vacation with some friends. During our stay, we happened to stumble upon a flea market on Gozsdu Udvar, a beautiful little street filled with bars and restaurants. One of the stands caught…
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Film review: Kodak Gold 200 vs Fujicolor C200 comparison
I was a Kodak Gold 200 user forever. I’m not really sure why. I think it might have been taking those purple and yellow 3-packs out of my mom’s camera bag from a young age.
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Fujifilm Pro 400H: The Best Film I’ll Never Shoot Again
A lot of my early digital work was rooted in colour theory, and as a result (despite wanting to limit my film photography to black and white) I have shot through as many different colour films as I could find.
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Polaroid Originals SX-70 film review and user guide
If you want my Cliff notes on the Impossible/Polaroid Originals SX-70 Film – here they are: It’s shit – but it’s the only shit we got.It’s useful today in a way the old stuff wasn’t back then. Allow me
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Film review: ORWO N 74plus ISO 400 black and white negative film
Disclaimer: Unlike most film reviews that have comparison shots of the same subject, taken under different settings and exposure values, this review will feature a set of photos that show the film’s capability to perform under different lighting conditions.
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Blind film review #02: CineStill 800T vs Kodak Portra 400 in 120 format
This article pits Kodak’s medium format Portra 400 against CineStill’s 800T in a head-to-head.
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Why did it take me so long to start shooting Kodak Tri-X?
There are a few reasons it’s taken me so long to become comfortable with shooting Tri-X, and I thought it might be useful to share these, both so that I can understand my process more coherently (as with most
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Film showdown: ADOX Silvermax 100 vs original Agfa APX 100
Is ADOX Silvermax 100 film the same as the old and revered Agfa APX 100 film? One day I decided to find out.
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Film stock review: Comparing Kodak Ektar 100 to Fujifilm Velvia 50
To the analogue landscape photographer, choosing one’s film stock is one of the most crucial steps in the creative process.
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My first time with slide film: new Kodak EKTACHROME E100
Most of the frames which make up this mini-review are from the first roll of slide film
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Film stock review: Kodak Pro Image 100
I’ll begin this review with a quick disclaimer – I’ve been shooting film for less than a year at this point.
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Film stock review: Kodak EKTACHROME E100 – shot at EI 100, 200, 400 + 800 first impressions
Here’s a quick look at a recent shoot of new Kodak EKTACHROME E100 shot at box speed, then up to EI 200, 400 and 800 – one, two and three-stops of push processing. *1 The images below form part
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Film notes: Kodak Professional T-MAX 400
Kodak T-MAX 400 is by far one of my favorite black and white films to shoot. It has a great balance of classic grain and also great latitude. Negatives are easily identified by edge markings stating “TMY-2”.
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My Fuji slide film affair
I have always had a love/hate relationship with color film.
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Every single film stock still made today – Part 7: the complete A-Z plus thoughts on the future of film
This is the final part of my series covering every single one of the 180+ photographic film stocks still being made today. I’ll be breaking down the numbers with a bit of commentary below but as ever, please do
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Film tests: getting the best out of FERRANIA P30 Alpha part 2
A few months ago, I wrote about the results of my tests on FERRANIA P30 Alpha in various developers.
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Film love: Shooting Kodak EKTACHROME Infrared EIR color infrared film
Give your friends memorable experiences that they will enjoy and remember you by, that’s what I say.
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Every single film stock still made today – Part 6: Shanghai to Yodica (v2)
Update 01: 2018-09-20 Welcome to part six of this series exploring every single film stock still being made today.
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