This is a follow up to my original article on the Kodak Instamatic 500 and my passion for the (rather underloved) 126 Instamatic format. There are loads of great “square format” point and shoot cameras out there, if only
Tag: 2019 – April
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5 Frames… With ADOX HR-50 (EI 50 / 35mm format / Leica M6)
Ever since starting to shoot film again after a longish foray into the digital world, I have been looking for a replacement for my beloved Kodak Technical Pan, which was discontinued at the turn of the millennium.
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5 Frames… With 25 year-old ILFORD PAN F (EI 50 / 120 format / Zeiss Ikon Nettar 517/16) – by David Hume
I’m not sure if it’s a sign of having too many cameras or failing memory, but I recently slid open the ruby film window of my Nettar and saw there was a film in there that I had no
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Two out of three. A look at three bellows cameras from the 1950s: Agfa Record III, Voigtländer Perkeo I, and Agfa Isolette
Most of my photo output is from digital cameras, although I have an abiding love for film. I recently bought some 35mm and medium format cameras online.
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EMULSIVE interview #198: I am Angela Solis and this is why I shoot film
I’ve known today’s interviewee online for a few years now, and even had the pleasure of meeting her back in 2018*.
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How to: Shoot Fuji Instax instant print film in a classic large format camera
Some of my classic cameras remind me of the fascinating history of photography. Recently I wanted to see if I could make instant prints with my Speed Graphic press camera.
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5 Frames… With Yodica Antares (EI 100 / 35mm format / Olympus MJU II)
We all do things as photographers from time to time that make us look back and think “What was I thinking?”.
In January I was on a road trip with the family to see the stunning sunflowers in
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The best of #FP4party March 2019
It’s time for the shortlist for March 2019’s #FP4Party, the last one of the year.
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5 Frames… With Psychedelic Blues (EI 400 / 35mm format / Nikon N80)
“Do you remember when we first met? I thought I had wandered into a dream.”
I have always loved that quote from The Lord of the Rings.
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The CFPG travelling camera project
On the 15th of July 2016, a group of fifteen people from Europe and the United Kingdom, started a joint project on Facebook’s Colour Film Photography Group, the idea was that we would send one camera to all the
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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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The Nikon F2: an everyday camera for the 21st Century
The F2 was Nikon’s mechanical, manual flagship camera of the 1970s.
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5 Frames… With original Agfa APX 100 (EI 100 / 4×5 format / Toko 4×5)
Upon the anniversary of my 50th year on this chunk of dirt, my wife took me to Costa Rica.
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5 Frames… With Kodak Verichrome Pan (EI 80 / 120 format / Mamiya C330 Pro S)
At a recent darkroom group meeting I was pleased to receive four rolls of 120 Kodak Verichrome Pan.
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Holgas in the Himalayas
I continue to carry film cameras long after the world has gone digital. We had a darkroom when I was growing up and I learned to develop film and print photos when I was about 10.
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The Simple Enlarger: compact, portable, low-cost darkroom printing for all
I want to spread the idea that a photographic enlarger is fundamentally a very simple thing.
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Campus lights: documenting local light pollution on film
I’m Sam, physics and astronomy student and amateur photographer. I started shooting seriously when I bought a Bronica from the charity shop I was volunteering at four years ago.
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5 Frames… With CineStill 800T (EI 800 / 120 format / Yashica D TLR)
A while ago I was involved in a Twitter conversation about what scene from a movie you wish you could have shot yourself, or wish you could replicate.
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The Hypersensitive Podcast Episode 04: There’s cake in the fridge
As a bit of a make-up episode for the shambles that was a poorly considered “April Fools” joke, Hamish and I talk about bad April Fools Day jokes (naturally), responsibility, respect of creative ownership, trolling and burned shoulder of
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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.
