Plates, films, stars and scenes. I’ve been following today’s fresh interviewee (on social media!) pretty much since EMULSIVE came into existence back in June 2015 and I’m so, so happy to have finally been able to get him on for an interview. It’s Twitter’s Palaeoboy, aka Richard Davies! Over to you, Richard… Hi Richard, what’s […]
Tag: 2019 – August
Posted inArticles, Travelogue
Travelogue: Walking through Europe captured on film Prague to Lugoj
To take you on this journey, I’m sharing with you my contact sheets and pulling out a few of the finished photographs from each.
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5 Frames… With Kodak EASTMAN Double-X 5222 (EI 200 / 35mm format / Nikon FE2)
After all the roads and film stocks I’ve shot with over the last couple of months, all have lead to Eastman Kodak Double-X 5222. I’ve been searching for that go-to film by trying pretty much everything out there.
Posted inBag Reviews
Field testing the Billingham AVEA 7 and AVEA 8 end pockets
I’ve been hanging these off my Billinghams for years. For the uninitiated, Billingham’s AVEA end pockets are small add-on packs which clip onto either…
Posted inMedium format
Photography: Decked out – Shot on Kodak Portra 800 at EI 200 (120 format)
Decked out Shot on Kodak Portra 800 at EI 200Color negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6 Hasselblad 2000FCW / Carl Zeiss Planar F 80mm f/2.8 Decked out Shot on Kodak Portra 800 at EI 200. Color negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6.
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5 Frames… With ILFORD SFX 200 (EI 200 / 120 format / Agfa Record III)
In April, I wrote a comparison of three bellows cameras from the 1950s I had bought on eBay: Agfa Record III, Voigtländer Perkeo, and…
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Announcing the ChromaGraphica double dry plate and sheet film holder Kickstarter campaign
After a year of hard work and detailed design, Steve Lloyd of Chroma Camera and I are pleased to announce that the Kickstarter campaign for the ChromaGraphica Double Dry Plate Holder (and sheet film holder!) in 4×5, 5×7, and 8×10 is officially open! Our goal is nothing short of historic: the first mass-produced dry plate […]
Posted inBronica film camera reviews, Film camera reviews, Reviews
The Bronica ETR: 40 years old but not an old dog
When I came back to film photography in early 2018, very soon I wanted to try medium format film. Not being sure if I would like it with its lesser number of photos per roll compared to a 35mm film…
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5 Frames… With ILFORD HP5 PLUS (EI 1600 / 35mm format / FM2n)
The second day of sunshine… What bliss… It has been dark and grey for a couple of weeks. A huge contrast to the nice and warm temperatures of southern Vietnam where I had been.
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Social Music: Covering the Los Angeles jazz and hip-hop scene
Jazz has a special place in my heart. It’s a musical language that somehow, I can understand by simply feeing my mind and letting the music run through my soul.
Posted inCONTAX film camera reviews
An early swansong? Reviewing the CONTAX AX: autofocusing manual lenses
When it comes to autofocusing manual lenses on film cameras there is really only one option: the unique and relatively short-lived CONTAX AX. Chunky sibling of the CONTAX RX and…
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5 Frames… With Ultrafine eXtreme 400 (EI 400 / 35mm format / Nikon F4)
First, let me say that the Nikon F4 gets no respect. I am just going to lay that out there. Okay, so now on to the film. All of my film problems can be traced back to The FPP…
Posted inBarnet Ensign Ross film camera reviews, Film camera reviews, Reviews, Zeiss Ikon film camera reviews
Comparing the Super Ikonta 532/16 and Ensign 12-20 folding cameras
British camera manufacturer Barnet Ross Ensign boldly advertised in the post-Second World War period that photographic development had now moved from Europe to Great Britain.
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5 Frames… With Kodak ULTRAMAX 400 (EI 400 / 35mm format / Minolta X-700)
All these frames were shot at the white sands national monument while on a road trip in the States (my family are all American – this road trip happens bi-annually). We were driving the length of Route 66…
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The Frugal Film Project: the project that turned into something else: halfway update
Halfway through… six months in already? How did that happen… didn’t we just start? Actually, we are settling into our routine but the bloom is off the rose…
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5 Frames… Of black and white Kodak Ektar 100 (EI 100 / 120 format / Hasselblad 500CM)
Some time ago I combined two new-for-me techniques in one batch of the film developing process – semi-stand and processing C-41 film in B&W chemistry.
