And here it is, the final listicle of 2019: the most popular articles of the year as decided by you. For a year dominated by new product releases across the board, it’s no surprise that announcements/updates from and about film, paper and camera manufacturers took a number of slots in the list below. If you’ve […]
Tag: 2019 – December
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EMULSIVE’s most popular film camera reviews of 2019
Here’s one for all you gear heads, this year’s most popular camera reviews on EMULSIVE. It probably comes as no surprise that three of the top ten feature compact cameras (four if you count the Mamiya 6 MF) and I’m glad that at least one part of my Hasselblad V-System guide made it into the […]
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EMULSIVE’s most popular film stock reviews of 2019
There are a few days left for 2019 but fingers crossed, it’s the first year for quite some time where we haven’t seen one or more film discontinued – great, isn’t it? In fact, we’ve seen somewhere in the region of three new film stocks announced AND released – ILFORD ORTHO PLUS, Fujifilm NEOPAN 100 […]
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EMULSIVE’s most popular darkroom related articles of 2019
If you’re on social media, you will have no doubt noticed an uptick in darkroom-related activities in our community. From home processing black and white and colour film to RA-4 darkroom printing, it seems that more and more people are getting into the darkroom in one way or another, and that’s fantastic news. Here are […]
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EMULSIVE’s most popular featured community projects of 2019
Passion projects abound in our global film photography community – you’re reading one right now – and I’ve been lucky enough to have published details of a fair few this year. The most popular ten of this year follow below but don’t let that fool you into thinking that’s all there were. Check out the […]
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EMULSIVE’s most popular film photographer interviews of 2019
Welcome to the second of this year’s top-ten-as-chosen-by-you-listicles. Today’s (as you will have guessed by the title), is all about this year’s most popular film photographer interviews. Gearheads, be patient. You’ll get your fix in a few days. Before I let you go on, I just want to extend a massive thanks to the folks […]
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EMULSIVE’s most popular “5 Frames” of 2019
Merry Christmas! Hope you’re having a great day so far. It is with a heavy heart I bring to you the first of this years top-ten-as-chosen-by-you-listicles. Regular readers will know I’m not a huge fan of them but as the year draws near, I feel the need to recharge and although these take a fair […]
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Found film: My 1960s Kodak Verichrome Pan mystery
Several months ago though, I pined for a new hobby. I decided that delving into the lost art of film photography was what was called for. I started collecting Brownie box cameras and came to enjoy shooting 120 roll film. I learned to develop my own film since I didn’t like the expense and the […]
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Say hello to the LEGO Nikon F3, the new “plastic fantastic” film camera
Christmas has come early for LEGO fans and film photographers alike in the form of the LEGO Nikon F3 created by Ethan Brossard – aka LegoDog0126. The Nikon F3 needs no introduction but Ethan and his creation most certainly do. For that, it’s over to him. ~ EM This is a LEGO model of the […]
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5 Frames… With pushed Fujicolor C200 (EI 800 / 35mm format / Canon AE-1)
I’ve been told millions of times over – DO NOT PUSH COLOR FILM. Color shifts, grain issues, and just generally bleh images can occur. I’ve also been told, and have taken into my personal philosophy, that rules are made to be broken. I had a fun and active week ahead of me, a day out […]
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A complete guide to the Mamiya RZ67, part five: conclusion and personal stories
This five-part review has taken the best part of three years to complete. At over 40,000 words, I admit that it is quite long (!) but I wanted it to be as detailed and as precise as possible. To the best of my knowledge, no book has ever been written about the Mamiya RZ67 Professional, […]
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5 Frames… With Kodak Tri-X 320 (EI 320 / 120 format / Rolleiflex Automat 6×6 Model 2 K4B)
It had been 20 years since I handled black and white film. “Here’s a Rolleiflex with 8 rolls of Kodak Tri-X 320”, my friend said. It expired 12 years ago, but it should be OK.” Even though I had never shot with a medium format camera and I couldn’t wait to snap my first picture. […]
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Building a point and shoot 6×17 camera: the TwoFourths DIY camera kit
In 2016 I decided to back the TwoFourths DIY 617 Kickstarter project, paying about $185 for a kit that would let me use two lenses on the wood and plastic 6×17 format camera. I saw this as a point and shoot camera, requiring less effort than my 4×5 and 8×10, and much less expensive than […]
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5 Frames… With Lomography LomoChrome Purple XR 100-400 (EI 160 / 35mm format / Nikon F3HP)
I recently shot my second ever roll of the new 2019 LomoChrome Purple. After shooting my first roll at EI 400 and being a bit underwhelmed by most of the shots, I decided to go to the other end of the spectrum and shoot at EI 160 at a macro workshop. Borrowing a Micro-Nikkor 55mm […]
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The mighty Salyut-S; Or how I learned to love a Hasselbladski
While there were a number of different models made – see below – the Soviet copy of Hasselblad’s 1600F modular camera is commonly known as a Kiev, which was both a model name and a reference to it’s place of manufacture, The Arsenal, or more correctly, the Arsenal State Enterprise of Special Instrumentation in Kiev […]
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The CAMERADACTYL Brancopan: a 35mm panoramic camera you can print at home
My name is Ethan, I make cameras at CAMERADACTYL. I 3D print film cameras and ship them all over the world. If you haven’t heard of me before, here are some links to articles I’ve written about some of my previous projects, the CAMERADACTYL HOMONCULUS 69, OG 4×5 and 4×5 Field Camera. Now that we’re […]
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5 Frames… With Revolog 600nm (EI 200 / 35mm format / Voigtländer Vito CL)
I am American living in England. Twice a year I return to my home in Wisconsin and stay at the family farmhouse my siblings and I inherited. My brother lives there and has an antique business. He attends auctions and estates sales for stock. He has begun to buy cameras he thinks I might find […]
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A complete guide to the Mamiya RZ67, part four: maintenance and miscellaneous accessories
Over the past three weeks, I have introduced you to the Mamiya RZ67 Professional camera, its series of film holders and the extensive lens system. In this, part four of the series, I will introduce you to the main system accessories and some basic maintenance/troubleshooting concepts. The neck strap After purchasing my RZ, the first […]
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5 Frames… With Kosmo Foto Mono 100 (EI 100 / 120 format / Hasselblad 500CM)
Over the past few months I have experimented with several medium format and 35mm cameras. I have also tried out different films like the new CatLABS X-FILM 80, some Fomapan films and the newly available Kosmo Foto Mono 100 in medium format. I am now refining my camera and film choices. I did run some […]
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A love letter to motion pictures
My grandma would introduce me to her friends as “James the photographer” and I would whisper under my breath “‘I’m a filmmaker, not a photographer” but thinking about it now she was right. Since the age of 12, I have always carried a video camera with me, I quickly became fascinated with recording everything I […]
