Say hello to Andrea Bianchi; Surfer, extreme sports photographer, photo editor and portraitist based in one of the most beautiful parts of the world. Andrea and I have been crossing paths for 18 months now and I’m glad to finally be able to bring his interview to you. Settle in, this is going to be […]
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5 Frames… Of Bradford on a Voigtlander Bessa 66 (ILFORD XP2 Super / 120 Format / EI 400)
5 Frames… Of Bradford on a Voigtlander Bessa 66 (ILFORD XP2 Super / 120 Format / EI 400) – by Mike Avison It was time to try out one of my 120 format film cameras and the first one that came to hand was the Voigtlander Bessa 66 with its Voigtar 1:3.5 75mm lens. It’s […]
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5 Frames… Of Edinburgh Castle on ILFORD XP2 Super (120 Format / EI 400 / Rolleicord)
5 Frames… Of Edinburgh Castle on ILFORD XP2 Super (120 Format / EI 400 / Rolleicord) – by Jake Williams ILFORD XP2 Super is a long time favourite of mine. I’ve been using it since my earliest steps in photography, back when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister, Prince hadn’t yet changed his name to a […]
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5 Frames with a forgotten Olympus Trip 35 on ILFORD XP2 Super (35mm Format / EI 200)
The Olympus Trip was an impulse buy at a car boot sale about twenty years ago. I knew that the auto function didn’t work but I thought I could operate it manually using the aperture settings marked on the ring around the lens.Sadly, I soon discovered that I couldn’t figure out the flash shutter speed […]
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5 Frames… Of the Asparagus Capital of England with ILFORD XP2 Super (EI 400 / 120 format / Pentax 645N)
The pandemic lockdown has created unique photographic opportunities within more limited parameters. I decided to explore areas of the countryside near my home. Places I had previously ignored as too dull and unappealing. I live in an area known as the Vale of Evesham in the midlands of England. The fertile agricultural land is flat […]
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5 Frames… With ILFORD XP2 Super (35mm / EI 400 / Canon TX)
When I started out in film photography, I was doing it as way to feel connected to my late father who also loved photography. I remembered his Canon SLR that he constantly took photos with when I was a kid.
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5 Frames… With ILFORD XP2 SUPER (EI 1600 / 120 format / Mamiya 645 AFD)
These photos are of a friend/coworker of mine. Since his roommate’s work had just received a RED Cinema camera and a set of Atlas anamorphic lenses that they were renting, he and his roommate had the idea to do a video shoot of a McRib deal in a warehouse to test out the camera and […]
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5 Frames… At the home of Schneider Kreuznach with ILFORD XP2 Super (EI 200 / 35mm format / Akarette II)
Having to spend some time at Bad Kreuznach, a small city in southwest Germany, where SCHNEIDER still builds – or at least sells – lenses, I decided to bring a lens home to its town of birth: the Akarette II with its Schneider Kreuznach XENAR 3.5/50, which was given birth to at the Schneider works […]
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5 Frames… With ILFORD XP2 SUPER (EI 400 / 35mm format / Olympus XA3)
Surprising as this may be but ILFORD XP2 SUPER is currently my favourite* general-purpose black & white film.
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Photography: Half mast – Shot on ILFORD XP2 Super at EI 400 (120 format)
Half mast
Shot on ILFORD XP2 Super at EI 320
Black and white negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6
Orange #21 filter
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Why shoot film part 3: ILFORD XP2 Super report
Although I’ve been experimenting with a few different films, using ILFORD Delta 3200 Professional at LFW, some Fuji Neopan for Street, and some CineStill for low light nights, I am yet to find a film stock I am consistently
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5 Frames… With ILFORD XP2 Super (EI 400 / 120 format / Zeiss IKON Nettar)
I love ILFORD XP2 SUPER. It’s a film I have shot with extensively. It is a C-41 black and white film so not a ‘true’ black and white film.
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EMULSIVE interview #170: I am Rob Hawthorn and this is why I shoot film
It’s a real pleasure to introduce you all to Rob Hawthorn, a photographer who many of you will remember from his stunning travelogue of Yucatan on Kodak AEROCHROME.
Well Rob’s back with something a little different.
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Photography: Clipped – Shot on ILFORD XP2 Super (120)
Clipped
Shot on ILFORD XP2 Super at EI 400
Black and white negative film in 120 format shot as 6×6
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EMULSIVE interview #157: I am Perry J Resnick and this is why I shoot film
You may recall today’s interviewee from his piece on Kodachrome some time ago.
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Photography: First break – Shot on ILFORD XP2 Super (120)
First break
Shot on ILFORD XP2 Super at EI 400
Black and white negative film in120 format shot as 6×6
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EMULSIVE interview #150: I am Toni Skokovic and this is why I shoot film
It’s a real pleasure to be able to bring you today’s interviewee, Toni Skokovic.
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Camera review: Minolta Hi-Matic AF
In this article, I will be reviewing the 1979 Hi-Matic AF released in 1979. It is an automatic 35mm film camera with an Auto Focus capability.
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EMULSIVE interview #140: I am Roger Harrison and this is why I shoot film
This has been a tough interview to put together. Tough because, as you’ll see below, it’s been an absolute nightmare picking which one of Roger Harrison’s beautiful Fuji Velvia 50 photographs to feature as the cover for this article.
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EMULSIVE interview #116: I am Richard Pickup and this is why I shoot film
I’m hoping you remember today’s interviewee from his wonderful contributed article discussing the importance and impact of effective visualisation for film photographers. If you haven’t read it yet head on over, we’ll wait.
Back? Excellent.
