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Svema Foto 65 – Shooting Expired Film from 1989

by Gavin LyonsSeptember 12, 2021September 12, 2021

I didn’t imagine that film which over 30 years expired would yield any result, decent or otherwise. Following the unwritten rule of adding a stop of exposure per decade expired, my film speed plummeted from 80 ISO all the way down to 12 ISO. Not ideal for anything that moves, such as children or sports! […]

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5 Frames… On 30-ish year old Svema FN 64 (35mm Format / EI 64 / Nikkormat FTN + Nikkor-H 50mm f/2 Non-AI)

by Michael BoveeDecember 2, 2020July 31, 2021

I’m fairly new to the world of film photography, so I’ve been doing quite a bit of experimentation lately. In order to better understand the medium (and to curtail some pandemic-induced boredom), I’ve taken to shooting a broad assortment of films, trying various processing methods, and using different developers. In continuing this trend, I recently […]

5 Frames... Along London’s Regents Canal and West End on Svema Color 125 (35mm Format / EI 125 / Canon EOS 300 + Canon 28-80 f/3.5-5.6) - by Cliff McMahon-Docherty

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5 Frames… Along London’s Regents Canal and West End on Svema Color 125 (35mm Format / EI 125 / Canon EOS 300 + Canon EF 28-80 f/3.5-5.6)

by Cliff McMahon-DochertyOctober 11, 2020July 31, 2021

Having been sucked into digital in the early naughties and bled dry by four-figure kit purchases it was time hail out the modest EOS 300 I had in my 20’s and see what further damage I could do to my bank account now all these wonderful and obscure emulsions have appeared on the market. Leaping […]

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5 Frames… Of CPR Lambton Yard with Svema Fn64 (EI 64 / 35mm Format / Zenit-E)

by Toni SkokovicJuly 5, 2020July 31, 2021

In the beginning, there were trains. Model trains, then train watching, or railfanning, and then it led to a photography rabbit hole. Desire to get better, more impactful train photos fueled my passion for photography in general. A few years later, and I find myself shooting exclusively on film and mostly nature and landscape. Just […]

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5 Frames… With Svema Color 125 (EI 100-ish / 35mm format / Widelux F7)

by Jason SelfMay 19, 2020July 31, 2021

I shot these during a walk around my town (Raleigh, NC) on a partly cloudy morning. I’ve been in a bit of a photographic slump lately, so I reached for the panoramic swing-lens camera, hoping to shake things up a bit. I paired it with Svema Color 125, which is one of my favorite color […]