Brief film camera-related updates from Polaroid, Lomography, and Dua Lipa.
I just got an email from Polaroid showing off their two new colours for the Now Generation 2 instant cameras: Purple and Vintage White. I reviewed this camera in (regular) white here: analog.cafe/r/polaroid-now….
Lomography is discounting their Diana Mini cameras by 25% as they sell the last of their stock: shop.lomography.com/us/dia…. Diana Mini is a classic plastic camera with interchangeable formats (square and half); I reviewed it here: analog.cafe/r/diana-mini-7…
According to Kosmo Foto, Dua Lipa, a pop star who also shoots film, is selling a waterproof, reusable plastic camera that can be submerged up to 3m/10’. The camera can be found at usshop.dualipa.com/ for $40, and the header image appears to be shot on that exact camera.
Stephen has more details about the camera and the history of artist swag in his article about Dua Lipa’s camera: kosmofoto.com/2024/09/dua-…
All items include free shipping to the US and Canada. All film cameras are film-tested. Many were the ones I reviewed on this blog, so you know they got a proper exercise. Samples are available with each camera/lens.
Everything, except for film, has a 30-day warranty. The shop has glowing reviews and a five-star rating. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
О сколько нам открытий чудных готовит Прсвещенья дух, и опыт, сын ошибок трудных и гений, парадоксов друг… . Решил пробовать этот фильм в 120 формате, снимаю на старенький советский Любитель 166В, вчера и сегодня снимал сцены с разным уровнем освещения, экспозиции и условий на природе. Фильм просрочен почти на 15 лет, но по словам продавца хранился всё время в холодильнике. Снимать на Любитель 166 ни с чем не сравнимое удовольствие, это всё равно как пересесть из кабины современного сверхзвукового истребителя на относительно тихоходный и простой МиГ-15… Но в целом мне очень нравится! Хотя есть нюансы, нужен постоянный самоконтроль чтоб не упустил и не испортить каждый кадр, к сожалению я это сделал как минимум с одним, если не с двумя, ну что ж, опыт он такой!
I found a video of someone scanning 35mm film with a microscope.
@atticdarkroom’s recent video is an experiment I’ve been meaning to do but never quite got around to. In it, he compares various scanners and demonstrates a relatively cheap method of adapting a digital camera lens to a microscope.
Of course, simple ideas can become complicated quickly, as is the case with this scanning setup. Because a microscope can view only a tiny area of the film strip, it needs to be shifted precisely and methodically over the entire area, and the resulting images would need to be stitched digitally. @atticdarkroom made each shift manually by twisting knobs with the numbers on them. Not to forget wet mounting, adapter lens aberrations, and vignetting — it’s a lot!
A mathematician and a stand-up comedian filmed the platform’s first YouTube video on 35mm film, only occasionally switching the format to 16mm to illustrate a point.
Stand-up Maths’ explainer video is not a short film or an art project. It is specifically YouTube-style educational content. In his exceptionally expensive ($2 per second, not counting the crew fees) video, Matt Parker explained various film formats and aspect ratios, including anamorphic lenses and IMAX. His team did film some anamorphic footage, which you may get as a gift (on a strip of film) if you subscribe to his Patreon account under an appropriate option.
This video was so impressive (just for its sheer audacity) that I half-expected some of it to be filmed on an IMAX camera. That didn’t happen — which I suppose opens the door for someone else to claim YouTube’s first. Maybe Marques Brownlee can afford some?
Hope it works this time for you, Vladimir! You can also try equalizing the histogram of your scans. It may help you get rid of some fogging and colour casts: analog.cafe/r/how-to-inver…
У меня есть несколько просроченных роликов Орвохром UT 21, 1992 г. отснял пару фильмов и не попал в экспозицию, снимал с ИСО 6, пара плёнок вообще получились непрозрачные, одна с изображениями, но красно-коричневый оттенок. В этот раз снял ролик Орвохрома со "скобками”, отослал в лабораторию и жду результаты. Надеюсь что хоть что то получится, чтоб понимать как снимать эти фильмы в будущем!
Hi Vladimir, I expose expired slide film at box speed, yes. This stuff does not handle over-exposure well. However, when it comes to colour-negative film (C-41), I typically add +1 stop of exposure for every decade past its expiration date. So if it’s something like Portra 400VC that expired in 2010, I’d shoot it as if it was an ISO 200 film and develop it normally. Hope that helps!
I made a short video about loading, testing, and packaging Kodak Vision 3 Motion Picture film.
A few of you ordered Cinema Shorts, anniversary edition triple packs (analog.cafe/r/new-film-cin…) last month — thank you. It’s that film.
I’ve since loaded all 200 feet of it into upcycled metal film canisters, tested the emulsion, designed the branding, ordered the materials, and packaged the boxes. This short video summarizes the process.
I didn’t include the part where I was sweating while trying to fit a reel that was too big for the bulk loader and the (literal) potato stamp. But that’s not important.
Дмитрий, доброго Вам времени суток, читая внимательно Ваши статьи я обратил внимание что Вы всегда снимаете просроченные фильмы на коробочной скорости, полагая что реверсивная плёнка практически не теряет заявленное производителем ИСО. Судя по результатам Ваших изысканий так оно и есть, я очень впечатлён Вашими анализами и воспользуюсь ими когда получу просроченные реверсивные фильмы Фуджи и Эктахром 120 формата, особенно интересны буду фильмы где просрочка два десятилетия!
This isn’t exactly film photography but what a trip! Certainly fits in the vintage electronics category and there are some analogue bits there too: “I Made a CRT Game Boy” by James Channel.
The functional LEGO camera project, LEGO ZH1 has reached its first goal: 10K upvotes.
Zung’s project will now enter a review process where they company will evaluate whether they’ll make it an official kit you can buy and assemble yourself.
Hey Eddie, I don’t seem to have this problem with mine and I haven’t read about issues like that. Did you test your camera with film to see if the exposure is indeed longer?
Hey, I have an ae1-p and I’m noticing a weird issue, though I’m a bit of a noob so it might be something I’m missing. When I set the exposure to something like 1/250 the first shot I take sounds and looks like a much longer exposure. The second shot taken immediately after has a much more ‘as expected’ sound. Has this ever been reported anywhere else?
Nice! This stuff is arguably the most important film product for Kodak (since movie studios spend a lot more on film than still photographers) and they sure do care about quality.
Отснял по паре фильмов 50D и 250D, снимал в соответствии с рекомендациями, пока не проявил, но читал отзывы о них самые восторженные! Я проявил один фильм 250 D, который снял на Зенит-12 СД, то что я увидел на негативе меня очень обрадовало! Негативы очень чёткие и резкие на просмотр, к сожалению было недосуг отсканировать и просмотреть, но даже беглого просмотра на свет негатива можно понять что снимки очень высокого качества!
I’m currently shooting a roll of NC500 and I’ve found some labs nearby that do ECN-2, so I’ll consider trying it out myself. I haven’t yet decided though if I want the washed out look or the more saturated look for this roll, I guess we’ll see what kind of scenes I have a chance to shoot on this one.
Bastian got some excellent results with this film! Interesting that he compared it to Agfa Vista, it’s one of my all-time favourite emulsions. Many suggest it’s rebranded Fujifilm, but as the case often is in these cases, the evidence is scarce.
I’m wondering what the grain is like with ECN-2. Bastian’s scans don’t show it on the website. My scans showed it as exceptionally prominent (a lot grainier than Agfa Vista). Perhaps the “proper” chemistry can soften it a bit as well?
If I had ECN-2, I’d certainly give it a go.
Metropolis looks a lot like this film but it may not be the same thing. But now I’m curious about that too.
Edit: I wonder how developing NC500 in ECN-2 would affect the dynamic range. In C-41 it feels somewhat limited.
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