I’ve got three new curated film packs on sale at the Analog.Cafe’s Etsy shop, FilmBase: filmbase.etsy.com
There’s a four-pack of Lomography films, including their wild Turquoise and Purple emulsions. A two-pack of Polaroid film, including a Round Frame edition pack and a brand-new Black and White pack that features major improvements to the film’s dynamic range. And an Ilford medium format 4-pack with two rolls of Harman Phoenix and rolls of their professional Delta films.
All prices include free shipping to the US & Canada.
How the Canada Post strike is affecting Analog.Cafe and other small Canadian businesses: update.
Canada Post isn’t the only courier service available here. Of course, there is DHL, UPS, and FedEx, all of which are significantly more expensive than EMS (and not necessarily better). There are also smaller, localized couriers, like Chit Chats, which I’ve been using to fulfill orders at my Etsy store (FilmBase).
Unfortunately, shipments via EMS that started before the strike are in limbo.
(This includes my customers expecting a film camera in the mail… My apologies, and thank you so much for your patience! This will eventually be resolved, but please feel free to contact me regarding your order anytime at [email protected].)
Polaroid’s new YouTube video features Fred, the puppet who freaks out when the film is about to go through an X-ray machine.
The instant film factory and brand Polaroid (a.k.a., The Impossible Project analog.cafe/r/a-brief-hist…) likes to keep its YouTube channel diverse. Every couple of months, there’s a new video that seems to have been made by a different team. They’re all pretty good.
Three new videos dropped this month. They feature a puppet character named Fred, who has a thick French accent (which sounds like “Friend” when he says it). He sings and talks about Polaroid cameras. I think it has Sesame Street vibes.
The second video of the series (youtube.com/watch?v=rmHPnE…) has Fried freak out at the airport customs when he finds out that the film is about to go through an X-ray.
During an earning call, Eastman Kodak’s CEO Jim Continenza said, “So on film, right, we’re doing a shutdown in November, total shutdown.” (finance.yahoo.com/news/q3-…)
Jim states the “shutdown” is necessary for the factory upgrades: “…in November, we will be modernizing the plant, putting more investment within that.”
Film demand was the first item the CEO listed as a key growing product at Kodak: “As we continue to grow the different initiatives… which really comprises of film, chemicals, substrate coating for EVs…”
The Canada Post strike is delaying product shipments — including ones from Flic Film, Reveni Labs, Camera Traders, and Analog.Cafe.
Canada Post is part of an EMS system that coordinates shipments via various countries’ domestic/government mail services. It’s often the cheapest, safest, and easiest way for small businesses and individuals to ship goods. This is what I use when I ship film, cameras, books and accessories from the Analog.Cafe-associated Etsy shop, FilmBase: filmbase.etsy.com
Canadian film photography businesses you may’ve heard of that rely on EMS include Flic Film, Reveni Labs, Camera Traders, and Analog.Cafe. If you plan to shop at any of those places in the next few weeks, double-check the shipping times!
What is the best glue for fixing a leatherette on a film camera?
Pliobond 25 is highly recommended thanks to its excellent gripping power, flexibility, drying time, and solvability in rubbing alcohol for easy removal.
These properties are very important for sticking a piece of leather, which may need to be removed a few months/years later without damage. (Since leatherettes often cover screws that block repair and maintenance access — and they can also deteriorate, thus needing replacement).
However, Pliobond 25 is hard to find and expensive to ship. According to @the120ist on YouTube, the best alternative is either E6000 or a specific double-sided tape: youtube.com/watch?v=cBM0dH…
Update: I’ve been working on the gingerbread camera article for the past few weeks, and it looks like I’ll need to push it until December.
Since I started writing it, I’ve decided to remake it to be more helpful. So, instead of just describing how the gingerbread camera was made, the article will show practical designs for creating a simple instant camera using sugar lens optics and an advanced version with instant film.
Unfortunately, the materials needed to build the above new cameras for this article will come too late for me to finish it in time.
Instead, I’ll release an app this November for better tracking of development chemicals. This member-only feature will help you calculate chemical exhaustion more accurately.
Amateur Photographer opens Inaugural Film Photographer of the Year competition for UK residents.
The UK’s biggest-selling photography magazine is now taking free entries to their first analogue-centric competition, sponsored by Kodak, Analogue Wonderland, and Ricoh Imaging.
Deadline: 5th January 2025, 11:59 pm GMT.
Submission: 5 images shot on film in 2024 (some editing allowed).
Я вставляю текст который написал и не могу затем выйти из графического редактора, а если просто закрываю то остаётся заголовок и два предложения… сколько я не мучался над этой проблемой так и не смог найти выход из этой ситуации. Это мне непонятно, почему так происходит. И загружается только одно фото, и нет возможности загрузить еще. Наверное я что-то не так делаю, вполне возможно, но я по разному пытался это сделать, но к сожалению результатов нет положительных…
Уважаемый Дмитрий добрый вечер! Наконец-то собрался с духом и написал обзор на мой первый опыт и фотокамеру 120 формата Минольтафлекс 2, но к сожалению так и не смог Вам отправить. Не могу понять как это делать, хотя следовал всём советам, но увы, видимо я что то не смог сделать, хотя и заголовок написал и статью и фото попытался приложить, да только одно и прошло… видимо не судьба, хотя я старался…
How well do you think you know your colour films? Can you guess if something was shot on Ektar, Portra, or Velvia?
Daren (instagram.com/learnfilm.ph…), Yvonne (instagram.com/yvonne), and I are building a game that will test your knowledge of films. It’s based on the popular “What the Film?!” game (featured on PetaPixel and 35mmc). WTF?! was made for black-and-white film. The new one will focus on colour. 🌈
New search tools and recommendations live on Analog.Cafe!
This blog hosts over 630 long-form articles and thousands of notes like this one. Some are reviews, others are essays, guides, apps, community, or editorials. You could always use the search function on Analog.Cafe (analog.cafe/search), but it wasn’t custom-built for this blog — it’s a Google bolt-on service that works OK, but it can’t distinguish various types of content, and it would often surface unhelpful pages.
This weekend, I built a new search engine and a recommendation tool that should help you get more out of this website:
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