Lomography just launched MC-A, a new premium point-and-shoot¹ 35mm film camera!
Lomo MC-A is Lomography’s first autofocus design. It features a 32mm f/2.8-16 multi-coated Lomo glass lens, a 1/500s top shutter speed, manual controls, and a metal body. The camera is available for *pre-order* at $549 (links below).
¹ — MC-A uses a film advance lever, which may not make it a point-and-shoot camera according to some definitions. However, its autoexposure and autofocus modes, along with a DX code reader and a built-in flash, certainly make it convenient.
MC-A is built to give avid photographers a lot of control. Exposures can be set to aperture-priority or fully manual, and there are up to two stops of exposure compensation. The DX code reader can be overridden with a custom film ISO (12-3200). The built-in flash (GN9) offers creative modes and coloured filters; plus, there’s a PC socket for an external flash. Autofocus can also be bypassed manually via zone focusing. Last but not least: unlimited double-exposures, bulb mode, self-timer, filter thread (30.5mm), and a rechargeable CR2 battery (included; recharges via USB-C).
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An issue at one of the Amazon Web Services systems that cascaded down to many popular websites today, including this blog, caused a service outage.
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Hi, a casual film shooter in China here. I actually find EK100’s lowlight performance surprisingly acceptable. Here’s a shot of light-show and fireworks, I find the result quite passable for a ISO100 film.
Note: 1st picture shot by iPhone, 2nd original from scanner, 3rd edited to taste.
Take a look at the Nikon AF-600. About the size and weight of the Epsio Mini. And has a pretty nice 28mm lens. There was recently published a “NIKKOR The Thousand and One Nights” story on it: imaging.nikon.com/imaging/…
In this episode, Daren reviews Kodak’s financial statements, explains why its stock price recently tanked, and discusses how the business is doing. We chat about money, a factory explosion, toxic chemicals, the future of film photography, and film prices.
The differences between those films that some reviews may show could have resulted from automatic or deliberate scanning software adjustments and film expiration dates. Whatever the case may be, those films can not be distinguished on their own if processed the same way.
I know this because I got identical-looking photos on both films (all fresh), having tested them under controlled light and inverted using software I wrote. And if that’s not convincing enough, both films have the same identifying marks in the margins — an ID Kodak, Ilford, and others put on their films. These IDs have been traditionally used to tell films apart.
I could even tell those films were the same by how thick they felt in my hand when I loaded them into my development tank. When I did the test, I compared those films to a third Kodak film in this category: Kodak Gold. Kodak Gold looks nearly identical to ColorPlus (I’ve tested that earlier: analog.cafe/r/kodak-gold-v…), but it has different edge markings and it’s noticeably thicker, whereas both ColorPlus and Kodacolor 200 felt the same.
Updated: “The Smallest 35mm Film Camera Ever Made.”
It’s been several years since I’ve written an article about the smallest 35mm film cameras. Of course, the list hasn’t really changed, as the task of building such gadgets is immense — but my understanding of what makes them great and product photos has evolved slightly — this update encompasses all the new things I’ve learned:
This list features over a dozen cameras in various price ranges with distinct feature sets. Some are expensive, titanium-clad instruments, such as the Minolta TC-1; others are very affordable and still incredibly small.
This blog has been around since 2017. Even though ColorPlus, the film, hasn’t changed much since (other than the packaging), I’ve shot a lot more of it, and my understanding of photography has changed, hopefully for the better, in these eight-plus years. This update features new photos, fresh insights, and a new product shot of a redesigned box for this article:
I’m also incorporating some of the things I’m learning about the new Kodacolor films, including better ways to scan and invert colour negatives, as well as new sources to learn more about photography.
Two new film cameras are being built right now in Japan and China.
It’s been an exciting week for film photographers with the launch of two new Kodak films and Lomography’s first ISO 200 colour-negative 35mm film. But it appears that we aren’t done yet, as Leica Rumours has just shared leaked photos of Light Lens Lab’s progress on their Barnack-based replica film camera and the ongoing work on a handmade “finest mechanical 35mm film camera” by a Japanese maker (pictured).
LLL is a Chinese manufacturer that’s close to bringing a totally new black-and-white film to the market (here’s the latest from them: analog.cafe/comments/b7gh). But the ambitions of their outfit stretch beyond film for still cameras — they’ve expressed interest in manufacturing reels for motion picture studios, and now it appears they are also working on a Leica clone. See the Leica Rumours post for photos: leicarumors.com/2025/10/03…
Suzuki Handmade Camera Factory is a new-to-me small camera maker that’s working on a brand-new mechanical machined-metal camera. The maker documents his progress on their website, handmadecamera.com, and Instagram, instagram.com/suzuki_handm….
Kodak + Reebok shoes collab: JIC you haven’t had enough this week.
The new Kodacolor films sold out the hour they were announced. The new films, according to Kodak themselves, are their existing films in new packaging (though it’s unclear whether they were modified in any way, as that could still be the case). Clearly, we love the Kodak brand, and its recent global success has been documented (see: petapixel.com/2025/07/01/k…). Well, know that there’s one more thing you can buy with that name on the side: Reebok shoes.
I haven’t worn Reebok shoes in a while, but I’m quite fond of my Polaroid Nike shoes, designed around the skateboard aesthetic (no, I will not drag them across the tape!) I even reviewed them here: analog.cafe/r/nike-sb-x-po…
Anyway, here’s the link to the Reeboks. There are two styles:
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