Having shot a few more rolls and tried several experimental techniques (reversal and bleach bypass), I have new images and new knowledge to share in this review.
Harman Phoenix is a significant project for a factory known for making only black-and-white film products since the 1800s. It’s a radical departure from the traditional emulsions in how it’s made and how it’s used.
I love Kentmere 200 and it is my main BW stock in 135. I initially developed it in 1+50 Rodinal for 12mins, however lately I have changed to 1+50 @ 13.5mins for a sligthly punchier look. I rate it at box speed. The grain structure is so pleasing to my eye. On half frame, it is just perfect. YAY FOR K200!
So I just gave it a try using your guide and sample .tif and all worked well! This will most likely save me quite a bit of money spending on Capture One and force me into actually learning something new.
You’re a Godsend with such guides, truly! Thank you.
I haven’t had the chance to try Affinity yet, but this method should work the same across all apps, unless there’s something fundamentally different about how they resolve their Curves or Histogram adjustments.
I really have to learn how to do this… I always feel like Silverfast makes the colour feel not what I always imagine the exposure to look like or the presets are just not matching it.
How do you feel about Affinity Studio (recently released by Canva) when it comes to doing histogram stretching and adjusting the scans in it?
About the Leica Monopan 50 and the future of pack film.
Today, I met with Take Kayo — @bigheadtaco — and spoke to him about the immediate happenings at Leica and the Light Lens Lab. He had some very encouraging news for me from both campuses.
Take is a longstanding photography community member, gear reviewer, writer, and videographer. I’ve learned about his work through his pitch to StoryHive about the return of film photography more than eight years ago: youtube.com/watch?v=l9MGpc…. Today, he…
February update to January tea: Fujifilm Superia Premium 400 is back in stock (Japan only), and Flic Film Aurora 800 is discontinued.
A lot of new developments have happened for film photography this month, some of which nearly cancel the things I said earlier. For one, Fujifilm’s only colour-negative film is back in stock — if you live in the right country — and the silver prices have crashed.
Norbi Whitney tagged me today in a Threads post by @kentamizune that confirmed the return of Fujifilm Superia Premium…
Here’s another sample of Lucky C400, shot by @追风少年🏍️.
The OP’s caption says: “Lucky C400 test film, second release online. Lucky C400 test film + Contax 50 1.4, normal ISO, daylight shooting…” (machine translated).
A four-minute video review of the pre-production version of the Lucky C400 film was posted on Douyin last week. This is my translated and verified summary, along with samples and additional sources.
Lucky has recently begun large-scale in-house production of their colour-negative film, Lucky C200 (see my review of this film here: analog.cafe/r/lucky-c200--…), to serve the insatiable local¹ and international demand for analogue photographic…
BeerPAN is a new 3D-printed panoramic SLR with a top-down viewfinder.
The desire to shoot panoramic images is ever-present for photographers — regardless of the niche — but achieving that goal is usually quite challenging or fraught with issues. “…The epitome of this format is the Hasselblad XPan,” says Robin Beerman, the creator of the new 3D-printed 35mm panoramic SLR with an unusually wide ground glass top-down viewfinder that uses the Bronica ETR lenses and metal gear for film advance.
While I like the colours it produces… This was the first time I was defeated when I tried to scan it… The negative was so red/cherry pink that it threw off almost anything I tried.
I don’t know if the lab I developed it at screwed up the development or what, but ended up sending it to be scanned on a Frontier to other lab and some exposures were salvaged.
I definitely want to give it a try once again and hope that the next attempt won’t look the same!
Eastman Kodak Company has just added Ektachrome to its portfolio of directly distributed films.
Kodak film fans likes yours truly, may recognize the new box design. The graphical nod to the 1980s aesthetic is also a signal that the film is being distributed by the factory rather than by a third party (which, incidentally, also carries the name “Kodak”). Let me explain.
In 2012, Kodak filed for bankruptcy, resulting in the division of the firm into two: Eastman Kodak Company and Kodak Alaris. Eastman Kodak…
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