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Lomography launches Joseph Petzval Focus-coupled Bokeh Control Art Lens Series.

The new 55mm f/1.7, 80.5mm f/1.9, and 35mm f/2 lenses offer creative swirly bokeh control using Joseph Petzval’s original 1840 portrait lens formulas, recalculated and redesigned for modern cameras with full-frame and crop sensors.

The 27mm and 135mm lenses will shortly join the lineup.

“Each lens features stopless aperture and focus control rings, plus a distinct chrome bokeh ring for intuitive control. This launch also marks the…

Hi Dmitri,

Everything you say about the Super-B’s beauty and quality is spot-on. But the lubricant for its unusual double-leaf shutter had a tendency to stiffen with age. Mine did, and I tried an equally unusual way to clean the gummed mechanisms WITHIN the camera. The shutter still works 1.5 years later, and the method is described in this 35mmc article-- 35mmc.com/24/01/2024/shoot… -- along with a discovery about the camera’s ability to take…

Analogue AF-1, a point-and-shoot camera in development by Analogue Amsterdam, has just sent an update on their progress.

The brand shares the details of a ready lens prototype, autofocus testing setup, LCD menu with animations (there’s a short clip that demonstrates that), and mechanical updates (battery and lens cover) in their Instagram post (you’ll have to click the next button a few times to get through all of it): instagram.com/p/DMUnXmYCB7P

Analogue Amsterdam promises to share “first images”…

Excellent, I’m looking forward to reading about it then!

I’ve recently bought a half-frame camera for everyday shooting and it will likely take me some time to go through 70 exposures. I was thinking about which film to use that would work well for overcast weather — I think Portra 400 or Cinestill 400 would be best, but also a bit on the expensive side for everyday kind of shooting (though the doubled number of photos mitigates that somewhat I guess), and homemade Cinestill has the already mentioned drawback…

Hey, I have a question about remjet-removed Kodak Vision films. I’ve been buying some local “homemade Cinestill” films lately, but the seller warned me not to keep them in the camera for too long, especially in high temperatures and especially when it comes to 250D — he said the film base changes its colour to deep red when exposed to heat which results in strong colour shifts. I’m wondering if you’ve come across anything like that. I’ll likely have to try it out myself, but maybe this is the reason why…

To celebrate the release of this new emulsion, I spent weeks preparing an article about processing Phoenix films into slides using the most common chemicals in a photographer’s bathroom: Rodinal and a regular C-41 kit.

analog.cafe/r/harman-phoen…

Expect unusual results and budget at least an extra 30 minutes of development time. This is an experimental technique for an experimental film; your results may vary. I’ve published a few starting times, temperatures…

Seeing sample photos alone may not reveal the changes Harman had implemented. Side-by-side comparisons can be helpful, but we don’t have those either.

Thankfully, I have spec sheets with film characteristic curves from both versions of this film, which reveal quite a bit of info about the changes the company made to Phoenix II.

The pink lines that illustrate the dynamic range of Phoenix II (drawn in colour), whereas the black lines are Phoenix I. The new film appears to have an extra stop of DR, which may…

One of the key upgrades to Harman Phoenix is the contrast control and dynamic range extension.

Dynamic range is roughly the ability of film to simultaneously show detail in shadows and highlights. Films with low dynamic range may struggle to display details in both shadows and highlights in high-contrast scenes, even when the exposure is spot on. (More about dynamic range: analog.cafe/r/dynamic-rang…).

Low dynamic range isn’t necessarily a bad thing. For example, slide…

About Harman Phoenix II 200 halations.

A halation is the result of relatively bright points of light projecting through the semi-transparent film and then bouncing off a film pressure plate through the layers. Halation occurs to some degree on all films, which is why manufacturers usually include an anti-halation layer with their film (famously, Kodak Vision 3’s remjet: analog.cafe/r/how-to-remov…). Most films don’t use remjet; instead, their anti-halation…

Harman updates Phoenix 200 (II) with finer grain, improved colour accuracy, and wider dynamic range.

Ilford/Harman’s first colour film since the 1960s, this emulsion is a significant departure from the portfolio of black-and-white films, papers, and development chemicals at the UK factory plant.

Learn more about the company history and the Ilford/Harman split: analog.cafe/r/harman-phoen….

Here’s how the reformulated Harman Phoenix II 200 compares to the original…

Retailers are struggling (and failing) to keep Harman’s “Blue” release a secret.

Several online stores published the product photos, name, description, and price ahead of the launch date. I’ve been hearing about the leaks since Sunday, but even more shops seem to have mistakenly published all the details ahead of time.

Many of the listings that leaked onto Google Search pages have been taken down, although some remain up, and one will even let you add it to the cart.

This is not new. I’ve seen brands and…