I found that 675 hearing aid zinc-air batteries are a a great replacement. And those are dirty cheap compared to the wein, which looks just like a 675 with an o-ring soldered in :). For cameras with bigger battery compartment (shaped to fit old mercury batteries) you could get an adapter (the one without a resistor) for cheap.
It’s official: Eastman Kodak’s two new films are Kodacolor 100 and Kodacolor 200. Here’s why they are so special.
What are those films? I’ll answer that, but here’s a better question first: How are these films distributed? This is the first time in over a decade that Kodak is finally selling film without the shadow of past bankruptcy standing between the factory and the photographer.
A day after the leaked new box design was revealed, Kodak’s Instagram account posted a message with several sample images:
“For the first time in over a decade, Kodak will sell these films directly to distributors, in an effort to increase supply and help create greater stability in a market where prices have fluctuated.”
Kodak is not a stranger to having several versions of its film sold under various brandings. Sometimes, those versions may exhibit qualities that visually set them apart, enough to be easily recognizable (when you know what you’re looking for).
Check out this comparison of all the modern ISO 800 colour films on the market: analog.cafe/r/all-the-iso-….
I’ve previously compared two very similar Kodak films that are branded differently: Kodak Gold and Kodak ColorPlus. These films are a lot closer to each other than some reviews may suggest, although I did find some slight differences: analog.cafe/r/kodak-gold-v….
I am curious whether there would be differences between ColorPlus and Kodakolor 200, and whether Kodakolor 100 will come with datasheets (which could help us understand the relationships and the underlying qualities of the above films).
@dolo_foto showed off what appears to be a brick of the new 35mm Kodak film on Threads, promising to share the results soon: threads.com/@dolo_foto/pos….
Some folks have suggested that Kodacolor 100 may be the same or similar film to Kodak Pro Image 100 (reviewed here: analog.cafe/r/kodak-pro-im…) — if that’s the case, I would be very happy, as it’s my current favourite choice for both casual and product photography.
The recent Canada Post strike escalation may impact film and camera sales in Canada and elsewhere.
If you’ve ever shipped anything from Canada to the US (or the other way around), you may be aware of a slew of new challenges to commerce between our two countries — well, they just got worse.
Shipping to and from Canada via EMS (the standard and often the cheapest and most reliable international shipping method used by services like USPS, Royal Mail, and Australia Post) got disrupted last Thursday when Canada Post escalated its strike from limited service to a complete halt.
Canadians looking to get vintage camera gear or film may have to pay higher fees and deal with services like FedEx.
Please note that film Q is currently being verified by Dropbox to become a production app. While this is happening, new film Q accounts may not be created.
Analog Sparks announces their third year’s award winners 🎉
The international analogue photography competition has recently announced its numerous winners, including the Photographer of the Year 2025 award, which went to Peter Varsics.
I’m also happy to see Yvonne Hanson, with whom I worked on numerous projects at Analog.Cafe, as a 2nd place winner in the Architecture category with her series “Cacophony,” analogsparksawards.com/win….
New cameras, film, lab services, and sales at the shop!
FilmBase, a five-star-rated Etsy shop I’ve been running since 2019, is now restocked with the latest additions, like a fully serviced Ricoh GR1s, hand-rolled film with lab services, and a very cool Nikon FM2 with a titanium honeycomb shutter.
With today’s prices, film photography may feel like a luxury. But has it *really* been cheap, ever?
Annoyingly, the real answer is, “it depends.”
Seeing a favourite roll of film selling for a few bucks more than the last month isn’t an indicator of an average film price. There are hundreds of film brands out there (analog.cafe/app/all-film), and they all have distinct logistics, pricing, delivery fees, taxes, etc. It’s a complicated world.
I’ve been tracking an average price of 135/36exp. film rolls across various stores in the US/Canada, Europe, and HK since 2018, in a graph that visualizes those trends (analog.cafe/app/film-price…). It’s the only one of this kind. But even this graph is incomplete: it doesn’t factor in the inflation.
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