Rveni Labs made a special holder that adapts a portable laser rangefinder device to film cameras.
Zone focusing isn’t difficult, but if you’d prefer to have *laser focus* with your manual film camera, there’s now an affordable way to do this. Reveni Labs, a Canadian startup that manufactures film camera accessories, made a holder with a mirror that lets you clip a small laser rangefinder tool, AquilaPro, on top of your camera.
AquilaPro, which sells for $30, is very accurate, down to 0.078”. There’s about an…
NONS CAMERA, a startup from Hong Kong/Shenzhen known for its Instax film cameras with high-quality lenses, is teasing the release of a new Hasselblad Instax Square back. youtube.com/shorts/3YK6AJM…
You may’ve noticed in the above video that the photographer mounts a filter on top of the lens and one more on top of the viewfinder. Here’s why it’s important:
The challenge of using the Instax Square format with Hasselblad is that the actual 6x6 frame of a medium format camera is 56mm × 56mm, which is…
Filmomat, a German premium lab tool maker, has released the 135 Autocarrier, a $1,500 automatic film scanning rig for digital cameras.
135 Autocarrier can scan and advance film up to three frames per second (!) via an automatic frame detection system. It uses twenty full-spectrum LEDs (5000K) for accurate scanning colour, and it’s compatible with uncut film and precut strips that are as short as three frames. The rig also triggers your camera’s shutter button automatically.
Most of the articles on this blog take hours, days, or weeks to create. But the news of a new film, a new camera, or something else happens much faster than that.
This is why I started sharing time-sensitive write-ups and shorter pieces as comments (rather than full articles) and tagged them as #editorial🔥.
Editorial comments are part of this blog’s RSS feed, and I also share them on Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads to inform the community. But until today, they were off to…
Better support for international readers on Analog.Cafe.
Even though I mostly read, write, and speak English here, film photographers are an international community. This blog was developed and first published out of Chiang Mai (Thailand), a small city with perhaps the most labs per capita in the world (see analog.cafe/r/where-to-dev…). I also get comments and emails in other languages, which is easy as translation tools are pretty good these days.
Paname Paper is a Parisian street photography print newspaper — shot entirely on film.
Photography books are tons of fun to explore. I reviewed a few of them here (analog.cafe/books-zines) and even made a couple. But a newspaper feels new.
My high school and early college days involved daily subway travel, where there was no reception. Lots of people, including me, read local papers on the train. I miss the feeling of thin, crispy pages.
I’ve seen and read a few thin magazines about photography, but…
This week, I spent some time improving the “guts” of the Analog.Cafe website. One (small) update I’m particularly proud of is the GOLD member’s homepage, which now features the list of my best picks for Analog.Cafe articles, apps, and features.
You can also sort the list by “All,” which will show you all of my recommendations AND the exclusive content; “Exclusives,” which will show you all the special articles and apps only members have access to; and “Announcements,” which will show you the monthly member…
Kosmo Foto just shared price updates from Kodak — some of it is good news!
Stephen writes, “Kodak Alaris has announced a price increase to its range of films and single-use cameras which will take effect on 1 January 2025” (kosmofoto.com/2024/11/koda…)
These announcements happen every year, which makes film photography consumption feel different. In a healthy economy, the force of inflation raises prices of all goods by about…
Lomourette is Lomography’s new half-frame camera with a flash that looks like Diana Mini.
Diana Mini was my second film camera (the first one was Super Sampler). I took that little green plastic box with me on many trips; I loved its look and how light it was. It could switch between a half-frame and a square exposure format mid-roll!
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…
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.
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…
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…
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
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).
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