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Lomography just launched an Instax Wide camera with a 90mm 𝒇8-22 coated glass lens for under $300: Lomo’Instant Wide Glass.

I’m very happy that Fujifilm allowed its film format to grow far beyond its in-house cameras, with many options available for advanced photographers, including the MiNT InstantKon rangefinder, back for large format cameras, and even a gingerbread camera with the help of the Jollylook manual processor (analog.cafe/r/building-the……

Is same-day event reportage on film back?

This week, Miles @expiredfilmclub shot the NY Jets game on film, developed it, scanned it, and posted it while the game was still happening. (PetaPixel has more: petapixel.com/2024/10/18/p…)

Last week, I shot Aurora on film around midnight, then posted the results here (along with a long-form article: analog.cafe/r/shooting-nor…) in the afternoon (yes, I…

I’ve just heard back from CineStill and Analog Amsterdam, whom I asked to comment on Eastman Kodak’s stricter rules regarding the sales of motion picture reels for bulk loading into still cameras.

CineStill respectfully declined to comment on decisions made by other manufacturers. The company has not announced price increases or difficulties acquiring films from Kodak, which I think can be interpreted as good news for all the 800T, 400D, 50D, and BwXX fans.

(Better yet, the prices on CineStill 50D film have…

Jagglé launched the Berlinova daylight table-top enlarger for black-and-white prints without a darkroom (on Kickstarter).

Darkroom printing on the go or in small apartments has been difficult or practically impossible until recently. To turn a negative into a photograph, you need a dark space, a sizeable enlarger, and multiple trays for chemical baths.

Jagglé Berlinova enlarger makes the job easy with its portable, light-tight construction and clever cassette holder that keeps the paper and accepts chemicals…

Paul and others suggest that this is the consequence of the recent Kodak Alaris acquisition (see analog.cafe/comments/4lsz).

The new Alaris brand owners have the rights for Kodak film sales to still photographers (and the resulting profits). While Eastman Kodak may’ve allowed their movie reels to be sold to still photographers and their purposes previously, this is now under tighter control to presumably guarantee compliance.

It’s still unclear how this change will affect colour film sales and…

Confirmed: Kodak is no longer selling its motion picture reels (this includes Vision 3 250D, 50D, 500T, and Ektachrome) for bulk loading/still photography.

Previously, avid photographers and businesses bought 400+’ Kodak Vision 3 or Ektachrome film to bulk-load into 36exp. cartridges (I did this recently with Cinema Shorts, analog.cafe/r/new-film-cin…). The purchase could be made directly from Kodak, which was cheaper than getting it from a reseller. This gave birth to many new brands…

Lomomatic 110 Bellagio is a new premium film camera from Lomography that features a brass exterior and “the sharpest, most creative pocket-sized camera on earth” underneath.

This is a follow-up to this March’s Lomomatic 110 release (covered here: analog.cafe/comments/0jn2).

Lomography has been championing the tiny 110 format for years, and Lomomatic has become its flagship camera. Lomomatic is relatively affordable and comes with a multi-coated glass lens, which, according to the company, is the…