From the 80’s to the rise of digital compacts, film cameras were often given away by the high street photo stores with a roll or two of film. The marketing schtick was you would take it back to the same store for processing and all you paid for were your prints.
According to 73 Degree Films, disposable film cameras didn’t get their start until the ‘80s with introducton of Fujifilm disposable camera. Their rise in popularity was swift, mainly fueled by brands, celebrities, and their commercial interests.
That growth led to various innovations, including Polaroid instant packs and underwater disposables. Today’s disposable…
Very brave of you. Taking Kosmo Foto full-time is something I’d eventually like to do, but even with a film brand aligned to it, I’m still cautious. DEFINITELY look at amping up the camera sales, that’s been a really fun extra string to my bow the last couple of years. Above all — good luck, I’ll be reading.
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Crown & Flint, an app for keeping a record of your film exposures with a built-in light meter, has just got a significant update.
I covered this app and its most prominent features earlier this year (here: analog.cafe/comments/uyb3). Today, its founder is adding a few features requested by the community:
- Improvements to the light meter,
- A Quick Shot button for jumping back into the action from anywhere in the app,
- A way to filter and sort your equipment catalogue,
Nice! Rokkor lenses are some of my favorites in terms of price for quality. Better yet, the 28mm on Minolta TC-1 is one of the best lenses I ever used in a camera.
Спасибо на добром слове, Дмитрий! Мне недавно повезло купить очень недорого приличную TLR-камеру Минолтафлекс 2 В 120 формата плёнки, в отличном рабочем состоянии, с полным комплектом светофильтров, блендой и крышкой обьективов, в аутентичном кожаном кофре. Поразительно, но это чудо мне стоило чуть менее 160 $ USA! Я отснял пробный B/W фильм в разных условиях и был поражён резкостью, чёткостью и контрастностью объектива Роккор, по схеме Тессар, это в самом деле потрясающее японское качество начала 50-х годов…
Polaroid just made a new special-edition film available at their store: Reclaimed Green.
You may remember last year’s Reclaimed Blue release (analog.cafe/r/polaroid-rec…), which sold out quickly as it was the first emulsion of its kind.
Unlike the Duochrome editions, which are essentially black-and-white films with added dye, Reclaimed Blue is a colour film capable of rendering whites (Duochromes use colour dyes which cover whites of the black-and-white positives…
Доброго времени суток Дмитрий! Вчера сделал проявку Е6 четырёх фильмов, в том числе Провия 100 Ф в 120 формате, результаты меня очень обрадовали, чудесная плёнка, приятные и красивые цвета, несмотря на то что плёнка просроченная, обработать до 2007 года. Это мой первый опыт проявки Е6 и работа с форматом 120. К сожалению нет возможности показать здесь снимки, еще не отсканировал. Но уверяю что они достойного качества. Не обошлось и без моих досадных ошибок, наложения кадров, двойной экспозиции… но в целом…
It would be interesting to see this one get picked. Lego already has licensing with Kodak, so it wouldn’t be a stretch to see sample rolls of film included. But any set selected to become a product gets tweaked by Lego designers. So I’d love to see an updated shutter mechanism that operates with a simple button press at a fixed speed. Or even some clever way to fine adjust the focus (worm gears?). But this would definitely be a day-one buy for me.
Analog Sparks has announced the winners of their 2024 International Film Photography Awards 🎉!
In its second running year, the competition received over a thousand submissions in eight categories: Architecture, Fine Art, Human, Lifestyle, Nature, Photojournalism, Technique, Zines, and Photobooks. Each submission was judged based on originality, creativity, excellence of execution, and overall impact.
This year’s awards winners will be featured at the Analog Sparks Best of Show Exhibitions in the House of Lucie…
I love Alan’s openness and positive attitude towards cheap new cameras, which often undeservingly get flack just because they’re made of plastic. Diana Mini (analog.cafe/r/diana-mini-7…) was an excellent example of such a camera, and Super Sampler was another one that was my…
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