Plastic film canisters also don’t come with DX code (analog.cafe/r/a-beginners-…), which can cause issues with many point-and-shoot cameras. I’ve only got one roll so far, which came with a DX code sticker (analog.cafe/r/amber-t800-f…) that I was to attach myself.
Whereas some point-and-shoot cameras will default to ISO 100, which can still be OK for certain emulsions rated up to ISO 400 (like Lomochrome Purple…
35mm film needs canisters, and they’re in short supply.
Kodak and Ilford manufacture and sell classic metal 135 film canisters, so they and brands like CineStill could package and distribute the most common type of camera film.
However, the demand for 35mm film has grown dramatically in the past five years, and the big two are struggling to meet it. Kodak even had to change their canister design at some point to circumvent a supply issue…
Ilford’s Ultra Large Format order window is now open until June 1.
From 127 HP5+ rolls to 20x24 sheets of FP4, Ilford is now receiving orders for large and unusual film sizes across various retailers.
Ilford (or Harman Photo) is the only company offering this service, which happens once a year. This is the time when you can place an order for your giant or odd film sizes with your local shop (complete list of retailers here…
Jennifer, the Team Leader for Film & Chemistry at Polaroid, has added a few technical details on Instagram:
1. The new chemistry includes colour stability improvements that ensure that the frames remain black and white, instead of brown and white as they age. Some examples of this effect can be seen in my review of the SX-70 film: analog.cafe/r/polaroid-ban…
2. The ratio of TBHQ (or tertiary butylhydroquinone), a black and white developer that was first…
Polaroid has just announced improvements to their black and white “600” film chemistry.
The new B&W 600 frames (which now come with the standard white, fancy black, and the novel grey borders) are promised to have “richer detail” and “lighter contrast.”
Since it was founded as Impossible Project (history: analog.cafe/r/a-brief-hist…), Polaroid continuously altered its emulsion, batch by batch.
Polaroid’s ongoing improvements are usually incremental and hard to notice; the most…
Making CURSED Images | Can You Develop Film In BLOOD?
Yvonne’s side of the project adds serious Halloween vibes in May. This (below) video unveils her experience developing black and white film *for the first time* using the theory and methodology in this project.
While the pig’s blood developer-rinsed photographs were not included in the standard table of agents (above), the results were surprisingly good (?). That is, the roll of HP5+ Yvonne shot was exposed at box speed (EI 400), sometimes under-exposed…
I’ve reported the issue to my email distribution service provider, which I hope will be resolved in time for the next one. This should not affect your ability to sign in with your email or any other services on…
I just sold my XA2 that was in my possession for approximately 38 years. Your review is spot on.
To me it was always a good enough pocketable 35mm film camera, provided that I adhered to the “open the camera and immediately set the focus” rule. My XA2 saw a lot of international travel prior to 2007.
Its replacement is a 70 year old Voigtlander Vito II, which in my opinion has a better optic. I purchased the Vito II in 2019 for my 65th birthday for a pittance and did a D.I.Y CLA. — “Alles ist gut” -
Polaroid has just announced a “new” limited-edition design for their SX-70 colour film.
The packaging is a throwback to the original packaging by Paul Giambarba (1928-2023) that drove so much of the Polaroid aesthetic in its heyday thanks to its genius simplicity, vivid colours, and memorable geometric art.
However, the packs are not a 1:1 reproduction of the earlier masterpiece. They’re a bit of a mix of the old (graphics, including the logotype) and the new (lowercase bubbly “polaroid” font). Unfortunately…
Back in December 2023, I built an instant film camera out of gingerbread with a lens made of isomalt sugar. The fact that it worked felt miraculous — even though the images were super soft. This invention generated enough interest to get featured on PetaPixel, 35mmc, designboom, CBC News, and many others.
The blood was seriously dodgy! I tried with rosemary. I extracted the phenols by boiling the rosemary, then let it cool and filtered it, then added a touch of caustic soda and vitamin C. It worked really well for photo paper. Maybe I should try with film too.
We tried almost all the things we could think of to concoct viable film developers (EpiPen, moss, pee, etc.) with our standardized bracketed samples on Ilford HP5+.
Really enjoyed the take in this video (and thank you, Daren, for inviting me to be a part of this experiment!) Very well explained, easy to understand, and lots of fun.
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