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A Beginner’s Guide to Film Photography

Beginner 101 — Start Here

2021 Edition

Shooting analogue cameras is not difficult, as long as you have a solid idea of how to do it right, which this guide should aptly provide. If you’ve already got your film and camera, scroll down to “Photography 101,” a four-part sub-series about key photographic concepts.

Using Flash with Manual Film Cameras

Beginner — Flash Photography

Achieve Greater Control Over Your Artificially-Lit Photographs

No light meter, no exposure guesstimates — just zone focus, look up your 𝒇-value, and click. Operating flashguns with no sync at all, like in the photograph above, can be done with any camera that has a “bulb” setting and provides control over the aperture.

A Simple Guide to Using Flash on Manual Film Cameras

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Costs & Samples — Average Film Prices

Everyone — Average Film Prices

Searcheable film price charts, samples, and mini-reviews. Use this web app to save money and discover new film to shoot that’s right for your budget.

Film Prices

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Everyone — Choosing Your First Film Camera

Printable PDF Guide 📑

Find your next/first affordable 35mm Rangefinder or SLR system in this 50-page printable PDF guide: The Unsung Heroes of 35mm Photography.

Affordable Analogue SLRs and Rangefinders

Listings & Reviews — Vancouver, Canada

Print & Film Development Labs

Vancouver

Everyone — City Lab Guide (Canada)

Accessible, Fast, and Speciality Film Labs in Coastal B.C.

Prior to my recent move to Vancouver, all of my film got developed at one of the seven labs in Chiang Mai. I’ve also had the pleasure of getting scans from Bangkok, Taipei, and Toronto labs, but Vancouver makes for the most recent year-long experience.

Where to Develop Film in Vancouver

Listings & Reviews — Chiang Mai, Thailand

Chiang Mai

Everyone — City Lab Guide (Thailand)

Seven Labs, Five Reviews, One Personal Favourite

For a small city of a hundred thousand, Chiang Mai is remarkably well-equipped for film photographers. Should you need your lab to handle slide film, medium format, darkroom printing; or develop and scan within an hour; this article will help you find a place to go.

Where to Develop Film in Chiang Mai

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Know in Advance Your Approximate Expenditures on 35mm, Medium, and Large Format Film, Tools, and Cameras

Everyone — How Much Does It Cost to Shoot Film?

Development, Scanning and Printing; From 35mm to Large Format

This guide should help you understand whether film photography is expensive, how you can save or splurge on it, and whether it’s worth the price as compared to digital. This guide examines the costs of 35mm, instant, and large format film media. ➜ Film Price Updates: Manage your photographic expenses better with this email newsletter, sent every six months or after a major price shift.

Film Photography Costs and Prices

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Everyone — How to Get Featured on Analog.Cafe

Get Featured on Analog.Cafe

Pleased to announce an open call for stories, essays, opinions, articles, and reviews on Analog. Cafe! Analog. Cafe website is built around community support and participation. Over half of the articles published here are submissions from the authors willing to share their knowledge, experience, or creative expression using this platform.

Open Call

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How To Keep Your Film and Cameras Safe

Logistics – Travel With Film

Everyone — Travelling With Photographic Film

A Complete Guide on Packing, Airport Security, X-Rays, and CT Scanners

Depending on your means of transportation and destination, travelling with analogue photography gear may pose some risks. Its weight may turn a fun adventure into a laborious affair; your film and camera may get damaged, stolen, or confiscated. I’ve been fortunate enough to travel extensively over the past decade, visiting over twenty countries by land and by air.

Air Travel With Film

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Intermediate — Building Instax Pinhole Camera

My wife’s Instax Mini 90 is a fairly complicated machine that makes shooting instant film easy and fun. Today, I decided to see for myself how hard would it be to build my own shanty instant film camera. Not having the tooling or the expertise of a top Japanese manufacturer, I decided to take a few shortcuts.

Building an Instax Pinhole Camera

Film, cameras, and chemistry. Techniques, tips, guides, and references. This list includes material for creative individuals and photographers of all levels, with a fitting mix of modern and age-old advice.

Photography Guides

Film camera reviews and guides. Sorted by date then country they were designed in.

Film Cameras

Film, developer, and all photochemistry reviews, samples, guides, and tools.

Film and Chemistry

Film, photography, and art-themed printed book and magazine reviews, overviews, how-to’s and recommendations.

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Photo essays, written about travel, a place, or a destination. Sorted by continent then country. This collection does not include gear-centric articles — just the stories about being or going somewhere.

Travel Essays

A collection of all the portrait photography on Analog.Cafe. Includes photo essays with human focus and/or prominent stories about the subjects. Street or event photography isn’t generally a part of this collection, unless the person(s) are at the heart of the narrative.

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