All of Film and Darkroom, Page 5

128 Stories, Experiments, Workflows, Reviews

Kodak Ektar 100 Film Review
“World’s Finest Grain”
April 20, 2022
Kodak’s Ektar 100 is an exceptional emulsion. It stands apart from all other Kodak products in its colour rendition, dynamic range, and, of course, the grain.
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Ilford Ortho Plus 80 Film Review
A Black-and-White Film That Can’t “See” Reds
April 6, 2022
Ilford Ortho Plus 80 is an orthochromatic black-and-white film. It has recently become available in 35mm and medium format for still photography.
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JCH StreetPan 400 Film Review
A Punchy and Versatile Black-and-White Emulsion With IR Sensitivity
March 28, 2022
This film is a high-contrast, sharp, and fine-grained emulsion with a unique tonality. Made in Belgium, StreetPan is a former security camera technology brought to the world of analogue photography.
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Ilford XP2 Super 400 Film Review
A Black-and-White Film for C-41 Minilabs
March 13, 2022
Ilford XP2 Super 400 is a monochrome film like no other. If you fancy shooting black-and-white film but got no means to develop at home, this is the one to use.
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Ultra-Long Exposures With Solarcan
A Long-Term Review of a Readymade Solargraphy Film Camera
February 16, 2022
Solarcan is designed to take months- or years-long exposures on a rectangle of photosensitive paper through the science of lumen printing.
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Rebranded Film: Good or Bad?
🌈 7 Kinds of Film Labels + Their Role in the Analogue Photography Ecosystem
February 15, 2022
Knowing who makes your film can help you understand the business you’d be supporting, and whether you can find that film in a year — or if it’s likely a short-lived release.
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Fujichrome Provia 100F Film Review
Fujifilm’s Premium Reversal Stock of 20 Years and Counting
February 8, 2022
Fujifilm’s Fujichrome Provia 100F features accurate colour reproduction, ultra-fine grain, and a true-to-life contrast curve.
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29 Reasons Why Film Is Better Than Digital Photography
January 31, 2022
This list is a giant collection of excuses to shoot film.
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How to Shoot CineStill 800T in Daylight
Make Better Photos With Tungsten-Balanced Colour Film
December 27, 2021
This short guide will help you get better colours out of your tungsten-balanced film with and without the 85C filter.
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Kodak Ektachrome E100 Film Review
Back by Popular Demand
December 7, 2021
The 2018 return of Kodak’s Ektachrome E100 transformed modern film photography. At last, this easy-to-shoot, ultra-sharp film is available in stores again.
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CineStill 50D Film Review
Cinema Colour in a Little Blue Box
November 5, 2021
CineStill 50D is a relatively slow, fine-grained/high-resolution, colour-accurate negative film that shows prominent red halos around bright highlights. In this review, I share numerous samples made with this film (along with a downloadable high-res scan), explain its origins, cover technical aspects, and give a few exposure tips.
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Kind of Blue
C-41 Blue Colour Casts and My Blue Moods
October 11, 2021
The blue flows from navy to aquamarine; it folds in with oranges, reds, and yellows. This blue is the “King of Blue.”
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Shooting Kodak Aerochrome vs. Lomochrome Purple
False Colour Film Comparison
September 12, 2021
A colour film that can see things human eyes can’t. This in-depth field report and shooting guide compares Aerochrome to Lomochrome Purple — a cheaper “effect” film meant to simulate the results.
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Colour Infrared
My Experience With Kodak EIR Film
July 22, 2021
Analogue and alternative photography offers many avenues towards visual creativity. Infrared colour film creates one of those special opportunities to try something quite different than straight colour work.
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Kodak Tri-X 400 Film Review
A Classic High-Contrast, Easy to Scan Monochrome Emulsion
July 18, 2021
Tri-X is a unique film in that it requires no post-scanning adjustments for most well-exposed frames, at least when developed in Ilford DD-X. Once you get your negative digitized, it’s usually enough to just invert it. No normalization, no contrast adjustments, no sharpening required.
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Adox CMS 20 II: An Ultra-High Resolution Film Review
June 11, 2021
An experiment to test the resolving power of the world’s finest-grained black-and-white film for 35mm.
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Fujichrome Provia 400F Expired Film Review
Expired Emulsion Review
October 20, 2020
A detailed technical overview of discontinued ISO400 slide film from Fujifilm with plenty of sample images.
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“Polaroid Originals” vs. “Polaroid” Film for SX-70
A Side-by-Side Comparison of Old vs New Polaroid Colour Film Packs
August 5, 2020
A few test shots, discussion, and advice on using old vs new Polaroid SX-70 film.
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Holiday Lights With CineStill 800T
Photographing Beverly Hills, California With a Yashica T5
December 3, 2019
When November arrives, the weather gets cooler, the leaves change color, the football season reaches the half-way mark, and holiday decorations start going up. I have looked forward to this time of year for as long as I can remember. It instills memories of family, friends, and holiday gatherings.
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Where to Develop Film in Vancouver
Accessible, Fast, and Speciality Film Labs in Coastal B.C.
August 13, 2019
Five+ labs for C-41 (colour), black-and-white, and E-6 (slide) film development and printing in Vancouver, Canada.
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