Articles about film photography. Learn how to load 35mm film, how to fix common camera errors, how to develop film, and much more.
In the film category we cover 35mm film, 120mm film, black and white negative film, and color negative film along with a variety of cameras including: Nikon F Series Cameras, Mamiya and Medium Format Cameras, Polaroid, Pentax, and others.
We also have film comparisons and reviews to help you learn about various analog film stocks that you might like to work with.
Let me just start this article by telling you I am a young photographer, and have only been shooting for 4-5 years. With that being said, I’d like to tell you how shooting with a point-and-shoot camera changed the way I thought about photography in such a short period of time. All photos © Moloney […]
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Photo via Kodak Alaris & Eastman Kodak Co. As of January 2017, Kodak announced that they would be working on bringing Kodak Ektachrome back to the market. Today, we’re pleased to share that Kodak has finally released the dates for availability of this well-sought out after film stock. Since the start of 2018, Kodak has […]
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Over the past decade or so film photography and the analog industry in general has started to make a great comeback. One of the many steps of this resurgence is the introduction of all the ‘disposable camera apps’ for your mobile phone. These apps have introduced analog photography and other retro film looks to the […]
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Similar to tintypes, albumen prints were one of the early methods for creating a photograph in the 1850’s and throughout the early 1900’s as well until they were phased out. Albumen prints were the first of its kind to be commercially used and a relatively effective way of producing a photographic print onto a paper […]
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Throughout time we have seen history repeat itself, and now more than ever, Leonard Freed’s “Black in White America” seems to be quite relevant. Through his photo essay, Freed worked to examine the plight of African Americans in the United States. During this time he travelled through New York, Washington D.C, and all over regions […]
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Digitizing your film negatives is debatably one of the most tedious and time-consuming steps when it comes to analog photography. Whether you are using a flatbed scanner, a professional drum scanner, a handheld scanner, or even a sheet-fed scanner, it is always a gradual process. Earlier this week, news had surfaced that a new product […]
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Cinestill has launched their newest product – Df96, a ready-to-use, reusable, monobath processor for black and white film. The company has informed the public that it is the world’s fastest process for B&W film – one that can develop your film in only 3 minutes. See Examples and Results of Developing with CineStill’s DF96 Monobath, […]
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One of the many reasons why I enjoy shooting film is because you never stop learning. No matter what level you are at there’s always another step to learn, a new barrier to break, and a new vision to create. I recently went out to shoot some street photos with my Mamiya RZ-67 with some […]
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Image: Wikipedia The end of over 80 years of film cameras. This week Canon announced that they would stop selling the EOS-1v film camera, their last film camera available to consumers. The EOS-1v was the fastest moving-mirror film camera ever put into production at the time it was introduced, at 10 frames/second. Released in 2000, the EOS […]
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One of the most well-known film stocks for shooting crisp portraits and clean lifestyle photos has always been Kodak Portra. No matter what speed you are shooting at and what the setting entails, Portra is and has always been able to accurately capture the moment, which is why it has become so popular not only […]
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