Analog Film Photography Blog Articles

9 Tips on Getting the Most out of your Holga Camera
  Bring up the Holga in a photography discussion, and you may be met with skepticism. Why? Holga is known as a toy camera with simple controls. It offers two aperture settings - clear and sunny, or overcast and foggy.The shutter speed is set at 1/100th of a second. It has a B or bulb mode. Despite being primarily plastic, it's remarkably well-crafted. The camera's finish is top-notch, manufactured in China, and distributed by Freestyle Photo and Imaging, a respected film photography provider based in Los Angeles. Two 35mm models... Read more...
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Film Photography Resources
Recommended Film Photography Book - Shooting Film by Ben Hawkins & Liza Kanaeva-Hunsicker. Please support my efforts by using this link to order. It doesn’t cost you anything additional and... Read more...
Catlabs x Film 320 Pro Bw | Kodak Tri-x 400 | Cinestill Bwxx 250
Comparison of 3 great BW films using three identical Olympus XA cameras and shooting the same frame (shot) with each of them. All three films were metered at 250 ISO. catlab x320 shot at 250 kodak ... Read more...
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Lomography Turquoise Film
A color shifting film produced by Lomography. Order #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1667495029335_1414 .sqs-gallery-block-grid .sqs-gallery-design-grid { margin-right: -20px; } #block-yui_3_17_2_1_166749502933... Read more...
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Stand and Semi-stand Development of Film
Find this information useful? If you are familiar with SD, scroll down to my recipes. YMMV. What Is Stand Development? What is Sem-Stand Development? BACKGROUND When developing (Black & White... Read more...
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Comparing Kiro 400, Kodak Ultramax 400 And, Lomography 400 Side-by-side
View fullsize Film Never Die Kiro 400 Film View fullsize Kodak UltraMax 400 View fullsize Lomography 400 #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1615849649844_6431 .sqs-gallery-block-grid .sqs-gallery-design-grid { ma... Read more...
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Comparing an Epson V600 to a Noritsu Scanner
Find this information useful? BACKGROUND More than half of the folks that call me to ask about pricing for developing and scanning are turned off by my price. As of... Read more...
Acufine b/w film developer in a silver foil pouch with blue and white labeling.
Acufine Developer – Different from Diafine
Find this information useful? WHAT IS ACUFINE DEVELOPER? A while ago, in my research on Black & White developers or film chemistry (the chemicals used to develop films), I stumbled... Read more...