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Tuesday, December 26, 2023

CBC: Gingerbread Camera 2


Dmitri of Analog Cafe built a camera out of gingerbread this year, and even ate it afterwards!  A Canadian media outlet did an interview with Dmitri, who demonstrated the camera in operation and described how to operate it.  The camera used a piece of paper tape for the shutter and a pre-made mechanism to eject the film with a crank handle.

Check out the awesome video!


Thursday, December 7, 2023

PetaPixel: Fujifilm Still Growing Instax Instant Film Business

PetaPixel reports that Fujifilm is growing its Instax business by 15% year over year, with around a billion Instax prints a year, over a billion USD in sales and triple the market size since 2015.  These are just astounding numbers.  Even if a plastic Instax camera is not for you, MiNT Camera makes nice cameras and there are even Instax printers that can print an image from a cellphone.  Fujifilm may be right to push this money-making juggernaut forward -- there is nothing comparable a print in the hand, and instax delivers.


Monday, December 4, 2023

Herb Theriault: Kentmere 400 in 120 Format in Caffenol


Photographer, Herb Theriault tried out Kentmere 400, which was recently released in 120 format, developed with the Caffenol developer.  In this short video, he tries out several different scenarios of landscape photography.  Many great shots and some learnings:


Sunday, December 3, 2023

Harman Pheonix Colour Film


On Friday, Harman Technology, at harmanphoto.co.uk, released Harman Phoenix C41 process colour film, with much online fanfare and teasers for weeks.   Don't look for this film at Ilford Photo, which is still focused on B&W film, though the new film is coated by Ilford's plant in Mobberly, possibly using the same techniques used to make Ilford XP2, a B&W film that is processed in C41 chemistry. 

Phoenix is cast as an limited edition, experimental film with halation, speckles and some colour shifts depending on lighting conditions.  Featuring grain and high contrast, Harman claims this is a first step in the evolution of developing colour film at their plant.

Many sites have news and reviews of this film already, maybe more will also as the film is now available to the public.  Read on about the characteristics and how to process and scan this film at:  Analogue Wonderland Harman Phoenix Learning Lab.

The Phoblographer's review with reviews and photos by Bill Manning, Brent Eysler, Zeb Andrews and Lanna Apisuhk.

Hamish Gill of 35mmc reviewed a roll on his blog and the Film Photography Project offered the film at an introductory price Friday, with info and specs from the marketing material provided by Harman.

Kosmo Foto shot a roll of the film in a Lomo LC-A and posted photos along with details from the Harman press release.

Surely, there are more to come.  

Look for Harman Phoenix color film from your retailer or any of the following sites.  Note that some dealers are offering discounts on multiples, so check the options before buying to get the best price.  Apologies to those missed, here are a few online retailers in alphabetical order:

Analogue Wonderland (UK) Harman Phoenix

B&H Photo Harman Phoenix

Beau Photo (Canada) Harman Phoenix

Camera Traders (Canada) Harman Phoenix (Pre-order)

Film Photography Project Harman Phoenix



Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Phoblographer: The MiNT TL70 Plus TLR for Instax

The Phoblographer declares the MiNT TL70 Plus TLR as their best ever.  Check out those features and specifications - full auto and full manual with a light meter, either on demand.

Who wouldn't want such a camera?  Early bird pricing available for a limited time, but still a little pricey.  Probably worth it for the right photographer.  There is little else out there like it, other than the other MiNT cameras.  Become a MiNT VIP today...

MiNT TL70 Plus TLR

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

404 Media: New Super 8 Camera from Kodak


Finally, after nearly half a decade, Kodak has released its Super 8 hybrid movie camera, for $5,495.  What?  Jason Koebler at 404 Media comments on this thing, desirable, yet not so desirable.


Monday, November 27, 2023

HarmanPhoto: Tease


So, a while back, Harman Photo, the parent company of Ilford Photo, the maker of Ilford film, paper and chemistry, teased something coming...  Now, a date for the release of this wunderkind has been set:  December 1st.  Keep your hat on and follow the countdown.