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14 October, 2023
Your 2024 Film Challenge
I have a challenge for you as we approach the new year and it’s super simple: Use just one film. No… not one roll of film, one film. I’ll explain the rules and why I am doing th...
13 October, 2023
NEWS: 7Artisans Launches Ultra Wide Aspherical 9mm F5.6 Full Frame Lens for E, RF, Z, and L Mounts
7Artisans has a new 9mm F5.6 aspherical full-frame lens out for Sony E, Canon RF, Nikon Z, and L-Mount shooters. The lens creates dramatic fields of view with its non-fisheye ul...
13 October, 2023
35mmc, Adverts, Website Issues, and a Path Forward
When I decided to monetise this website – the point I could no longer afford to run it without monetising it – I had no idea how complex it would be. The issue seems...
13 October, 2023
A Win/Lose Tale of Making a 120 to 16mm film slitter.
This has turned out, somewhat abruptly, to be the final chapter in my investigation into 110 and reusing the cartridges. Unfortunately, it also led to the demise of my original ...
On October 9, 2023, Boston-based all analogue store CatLabs published a blog article titled, “We got SUED by Cinestill :(”. CatLabs shared an image of the first page of a redact...
12 October, 2023
Sunset Story
“When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.” Mahatma Gandhi As dusk approached I went to the local viewpoint...
12 October, 2023
5 Frames with the Leica Summicron 50 Dual Range at closest focus
When I first looked into getting a film Leica, one of the factors that would influence my yes/no decision was whether I could get a 50mm lens that would focus as close (or as ne...
11 October, 2023
Rollei RPX 100 and some comparisons to ADOX Silvermax.
My goto film is FP4 for a variety of reasons – flexibility in exposure, contrast and tonal rendition, grain level, dries flat after development, and others. But in Japan where I...
