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A box of Kodak Tri-X 400 120 5 pack photographed by Ted Smith Photography for his online store https://shop.tedsmithphotography.co.uk

31 July, 2025

My Decision to become a New UK Film Stockist and Retailer

By TED SMITH

31 July, 2025

/ Kodak Film, Kodak Tri-X, News, /

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I have been a long time photographer who uses film. More recently, I’ve relied on Kodak Tri-X to create my dark, high-contrast portraits in the studio, sometimes at short notice and often in collaboration with hair stylists, make up artists (MUAs)...

Toileum filter set

31 July, 2025

Toileum filter set

By Geoff Chaplin

31 July, 2025

/ Lens Filter, Toileum filters, /

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Toileum – not a name I had come across before. I was looking on Amazon for a yellow filter, having left mine behind in Europe thinking I had a spare set back in Japan but I was wrong. The only yellow filters I could find on Amazon (Japan) were aro...

Bronica RF645 & (sadly empty) Aerochrome canisters.

31 July, 2025

Kodak Aerochrome – And the Economics of Shooting this Unusual Film Stock

By Nick Orloff

31 July, 2025

/ Kodak Aerochrome, Kodak Film, /

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I fell in love, instantly, the first time I saw an Aerochrome image, all those otherworldly colours! But the skin tones aren’t impacted? Absolute film magic! For me, it was the incredible work of Richard Mosse that got me hooked, but with a little...

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11 March, 2018

5 Frames with a Nikon F80

By Hamish Gill

My Nikon F75 project came to an end when I recently “upgraded” to the F80. The Nikon F80 felt almost instantaneously like it was a better choice for me. As I talk about in the l...

11 March, 2018

The Leica Rangefinder and the importance of a well calibrated system – By Alan Starkie

By Alan Starkie

The idea of the rangefinder is simple, it’s an optical triangulation device coupled to a cam on a lens. Align the two images in the viewfinder and the camera is in focus. ...

10 March, 2018

Nikon FM3a Review – My desert Island camera – by Anil Mistry

By Anil Mistry

Last year I wrote a short piece for 35mmc as part of the “5 frames with” series. The camera I used was my Nikon Fm3a with the Nikkor 50mm f1.2 AIS lens- a combination that I jus...

9 March, 2018

Why I Enjoy Film Photography More Than Digital Photography – by Frank Wu

By frankhwu

I thought it would be worthwhile to express, as explicitly as possible, what it is that causes me to enjoy film photography more than I enjoy its digital imitation. Although I k...

8 March, 2018

5 Frames with a Fujica GS645 Pro by Son Pham

By Son Pham

I am always curious about new things to do with my film adventure. Every day, there seems to be always something new to learn about the process and the medium. On one such parti...

7 March, 2018

5 Frames with a Zenit EM – By Greg May

By Greg May

I sort of remember when my father handed me The Brass Brick as I unaffectionately called it for years. Not precisely, but at least withing the ten year bracket that was the 1990...

6 March, 2018

5 frames with a Canon AE-1 Program – By Greg May

By Greg May

Hello old friend. We have previous. But that is ok, I'm happy to take you out and walk you around. Doing what you do best. Capturing moments in time. Moments he'd nod curtly at ...

5 March, 2018

Leica M240 – Retiring My Well Worn Rangefinder – By Simon King

By Simon King

The Leica M240 is the camera I have used most (so far) for serious and professional photography in my life, but somehow is the camera I've written about the least. I'm not much ...

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TED SMITH on My Decision to become a New UK Film Stockist and Retailer
I can imagine. And shooting film in modern times and modern expectations does present a challenge, but so far, it's…
Lars on Voigtlander 28mm f2.8 Aspherical SL II-S Color-Skopar – Golden egg cups, surrealism and a new lens for an old film camera
Ahaaa...then I understand. And this just underlines something I´ve learnt over the years: If your subject is not "on board"…
Gary Smith on Kodak Aerochrome – And the Economics of Shooting this Unusual Film Stock
Hi Nick, I assumed (and then looked up Aerochrome) to verify that it is an IR stock. I decided to…

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