28 January, 2026
5 Frames with Adox HR 50
Image above: Veterans representing each branch of military service in the US as the event gets started with a formal wreath laying. For the last few years I’ve volunteered...
15 October, 2025
Adox HR-50 and PanF in PMK Pyro
The launch of Leica Monopan 50 prompted me to buy the Adox HR-50 (the same film) and give it a try. Recommended ASA and developing time in PMK is not given so I decided to expos...
21 July, 2025
Adox HR-50 – A Better Aerial Film
One night months ago, I was hunched over my laptop, feeding my film appetite, looking for a store that had Adox HR-50 in stock. I had just stumbled across it while looking for n...
17 June, 2024
Adox CHS 100 II – First Impressions
Adox CHS 100 II is an orthopanchromatic film on a PET base. Orthopanchromatic? What is that? In brief, somewhere between ortho and pan, but the long and better explanation is as...
14 June, 2024
Adox CMS 20 II Pro – My First Roll
Adox describe their CMS 20II Pro film as “an orthopanchromatic and ultra-high resolution film based on silver halide material” and “the highest resolution, sharpest fine-grain f...
18 February, 2024
A Wet and Misty Thames Walk with a Leica iiig and 50mm Summar
A walk with a Leica iiig from the late 1960s (recently restored by PPP cameras) and Summar lens from the 1930s, at first finishing off a Silvermax roll then Fomapan 100 and RPX ...
27 September, 2023
Monastery of Varzaresti, Moldova – resistance through faith and tradition
Established as a principality in the mid-14th century, the small medieval state of Moldova is best known for its fierce resistance against the Mongols and Turks, up until the 17...
When I have shot in film commercials for television and music clips with an Aaton XTR camera and Super 16mm format, I have always used negative film to be able to balance the li...