Kodak announced at Photokina that Ektachrome 100 in 35mm still format will be shipping to distributors immediately. On October 1st, Super 8 format will be released, then sometime in the near future, the 16mm movie film format will ship.
While not available at major photography retailers as of writing, it should be available soon.
Your blogger shall be keeping an eye out for this product, so expect a few shots posted once it is available.
Technical data for the new film can be found here (PDF).
Friday, September 28, 2018
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Emulsive: Getting the Most out of Ferrania P30
Hopefully, when Film Ferrania starts selling more P30, one can take advantage of the tips in this article on Emulsive.org on Getting the Most out of P30.
The article features an in-depth testing of P30 Alpha with six different developers, with controls for different cameras, metering methods and scanning technique. In the conclusion, it is stressed that the development technique for this film is quite important and that only vetted labs by Ferrania are recommended.
Well worth the read if one is going to use this film.
At the time of publishing, Film Ferrania has released an update to Kickstarter backers. Hopefully, good news.
Blog note: Emulsive has many articles on film photography, so should be on one's reading list. This blog will select an article every week or so from Emulsive that may prove to be of interest to readers.
The article features an in-depth testing of P30 Alpha with six different developers, with controls for different cameras, metering methods and scanning technique. In the conclusion, it is stressed that the development technique for this film is quite important and that only vetted labs by Ferrania are recommended.
Well worth the read if one is going to use this film.
At the time of publishing, Film Ferrania has released an update to Kickstarter backers. Hopefully, good news.
Blog note: Emulsive has many articles on film photography, so should be on one's reading list. This blog will select an article every week or so from Emulsive that may prove to be of interest to readers.
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Pre-Kickstarter: Packfilm
Doc FLorian, who has been hard at work trying to revive peel-apart, Polaroid packfilm, has recently made an announcement of a one-shot, all-in deal to literally kickstart the Save Packfilm effort. He has assembled a team of superheroes, and hopes to revive packfilm once again.
While fraught with hazards, the efforts of Film Ferrania and Silberra on crowd-funding sites have both been derailed to some extent, Doc is hoping to raise the funds and put into action a plan to produce the now long discontinued Polaroid format.
For those who want to support the Save Packfilm project, the Packfilm Supporter Shop offers new old stock Fujifilm FP-100C packs now, with € 10 from the sale of each pack funding the project. Alternatively, a voucher is available for those who wish to fund the project immediately, that can be used at the Supporter Shop later.
Visit the Kickstarter here.
Disclaimer: This blogger has contributed to the Silberra project and received perks from that project in addition to purchasing product from the Film Ferrania Shop when it was available.
While fraught with hazards, the efforts of Film Ferrania and Silberra on crowd-funding sites have both been derailed to some extent, Doc is hoping to raise the funds and put into action a plan to produce the now long discontinued Polaroid format.
For those who want to support the Save Packfilm project, the Packfilm Supporter Shop offers new old stock Fujifilm FP-100C packs now, with € 10 from the sale of each pack funding the project. Alternatively, a voucher is available for those who wish to fund the project immediately, that can be used at the Supporter Shop later.
Visit the Kickstarter here.
Disclaimer: This blogger has contributed to the Silberra project and received perks from that project in addition to purchasing product from the Film Ferrania Shop when it was available.
Friday, September 14, 2018
Youtube: Review of Intrepid 8x10 by Ben Horne
Photographer Ben Horne received an Intrepid 8x10 camera as payment for a video segment he did for Intrepid Camera. Earlier this year, he took the camera out backpacking to get a feel for the machine. He discusses some of the peculiarities of this camera and some of the benefits that it brings to the table.
First off, the camera is about 5 lbs, quite light for an 8x10, yet is fairly sturdy and does provide for front standard movements and some rear standard movements. Even so, it folds flat to a compact format for storage. Ben likes the ground glass, even though he has an Arca Swiss camera, and finds the Intrepid ground glass nice to use.
One of things peculiar to this camera are that the ground glass must be in the vertical orientation before collapsing the camera, which is fairly easy given that the back has magnets that help center and hold the back before screwing it down. The reviewer also found that since the movements are not geared, that trickier movements using both front and rear standards may be hard to get right.
Check out the full review on Youtube:
First off, the camera is about 5 lbs, quite light for an 8x10, yet is fairly sturdy and does provide for front standard movements and some rear standard movements. Even so, it folds flat to a compact format for storage. Ben likes the ground glass, even though he has an Arca Swiss camera, and finds the Intrepid ground glass nice to use.
One of things peculiar to this camera are that the ground glass must be in the vertical orientation before collapsing the camera, which is fairly easy given that the back has magnets that help center and hold the back before screwing it down. The reviewer also found that since the movements are not geared, that trickier movements using both front and rear standards may be hard to get right.
Check out the full review on Youtube:
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