Supersense: New Pos/Neg Type 100 Pack Film

Supersense is now introducing a new Type 100 pack film that includes a negative with the positive print.  The film is newly sourced material, so it is fresh, and it is developed with the print.  The negative can then be used for scanning, traditional printing or alternative process printing.

Pre-orders are open, though a bit pricey for eight shots.  This is the only way to get fresh pack film at this time.  There are three options available, regular print, pos/neg or choco.  The pos/neg option includes the negative, the first time since Polaroid Type 665 film.

The film comes as a DIY kit that can be assembled in subdued light, no darkroom required.  

Visit Supersense One Instant for more info and pricing.

SuperSense: Newland Polaroid Camera Back

The Supersense project has announced a partnership with Newland Camera to produce a new back for Polaroid Series 100 - 400 folding Land cameras  This back will use modern integral Polaroid film - i-Type, Type 600 and SX-70 film.

These cameras would typically use pack film, but this new back allows the use of modern integral Polaroid film.  The back is a perfect fit and replaces the current back of the camera.  The change is reversible, so the value of the camera is not adversely diminished by modification.

The first batch of 200 backs is to be built by hand by October 2026 and the first 100  units are reserved for the Newland community.

Read the announcement from Supersense for full details.

35mmc: 3D Printed Accessories for 110 and 16mm from Ausgeknipst

The 35mmc blog reviewed some 110/16mm format accessories from Ausgeknipst.  While pricey (to me at least), the gear simplifies handling 110 format or 16mm still film.  A film spool that should be usable with colour C41 processing, a scanning adapter, a couple different film slitters and a reusable 110 film cassette round out the offerings.  

The film slitters provide a safer way to slit either 35mm film into one length of film or 120 film into three lengths.  They use standard double edged razor blades that are covered by the top of the slitter, keeping them out of harms way.

Check out the article:  3D Printed Accessories for 110 and 16mm from Ausgeknipst

Chroma Camera: FX-Six

Chroma.Camera has introduced the FX-Six multi-format medium format camera.  The format can be changed before loading the roll of film by removing or placing masks into the camera for 6x12, 6x9 or 6x6 frames.  The camera comes with a selection of nose cones designed for your lens.  

Unlike the Chroma Six:12, the ground glass cannot be fitted mid-roll, since there is no separate back.  The film loads directly into the camera.  However, the same ground glass can be fitted to mark the focus helicoid with distances.

Film winding is manual, so multiple exposures are possible and the camera comes with cold shoes to mount viewfinders, light meters or other accessories.

Find the FX-Six.

MiNT Camera: Revive the SX-70

 

Do you have an old Polaroid SX-70 Land camera in the closet gathering dust?  MiNT Camera can fix that camera up like new and offers a warranty on their work.  Common problems can be fixed, and the company offers some accessories to bring the camera up-to-date.

The Time Bar can adapt the camera to use ISO 100 or ISO 600 film and provide more exposure control.  While the Flash Bar provides an SX-70 specific modern electronic flash unit that integrates with the camera.  Polaroid cameras use the distance from the subject to control flash exposure, so be sure to focus on the subject for proper exposure.

If you want an SX-70 that has been reworked and modernized, the MiNT SLR670 camera comes completely refurbished with a warranty and for a limited time, a SHARPAtm glass lens.  The lens is designed and produced by MiNT to replace the original lens from the 1970s for sharper photos.  Available while supplies last.

Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2026

 

It is that time again, for the Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day!  Celebrate by taking photos on Sunday, April 26th, then uploading them to the WPPD website gallery by June 30th, 2026.  Check out the FAQ for ideas on how to make your own pinhole camera.

Lots of other photography activities are happening on social media leading up to the last Sunday in April, the FP4 Party, #fp4party, is wrapping up, then Polaroid week starts on the 20th, #polaroidweek.  Instax is welcome on Polaroid week, so grab a camera and have fun!

Happy New Year 2026!

Happy New Year 2026 to all silver and alternative process fans!

Here is to more film choices and more camera choices.  The year 2025 did deliver on new sources of film (Kodak with the direct to retailer Kodacolor films, Ilford with releases of Phoenix, Lucky film with new entrants and more) and cameras from Lomography, Chroma Camera, Intrepid Camera and more.  Definitely looking up.

Seize the day!

Gerald Joehri: What We Lost When Cameras Got Better

In this YouTube video, photographer, Gerald Jeohri, speaks to five things lost in the move from film photography to digital.  More to the point, he has suggestions to get them back, even if using digital.  "For decades, photography evolved toward perfection — more megapixels, faster autofocus, flawless AI corrections. But in chasing technical perfection, we lost something deeper: intentionality, presence, anticipation, imperfection, and mindfulness."

This video was referenced by a reader on social media, but it hits the spot - it might be worth viewing even if one is not a film photographer.

May 2025 Final Wrap

It is now June, here are a few bits and bobs since the Mid-May 2025 Wrap.

The Phoblographer reveals the Keto Pano point & shoot camera.  Featuring a wide-angle 22 mm plastic lens and a panorama mode at the flick of a switch.  The Olympus Stylus P&S had a similar feature, but this camera is $35.

KEH has some ideas on why the point & shoot cameras are trending.  Maybe a digital detox?  They also have a list of (mostly) film cameras that are hidden gems that outshoot the hype.  

The 35mmc blog has an interesting tale of two processing tanks, the original Paterson and the current System 4 tank.   Anything else than the latter has to face this competition of works well and is cheap.

Enjoy your week and thanks for reading!

Mid-May 2025 Wrap

 Some things that have come down the pike so far this month.

PetaPixel posted an article on The State of Film’s Comeback in Japan.  Many interesting stats from interviewing over 800 Japanese shooters.  The bottom line, this group averaged 13.7 rolls a year, held back by the cost of film.

They also posted a piece on Mr. Polaroid, a documentary on Edwin Land and instant photography.

Big news - the release of a new film, Kentmere 200, was covered by many sites:  35mmc posted a review  as did analog.cafe and Kosmo Foto.

Kosmo Foto noted in April that Film Ferrania is under new ownership.  Maybe production will turn around, but the Film Ferrania shop is showing sold out at the time of writing.

The Massive Dev Chart released an update for its app, available for iPhone and Android.  This app is great in the darkroom and can be customized to your workflow.  It includes built-in temperature compensation, to help in calculating times for your room conditions.  Your Blogger paid for and uses this app.

ThePhoblographer writes that, in part, Instax film sales along with GFX camera sales drive revenues at Fujifilm and that tariffs may have an impact.  The Fujifilm Instax Mini 41 was released recently.

Another post from ThePhoblographer on 5 vintage cameras for analog photographers, includes reviews of these mighty fine cameras.

Analog.cafe points to a disturbing case of an Instagram account that posts AI generated images as shot on film.  Strange.

Finally, a short video on darkroom printer, Pablo Inirio:

Happy Easter 2025

There is plenty of film photography news this week.  Make no mistake.

This blog shall be taking the weekend off while many celebrate the Easter holiday.

March 2025 Deals Wrap

 This is just a short run-down of items on sale this month.  Lomography has select film and near-expired stock at reduced prices this month, up to 30% off.  You may have to look carefully for deals, though.  There are also deals on select cameras, such as the Lomo LC-Wide 35mm camera and Sprocket Rocket Panoramic camera.  Lomography has also announced their new Lomo Daylight 35mm Developing Tank this month, available in April.  

The Film Photography Project has stocked up on 126 format bulk film.  This is one 24-exposure length of film supplied without a cartridge (FPP supplies the FakMatic 126 cartridge separately - sold out as of writing).  The film is perforated to work with 126 cameras, as opposed to 35mm film that can potentially jam some Instamatic cameras.

The Co-operative of Photography is featuring the limited edition, Adjustable Nautic Camera Strap.  Featuring a Golden Horizon color and adjustable from 90 cm to 150 cm, this strap "blends premium materials with thoughtful functionality."

As usual, deals are typically for a limited time while stock lasts.  

Disclaimer:  Your Blogger publishes these notes solely for the benefit of the film community.

Valentine's Day Weekend 2024

Just a bunch of news from the past few days.  Thanks for reading!

cinestillfilm.com is advertising a bunch of stuff on its front page.  Harman RedScale ISO 125 pre-order, Adox film and chemistry, the Pentax 17 with a $50 gift card, Kodak chemistry, CS 400D in 4x5 and more.

Looking for some motivation with your film photography?  Here is a visual blog by photographer, John Wolf, with is Leica M2. 

johnwolfblog.net/m2-selected/

The TOP Film Friday has some advice for film photographers in 2025.  Maybe things that were goals for photographers in the past have been overtaken by digital.  Mike has a few words on that. 

https://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2025/02/the-optimizing-impulse-film-friday.html

The Photographic Eye ponders whether one is a photographer if no one looks at your photos.  Vivian Maier accumulated thousands of negatives that no one saw in her time, but she reflected the art of the time.  Is social media necessary for the modern photographer?  

 

Instax without Fujifilm Cameras

So, Tony (Mastadon) responded to a micro-blog post on the new Fujifilm Instax Wide Evo (review on PetaPixel), mentioning that the Fujifilm Instax cameras produce a slightly soft look.  Well, there are alternatives to Fujifilm cameras.  Leaving aside Polaroid, the original instant film company, there are a number of options for Instax instant film.

First is Lomography's Lomo’Instant Wide Glass.  Lomo themselves claim that its "brilliant 90 mm multi-coated glass lens delivers beautifully crisp images, superb depth of field, and smooth skin tones that make portraits shine."  At under $300 including lens cap that also works as a remote, splitzer attachment and flash gels, it is not breaking the bank.  If it lives up to the hype, this sounds like a nice option.

Lomography also has the LomoGraflok back that can attach to any 4x5 large format camera with Graflok attachments.  This gives one the choice of many cameras and lenses to choose from.  There is some inconvience that an adaptor has to be placed under the ground glass to focus.

The Chroma.Camera SnapShot InstantWide V2 is built for the LomoGraflok, but is a bit pricey once factoring in the cost of the back (not included).  The price for custom-built convenience.  Made to order, so one can configure the camera when ordering.  The camera focuses with an all-metal helicoid and uses the same nose cones as the Chroma Six9 cameras.  If you already have Chroma-brand cameras or are thinking of going medium format with their line of cameras, that might be a plus.

Last, but not least, is the MiNT Camera InstantKon RF70 Instant Camera.  A complete camera in one package with full manual to full automatic control.  A bit pricey, but MiNT does offer free film for life (see site for details).  VIPs (previous customers of MiNT) qualify for discounts on their next purchase.

Back to the Fujifilm Wide Evo, it is a hybrid camera.  It has a digital sensor and builtin Instax printer that prints the image.  Whether that leads to sharper images or not, no one has said.  There is magic in instant film even today, as there are still those whom have not seen a print pop out of a camera yet.  The novelty has not worn off for Your Blogger yet, either.

Thanks for reading Ag+ Process!

2024 Camera Wrap

Well, 2024 is over.  For the film photographer, there was lots of news about cameras.  New cameras, improved cameras and more.  Lets just list the cornucopia of cameras that will keep on giving into 2025.

• Intrepid Camera introduced a new electronic shutter and lens for large format cameras in a Kickstarter.
• Chroma Camera released the 2024 CubePan Advanced 35mm camera and a technical lens cone, with rise, fall and shift for the Chroma Six17 series camera. 
• MiNT introduced the Rollei 35AF 35mm camera, PetaPixel reviews this camera.
• Ricoh Imaging released the Pentax 17 half-frame camera, which Kosmo Foto reviews.
• Lomography introduced the Lomomatic 110 camera, in the subminiature 110 format.  Kosmo Foto has a review for this camera as well.  

With everything from subminiature to large format covered last year, there must be something for the film photographer to be happy about.  While the reviews may not be as glowing as one would hope, the fact is that usable cameras are being produced and if companies see a positive reaction from the market, revised and improved versions may follow.

Thank you for reading Ag+ Process.  Have a Happy New Year!

Happy New Year 2025!

A prosperous and happy new year to all!

The year 2024 was good to film photographers more than it was not, lets hope that trend continues!

Seasons Greetings 2024

Happy holidays to readers of Ag+ Process blog, friends and acquaintances!  

Thank you all for reading this blog and Your Blogger's postings on social media.

Have a prosperous New Year and many more!

Black Friday 2024

Ok, this post contains things other than Black Friday deals, perhaps not even discounted.  The purpose of this blog is to share resources for film photography, not to promote sales.  That said, MiNT Camera is offering a 10% reduction on a select set of camera packages, offer expires November 29th.  This vendor does not usually offer discounts at all, except to VIPs - those whom have already purchased a MiNT camera or product.

Another camera maker, Chroma.Camera, is offering 15% off all cameras until Sunday night this weekend, the 24th at 23:30 GMT.  The discount will appear in your checkout.  Double check that it is there before buying and beware of shipping costs outside the UK.

COOPH is offering 25% off their Holiday Gift Guide items until Novermber 27th.  The discount will be applied at checkout, double check that too, to avoid disappointment.  Items include rope straps, clothing, notebooks and more.

Not a sale, but for those who want to use 126 format film, the Film Photography Project is producing single roll bulk film with 126 perforations.  Unlike film with the usual 35mm perforations, this film should not jam most 126 cameras, in theory.  A 126 cartridge or adapter is required and must be loaded by the photographer.  FPP lists the following cameras that should now work using this film:  Rollei SL26, Kodak Instamatic 100 series, Keystone and others that may have jammed with regular 35mm perforated film.

FPP has also restocked 110 format film and for the that 90's vibe, they have some expired APS film and random APS point&shoot cameras.  APS was a short-lived format that was intended to be better than 35mm film for consumers, but maybe it was not.  The best feature might have been that the cartridge served as the storage for the processed film.  The cameras were fairly compact as well. 

CineStill Film is also in the game, putting out a 2024 Holiday Gift Guide of their products.  A careful read of the Guide might show some slight discounts on some products.

Have fun and make photos!

Ilford: Split Grade Printing

Rachel from Little Vintage Photography demos split grade printing, sponsored by Ilford.  The technique is discussed and results in actual prints are shown.   Ilford offers a version in text on the web, with a rundown on split grade printing the Ilford way with the full details.  

The 35mmc blog offers an alternative method of split grade printing, by Sroyon Mukhergee, with tips on dialing in the exposure.  To quote from the article:

This means we can, for example, selectively burn certain highlights (by burning during the soft exposure) or dodge the shadows (by dodging during the hard exposure), in each case leaving the other tones relatively unaffected. 

Enjoy this video by Rachel with Ilford's take:

 

Memorex: Posts for March 2024

The Polaroid I-2 camera is on sale for $100 off at the company's online shop.  Lowest price for awhile, if you were thinking of making the plunge.  The camera has a glass lens and takes i-Type Polaroid instant film.  Limited time, see offer for details.

https://www.polaroid.com/en_us/collections/i2-polaroid-camera

Wow, the instant film market is active this month!  Fujifilm gets a great Youtube review from Petapixel for the Instax Mini 99 camera (thanks Dmitri!).  This camera is a serious photographer's unit and has the features to back it up, along with in-camera film effects.  

www.analog.cafe/comments/2eud

The YT review from PetaPixel is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XOtuxamaAU

Now that Adox Scala reversal film has arrived in the USA, along with a two-step kit to process it, I am reminded of dr5.  A lab that used to specialize in reversal processing of any B&W in any format from 110 format to 11x14.  The lab has been resurrected as a twice yearly service.

The resurrected dr5 lab now does processing twice a year. The last time was in November, 2023, so the next run will likely be in May of this year.  While any film is possible, one would prefer a film with a clear base, though any will work.

The lab is now at: https://dr5.us/

Hey, Dimtri at the Analog Cafe blog has a comment on the tiny Polaroid Go 2 released a couple of weeks ago.  New and improved, the camera is worth a look as the smallest instant camera available.

https://www.analog.cafe/comments/bptx

Andrea Monti on 35mmc ponders whether photographs are authentic or not.  Does a photograph on film have more authenticity than one generated by AI?  Or is it up to the photographer?  Read on at: 

https://www.35mmc.com/21/03/2024/ai-or-not-ai-or-on-authenticity-and-photography

CineStill has partnered with Adox and will be bringing Adox products to the USA.

From film to chemistry, all things analog:  HR-50, CHS 100 II and Scala 50 reversal film.

For the darkroom, the legendary Rodinal developer, that lasts forever, stop bath and fixer.

Adox Scala reversal film, only $7 a roll on CineStill's site, now in the USA.  The processing kit is a bit pricier, $44 for a two step kit.  Adox looking to revive more products with this new deal with CS.

https://cinestillfilm.com/collections/adox

The Film Photography Project has announced fresh 127 format film is in stock!  From the Shanghai Jian Cheng Technology Col, LTD are Shanghai GP3 ISO 100 B&W film and respooled Kodak Gold 200 film.

https://filmphotographystore.com/collections/127-film

"Oppenheimer cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema urged aspiring filmmakers to shoot with old-school film formats in his Oscars acceptance speech."

PetaPixel writes about the challenges and advantages of celluloid; Kodak stepping up to make 65mm film for the first time.

https://petapixel.com/2024/03/11/oppenheimer-cinematographer-urges-filmmakers-to-shoot-on-analog-in-oscars-speech/

Intrepid Camera, the UK builder of large format cameras, has introduced their first 4x5 holder.  Available in limited quantities, the holder features the word Exposed on one side of the dark slide.  Production is expected to ramp up in April.  

https://intrepidcamera.co.uk/collections/accessories/products/intrepid-4x5-film-holder

The Cooperative of Photography, COOPH, has released a new camera strap, should you like pricey accessories.  It looks cool, that is for sure, check it out.

https://store.cooph.com/en-int/products/cooph-adjustable-rope-camera-strap

COOPH also has a youtube channel with all sorts of tips and tricks: 

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheCooph

ThePhoblographer interviews artist Nastya Gornaya, a photographer who does multiple exposures in camera on film.  Check out her work: 

https://www.thephoblographer.com/2024/03/13/anastasia-markeeva/

The US Postal Service is offering, amongst others, stamps with Ansel Adams work on them:

https://www.stampinformation.com/2024/stamps/ansel-adams

Are people thinking about the eclipse on Apr. 8 yet?  Anyone have ideas to share on how to photograph it with film?  The WireCutter has some general tips that apply to film or not:

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/guides/photograph-a-total-solar-eclipse/

Steve Chroma, of http://chroma.camera/, is readying to debut a crowdfunding campaign for the 'Click' camera.  This camera features a glass 24mm f/11 lens, a fixed magnetic shutter and two frame setups.  A half frame option and a full frame option.  No electronics, no batteries - just the analog experience.

https://lomography.com/ has introduced the Lomomatic 110, a 110 format compact camera.  Available now, it has an optional, removable flash unit, automatic exposure, zone focus and a glass lens.  There are half a dozen different film emulsions available for this camera (and other 110 cameras) from Lomo.

Want to get your hands on some Harman Phoenix 200 colour film?  The https://filmphotographyproject.com/ says they have some in stock now!

In Canada, the Camera Traders have some Phoenix 200 at:

https://www.camera-traders.com/products/harman-phoenix

Ya got choices!

https://filmferrania.com/  wants to get the word out, that the new P33 film is available again in 35mm format on their shop.  This film is 160 ISO.  P30 is available in 35mm, also.

The 30m bulk roll of P30 remains unavailable.  Humph.