NC400 Wolfen

NC400 Wolfen is a new color film being produced by ORWO, a manufacturer of technical and motion picture film based in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany… hence the name. No, it’s not a throwback to the early-80’s werewolf movie (a badass movie, by…

Cinestill 400D

CineStill‘s newest film is advertised as an all-new color film, and not just motion picture film with the remjet layer removed. The remjet, incidentally, is a black layer on cinema film that protects it from dust and scratches, static electricity…

Nikon N80

I was a reluctant admirer of 90’s auto-focus cameras. I had steeped myself in the 60’s and 70’s tea of leather and chrome, manual-everything cameras. Super manual, even a simple “program” mode was a thing for wimps. Light meters were…

Adox Scala 50

ADOX was founded in 1860 as the world’s first photochemical factory, and over the next 150 years the brand would be used by three different companies (Fotowerke Dr. C. Schleussner, Dupont, and Fotoimpex) to produce photographic material. Adox Scala 50…

5 Frames with Kodak Ektar 100

While a short-lived filmstock named “Ektar” existed in the 90’s, the current emulsion known as Kodak Ektar entered the market in 2008, when film photography was well on it’s way out of the mainstream. It’s also one of my very…