When looking at films on the internet and in brick n’ mortars (or wood and nail, or wattle and daub, or however they build camera stores in your town) it seems like there are just so many more choices available…
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‘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…
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…
There are no shortage of group rides for charity, or to raise awareness, or for any number of public rally rides. It’s part of motorcycle culture. The Distinguished Gentlemen’s Ride is one of those rides, and being new to the…
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…
I’ve recently discovered cyanotype printing, a process discovered in 1842 by Sir John Herschel… because I’m obviously the last guy to hear about anything. Herschel used the process to reproduce texts and diagrams, like a 170-year-old Xerox machine, however the…
The Yashica Mat 124G was Yashica’s last and best TLR. Manufactured from 1970 to 1986, when the market was no longer looking for TLR cameras, Yashica built this model to similar standards as a Rolleiflex, figuring that while there might…
Winter is a reality in northern Vermont, where I spent most of my adult life. Winters are cold and wet here and seem to last forever. Even worse, skies are this murky gray color that defies most attempts at decent…