July 24, 2025

Film on Film #14

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This is Kodak Retina 200, a budget-friendly consumer film once sold in Germany. It is the same film as Kodacolor 200, just with a different name. Kodak used the name Retina in the German market, while in Asia, they called it ColorPlus 200. Kodak no longer uses the Retina name on film. Fuji Super G […]

February 17, 2025

Film on Film #13

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Photos taken at night with CineStill 800T are easy to recognize as the film has no anti-halation layer and therefore lights always have a red halo around them. I haven’t shot CineStill 800T in a while, mostly because it’s not cheap, but also because I rarely shoot at night. If I want or need an […]

August 14, 2024

Film on Film #12

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Fuji Eterna 400T (rolled by Nik & Trick)

A few years ago, I was lucky enough to acquire four rolls of 35mm film containing Fuji motion picture film stocks that were left over from shooting movies. Fuji stopped manufacturing motion picture film in March 2013, so it is now quite rare to come across any of this film in 35mm. Over the past […]

June 3, 2023

Film on Film #11

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Here are another 3 rolls from my Film on Film project. I haven’t had much luck with Kodak Max Versatility 400 (mostly because I shot it in a broken camera, lol). Agfa HDC 100 was a little underexposed, but then I didn’t bracket my shots. Lomography Cine400 Tungsten, on the other hand, gave me great […]

May 17, 2023

Garbage Can

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I came across this garbage can when I was out for a walk one day.

April 22, 2023

Toy Cars

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On days when the weather keeps me inside, I look for things to photograph around the house. I spent one weekend trying to capture some of my childhood toys on Instax Square film. I tried to create a sense of movement with the background in these photos. I think it works better in the second […]

March 27, 2023

Film on Film #10

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This is Kodak ProFoto XL 100 and, unless the name change is cosmetic, it is not the same as Kodak’s ProFoto 100 film (which is thought to be the same as Kodak Pro Image 100). Unfortunately, while I can find the data sheets for ProFoto and Pro Image (which are identical to each other), it […]

February 23, 2023

First Impressions of the Diana Instant Square

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I backed the Diana Instant Square on Kickstarter and while I love the look and feel of the camera, I was quite disappointed with it. It vignettes more than it should. I know that vignetting is to be expected with toy cameras, but when it ends up cropping the lower third of the frame, then […]

January 25, 2023

Film on Film #9

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Here are four rolls of expired film I have shot with and one roll that I have yet to shoot. First up is Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 200. I love Solaris film and have almost always had very good results with it. Sadly, I’m all out of the 200 ISO. I was very excited by […]

November 24, 2022

Gerberas

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I bought my wife a lovely bouquet of gerbera daisies and was planning to photograph them, but only managed this one photo before they wilted.

September 22, 2022

Film on Film #8

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I love trying something different, and so when I learned that Adox and CineStill were both releasing new films this year, I had to place a pre-order. I received my rolls of Adox Color Mission 200 and CineStill 400Dynamic back in April and May and promptly loaded them into cameras. However, I’ve only just recently […]

August 25, 2022

Sunflowers

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I bought some sunflowers one day and since I had a few frames of Instax Mini Monochrome left in my Lomo’Instant Automat Glass Elbrus, I took these close-ups.

August 4, 2022

Tigger

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This photo was made using my Mamiya C220 TLR, an 80mm f/2.8 Mamiya-Sekor lens, and studio strobes. It took almost an entire pack of Instax Mini to get this shot. The Mamiya C220 was never designed for Instax Mini, but I love the camera’s 80mm lens and wanted to see how close up I could […]

July 4, 2022

First Impressions of the Lomo’Instant Automat Glass Elbrus

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I recently purchased a new camera: the Lomo’Instant Automat Glass Elbrus. My local camera store was selling it for $70 less than what Lomography had it listed for on their website. And since I had been eyeing this camera for a while, there was no way I could pass up a deal like that. I […]

May 5, 2022

Film on Film #7

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This installment of Film on Film features four black & white films: Valca Grano Fino Positiva 6, Street Candy ATM 400, Ilford HP5 Plus 400, and the original Fuji Neopan Acros 100. Valca Grano Fino Positiva 6 is a rare cinema film I picked up from Labeauratoire. Valca was a film manufacturer in Spain, but […]

April 25, 2022

Fisheye Fun

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Fuji Instax Mini Stained Glass edition, Lomography Lomo’Instant San Sebastián with fisheye lens

It’s amazing how much fun you can have sitting on the deck on a hot summer’s day with a fisheye lens (and a glass of wine).

March 3, 2022

Film on Film #6

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Here are 4 more rolls from my Film on Film series. Today’s selection features rolls of Kodak Ektachrome 100 EPN, Holga B&W 400, Rollei Superpan 200, and Fuji Pro 160S. Eight years ago I managed to pick up 10 rolls of Kodak Ektachrome 100 EPN in 35mm and 7 rolls in 120. I’ve been pretty […]

January 31, 2022

Film on Film #5

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Here are another 5 rolls from my Film on Film series. Today’s selection features rolls of Perutz Primera 100, Adox Color Implosion 100, Konica Centuria 200, Kodak UltraMax 400, and Lomography Redscale XR 50-200.

September 30, 2021

Modifying the Belair X 6-12 Jetsetter

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the Bel-Aire 'Special' camera with Instant Back

Over the years, I have steadily come to look upon my Lomography Belair X 6-12 Jetsetter camera with growing disappointment. My disenchantment with the Belair rests upon two chief complaints: The plastic lenses are terrible. They are quite soft, especially along the edges, and the photos are often out of focus—rarely in a good way. […]

August 16, 2021

Film on Film #4: Two Rare B&W Films

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Given the pandemic, my wife and I decided not to stray too far from home this summer. Instead, I had big plans to take daily photo walks around the city, but that plan quickly fell through as Calgary has been almost constantly covered in a haze of smoke from forest fires originating in British Columbia. […]

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