It’s been some time since the announcement, new Kentmere films have arrived in the European shops. My initial speculation about the price was around 6€ for a roll, so it wouldn’t be able to out-price Fomapan films. I was almost right – prices are closer to 7€.
Continue reading “Price update for Kentmere medium-format films”New ultra-wide-angle lens for microFourThirds system announced
As previously rumoured, new “stills” version of Laowa’s 6mm microFourThirds lens has been released. Now we know the price – 500 US$ plus shipping.
Continue reading “New ultra-wide-angle lens for microFourThirds system announced”As wide as it goes! A new microFourThirds wide-angle lens rumoured
The rumour mill is active again, this time, it looks like a new ultra-wide lens for the microFourThirds system is coming soon – Laowa C-Dreamer 6mm F2.
Continue reading “As wide as it goes! A new microFourThirds wide-angle lens rumoured”Is alternative fast zoom coming to microFourThirds?
In a slowed-down economy, with slowed-down lens releases, any new lens is good news. If it’s a cheap lens, it’s even better, and with an ƒ/2.8 aperture, it’s excellent news. This time, although still just a rumour, it’s all three – expected new lens release, with an ƒ/2.8 aperture, and shouldn’t be expensive. Enter YongNuo 12–35mm F2.8–4 STM Asph.
Continue reading “Is alternative fast zoom coming to microFourThirds?”Random Excellence: Mériol Lehmann
The first photographer to be featured in the Random Excellence series, Mériol Lehmann is a Swiss-born, Quebec-living artist, photographer, sound designer and consultant.
Continue reading “Random Excellence: Mériol Lehmann”Shitty Camera Challenge has started!
It is December, meaning the Shitty Camera Challenge has officially started! This edition of the Challenge revolves around the 1990s. By the rules, “your camera doesn’t need to be shitty this round, it just needs to be introduced between 1990-1999.”
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After a short social media campaign, Ilford finally revealed something new: Kentmere Pan 100 and 400 films are now available in 120 format. Cheap, reliable and dependable film in medium format is always a good thing!
Continue reading “Ilford announces new medium format film”The Most Influential forgotten Nikon camera
If you’d try to name a few most influential Nikon film cameras, I can bet you’d completely forget about this one – Nikon F-801 from 1988.
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I always wanted a black M-series camera, now I finally have it! 🥰
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Finally, the microFourThirds system got a new, much-needed super-wide-angle autofocus prime lens from a first-party manufacturer – Leica DG Summilux 9mm F1.7 Asph.
Continue reading “A lens that was missing finally gets released”Fujifilm discontinues large format Velvia 50 and medium format Pro 160NS
Another one bites the dust – Fujifilm just announced the global discontinuation of Fujichrome Velvia 50 slide film in 4×5″ and 8×10″ large formats, and medium format Fujicolor 160NS Professional colour negative film.
Continue reading “Fujifilm discontinues large format Velvia 50 and medium format Pro 160NS”The latest Pentax lens addition, new Limited lens is here
Pentax has announced the latest lens addition recently, the first D FA Limited lens in the lineup, smc Pentax-D FA 21mm F2.4 ED Limited DC WR. All good and well, much-needed addition, potentially exactly the lens Pentaxians worldwide were waiting for.
Continue reading “The latest Pentax lens addition, new Limited lens is here”It’s vacation time!
It’s time to finally pack my bags and go, nice weather, new landscapes and seascapes are waiting for me! A week of travel ahead!
As planned, I’m packing three Pentax film SLRs, a panoramic and compact film camera, and a Canon DSLR. I took eight lenses for those two systems, and eight rolls of film. It should be enough!
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So, I’m going on a vacation. My itinerary says I’m going to Labin, a smallish town in Istria, Croatia for a few days. After that, a day in Rijeka, and finally a few more days in Mandre, island Pag.
A week out of town, a week filled with many photo opportunities…
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After a few years of hiatus, I’ve dug up my flatbed scanner, Canon CanoScan 8800F, the only working scanner I have that can scan medium format film. It needed some maintenance, all four glass surfaces needed a thorough cleaning, and I had to remember how to use a flatbed scanner – I haven’t been using it almost since the day I bought a dedicated 35mm film scanner.
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Despite my bold claim, it is not as bad as it seems, at least for the end-users! Nikon Zfc (yes, I know, there’s a space between Z and fc, but it looks awful in the body text, so I’ll ignore it from now on) is a very interesting camera, it looks gorgeous, but Nikon went just a step too far replicating retro dials from mechanical film cameras and made them lie to you, at least sometimes.
Continue reading “Nikon Z fc is lying”Easter day walk, April 2021.
Days around Easter 2021. were strange – at first, the rain was trying to soak everything, and it was trying hard. Then, on Easter, it was nice, sunny and warm, and finally, for the finale, a day after Easter Monday we had a pretty heavy snowfall… in April… that didn’t last till the next day. All the seasons in just a few days!
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Let’s go with the photos!
Day one, Tuesday. Double rainbow from my office terrace, a walk through the neighbouring park and a bridge.
Continue reading “#FP4Party post week – part one!”#FP4Party development week recap
There’s not much to say about development – I have only the traces of my favourite developer, Agfa Rodinal, but I have a few litres of fresh Kodak Xtol developer, so it was pretty obvious why I chose Xtol – I had it.
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We had a week to shoot a roll (or sheet) of Ilford FP4 film, and I chose 135 format roll, with full 36 images to go through.
Continue reading “#FP4Party shoot week recap”#FP4Party has started!
It’s that part of the year, it’s time to celebrate Ilford’s FP films, regardless of format. FP4 Party lasts all month, the first week of the month is for shooting, second for development, third for posting the photos, and the last for lamentations.
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A walk through a forest in Zagorje, Croatia, October 2019.
Continue reading “A walk through a forest, October 2019.”Seascapes, August 2018.
Seascapes through Horizon 202 panoramic camera. Kodak Vision3 250D cine film, developed in standard color-negative C41 process.
Sunny bokeh, April 2018.
Sunny bokeh-y fun time with various lenses, April 2018.
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