Harman Phoenix II officially announced
HarmanPhoto officially released their newest colour negative film — Harman Phoenix II. It’s already available in both 35mm and medium format.
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Harman Phoenix II woes
As we’ve already announced, new colour negative film, Harman Phoenix II, should arrive today. Harman’s announcement says 12:00 UTC, but it appears the website is not working — it shows Service Temporarily Unavailable.
New film: Harman Phoenix II
After starting a campaign all over the social media, it looks someone found a leak, apparently Harman is releasing a new version of theirs Phoenix colour-negative film, aptly named Phoenix. It’s arriving on 16th of July 2025.
What have we learned about Pentax 17?
A month passed since the release of Pentax 17, the camera has reached many hands, and more than a few rolls of film have already been shot and developed, so let’s run over the things we learned in the meantime!
110 lives on!
Quite unexpectedly, Lomography has announced a brand-spanking-new camera that uses 110 format film – Lomomatic 110. Despite the low quality usually tied with the film format, the new camera looks like it’s a well-thought-out one.
New film: Ferrania P33
Film Ferrania has announced a new 160 ASA black & white film in 35mm format – the Ferrania P33. It is a “fine grain and defined contrast” film developed on feedback from Ferrania P30 users.
Adox announces new color film
Adox has quietly announced the next step of their colour film mission – Color Mission Helios film, a C41 colour film with a usable sensitivity of ISO 1.5.
Kodak announces a film price reduction
Kodak announced a price reduction on Tri-X 400 black and white film, up to 30%.
New film: Harman Phoenix 200
After some waiting and a lot of speculation, a completely new film has been announced. Harman Phenix 200, a 200 ASA colour-negative film in 35mm format.
Nikon Zf is (also) lying
A new nostalgia-styled Nikon Z mount camera – the Zf – arrived, this time with a much anticipated full-frame sensor. It is drop-dead gorgeous, but to nobody’s surprise, issues found on their previous nostalgic camera are still there.
New FujiFilm medium format announcements
At the X Summit annual event, FujiFilm didn’t disappoint – a new flagship camera and a few significant lenses were announced.
New Panasonic microFourThirds announcements
After some hiatus, Panasonic has finally announced a new microFourThirds Lumix camera, G9 II, and updated two telephoto zoom lenses.
A new, M42 mount-only lens in 2023. Seriously.
A new lens with an M42 screw mount exclusively was released in 2023! Is that a joke? Nope! Very much not a joke, but a new TTartisan 100mm F2.8 lens. Even better, it’s a Cooke triplet!
New film: LomoChrome Color’92
Lomography has just released a new colour negative film from their LomoChrome series, a LomoChrome Color’92. It’s an ISO 400 standard C41 film that “provides a burst of retro charm and classic analogue character in any film shooting scenario”, with “fascinating blue hues, vibrant reds …
DPReview lives on!
After quite some time after the announced shutdown date, DPReview.com has finally found a new owner that will continue with DPReview’s practice. The new owner is Gear Patrol, a review site with more than 15 years of history.
Ricoh-Pentax announces the first affordable monochrome-only digital camera
Ricoh-Pentax has announced the rumoured Pentax K-3 III Monochrome, a new version of the existing Pentax K-3 III DSLR, this time with no colour filter array on its 26-megapixel APS-C sensor.
YongNuo 12–35mm microFourThirds lens finally gets released
After a few months of rumours and guesswork, the first alternative microFourThirds fast zoom lens has finally arrived – YN12–35mm F2.8–4M, as it is called by the manufacturer.
The end of an era
DPReview.com, a staple of digital photography for almost a full quarter of a century, is shutting down. According to the news, DPReview will continue to operate until the 10th of April 2023, after that date, it will operate in read-only mode for a shorter period …
Price update for Kentmere medium-format films
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 …
New ultra-wide-angle lens for microFourThirds system announced
As previously rumoured, a new “stills” version of Laowa’s 6mm microFourThirds lens has been released. Now we know the price – 500 US$ plus shipping.
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.
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, …
Ilford announces new medium format film
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!
A lens that was missing finally gets released
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.
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.