Video above: Leslie Lazenby of Imagine That introduces us to the Polaroid 35mm Instant Photography System! In 1983 Polaroid introduced an instant transparency system for still photography. The unexposed 35mm films came with their own processing pack. The films were processed within a dedicated, hand-powered, mechanical-cranked processing machine called an AutoProcessor, into which an exposed ... [Read More]
Archives for 2013
Kodak Velox Rapid Paper 1951 – Time Travel in the Darkroom
Guest blog by Brent Bublitz The year is 1951, Alice in Wonderland has just hit the theaters in London. The Korean War is in full swing. The average cost of a new home in the US was $9000, and this box of Kodak Velox has just expired. Kodak Velox Rapid paper was a fiber based photographic paper used to create prints from photographic negatives. the F3 designation means that this is a ... [Read More]
Film Photography Podcast – Episode 76 – February 15, 2013
Film Photography Podcast - Episode 76 – February 15, 2013 The internet radio show for people who love to shoot film! Large Format Update, John Sexton News, Olympus “O” Product, Darkroom Tips, Canon T70 35mm SLR Camera Giveaway and MORE! Roll Call – Michael, Mat, John, Leslie, Lauren and Strudel! Listen to this episode now [podbean type=audio-rectangle resource="episode=itewf-4882ea" ... [Read More]
Polaroid 100 Automatic Land Camera CrashCourse
Film Photography Podcast (FPP) host Michael Raso offers a "crash course" on using the Polaroid Land Camera (models 100, 101, 102, 103, 135, 220, 225, 230, 240, 250, 320, 330, 335, 340, 350, 355, 360, 430, 420, 440, 450 and 455) ... [Read More]
FPP Review: Mamiyaflex Automat BII
Guest Blog by Marc Paquette If you've never used a medium-format twin lens reflex (TLR), you should. Yes, they're bulky and conspicuous. But medium-format film has about 4 times more detail than 35mm. And TLR viewfinders are fantastic and delightful. The Mamiyaflex Automat BII, the Automat B's successor, is from the golden age of "flex" TLRs; Rolleiflex, Yashicaflex, Argoflex, Ricohflex, ... [Read More]
Strange Brew – The Caffenol CM Experiment
blog by Alex Luyckx I’ve honestly smelled better in abandoned buildings than this dark brown almost black solution sitting on the counter in my film lab (read: laundry room), but will it actually develop film, everything I’ve read and seen online says it will, my brain and nose say otherwise and I pour it into the tank. So as I agitate the tank, I am hoping that this strange brew (with ... [Read More]