Light Piping, its not just Blowing Smoke Light Leak Light piping is unwanted light exposure along the edge of a strip of film, most common at the beginning or at the end of the roll. You will notice the sprocket hole shape leaking through and exposing to the wound film layer under it on the take up spool in your camera. It is often referred to as unexplained fogging, edge exposure or edge ... [Read More]
How-To or What is
Develop BW Movie Film At Home
Disclaimer: Neither the author of this post nor the FPP, claims any liability for any damage done to yourself or others by using the chemistry or following the instructions in this post. Proceed at your own risk. Note that the FPP can develop and scan your home movie film. So, you’ve decided to give black and white reversal movie film processing a go? Congrats! It’s a lot of fun, and the ... [Read More]
Flash Bulbs – The Lowdown!
The Lowdown on Flash Bulbs Guest blog by Steve Ringrose Editor's Notes: Millions of vintage cameras (especially the Kodak Instamatic cameras here in the US) use flash bulbs. Most cameras that use flash bulbs have the bulb number needed listed inside the camera. If not, head over to the Mike Butkus Camera Manual Site and pick up a camera manual. The flashbulb was developed to provide a safer ... [Read More]
What is Panchromatic and Orthochromatic Film?
Black and White Sees Color! What is Panchromatic and Orthochromatic Film? By Leslie Lazenby All black and white films see color and the type of BW film determines what areas of the spectrum they reproduce and how much of the spectrum they see. Not all are sensitive to the same wavelengths of light. An example - a person with red lipstick, those luscious red lips on BW film, can reproduce as a ... [Read More]
Shooting Spy Film! Minolta 16 / Minox Film
Sub Miniature Film Photography by Leslie Lazenby Back in FPP Podcast Episode 181, I talked about miniature and sub-miniature cameras. In general terms, anything smaller than 120 or 127 format film was considered miniature, with 35mm being the standard for "miniature" film. Cameras using film smaller than 35mm fall into the sub-miniature category—often referred to as SubMins. Common SubMin formats ... [Read More]
What is Blue Sensitive BW Film?
The image that inspired this blog post! Shot by long-time Film Photography Podcast listener August Kelm on Svema Blue Sensitive 35mm bw Film / Yashica FX-3 Super 2000 set to 1/8 of a second, an adapted Helios 44-2 lens at wide open (f/2), and a cheap $10 monopod! What is Blue Sensitive film? According to Print-Wiki - "A type of photographic film which is only sensitive to light in ... [Read More]