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Disposing of Photographic Chemistry After Exhaustion

Content, How-to/What is 11/24/2018 0Comments

Disposing of Photographic Chemistry Oh it was fun while it lasted but your chemicals are tired, exhausted or just plain dead, so it’s time to properly dispose of them. It not as easy as just dumping them down the…

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Develop BW Movie Film At Home

How-to/What is, Videos 09/04/2018 0Comments

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…

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Flash Bulbs – The Lowdown!

How-to/What is 07/23/2018 0Comments

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…

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What is Panchromatic and Orthochromatic Film?

How-to/What is 07/13/2018 0Comments

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…

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Shooting Spy Film! Minolta 16 / Minox Film

How-to/What is 06/20/2018 0Comments

Sub Miniature Film Photography by Leslie Lazenby Way back on March 1, 2013, on FPP’s podcast #77, that I talked about miniature and sub miniature cameras. Basically it breaks down to anything smaller than 120/127 were called miniature and…

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What is Blue Sensitive BW Film?

How-to/What is 05/14/2018 0Comments

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…

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Make Monsters with the LOMOKINO Movie Maker!

How-to/What is 10/24/2017 0Comments

How to Make a Monster with a roll of 35mm film! Blog by Michael Raso It may come as no surprise, I LOVE monster movies! Two years ago the Lomography company sent me their brand new 35mm Movie Maker to…

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How To Store and Care for Film – Before and After Processing

How-to/What is 07/25/2017 0Comments

This blog outlines proper storage of your film. Remember, it’s a guideline for best case scenarios. If you’re traveling or storing above these temperatures for short periods of time, don’t sweat it…or as we say on The Film Photography…

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How Do I Handle Large Format Sheet Film in the Dark?

How-to/What is 06/22/2017 0Comments

How Do I Handle 4×5 Sheet Film in the Dark? So you’ve purchased your first 4×5 camera (like the Crown Graphic pictured below) and some film holders, how do you handle 4×5 sheet film? How do you know what…

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Color Temperature Blues – What Are Color Correction Filters?

Content, How-to/What is 05/21/2017 0Comments

Blog by Leslie Lazenby How are feeling today? Do you know your color temperature? Not knowing can give you the blues or even a fever. I’ve always thought color temperature is hard to explain. Here is a truncated definition…

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