Film News: Photoklassik International Kickstarter In case you didn’t know, PhotoKlassik magazine is an extremely popular print magazine in Germany. Now they have decided to branch out with an international edition. And they need our help. I’ve had the pleasure of working with the PhotoKlassik crew, for a while now, so it was exciting for […]
DF96 “DEVELOPER & FIX” B&W MONOBATH, SINGLE-STEP SOLUTION There is a new developer in town, and this one doesn’t have an orange tint. The lovely guys at CineStill have been busy beavering away in the lab to come up with their own monobath developing solution. And you can get it now. This is what CineStill […]
Ruffling some feathers today on the interweb is this article by Mason Resnick for Adorama which explains away his reasons for never going back to film photography and promoting the digital way. While the never ceasing film vs. digital clash has become moot for most sensible people with a brain stem as they realize there’s a place […]
Film News: Double trouble from Dubble Last year Dubble released two specialist films in conjunction with KONO! The Reanimated Film. And now they are back again with a couple more wild experimental films for you to try out. And as a special reward for JCH readers, we have some of this film to give away […]
Marvin Gaye once belted out “Not much longer would you be mine, oh I heard it through the grapevine, oh i’m just about to lose my mind…” Well, what everyone’s heard and surmised for awhile has been confirmed by reliable industry sources: Agfa Vista is no more. Shouldn’t come as overwhelmingly shocking as it’s a […]
Film News: The triumphant return of Kodak T-Max 3200 After a week of teasing people on Twitter and going for the viral win, Kodak has finally dropped the bombshell, and it is a lovely grainy bombshell in the shape of T-Max 3200. Happy days. Back when I was a struggling student in the home counties, […]
JCH News: Xmas Film News Ho-ho-ho Merry upcoming Yuletide from your friendly and not at all portly Uncle JCH. 2017 has been a bit of a dismal year on most accounts, but for film photographers it has been a cracker of a year. There has been lots of new film news and exciting developments, from […]
In what is potentially hugantic news for the industry, Polaroid is threatening litigation for trademark infringement of its iconic square frame on the new Fujifilm Square line of instant films. Polaroid claims that the border of Fujifilm’s square film (where the chemicals needed for development are) is “essentially identical” to the ones of Polaroid. While the actual […]
Film News: New Washi Film Released With cult status reached after bringing the niche “W” film to 35mm a year ago, Lomig Perrotin of Washi Film has not rested one bit and brings us a new hand-crafted film sequentially dubbed “V”. In case you hadn’t heard of them, their Japanesey take on standard film emulsions caused […]
From Russia with Love: Silberra Crowdfunding the Largest Ever Film Photography Campaign “So damn beautiful! With every death there comes rebirth, it’s the circle of life. We’re gonna be alright.” [Makes humping motions] – Chazz Reinhold This scene with the character played by Will Ferrell in Wedding Crashers immaturely popped in my head when I […]
