We are approaching the peak capacity for film photography labs. The machines are old, the parts are scarce, the demand is high. The measly Kodak Pakon Scanner, terrible it may be, fetches absurdly high prices.
The two brands and workflows that need to be replicated are Fujifilm and Noritsu. A theoretical duopoly, but here lies […]. petapixel.com
The camera is a reasonably recent image-creation tool; compared to millennia of paintings, drawings, carvings, and illustrations, we have only a few hundred years of photographs and photographic development. petapixel.com »
2023-02-12 18:12
One of the things keeping vegans from shooting film is the fact that medium uses animal gelatin as part of the emulsion coating on the plastic film base. The short answer is yes, film contains animal products, but Ilford attempts to explain this matter in a straightforward and honest FAQ. thephoblographer.com »
2018-04-25 19:00
Submerging your film in liquid might not seem like a good idea, but when done properly it’s a photography technique that can garnish unexpectedly beautiful results. Without any post-processing work, you can get a distorted effect with vivid streaks of color and interesting textures. thephoblographer.com »
2017-08-03 07:00
Submerging your film in liquid might not seem like a good idea, but when done properly it’s a photography technique that can garnish unexpectedly beautiful results. Without any post-processing work, you can get a distorted effect with vivid streaks of color and interesting textures. petapixel.com »
2017-06-06 23:14
All photos and blog post by Julian L. Used with permission. I first got into photography with a Kodak Instamatic 126 when I was about 5 or 6 years old. I absolutely loved it, it was magical to me at that age. thephoblographer.com »
2017-02-15 20:01
I remember the first time I picked up a digital camera. It was 2003 and I got this little Canon G5, a good point-and-shoot, and it was 5 megapixels. Before that, I used film. It had to be scanned into a computer, then manipulated digitally. That was alright—but when I picked up this Canon, I […] petapixel.com »
2016-09-07 18:03
Meta has announced a new generative AI model called "ImageBind" that links together six different modalities; images, text, audio, depth, thermal, and IMU. [Read More]
Digicam Finder is a new resource that has successfully ported over a huge amount of information from DPReview in an attempt to keep a historical record of every digital camera released since the early 1990s alive. [Read More]