My first exposure to Neopan 400 (Professional/Presto) was in the work of one of my favourite film photographers; Walter Rothwell. When I first discovered his work I wasn't too i...
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I recently covered a series of protests in London, shooting film only aside from two days where I decided to give my beater M240 a chance. During the day I was lucky to have sup...
Anyone who's been following my writing for any amount of time probably knows that 35mm is among my least favourite focal lengths to work with for any kind of meaningful photogra...
There were so many things that could have gone wrong with the rolls of Delta 100 I shot in April. ISO 100 films in general I tend to avoid, instead I prefer anything around 400 ...
After a recent trip to Amsterdam where I was let down by a combination of my cameras meter and my own ineptitude I decided to part ways with my Minolta XD. Although still a perf...
There were so many things I was worried about when I shot these slides on a recent trip to Morocco. I was using my Leica M6, which I had recently had serviced, but there were a ...
21 March, 2019
Kodak Portra 400 – Pushing to 1600 – by Simon King
I recently wrote about shooting my first roll of Portra 400, which I had pushed to 800 - my preferred ISO for shooting 400 speed film. There were a few commenters who seemed sur...
I genuinely wasn’t sure what to expect from slide film. I bought a few rolls in anticipation of shooting the new Ektachrome, wanting to get used to the process of shooting...