Category Archives: film

‘fast’ negative colour film

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Our friends at Lomography sent me a note the other day announcing the latest 35mm color film they offer. This color negative film is rated at ISO 400. I know, kinda slow for all you digital guys out there, … Continue reading →

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a mystery stereo viewer made in Vancouver

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. A PHSC Member from Edmonton came across an unusual stereo viewer made by Stereo-Phot in Vancouver around the end of WW2(?). Brian writes, “I have a couple of binocular viewers made by the Stereo-Phot Company, Vancouver, B.C. and I’m … Continue reading →

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a light purple cast

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. In the days of colour films we used the correct transparency film or adjusted filters while making colour prints from colour negatives to attempt to get the correct (neutral) white balance. When digital images and tools like Photoshop came … Continue reading →

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more than one way …

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. … to skin a cat, as the old saying goes. Film was no different. Kodak touted its 126 film size (35mm sans traditional sprocket holes and paper backed) Kodapak for its instamatic cameras eliminating the “klutzy” confusion of loading and … Continue reading →

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making the grade

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. This post refers to film (black and white)  printing. Once you choose the huge number of variables for a photographic paper choice, you are left with one last factor – paper grade. Ideally, the chart shown at left (3 … Continue reading →

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paper doll

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. To convert a film negative into a positive image, a second piece of the sensitive medium was usually used. Most commonly this was a photographic (light sensitive) paper. And there stood the dilemma for the average beginning photographer. There … Continue reading →

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just before dawn

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Hard on the heels of its ISO 8 monochrome film, Lomography has announced Babylon – its ISO 13 film, another dark, moody monochrome beauty with marginally softer contrast. If you are into film, take a close look  at what … Continue reading →

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really, really, retro …

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Years ago I abandoned Kodak B&W products for Ilford. By then everything was panchromatic and ortho was but a bad dream and weird filters were no longer necessary. The world moved on to digital a decade or so ago … Continue reading →

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doing it in the dark

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Snapshots from the PHS of NE via my friend and editor of the internationally famous Photographic Canadiana journal pointed out a couple of links to me Wednesday last. The Darkroom over in California is interesting. While we have local film processing … Continue reading →

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le film noir

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. In film technology (or analogue as they say today), the lower the sensitivity the finer the grain and the harder the contrast. Lomogaphy have announced “The Fantôme Kino B&W ISO 8 35 mm Film”. This new film, at such … Continue reading →

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