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How the compact film camera returned from the dead
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (1823+ words) A decade ago, few would have placed a bet on a raft of new premium compact film cameras appearing in the 2020s. But a handful of companies around the world believed it was time for a revival. Set up by the…...
Eastman Kodak reveals new Ektacolor Pro and Ektapan film ranges
1+ week, 2+ day ago (223+ words) Eastman Kodak has announced the release of two new families of films " the Ektacolor Pro colour negative films and Ektapan black-and-white negative films. The films appear to be new branding for the Portra family of professional colour films and the…...
China Lucky Film is testing a new colour negative film – Lucky C400
2+ week, 2+ day ago (253+ words) Chinese film producer China Lucky Film appears to be close to releasing a new colour negative film called Lucky C400. While there has not yet been an official press statement from China Lucky Film, it is believed that it sent out…...
Camera shop working its way through collection that’s ‘an incredible cross section of analogue history’
2+ week, 3+ day ago (294+ words) A camera store in the south-west of England is selling a major collection of cameras left after the death of a longtime collector. The collection was initially thought to be around 400 cameras, but the number catalogued has doubled to more…...
PPP Cameras releases digital watches based off classic Nikon film cameras
2+ week, 4+ day ago (264+ words) PPP Cameras is releasing a trio of digital watches based on classic Nikon film cameras. All three watches are Casio models revamped to echo the colouring used in film-era Nikon cameras. "A striking yellow display, echoing Nikons signature branding," PPP…...
Harman Technology releases experimental Switch Azure colour film
4+ week, 20+ hour ago (345+ words) Harman Technology has launched a new experimental colour film called Harman Switch Azure. The new film, which is based on the Phoenix colour negative film first released at the end of 2023, has a blue/pink/turquoise shift, similar to Lomography's…...
Analogue aF-1 camera delayed by ongoing work to shutter
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (335+ words) The Analogue aF-1 compact camera's release has been delayed because of ongoing work on its shutter unit, it has been revealed. An update on the project was published earlier this week (20 February) and detailed extra work needed on the camera's…...
The one-off rifle camera built by the world’s first professional wildlife photographer
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (310+ words) The camera, built just after the end of World War I, was built by Cherry Kearton, and shot medium format film " with an innovative spring-driven advance system that moved the film along after every shot. The unusual device was built…...
Could Ricoh Imaging be considering the return of the Ricoh GR1?
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (388+ words) Ricoh Imaging may be considering producing another film camera as a follow up to the Pentax 17. The camera in question, however, wouldn't be a new Pentax model but a revived Ricoh one " the cult GR1 35mm compact. The Ricoh GR1 was originally released…...
The Czech Republic on a pair of LOMO LC-As
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (174+ words) I decided to take a couple of hardy LOMO LC-As to the Czech Republic, including a trip to Prague, the home of their rediscovery by the now oft-fabled Austrian students" and the inception of the Lomographic Society and Lomography as…...