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July 2025 Links
Michael Nguyen from Japan Camera Hunter writes about the Plaubel Makina 67, an uncommon medium format 6×7 rangefinder of Japanese-German design from the late 70s, with its specially designed Nikkor lens.
From the colour-film-dept
Kosmofoto reports KONO! announces KONO Color 200 colour negative film, a made-in-Germany colour negative, rumoured to be ORWO NC200.
Also as a follow-up from a previous post, Kosmofoto tells us that China Lucky Film’s new colour film ‘launched in July at Chinese trade show’. Price will be around US$7 and a first batch of 10000 rolls will be produced initially.
Black and white slide
Kosmofoto tell Euston 400 is a black-and-white slide film from London film lab Aperture Printing. If you are in London this is a higher sensitivity film than the Adox Scala with the corresponding chemistry, and they develop it for you. It’s in limited quantity.
Sony RX1R III
Imaging resource: Sony RX1R III Review: A $5,000 Letdown in a Familiar Shell. Lack of IBIS, still the older lens, the lack of tilting screen that the previous iteration had, and the battery life. Because the camera is US$5000.
New Fujifilm firmware
Today Fujifilm release a bunch of firmware updates, including for the X-M5. They all do the same thing: remove support for the older Fujifilm remote and remove mention for the old Instax Share printer. I was hoping a kaizen update with film recipes. Here is the new feature guide (PDF) for the X-M5. Firmware download… Continue reading New Fujifilm firmware
Harman Phoenix II
Harman just announced Phoenix II, the successor of Phoenix, their experimental colour negative film. Phoenix II replaces the “limited edition” Phoenix, improving on colour rendition, and offering more exposure latitude. Available in both 120 and 135. Don’t have it, so I can not tell. But here is from around the web: – Petapixel Harman Phoenix… Continue reading Harman Phoenix II
June 2025 links
Fujifilm
Some Fujifilm reviews around.
DPReview on the GFX100 RF: their comprehensive review of the camera we talked about previously.
Photographyblog got their hands on the Fujifilm X-E5 and the 23mm pancake: Fujifilm X-E5 Review, Fujifilm XF 23mm F2.8 R WR Review, and then they compare the X-E5 with the X-E4.
Misc
WIRED on How Apple Created a Custom iPhone Camera for F1. The short version is that the on board camera for F1 car are not suited for a movie, while they are great for broadcast. So Apple who produce the movie did modify iPhone cameras. They don’t broadcast but the footage they record is much more suited for editing into the rest of the film. The technical achievement at the service of the art. Not the first time, nor the last.
Kosmophoto gives a First look at China Lucky Film’s forthcoming new colour film. I’ll follow-up on this later, but it’s promising to see the development of a new colour film.
New films
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the camera, Leica announced their own branded film, the Monopan 50. It’s a 50 ISO black & white 35mm film, made in Germany. It has a lot in common with the Adox 50. It is likely to cost US$10 (£10/€12) a roll while the Adox HR-50 is priced at… Continue reading New films
Fujifilm X-E5 and 23mm f/2.8 pancake
Some thoughts about the just announced Fujifilm X-E5, and its companion the 23mm f/2.8 pancake lens. Another camera I don’t have that I will talk about. Take the X-T5, with 40 megapixel, IBIS and everything, put it in the X-E4 form factor, with the EVF on the side like on a rangefinder camera. Add a… Continue reading Fujifilm X-E5 and 23mm f/2.8 pancake
Link: Fuji X half 2
I did joke about how the X half announcement would have been better on 1st of April. The Machine Planet tells us that Fujifilm announces Fuji X Half 2 digital camera: SATIRICA, N.Y., MAY 22, 2029 – FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Electronic Imaging Division, today announced the launch of its FUJIFILM X Half 2™ premium… Continue reading Link: Fuji X half 2
Fujifilm X half
This is it. The long rumored “Half frame” Fujifilm compact camera has been announced. Its name is X half, first of its name. A lot of the new videos on my YouTube feed are about it today, and this is my cold take as I don’t have the camera. It’s not the new revision of… Continue reading Fujifilm X half
Ricoh GR IV
While tomorrow Fujifilm is supposed to announce a new compact camera, today Ricoh just announced the Ricoh GR IV, for release in the fall of 2025. As the successor of the Ricoh GR III, it’s a lot more of the same. With no apparent fundamental changes, it features a new 26 MPix sensor up from… Continue reading Ricoh GR IV