A small documentary from 1958 about manufacturing film (medium format) at Kodak. View on Youtube: Part 1 and Part 2 via Lomography (archived).
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How much longer can film hold?
NPR has a piece titled How Much Longer Can Photographic Film Hold On?: At the turn of the 21st century, American shutterbugs were buying close to a billion rolls of film per year. This year, they might buy a mere 20 million, plus 31 million single-use cameras — the beach-resort staple vacationers turn to in… Continue reading How much longer can film hold?
Polaroid, something that was impossible
Technologizer relate the story of the Polaroid’s SX-70: The Art and Science of the Nearly Impossible: Most important, unlike any other Polaroid, the SX-70 asked the photographer to do nothing more than focus, press the shutter, and pluck the snapshot as it emerged from the camera — and then watch it develop in daylight. It… Continue reading Polaroid, something that was impossible
Open letter to Leica
Lloyd Chambers wrote an open letter to Leica: The M9 felt like 2 year old technology the day I got it, with many disappointments. And yes you are allowed to bad mouth Leica. I believed that the M8 was a mishap – evidence that Leica didn’t really know what to do. Apparently the M9 is… Continue reading Open letter to Leica
Vivian Maier
On Mother Jones: The Best Street Photographer You’ve Never Heard Of: Four years ago, a Chicago real estate agent stumbled upon a box of negatives. Little did he know that he’d discovered Vivian Maier See alsoThe Secret City of Vivian Maier. Vivian Maier was still living at the time of the purchase, Maloof didn’t know,… Continue reading Vivian Maier
Ricoh GR-D III for street photography
Using the Ricoh GRIII For Street Photography: A Review by Eric Kim (from The Phoblographer): Without spoiling anything, it is truly the best compact camera for street photography, and everybody who is serious about shooting in the streets should have one. Keep reading to read my in-depth review of the Ricoh GRIII digital. I have… Continue reading Ricoh GR-D III for street photography
Giant pinhole camera
Giant Pinhole Camera Is Three Stories High (from Wired): It’s an amazing feat, although its a shame that the photo had to be of a nearby control tower and runways. Still, I guess getting a cute dog on a skateboard to stand still for half an hour is even harder than building a three-story camera.… Continue reading Giant pinhole camera
DPReview’s X100
DPReview has a 27 pages Fujifilm FinePix X100 review. I haven’t read it yet, I’ll let you do so.
Fujifilm X100 first thoughts
Coffegeek “review” of the X100. He covers it under an angle of what’s wrong, which is different from the usual reviews. And still: All this said, I really do like this camera. I feel let down a bit by the UI, but I also know time will soften this as I get more used to… Continue reading Fujifilm X100 first thoughts
1000+ instant cameras collection
A 1000+ instant cameras collection (via PetaPixel). That’s a hell lot of cameras. See the man’s whole collection.