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September 29, 2017

We Pick Our Desert Island Film with Special Guest Mike Padua of Shoot Film Co.

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In our Desert Island Cameras series, the CP staff and some special guests each pick our single favorite camera from a given brand. Today we’re doing something a bit different. Today we’re each deciding which…

James Tocchio
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August 28, 2017

Fujifilm Provia 100F Slide Film Profile

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Many people will tell you that there’s nothing as scary in film photography as shooting slide film. It’s harsh, unforgiving, and only for experts. With every shot, they say, slide film will either deliver you…

Josh Solomon
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August 21, 2017

Fujifilm Superia 1600 / Natura 1600 – Everything You Need to Know About This Super Fast Color Film

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Over the past few years, color film has never managed to grab me the way shooting black-and-white film does. I enjoy the depth of black and white images, the low cost and the process of…

James Tocchio
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August 4, 2017

Eastman Kodak Double-X (5222) – a Cinematic Black and White Film

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The word “cinematic” can be pretty vague. It’s one of those meaningless filler words that can be applied to anything and that tells you absolutely nothing about what you’re looking at. Oh look at this…

Josh Solomon
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July 14, 2017

Ilford Delta 3200 Film Profile – The Fastest Black and White Film Available Today

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Paranoid about passing through six airports and their dreaded x-ray machines with a bag of unprocessed film, I read some advice – toss in a roll of high-speed film to better justify getting a hand…

Jeb Inge
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June 16, 2017

AgfaPhoto Vista Plus 200 – Film Profile

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Not every day is a Portra day. And this reality set in hard when my local camera store started charging $13 per roll of Portra 400 (back when they actually stocked it). I want to…

James Tocchio
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May 22, 2017

Shooting Film Through Thailand with Dan Diaz

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Editor’s Note – James here. You may have noticed that we’re branching out from our usual gear reviews and opinion pieces. While those will still make up the lion’s share of posts here at CP,…

James Tocchio
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May 4, 2017

Documenting East Germany with Expired Film from 1990

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When I first acquired a number of rolls of Kodak film that expired in 1990 I stored them in my freezer. And there they sat. I wasn’t sure what to do with them until last…

Jeb Inge
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January 28, 2017

Japan Camera Hunter Street Pan 400 – Six Months In

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It’s been more than six months since Bellamy Hunt (a.k.a. Japan Camera Hunter) brought a new black-and-white film stock to market, and while snide comments about Bellamy’s motives have popped up here and there, it appears that the film…

Dustin Vaughn-Luma
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December 27, 2016

AgfaPhoto Vista Plus 400 – Film Profile

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The world of photography gear is, to put it bluntly, confusing as hell, and it can be hard to know which lens, camera, and film, is right for you and your budget. It gets even…

Josh Solomon
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November 18, 2016

Ilford HP5 Plus – Black and White Film Profile

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We all know a knockoff when we see it. Fake Rolexes, certain Russian motorcycles, and pretty much anything bought off of a street cart in Hong Kong, these poor quality imitators just can’t match their real…

Josh Solomon
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September 15, 2016

Cinestill 800T Film Profile – Shoot Like Abrams, Allen and Tarantino

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Living in Los Angeles is a bit different than outsiders think. In the popular imagination, LA is a sprawling, steamy city teeming with lawyers, writers, and aspiring actors who live fast and chase dreams with…

Josh Solomon
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August 2, 2016

Why Fujifilm Superia 400 Should be Every Shooters First Film

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[Editor’s Note : One of the most common questions I’m asked is one that’s very difficult to answer. People who’ve never shot film want to know where to start. To find the answer to this question…

Josh Solomon
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May 15, 2016

Kodak Tri-X – Film Profile

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Guitarists have the Fender Stratocaster, soldiers the AK-47, and handymen the world over have WD-40. These products have become the standard bearers in their fields; tools of the trade that are so accomplished they need…

Josh Solomon
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