Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Kentmere 100 and 400 are two new emulsions from Ilford/Harman – who purchased Kentmere and the rights to their name a while ago. Along with all this they also closed down and transplanted the Kentmere plant to Ilford’s complex, and so on. But the thing is that Kentmere wasn’t a film manufacturer, they coated paper [...]
So I got to thinkin’. I do this now and then – but today, sunday, in a brief moment of procrastinating on my homework, I’ve been thinking about Polaroids. I’ve been playing around with polaroid pack film for the last few months, doing some tinkering and battery adaptations and all that. I’d heard a few [...]
You see the term CLA thrown around quite a bit in the analogue photography worlds, in reference to equipment. It means, literally, Clean, Lube, Adjust – meaning a service by someone qualified to do such things. Just making sure everything is in working order. With my mum’s camea, it was a $350 job and the [...]
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Just confirming some rumours circulating as of late, it’s true that kodak Australia is not importing Kodak’s new poster child, Ektar 100, in either 35mm or 120 formats. Despite requests from numerous individuals and retailers, they believe there isn’t any demand. Locally, Total Photographic Supplies are apparently getting it in via other channels. They have [...]