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[20 Jun 2011 | No Comment | 797 views]
Choosing a Filmstock

To any movie maker, the choice of what filmstock to use is such an important decision. Think of it in similar terms to an artist choosing not just a colour palette, but also what brushes, canvas and painting style all at the same time. Film emulsions vary quite considerably in what results they produce, so let’s explore the reasons why this is the case.
Negative or Reversal
This decision usually tends to be impacted not only by what result you’d…

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[4 Dec 2010 | No Comment | 1,110 views]
“Why I Use 8mm” – by Sam Spreckley

I started to use 8mm film about 10 years ago after becoming fascinated with the cameras.  I had always been a keen film photographer since inheriting my grandfathers Olympus om10 as a young teenager so most analogue equipment was/is of great interest.  After some time researching the equipment and sourcing the film i began to experiment with shooting my first reels.  Fortunately at that time you could still buy Kodachrome K40 in the photo shop so this made things much…

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[3 Jul 2010 | One Comment | 1,659 views]
Reducing The Cost of Film

With the price of silver strong as ever, and the global recession shrinking our filming budgets, here are 8 helpful pointers that might help you shoot more film this year!

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[15 Apr 2010 | One Comment | 2,088 views]
Kodak Release Ektachrome 100D in Super 8

After several years of protests from Super 8 fans, Kodak have finally released Ektachrome 100D in Super 8, and dropped Ektachrome 64T from their range. Most users will welcome this as good news, since 100D offers finer grain and better colour than 64T. However, it’s disappointing to see that Plus-X has now been dropped in Super 8 and in its larger 16mm format, so we’ve now lost one of the finer grained film stocks available.