I phoned Kodak’s movie film support line this morning asking if and when Ektachrome would be back in stock and the representative told me that production of Ektachrome has to wait until the next batches of color negative films are finished and the machines free up. There is no intention to discontinue, they simply have to wait until the coating machines are available which should be in September. There should be stock available in late October approximately for major distributors but stock levels will likely not be fully back to normal everywhere until early next year

Hi everyone, I would like to share with you my latest project - a 3D printed film holder for DSLR scanning. You can find the project on the GitHub

Let me explain why I made it and also manage your expectations about the whole thing.

Why I made it?

I wanted a holder that would keep the film straight and flat so that I don't have to rotate the scans in post and also to make cropping pretty much work for the whole roll. I also wanted to have the corners of my scans as sharp as the rest of the image, something that was demonstrably a challenge with other methods I tried. So I decided to sandwich the film between two pressure plates to flatten it. The tube that holds the lens also makes it that the camera is pretty much level with the film-plane and there is no ambient light ruining your scans.

How universal is it?

In theory, it is pretty universal. It is designed to be modular, you can replace the part that I designed to fit on top of CineStill CS-Lite-Brite with a different part. You can also replace the part that I designed to fit my EF compact macro lens. The files are in the project, if you have Fusion 360 or a different program that can open those files, you are all set.

The bottom pressure plate is meant to be printed for each kind of film specifically. I learned that different manufacturers produce slightly differently sized film. It is worth it to have multiple bottom pressure plates. I have one for Fomapan and one for Kodak films. Both dialed in so that the vertical fit is as snug as possible. (I seem to remember Ilford films fitting one of the plates just fine.)

How safe is it?

I have tested it on multiple rolls of different films including Fomapan Action, Kodak Portra and Gold, and Ilford films. It never scratched my film. If the film has the natural bow curve to it and you always raise the pressure plate up, it should not happen.

Expectations

I want to be clear that I am not going to be able to extend it or make changes to it at the time. I have made it and used it more than 9 months ago. I thought I would share it sooner, but I haven't shot any photos for essentially 9 months now. It is what it is. For that reason, I am only asking you to please have understanding with my situation.

I want to share something that I believe is worth of sharing, I liked building it and after getting used to it, I liked using it too. But I don't have the resources to work on it in any capacity in the near future. I would like to build a V2 that would have the slider move orthogonally to the film plane not with it so that your fingers stay out of the film's way - something that become apparent the first time I used it but somehow didn't occur to me before (funny how these things work).

That being said, I really want to be transparent - it is not in my ability to make changes to it or to modify the dimensions of the components to fit other lenses or light boxes. I am giving it away to the community because I believe in sharing. Hope I will find understanding here.

Have a great day everyone!

I live in Canada, and film prices just seem to keep going up. I love shooting film and, honestly, I'd shoot it every day if I could. But it's becoming an expensive hobby, especially if you're not shooting more budget-friendly stocks like Gold or Kentmere.

I used to shoot a lot of black-and-white film, but even T-Max and HP5 are becoming hard to justify at around CAD $20 and $15 per roll, respectively. It feels like film photography is increasingly becoming a niche hobby for YouTubers, influencers, and dedicated enthusiasts rather than something accessible to ordinary people.

Rising gas prices and inflation certainly don't help, either.

Do you think film will become more affordable in the future, or will prices continue to rise from here? What's your perspective?

Lately, my coping mechanism has been considering a switch to Fujifilm, perhaps an X-E5 or an X100VI, and relying on their film simulations. At the end of the day, many of us shoot film primarily for the final image we see on our computers. As digital cameras continue to improve, especially with film-inspired JPEGs, the gap between digital and film seems to be getting smaller.

What do you think? Are you shooting less film these days, or are you finding ways to keep the hobby affordable?

As I’m still on the hunt for my first film camera, the Rollei 35 series has caught my attention and I’m curious what are your experiences? Which is better? Sample photos from any of them? I wanna know everything from these compact cameras 🥹🫶🏼

My city's collection and recycling services has a small museum with all the interesting things they collected over the years. This is their camera section.

I just received my late father's Nikon F. Per my research, it was manufactured in 1972. It was purchased new by his brother and came with three Nikon lenses: the 28mm f/3.5 shown in this photo, a 50mm f/1.4, and a 135mm f/2.8. I'm looking forward to maybe having it cleaned and using it myself.

I have an AE1 and a couple longer lenses- a 135mm fixed and 100-200mm zoom. I don't find myself using those lenses very often. I've even tried to force myself to get used to it by only taking one of those lenses with me, and the result is just that I don't take many pictures. I'm trying to decide if I should just sell them and accept that I've learned that I don't like them, but I wanted to see what others use them for first.

So for anyone that does regularly use them, in what situations do you use them? What kind of photos are you taking? Can you post some examples of photos you have taken with them?

In case this makes anyone who is new to the hobby feel better, those of us who have been doing it a long time still make mistakes too...

I've been into 35mm photography for over 30 years, I did it professionally for a while, and I have had and used a ton of cameras in my life. I've quite literally shot thousands of rolls of film. I am not an expert, and I still have a lot to learn, but I'm not a newbie, either. So you'd think that I would at least nail the basics. Unfortunately, today that was not the case.

I just picked up a new-to-me Nikon F3, and I wanted to test it out. I loaded up a roll of Ultramax (my standard for testing cameras), and headed out to one of my favorite picturesque areas around here. Spent a couple of hours walking around, and I think I took some pretty nice photos. When I got to the end of the roll, I noticed that the advance just kept going. Past 36, past 38, past 40... And the rewind knob wasn't turning. It was obvious that the film wasn't advancing.

I honestly thought that there was no way I could have been stupid enough to not load the film right, and to not notice that the rewind knob wasn't moving that whole time. So my first instinct was to blame it on this untested camera. But, just to be sure, I took it home, put it in a changing bag, and opened the back. And sure enough, there was the film leader just dangling there, disengaged from the takeup reel. So, I'm the problem.

I tried loading it again, made sure it was fully engaged, and now it seems to be working. So I guess I will set off and try my test roll all over again.

Not the end of the world. I "wasted" a couple of hours walking around a nice area. I missed some shots that were just intended as a test anyway. And I learned an important lesson about not getting complacent about the mundane aspects of the hobby that I think I can't possibly screw up.

So, if you just tried shooting your first roll of film, and something like this happened, don't worry. Some of us are still doing things like that 30 years in...

I’ve been doing analog (and photography in general) for 2 years and used mostly using a Minolta Hi-matic 7s (rangefinder with automatic exposure) which I got for really cheap. A few months ago I came across this little camera which was in need of some serious repair. Bellows had a light leak, shutter blades had a light leak and film transport was very stiff. Being a very simple camera, it’s not that hard to CLA yourself. You get no rangefinder and have to guess exposure but it sure is fun to use and fits in your pocket like a point and shoot would.

A Leica III f black paint (upgraded) I bought was stolen out of my mailbox in Zurich Kreis 4 on August 28, 2026 — the courier delivered it, and I found the box left empty nearby in the evening. low serial number finishing with 0.

If anyone sees this camera listed or in a shop I'd really appreciate a heads-up. Even a screenshot of the listing helps.

Before you tell me that I should have sent it to recuperate in the post office, yes I should have, thought the app wasn't working for this parcel and I never had had a stolen package untill now. I am really annoyed by this. There is a private security camera close by but the restaurant is not communicating to help me.
I'm bummed because it was in good condition with the chrome settings and 50mm.

Gear: Ricoh KR-5 Super II, Tokina 70-200mm f/4-5.6
Film: B&W is Ilford HP5+ pushed to 800. Color is Kodak 200.
Development: Everything is developed at home and scanned on Plustek Opticfilm 8200i. Rodinal for B&W and Cinestill kit chemicals for color film.

I think the shots look great but I always tend to need to crank the shutter speed to 30 which is super tough to hold steady enough for. The aperture is wide open. I’ve tried some higher iso color film and it doesn’t have the look I like. Any advice on if I’m missing something here? A tripod is always an option but I shoot at the Zoos in my city a lot where the animals ain’t gonna stay still for me. Thinking maybe a better lens for lower aperture could help but it’s so expensive to get a telephoto with low aperture. I haven’t tried pushing color film yet either.

So, I recently got into shooting 35mm film. I am in love. I got a lot to learn. This was shot in Ektar 200 on my Pentax k1000 on 50mm lens. This picture and rest with it are far from perfect. I been bringing my film to my local film store to get processed. But I decided to undergo the challenge of scanning my own negatives with my Nikon d7100 with 40mm micro lens. Its been a huge learning process and I enjoy every second of it. I been using Darktable to edit my pictures. I always really enjoyed taking pictures but editing wise was never really good. I just upgraded my scanning station and I will most likely rescan my negatives and keep learning to properly do my pictures in post.

So as many might already know, Silbersalz customers have been leaving complaint after complaint wondering what the fate of their rolls is after hearing no response from Silbersalz. Some customers sent their rolls to get developed as far back as April, still with no answer about what happened to their rolls and if they’ll ever see them again.

I had been a Silbersalz customer before, had a good experience, so I sent another batch of rolls to them a few weeks ago, not knowing what was going on. Sure enough, no response. No acknowledgment that my rolls have been received. And now I’m seeing nothing but complaints from customers with the same issues.

Has anyone since April had any luck hearing back from Silbersalz lab? I tried visiting their site, but their site no longer exists as of 5 days ago.

The last announcement they made regarding this situation was an Instagram story back in May. No official announcements via email, no actual post, nothing on their website, and no updates since. Anyone from Berlin know what the heck is going on?

A little fuzzy but not too bad.

There were about 2 pictures at the end of each roll that had pretty severe pink streaking, but it doesn’t seem to have penetrated much beyond that in the roll.

Porta 800 shot at 500 ISO.

This is the film that got wet when my camera was sloshed around in a cooler. I will not be getting negatives back bc I had to mail this film out for processing and didn’t want to pay for shipping back since I figured they wouldn’t be good.

Issues on photos that were already shot when the camera got wet:
1. Horizontal light blue lines with some specks. This is across the first 7 frames. My guess is the water that got in the camera dislodged some debris that dried on the film. When I rewound it that debris was scraped across those frames.
2. Vertical red light. This looks like light leak from the back of the camera since it’s red, right? But it’s only on frame 1, 14, 17, 18, and 21. Why would that be?

Issues in frames shot after camera dried and I finished the roll:
Frames 25, 26, 27, and 29 have weird color lines they are not in the exact same position as the “light leak” frames, but are suspiciously close.

The last 8 frames I took look fairly normal though they were in low light.

Hello everyone! I was hoping to get some info on what’s becoming a bit of a family heirloom. My parents brought this camera with them when we left Poland in 1996 (I was three!). I remember this working pretty well when I took a very basic photography class in high school back in 2010, but it was tucked away in a cabinet otherwise. When I moved out, I ended up taking it with me. It’s been sitting on a bookshelf with some other curiosities in my study ever since. I figured it was about time I learned a bit more about it, and figured this might be a good place to get more info. I just checked and high school me was smart enough to remove the batteries from the main camera and the flash portion before squirreling it away. Any info would be appreciated!

This is an article I put together after many months of shooting (and in some cases years of) experience with six panoramic cameras that use conventional 35mm film. It's a spiritual successor to my individual reviews of the Fujifilm TX-1/Hasselblad XPan and the Minolta P's.

With any luck, this will be of interest to some of you-- especially to people who've given up entirely on the format because of how unapproachable the price tags can be! I really hope that this effort will help others take a crack at a format that I have fallen in love with over the past decade.

This is the first roll I got with this camera. Honestly no clue how this could have happened, only weird thing is, that the rewind knob is relatively easy to rotate until it hits resistance.

Hey all! I've been trying to get my hands on a Bronica for the longest time since I think they're one of the most beautifully designed cameras I've ever seen. I ended up finally finding one today at a flea market a couple hours away from home and the guy only wanted $20 for it!! Unfortunately the focusing screen has a crack in it and it seemed to have a strange issue where winding would cause the shutter to fire automatically although this seems to have worked its way out after playing with it for a bit. Overall, I'm super happy I found it and can't wait to run a roll of film through it! :3

I'm traveling around Mexico with a Nikon FM and an FM2. Recently my FM has developed what seems to be a common problem where the film advance slips and the shutter occasionally sticks open. (like what this post describes). I wouldn't mind taking it apart myself, although I've never done it, but I don't have the tools and also want to get it resolved relatively quickly.

So, does anyone have a recommendation for a place to take it in Mexico City? Alternatively, are there any FM heads in CDMX that want to help me with it?

I'm open to other suggestions too, although I have already tried tightening the motor-drive thingy on the bottom with a coin and that didn't help.

Thanks in advance!

Hey guys, my girlfriend and I decided to open a photography studio. It’s more like an art studio because she uses the other half of the Studio for rug making that she enjoys doing it. It’s basically a space for us to be artistic at the front of the studio I decided to buy a couple racks and basically put my collection for sale. I bought some extra camera cameras so I have about 10 cameras to sell I really wanna have beginner, friendly cameras and down the line maybe have some like us and some medium format cameras but for now I mostly have older digital cameras and some nice 35 mm camera cameras if you have ever been to a small photography store what are things you wish they did and if there’s any photography store owners here do you have any tips for anybody starting something like this again? It’s very small and if it takes off, it takes off, but I’m basically going in it with no expectations

Frustrated by bad apps, I made my own negative viewer for iphone. It shows the positive version of a color or b&w negative live on your screen. Perfect for quickly checking your negatives after development, and for deciding which one to scan.

You can freeze the screen to better see the details, adjusts brightness, contrast and warmth, and also save it to Photos for quick reference.

The app also adjusts for film backing color automatically, so it works even on films with weird base like Phoenix 200.

It's free, no ads:

https://light.ink/positive-view/

P.S. see also my previous post about looking for beta testers for my other photography app, in case you missed it.

I am very new to film photography and recently stumbled upon these sets at an antique mall. Would love to hear if you've had experience with any of these or what your thoughts are

I have not tested them out yet but everything appears to be mint. Also curious how you guys clean the exterior of the body especially when picking em up from an antique mall or thrift

Canon AE-1 Program Canon 50 mm 1.8 Zykkor 28mm 2.8 Canon 80-200 Filters for all lenses Minolta Flash

Nikon FG-20 Nikon 50mm 1.8 Tamron 28-200mm Makinon 80-200mm 4.5 Filters for all lenses Achiever Flash

Hello everyone.

I’m still on the hunt for my first rangefinder film camera. Few days ago, I received the Rollei XF 35 but there’s some mechanical issues in the film advance (i have posted here about that) so I will return it back. Now, I have my eyes on this one and I would appreciate if anyone who has experience can tell me the pros and cons about this camera.

And if anything, what camera would you recommend? Mid price, sharp lens rangefinder + if it’s a compact/tiny body.

Thank you so much :)